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Austin, TX, US

Scorer and Question Table Leader for the College Board's Advanced Placement English Language & Composition exam

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Secondary English teacher and grade-level team lead. Courses taught:English IEnglish II & English II Pre-APEnglish IIIAP English Language & CompositionEnglish IVCertifications:English Language Arts and Reading Grades 7-12English as a Second Language Grades 7-12

Austin, Texas, United States

Field salesperson specialized in selling Cloud Security solutions to Small-to‑Medium businesses based on the West Coast to some 17,000 accounts. Utilizes networking skills to prospect for new business, and maintain relationships with both greenfield and install customers. Managed complete sales cycle from prospecting to deal close.-­‐‑ Achievements: 132%.

Austin, Texas, United States

Specialized in security and identity management technology sales to Enterprise accounts. Served as Team Lead, tasked with mentoring 9 team members by helping plan account strategy and teach sales systems processes. Created collateral for and executed several marketing campaigns to generate new business. Exceeded weekly KPIs of 150 calls and $100K of.

Palo Alto, California, United States

Researched, interviewed, and wrote 1,000- word feature pieces for the “Philanthropy Engineering” project, which detailed technology deployments in the public sector. Organized statistics for infographics and generated ideas for interactive segments for three pieces.Published 500 word internal blog posts explaining Palantir technology use cases.

San Francisco Bay Area

Profiled emerging technology startups in Silicon Valley; interviewed founders, investigated business models, and reviewed iOS applications. Published 3-­4 posts daily. Broke technology news and posted updates following major tech announcements.

New York, New York, United States

Published 600-­word pieces online weekly covering entrepreneurs and startups for the Small Business section. Featured business school professors and MBA-­founded startups for special Business School section series. Created timely slideshows and compiled interviews for the “10 Words” section of the August 2013 Interview Issue. Work syndicated by the San.

Palo Alto, California, United States

Oversaw and aided in production of 15 campus publications, from magazines to academic journals. Allocated annual budget of $250,000 and managed requests for all publications. Scheduled journalistic trainings on ethics, design, etc. Hosted monthly editorial meetings and inter-­‐‑publication functions to grow and engage publishing community.

New York, New York, United States

Intern with People StyleWatch Magazine. Organized fashion closet for relevant pages for August, September, and October issues. Transformed print stories to other mediums, such as television; styled and modeled outfits for Good Morning America and the Today Show.

Stanford, California, United States

Edited and oversaw production of the newspaper, with focus on the News and Opinion sections. Produced special packages, including student elections and coverage of ROTC. Managed top editors and facilitated communication among 200 staff members; increased idea flow among sections.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Journalism

Social media manager - The Peninsula Press

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Chi Omega, The Stanford Daily, Order of Omega Honors Society, Intersorority Council, Community Manager, 1035.