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Your profile is excellent. I would not hesitate to recommend top programs to you. But you should know that PhD admissions is not a number game. Even perfect score can not make any guarantee. It's the overall package, the assessed chance of academic success, and most importantly, match with faculty research interests that play the crucial factors for students with decent profiles. Top schools routinely admit lower score (like a GMAT 730 over a GMAT 780) if the applicant has background, experience, or demonstrated expertise in area that matches with faculty research interests. It is hard to artificially "create" that kind of a match. They've seen pretty much all the tricks in the book, but if you have a particular area of strength, make sure you leverage it fully.
Given your CS background, I would recommend these top schools:
MIT, CMU, (Heinz is good too, but I am not sure if you can apply to both at the same time. And Heinz is more known for IS type of research, so be aware of the difference in research focus), Stanford (not business school, apply for the strategy program in the "management science" department in engineering school. There is no practical difference in your future placement in business school. The reason why their strategy group is in engineering school is mostly historical. They have super stars on board.),
Top departments you should try, but not necessarily for a CS/Technoloyg management focus: Wharton, Harvard, Michigan, Duke, Toronto, NYU
Great/Decent departments you should definitely include (in case you are unlucky to be overlooked by all the top departments): Illinois, Penn State, UT Austin, Minnestoa, etc.
best of luck!
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