While serving our country over the course of eight years as an active duty Marine, followed by a year-long deployment as a civilian contractor, I have honed not only my capabilities as a heavy equipment operator, but I have also learned how to effectively manage personnel while exhibiting a strict attention to administrative detail. Since my return stateside in April of 2012, I have been working toward the completion of a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Arizona State University with concentrations in both business and communication. I will graduate in the spring of 2014 and intend to continue my education at ASU by enrolling in a M.B.A. program at the W.P. Carey School of Business.