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East Greenwich, Ri, Us

East Greenwich, Ri

Horace Mann was founded in 1945 by two Springfield, Illinois, teachers who saw a need for quality, affordable auto insurance for teachers. Since then, we’ve broadened our mission to helping all educators protect what they have today and prepare for a successful tomorrow. And with our broadened mission has come corporate growth: We serve more than 4,100 school districts nationwide, we’re publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: HMN) and we have nearly $10 billion in assets.We’re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children’s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs. We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them. This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future. Our tailored offerings include special rates and benefits for educators.WE WORK TO MAKE IT EASY► Equally as important as what we offer is how we offer it. We work to make it easy for educators to do business with us:► We have close working relationships with school districts and associations.► Our agents and claim adjusters offer onsite service to best accommodate school employees’ schedules.► We offer payroll service to make paying insurance premiums and retirement plan contributions easier.WE PROVIDE SOLUTIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM► Beyond just a business partnership, Horace Mann takes a holistic approach to helping educators inside and outside the classroom.► We provide free workshops on financial literacy and other topics of importance to educators, including student loan relief.► We partner with DonorsChoose.org to provide teachers with access to classroom funding.► Our social media presence allows educators to get and share ideas for enhancing the learning process.Founded by Educators for Educators®, we’re proud to serve all school employees!

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Assisted members with consumer loans and accounts at a medium-sized credit union (about 40,000 members). Identified member needs and sales opportunities with the motivation of long-term retention of services and minimizing member costs.• Top Sales award for 2013. Top performer in loan dollars produced, loan dollars bought out from other financial institutions, checking accounts opened and credit cards sold. Also had highest number of member interactions and sold most products per interaction.• Multiple system conversions. Adviser in selecting vendors, testing software, identifying problems and implementing solutions.• Promoted from a service coordinator position in 2011. While in that role, overhauled the role of the position to increase efficiency across many departments.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Created a study guide for the classic textbook, "A Cultural History of Physics" by Karoly Simonyi. The project was to assemble a fresh, introductory-audience overview through the gamut of physics subdivisions.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Taught undergraduate classes and labs over all physics subjects, from education to engineering majors. Researcher in several fields, and academic tutor for University athletes.• Consistently elected to the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students.• Researcher at German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany. Experience with control systems, safety measures, and data taking procedures at the HERMES particle collider.• Researcher in quantum optics group. Helped develop a light recycling technique for boosting narrow-band optical transmission.• Researcher with physics education research team. Investigated applications of cognitive load theory on concept acquisition and retention.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Researcher on the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory (LIGO) project, testing a technique for reducing thermal aberrations in the main beam interferometers.• Developed a unique procedure for removing a protective cover from a micro-mirror array without destroying its operation, refuting manufacturer Texas Instruments' assertions that it could not be done.

Portland, Maine Area

Customer service position with a focus on customer need-identification and sales follow-through.

Portland, Maine Area

Statistical analysis for integrated circuit manufacturing quality control. Technician in failure analysis lab, assisting with sample prep and operation of a transmission electron microscope.

Masters Of Science, Physics

Passed the PhD qualifying exam, then halted further progress after discovering an academic lifestyle would by necessity suppress my.

Bachelor Of Science, Physics, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Robinson Players, Modern Dance, Jazz Band, Brass Quintet, Piano Recitals, PlanetariumStudied physics.