Shawn P. O’Connor is the Founder and President of Stratus Prep. With more than six years of standardized test prep and admissions experience, Mr. O’Connor provides personalized admissions counseling to hundreds of law and business school applicants each year. Mr. O’Connor also teaches LSAT and GMAT classes and tutors private individuals for these exams. Finally, Mr. O’Connor authored Stratus Prep’s renowned Law School Bootcamp.

Mr. O’Connor received his Masters in Business Administration with Highest Honors (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School and his Juris Doctor, cum laude from Harvard Law School. At Harvard, Mr. O’Connor was the recipient of numerous merit-based awards and scholarships including the prestigious John T. Thayer and Henry Ford II Scholarships. Mr. O’Connor is a 1999 summa cum laude graduate of Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service where he received the Dean’s Medal for highest grade point average. Mr. O’Connor scored a 179 on the LSAT and a 780 on the GMAT.

Prior to launching Stratus Prep, Mr. O’Connor worked domestically and internationally for McKinsey & Company, Lehman Brothers, Mercer Management Consulting, and the Boston law firm of Sullivan & Worcester. In addition to his work in the private sector, Mr. O’Connor served as a legislative advisor to former Congressman James C. Greenwood and as deputy chief of staff and communications director for Pennsylvania’s former Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll.

Vani Krishnamurthy has recently joined the Stratus Prep team after five years of successfully coaching candidates for top undergraduate, MBA, and fellowship programs. Her clients have gained admission to institutions such as Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern, and Cornell. Vani’s experience is grounded in her own success with applications to some of the most coveted programs. She herself has gained admission to top MBA graduate programs such as Harvard Business School, the Graduate School of Business at Stanford, and the Wharton School of Business.

While having worked with clients from a range of backgrounds, she has further expertise in coaching clients from consulting, entertainment, and non-profit industries. Prior to becoming a Stratus Prep Counselor, Vani was a consultant at Bain & Company as well as at The Boston Consulting Group. She received her BA at the University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from Harvard Business School.