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Founder & CEO, Stratus Prep

Founder & CEO, Stratus Prep

Shawn P. O’Connor is the Founder and President of Stratus Prep. With more than seven 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. Mr. O’Connor is admitted to the bar in New York and Massachusetts. In addition to his work with Stratus Prep, Mr. O’Connor represents clients on a pro bono basis in international human rights and political asylum matters. Mr. O’Connor is currently working on a much anticipated book about attaining success in the New Economy.