Silvia Tiemi Suzuki

Associate at McKinsey & Company | Columbia MBA

São Paulo, Brazil

About

Silvia is an Associate at McKinsey & Company's São Paulo office. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, where she focused on Technology, Healthcare, and Management. During the program, she interned at Nicklaus Children’s Health System, supporting digital initiatives as part of the IT/Tech PMO team. At Columbia, Silvia pursued hands-on coursework, including Introduction to Product Management, UX Design, Technology Strategy, Applying Healthcare IT & Digital Health, and Organizational Change. Before her MBA, Silvia gained practical experience at Alice, a health tech startup in Brazil. There, she led the implementation of a supply-side acquisition roadmap using structured interview scorecards and developed a demand-planning model to optimize the acquisition funnel. Previously, Silvia spent 2.5 years at McKinsey & Company, working across industries such as Marketing & Sales, Banking, and Agriculture. Her work spanned diverse topics including Digital Transformation and Implementation. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidade Federal do Paraná, where she graduated in the top 3 of her class.

Experience

  • Associate at McKinsey & Company
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • MBA Candidate at Columbia Business School
    Aug 2023 - May 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Leadership: Healthcare Industry Association, Brazil Club Conference organization: MBA Brasil 2024 Teaching Assistant: Foundations of VC Global Immersion Programs: India and Ghana Study Tour: China

  • Graduate Administrative Intern at Nicklaus Children's Health System
    Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mos

  • Health Community at Alice
    Jun 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Somos Alice, um Time de Saúde para quem quer mais que um plano. Isso quer dizer que a Alice é um time em busca de um objetivo: ajudar as pessoas a estabelecerem uma vida mais saudável – sem usar fórmulas prontas, e sim com um plano personalizado que faça sentido para cada um, como deve ser. Alice is an innovative human-centered healthcare organization in Brazil, dedicated to the principles of better health through technology, empathy, transparency, and simplicity. We offer a unique care model that merges the functions of a primary healthcare provider with a direct-to-consumer health insurer.

  • Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
    Dec 2019 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos