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Melissa
Cleveland, OH
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Work History

  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomics
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Teaching Assistant, Microeconomics
  • August 2010 to December 2010
  • E.Z. Energy U.S.A.
  • Executive Intern
  • June 2010 to December 2010
  • •Strategic Decision Making: Reduced expenses and increased asset sales income by approximately one million dollars by using financial, operational, and statistical modeling to make inventory and outsourcing decisions
    •Currently in process of designing and implementing a corporate requisition system
    •Brand Management Consulting

  • The Olsen Financial Group
  • Financial Intern
  • May 2008 to March 2009
  • •Financial Advising: Prospected and met with clients to perform financial personal needs analyses. Identified strengths and weaknesses in personal and business financial plans to make recommendations and develop strategies for financial improvement with the assistance of senior advisers.

  • The American Red Cross, Headquarters
  • Intern to the President/CEO
  • May 2007 to August 2007
  • Most competitive internship granted from pool of 4,200 applicants
    •Business Plan Development- Developed and authored $80K business plan that identified the strengths and weaknesses of fundraising initiatives in eight major chapters. Increased office efficiency and gross fundraising totals and identified best practices to apply in chapters across the country. Also developed presentation for CEO with the assistance of CFO.

  • The National Association of Attorneys General
  • Extern to the CAO
  • April 2007 to April 2007
  • •Networking- while attending Senate hearings, met with Barack Obama and made political suggestions for an argument he had given. He then asked me to run his presidential campaign at Bucknell University.
    •Argument Organization- while attending Supreme Court preparation meetings, made suggestions for attorneys general. In result, some changes were made to argument wording.

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University
  • MBA, Design, Operations, Finance
  • 2009 - 2011
  • •Finished 2nd in class in Pharmasim strategic marketing and brand management competition
    •Selected as a Design/Systems Strategy Consultant for Closure Systems International in Indianapolis, IN
    •Ambassador Scholarship, half tuition

  • Bucknell University
  • BA, English, Political Science, Economics
  • 2005 - 2009
  • •Residence Hall Association, Vice President
    •Campus Master Planning Advisory Board, Student Council
    •Bucknell Student Government, Student Affairs Committee
    •Bucknell Recycling Program, Director
    •Scholarships: Randolph Kiwanis, Randolph PTA, Varsity Volleyball for Leadership

Interests
Traveling, learning, classic literature, the NFL, cooking
Favorite Quote
"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it." -Braveheart

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Ryan Healy
Benjamin Paul Schuman
Ryan Paugh
Matt Kramer

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