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United States

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

www.rise-11.comGet a leg up on your competition with specialized skills training. Nothing beats 1-on-1 focus from an experienced player and coach. Rise11 offers a variety of sessions ranging from Attacking to Fitness to Mechanics.

- Sports Commentator for live soccer matches- Sports Pundit for We Are Soccer Show

Livonia, Michigan, Us

Signed in as President on August 6th, 2021Oversee operations and vision of Livonia City Football Club.📰 Club Statement: New Club President👉 bit.ly/2Vu0uox

Livonia, Michigan, Us

Director of Operations 2019-2021Handle the staff-facing operations issues including Board members, coaches, players, and staff. Heavily involved in recruiting and keeping our team operations on-track.Director of Operations 2015-2018Helped build Livonia City FC from the ground up in 2015, running tryouts and promoting the club to the Greater Detroit Area. I work closely with the owner and coaching staff to optimize the success of our program and player-coach the Reserve squad. Our top team finished their opening 2016 season in 1st place for the MIPSL Open Division and gained a rare double promotion to the Premier Division for the 2017 Summer season.Livonia City FC won the USASA Region II Championships to advance to the USASA Elite Amateur Leagues National Finals in Sarasota, FL in 2018 and placed 3rd nationally with a 4-0 win over Clockwork, FC (North Carolina).

Farmington Hills, Mi, Us

Revenue Manager / Account Manager - November 2022Promoted to oversee sales and revenue for Sector 7 and its sister companies for 2023. Responsible for designing and implementing an aggressive sales plan to double revenue for the organization. Key focuses on expanding SaaS platform. Promotion includes responsibilities of previous role.Director of Customer SuccessStarted role in January 2021. Responsible for new business development, cultivating existing accounts, Customer Support POC for troubled accounts, optimization of sales process and transition of closed sales to Project & MSP Team, and general trainer for Sales personnel.

Farmington Hills, Mi, Us

Operations Analyst responsible for implementing administrative systems, procedures, and policies, as well as monitoring administrative projects internally and at the customer level. Member of Human Resources team and directly involved with Quoting and Billing of special projects.Technical Coordinator responsible for managing 6-man technician team, scheduling and managing on-sites, and executing projects. Key point of communication for customers and technicians. Project lead for new customer IT roll-outs.

Novi, Michigan, Us

Currently coaching youth premier teams for the program.2007 Girls Green - Coach2008 Girls Green - Coach2009 Girls Green - Asst. CoachJunior Jags Development CoachCoached Director's Academy and F.U.E.L. training sessions for Michigan Jaguars FC, as well as coaching Junior Jags Development and for Novi Parks & Rec. Kids aged 5-10 years old receive personalized training sessions in small groups to maximize their soccer development. Coaches are responsible for structuring practice sessions and managing games. We push the kids to excel in a fun, soccer-loving environment.

Detroit, Mi, Us

Collaborative Advantage Marketing (CAM) is a privately owned food marketing company based out of Metro-Detroit. I helped CAM through a successful SAP integration through 2015 and 2016. After these seamless transitions, I was awarded the positions of Building Manager and IT Manager for the company. These responsibilities were given to me in addition to International Logistics Manager, Business Operations leader, and Accounts Payable. The small size of this thriving marketing company has allowed me to grow rapidly and pick up valuable skills ranging from General Accounting all the way up through Business Management.Accounts Payable - Solely responsible for all A/P Invoices for the company. I also submited Production Orders to our production facility and sourced raw ingredients for our non-dairy program. My team handled the financials of the company and aggressively pursued cost-saving solutions to maximize the profitability of these programs.Supply Chain - My team managed the entire shipping process from booking containers, tracking product during ocean transit, entry forms into the United States (ISF, Customs, FDA, etc), as well as seeing to the timely final delivery of these containers to their destination warehouses.

Southfield, Michigan, Us

A 3rd party sales arm for DirecTV products. This is a fast-paced management training program designed to equip members with management skills necessary to run their own office in 6-8 months.

Managed numerous sales accounts and generated quotes for regional managers across the continental United States, as well as assisted the VP of Sales and the Director of Design and Integration Services. By attending sales meetings and keeping day-to-day communication between our executives and regional managers, I worked to ensure that goals are being met effectively and in a timely manner.Sole Fanworks Representative for Nextek DC fans and lighting ballasts. Sold indoor and outdoor DC ballasts, DC fans, Fan Speed Controllers, and compatible solar panels to businesses, resellers, and residential applications.Involved with Nextek's grant writing process as a lead editor and have rewritten dozens of assembly manuals and documents. I have built, tested, and installed DC power products for Nextek Power Systems including lighting ballasts, power server modules, MPPTs, delta rectifiers, master controller boards, cable wiring, and other DC products. I was also involved in the construction of Nextek's DC House.Served as lead content editor for the reconstruction of the company website (Summer 2014) www.nextekpower.com

Albion, Mi, Us

The Kellogg Center is the hub of Albion College's campus life, serving as the key activity center and is the home to the college bookstore, college mail room and student mail boxes, the Eat Shop, and hosts campus events year-round. I managed the building and was in charge of front desk service as well as resolving all building complications. As the key point of contact for students to access locked student organization storage spaces on the 3rd and 4th floors, I held the master keys and monitored building use.

Washington, Dc, Us

Starting out as a Census employee in early March, I was quickly promoted through the ranks to become a Team Leader for the Ypsilanti, MI area of the 2010 Census. By April 2010, I was put in charge of a team of 6-12 census employees, coordinated their assignments, and verified gathered Census forms for punctuality, accuracy, and completeness. I was also responsible for reviewing and filing my team's forms with my supervisor and, in extreme cases, would step in and handle "problem houses" whose 2010 Census information was difficult to obtain.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English / Psychology

English Language And Literature, General

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