J. Elliot Howard, Mba, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Cincinnati, OH, US

Entertainment; Interviews; Creative Content; Public Speaking; Sound & Video Editing

* Bi-monthly live podcast/online broadcast discussing money management and financial topics with weekly guests.*Interview politicians, entrepreneurs, and industry experts.

Create, promote, and maintain the social media presence for the Ephraim Foundation.

Assist in the bookkeeping, financial reporting, and financial maintenance of The Ephraim Foundation.

Responsible for managing the social media, public relations, and advertising presence for the Epiphany Benefits Concert. * Manage content on multiple social media platforms for the community fundraising event* Establish other fundraising relationships and events to support the Epiphany Benefit Concert* Negotiate advertising contracts for radio.

Bensalem, Pennsylvania, US

• I am responsible for administering the environmental services systems in account facilities for Healthcare Services Group.
• Manage cross-functional relationships between the EVS department and the facility
• Recruit, train, and develop staff
• Provide customer service and patient care for the residents.
• Trained staff on OSHA safety* Increased housekeeper assessment performance from 56% to 84% within 1 month of taking over a facility.

Dripping Springs, Texas, US

• I am responsible for administering all Hospital Housekeeping Systems’ (HHS) programs by maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and consistency throughout all areas of a 260,000 square foot hospital, and satellite.
• Prepares Payroll Records employees’ names, pay period and other necessary information on payroll sheets and files in sign-in book by the end of the workday every other Friday
• Requisitions, receives, and stores supplies; submits to purchasing by noon each day.
• Ensures coverage of all areas with staff members available
• Makes Daily Inspections of areas all areas visited during the day; completes written inspection reports on deficiencies.
• Maintains Quality Control Program

Columbus, GA, US

An experienced Life and Health Insurance Agent who is active in the community, and is endeavoring to make the world a better place for the generations to come. My focus is helping business owners increase profitability by increasing employee morale, and improving employee retention by enabling them to provide affordable insurance at little/no cost to the.

*Promote The Baker's Man company sales and presence. *Identify and recommend opportunities for market events, corporate events, and social events. *Generate revenue at Farmer's Markets in the Greater Houston Area.

• Conducted an extensive analysis of the company’s product line to minimize cannibalization and optimize account penetration, product pricing, and overall profitability, and to identify potential new accounts in our.
• Surveyed the local environmental organizations and the area chemical manufacturers association to identify all of the companies in our marketing area with a potential need
• Worked with the Director of Sales to sort prospects into A, B, and C categories for personal sales follow-ups.
• Analyzed existing accounts to identify opportunities to develop new sales from our product line offering
• Created and updated an account database with new information as required and helped the Sales Department track their KPIs related to Account Development

Katy, Texas, US

• Forecast the sales performance of the products sold by Academy. I also am presently assigned to the Nexus Project which is transitioning how the company forecasts, and reports the forecast results, utilizing new.
• SME Definition of Measures- My responsibility is to improve communication between the new department and the existing firm by translating the utilized measures for use and understanding for the company at large.
• SME Interactive Forecasting-My responsibility is to be the point person for the training and effective use of the Interactive Forecasting program.
• SME Store Visit Team Chair-Responsible for organizing strategy for store visits, store visit analysis, lead discussions with Demand Forecast Analysts about store visits, and store visit reporting.
• SME Introduction For New Hires-Introduce and acclimate new hires to the team and the performance expectations
• SME Alert Dashboard Refinement-Help develop and refine the performance of the forecast alert dashboard for use by the Demand Forecasting Department.

Oklahoma City, OK, US

• I am responsible for sales, merchandising, marketing, and team development for a $70 million dollar facility. My location concluded the final quarter of 2012 with a 20% increase in sales, exceeded company audit budget.
• Managed vendor accounts and invoices for fuel, merchandise, food, and maintenance
• Managed financial reporting of site performance

Woonsocket, RI, US

• Work to boost sales through effective product positioning and consultative customer service and sales. Recruit, train, and manage staff to ensure excellent customer satisfaction and store performance.
• #1 in 19 store district in budget sales gain increase (7%)
• 268% gain in budgeted profit for the year
• #1 in 19 store district in management controlled profitability increase (34%)
• #1 in 19 store district in inventory shrink audit 1% (100% decrease in shrink against budget)
• #1 in 19 store district in percentage gain in contribution A (268%)

Evansville, IN, US

• Recruited, trained, and managed staff in sales, customer service, and optimal product positioning.
• Boosted profit and revenue 20% and increased sales from $1.8M to $3M.
• Raised store's secret shop percentage from 65% to 89%.
• Increased conversion rate from 22% to 27%.
• Redesigned sales and customer service focus for store in Houston market to produce higher revenues and increase marketability.

• Managed $3M volume store and staff of 25 employees. Conducted and directed routine inventory reports. Developed sales teams for Foot Locker Toledo market.
• Overcame payroll budget cuts by working off the clock to avoid cutting staff to maintain team and rebuild store.
• Worked five months without a day off in order to lead team to $1M in sales for first quarter.
• Improved wage management ratios in three stores to rank in top 5 in respective districts.

• Responsibilities: journal entries, month end closing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, bank and account reconciliations and financial statement preparation.
• As an accountant with Mid Am Bank I was responsible reconciling corporate accounts receivable and preparing month-end reports.

Bowling Green, OH, US

• Performed background research and analysis of government and corporate public affairs policies and strategies to maintain laboratory compliance. Trained students in public relations strategies.
• Wrote and edited weekly editorials for university newspaper concerning university projects and events for the newspaper and the newspaper website
• Administered laboratory procedural training to students
• Performed statistical analysis on experimental laboratory results
• Conducted and organized scientific research for laboratory analysis
• Created and implemented new training practices, making course material relevant to individual student majors

Toledo, Ohio, US

• Redesigned seven departmental web pages for improved website navigation
• Reorganized content for five organizations and ten web pages
• Created four new websites affiliated with the ProMedica website

Houston, Texas, US

• Researched seismic and geological data, reports, and publications
• Designed departmental website
• Completed website design within one month
• Interviewed geologists and support team for information for the site.

Atlanta, GA, US

As an accountant with Coca~Cola Foods, I worked in accounts payable, fixed assets, and financial accounting departments. Responsibilities: month end closing, year-end closing, journal entries accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, bank and account reconciliations and financial statement preparation.

Nationwide, US

• Managed the promotion and intern communication within the organization
• Represented INROADS as a speaker for Leadership Houston in 1995
• Founded INROADS/University of Houston Chapter to market INROADS to students, faculty, and businesses at the University of Houston - main campus
• INROADS Student Association, Vice-President and Treasurer

Mba, Accounting

Master Of Arts, Communication Studies

Bachelor Of Science, Mass Communication

Diploma, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

Master'S Degree, Communication Studies