Andrew Potach Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Leads the preparation and submission process for proposals in response to state, federal, and foundation grant and contract opportunities.
• Collaborates with research, communications, contracts, and finance staff to ensure the timeliness and accuracy of proposals from kickoff to submission. This includes developing work plans and timelines for research.
• Supports the pre-proposal process by tracking staff interest in funding opportunities, scheduling strategy meetings, and taking meeting notes.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Coordinated the final-mile delivery of international shipping containers, on a caseload of over 400 shipments, from U.S. port of entry to various inland customers located throughout the United States.
• Acted as point of contact and coordinator between importers, drayage carriers, shipping lines, and internal departments such as Customs Brokerage, Account Management, and Sales.
• Managed and audited shipment information within multiple internal software systems to ensure the accuracy and integrity of international import data, which is subject to federal regulation and scrutiny.
• Protected thousands of company dollars by ensuring all active shipments are moved from storage locations by facility deadlines in order to avoid costly fees.

Morris, Minnesota, United States

• Conducted over 100 one-to-one consultations with students on wide range of writing tasks and assignments including essays, research papers, project proposals, and graduate school applications.
• Collaborated with students at any stage of their writing process, from drafting and organizing ideas through final editing and documenting sources.
• Managed online appointment scheduling and reporting; provided written comments and observations to faculty and Writing Center staff after each consultation.

West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center, Morris, MN

• Recipient of a grant funded position to work on a long term digitization project encompassing history of West Central Minnesota, University Archives, West Central School of Agriculture and American Indian Boarding.
• Organized, analyzed, described, and recorded variety of materials—court documents, governmental and business records, maps, photography, and film—through archival database, ArchivesSpace.
• Provided prompt, courteous service to university community and general public with research assistance and inquiry requests.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States