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Greater Pittsburgh Area

Chicago Region

Sold and executed national/local brand building marketing programs and initiatives within chain and national accounts. Connected with adult tobacco consumers in a “1 to 1” manner with the purpose of gaining trail and conversion to RJRT brands. Established relationships with Retail Partners in order to provide them with insights about the tobacco category, consumer profiles/trends, and business building opportunities. Oversaw development of new hires, acted as mentor to new employee’s, team leader of teach-back meetings for the CAS 9 Connect Upgrade, also prepared and presented multiple SWOT analysis to Chicago Region.

South Boston, Va

Subcontracted to Virginia Tech Modeling and Simulation Center to work on the business plan and grant writing.Worked as a contracted Business Specialist for the Virginia Tech Clean Energy Business Incubator. Responsibilities included grant writing for the DOE and DOD, constructing a business plan and proforma, drafting leases, along with organizing an Energy Summit and developing marketing materials. Dealt with government funding for a non-profit technology center with company contracts such as Tetra Tech, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, RTI International, Battelle, Alion Science and Technology, and more. Assisted in presentation development and education material for renewable energy. Responsibilities included power point slides, graphical representation of concepts, handout construction, and website development.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Lead tax preparer at the Benton Harbor Wal-Mart location. Responsible for tax preparation, client interviews, review of financial records, consults tax law handbooks and bulletins to determine procedure of atypical tax situations. Verified forms prepared by others to detect errors of arithmetic or procedures.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, International Business/Trade/Commerce And Marketing

Bba, Business Administration, Marketing, International