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Chapel Hill, NC

• Create all data-led operational, revenue, finance, and marketing/branding strategies to scale a digital law firm startup.
• Manage attorneys across the state and direct development of proprietary software.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Guide buyers through the purchase of properties. Generate lists of properties compatible with buyers' needs and financial resources. Coordinate appointments to show homes.
• Establish positive flow of communication with agents, buyers and sellers, mortgage officers, title personnel and attorneys. Present purchase offers, negotiate contracts on behalf of clients and coordinate property.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Fine art e-commerce website that generated $13,000 in revenue its first year and saw 2x growth in early 2014.
• Oversee marketing strategy, sales-generating ads, web and social presence; manage Cost of Goods Sold, inventory, sales tax reporting, and accounting.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• E-commerce website that offers premium made-to-measure menswear to provide employment and training opportunities for women rescued from human trafficking.
• Manage partnerships and oversee all branding, marketing, operational, technical, and financial strategy.

East Asia

• Lived one year cross-culturally in East Asia learning language, training young men and building movements.
• Assisted in management of $500,000 in personal support funding, strategic planning and event coordination.
• Developed my understanding of international business practices through market research and RFQ's.

200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

• Operations
• Extraordinary Ventures (EV) is a social entrepreneurial nonprofit based in Chapel Hill, NC that provides employment and social opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities (DD).
• Received 2012 Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Business of the Year award for our success as a pioneering fourth sector model that managed 6 lean startups.
• Partnered with Autism Speaks on the “Small Business Initiative” project with a team that analyzed and identified successful social entrepreneurial businesses in order to replicate and scale our employment model.
• Trained and developed new leaders and managers as well as partners around the nation in incorporating lean business principals into a socially conscious organization.
• Oversaw hiring procedures and all payroll, general and workers compensation insurance for 50 employees.EV Laundry

Durham, NC

• Managed shifts, led a team of Certified Trainers, and facilitated operations of the business.
• Developed a sustainable training program to certify current and new team members in best practices.
• Wrote and maintained the John White IV blog for CathyFamily.com.
• Negotiated vendor contracts, managed just-in-time inventory, restaurant quality and lean production.
• Traveled to train and manage grand openings of new freestanding restaurants (FSRs).Leadership Development Program Project Manager - February 2014 - August 2014
• Created a wide-ranging, structured, two-year development program that provides the next generation with a strong foundation in the fundamentals of applicable leadership.

• Trained in on-site real estate sales and sharpened personal understanding of the market.
• Established the skills necessary to employ my strengths in a consultative selling approach.

Salisbury, NC

• Senior Project Manager and President of Spotlight ’08.
• Awarded first place for Outstanding Performance Award with Private Brand Marketing.
• Part of the team that enhanced private brand penetration to nearly 20% (highest in Food Lion history).
• Analyzed competitor marketing strategies and originated an initiate for a new customer segmentation.

Chapel Hill, NC

Assisted with the sale and distribution of 20,000 Men's Basketball calendars.Shadowed associates and honed sales management, teamwork, and interpersonal skill.