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Highly Motivated MBA Graduate with 4 yrs Experience.
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US-North Carolina-Charlotte
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WORK EXPERIENCE AND CAREER PROFILE
Gardner-Webb University (08-06- Present) Boiling Springs, NC Graduate Assistant
Full Tuition Waiver-Merit Based
Selected as the GA among several applicants.
Created a strong local business owners and Management network.
Started the GWU International Business Club.
Recruited students with different cultural backgrounds to attend GWU MBA.
Redesigned the School of Business Newsletter using all the Microsoft Office Programs.
Tutored students in subjects as finance, marketing and operations.
Enterprise Rent a Car (03/03-02/06) Knoxville, TN
Branch Manager (09/04-02/06)
Effectively managed over $1,500,000 in assets to generate an increase in business, revenue and operating profit.
Periodically met with Accounting Department and Area Manager to make positive financial decisions for the branch.
Executed financial strategies to improve profitability and achieve financial goals.
Ran a well balanced business in the areas of profitability, employee development, growth and customer service.
Mentored new employees in sales, marketing and customer service.
Won Regional awards in customer service, growth and profitability.
100% Employee Retention.
Strengthened and increased our business with referrals.
Created a Network of customers using my multilingual skills.
Assistant Branch Manager (Downtown Knoxville, TN) (12/03-08/04)
Emphasized a strong sales culture in the office.
Increased branch revenue.
Rewarded performing Manager Trainees and coached the Non Performing Manager Trainees in order to improve sales.
Achieved promotional opportunities for Manager Trainees.
Implemented a new system that reduced Bad Debt.
Won 2 Triple Crowns (Increase in Operating Profit, Growth and Customer Satisfaction).
Manager Trainee (03/03-11/03)
Outstanding Sales.
Increased business from the referrals assigned to me.
Achieved corporate goals in sales and customer satisfaction.
Always ranked in Top 5% of Manager Trainees in the region.
Transmission Technologies Corporation (07/02- 01/03) Knoxville, TN
Financial Analyst (07/02-01/03)
Analyzed cost procedures to detect flows in the production system.
Advised production managers on cost reduction.
Prepared public presentations.
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LANGUAGES
English, Spanish, Proficient Portuguese.
ACTIVITIES AND HONORS:
Paid 90% of my college tuition through scholarships and job.
Starter at UT INT Soccer Team.
The University of Tennessee Berkshire- Hathaway Club.
The University of Tennessee Financial Management Association.
Member Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.
Volunteer in mission to Costa Rica in 1999 and 2001.
Member of the International Relations Club.
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Enterprise Rent a Car Mckinney Sales Training. Knoxville, TN
Enterprise Rent a Car Management Development #1. Atlanta, GA
Enterprise Rent a Car Management Development #2. St Louis, MO
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Highly energetic and self motivated.
Successful in team and individual working environments.
Enjoy setting and reaching goals.
Excellent team motivator.
Ability to relocate.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft Office, HTML, Internet
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EDUCATION
Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC
Master of Business Administration- MBA-, ECD DEC- 2007
University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN
B.S. in Business Administration (Major: Finance), May 2002
Hiwassee College Madisonville, TN
Associate Degree in Business Administration, May 1999
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09.29.07 |
I would like to network with you regarding a position our executive search firm has been retained to fill. It is for a great company in Chicago.
Perhaps someone in your network might be interested in a Senior Exchange Messaging Engineer position. Please see the job description below. Im happy to answer any questions. Feel free to forward on to anyone you like.
Whether this is of interest to you or not, I encourage you to reply with a resume. It would be helpful for us in future searches that might be ideal for your background. Our firm has been in business for 30 years & is a pioneer in diversity. Thank you.
Don McCauley
dmccauley@dgai.com
Position Specification
Title: Senior Exchange Engineer
The Team
Technical Architecture The position is a part of the Research and Development department and fills a senior role in our messaging systems development group. The teams involved consist of managers/staff, Communications Department, Operations, Application Development, contractors, and vendors.
Position description
As a senior member of our messaging R&D department, the candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving the companys state of the art global messaging environment with some cross platform (Microsoft/Cisco) unified messaging design and support.
The candidate will work with SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, Presence, SonicWall, and related email concepts, protocols and methods along with the opportunities to perform major upgrades to our messaging platforms. The candidate will work alongside our Communications department to help design and support our unified messaging environment.
Person
The candidate shall have a broad background in messaging technologies and shall have demonstrated proficiency in the following areas:
Exchange 2003\Exchange 2007
Live Communication server (LCS)\Office Communications Server (OCS)
Mobile Messaging Technologies (Active Sync, BlackBerry, Good Technologies)
Remote Messaging Technologies (OWA, RPC over HTTP)
Anti-Spam Technologies
Anti-Virus Technologies (messaging specific)
Messaging DR best practices
Storage technologies (SANs, FC Switches, HBAs)
Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007
Active Directory
Windows 2003 Server
DNS
SMTP
Understanding the principles of UM (Cisco\Exchange)
Job Responsibilities
The candidate will have the following responsibilities with the potential of expanding:
Researching and developing solutions to meet enterprise wide messaging needs.
Researching, architecting, testing and planning the integration of new messaging technologies and upgrades to existing platforms.
Staying current with new technologies, and industry best practices; particularly those dealing with messaging and storage.
High level maintenance and troubleshooting of the current Exchange 2003 messaging environment based on industry best practices. (Responsibilities include but are not limited to troubleshooting and resolving high level mail routing issues, public folder issues, mailbox issues, Exchange server\services issues; adding\removing messaging servers, configuring servers, services, routing policies, etc., establishing maintenance procedures based on current industry BP).
Maintaining and troubleshooting SMTP internet gateway issues (Currently SonicWall).
Maintaining and troubleshooting Live Communications server 2005.
Establishing DR procedures for all relevant messaging servers. (Exchange, LCS, Blackberry, Good etc).
Maintaining and troubleshooting BlackBerry and Good Technologies servers.
Maintaining and troubleshooting Outlook Web Access \ RPC over HTTP
Maintaining and Configuring EMC SANs and FC Switches.
Working with Communications group to troubleshoot Cisco Unity issues.
Keeping documentation up to date for the messaging environment.
Testing and deployment of upgrades, hot fixes and other updates.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 7 to 10 years of relevant experience.
Excellent problem solving, written and oral communication skills.
Deep knowledge of SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, and related email concepts, protocols and methods are required. |
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