Michael Curland
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Objective
Seeking a career in sales and marketing that will utilize my interpersonal skills in community relations as well as my Economics, Business, and Management education.
Work Experience
Research and Development Analyst (11/16/2010 – 03/15/2011)
Internet development and web site expertise. Learned how to sell a product to Venture Capitalists.
Last Employer: PayPerParty, Inc.
Responsibilities: Provided research and targeted analysis for the startup web site. Analyzed the competitive market place and provided summary of the financial models and strategic direction in the market place.
Accomplishments: created critical marketing strategy document that helped pitch the PayPerParty idea to venture capitalists and future clients (i.e. social settings).
Quality Control Associate (06/16/2009 – 08/16/2009)
Last Employer: Vitex Corporation
Responsibilities: Examined aluminum products (i.e. solar panel frames and truck racks) before they were shipped to clients.
Accomplishments: gave insight on possible ways to expand business to other future aluminum buyers in order to improve quality.
Golf Caddy (05/24/2009 – Present)
communicated and interacted with clients on a person to person level in order to promote a positive club experience.
Last Employer: North Jersey Country Club
Responsibilities: Carry golf clubs for 18 holes. Provide insight and helpful tips to golfers (green reads, hole yardages, and possible club choices).
Accomplishments: Selected as caddy in the club championship.
Snack Bar (06/24/2008 – 09/06/2008)
Sales in food and beverages
Last Employer: Indian Trail Club
Responsibilities: Prepared and sold food and beverages to club members and guests.
Education
Establishment: Gettysburg College
Degree: Business Management
Average Grade: B
Details: Still currently a student. Graduate in summer of 2014
Skills
interpersonal communications, teaching and working with children, music production
Computer Skills: Proficient in powerpoint, excell, web searching, begun work in key areas in digital marketing and computer programming.
Additional Information
-Camp Lots of Fun - African drumming instruction for homeless children, ages 5-12 (Summer ‘09) -Suffern Soup Kitchen (Summer ’09, weekends) -Habitat for Humanity (Adirondacks, NY) – Built/paint home for families in need (June ‘07) -Camp Sunshine/Snowflake (Ridgewood, NJ)– Buddy program for disabled and under-privileged kids (Sept ’05 – May ’06) -Started Tail-Gate club in High School that brought campus together through the sale and production of food
Honors: First team All Ivy League defense 2010 Lax Lacrosse All-Ivy League Honorable Mention (Varsity Defense ’09) Basketball Ivy League Championship Leading Point Scorer (JV,’08) Basketball Ivy League Champions (JV,’08) Basketball All-Tournament Team (JV,’08)
Interests
I am currently planning to try out for the Gettysburg basketball team for the 2011-12 season. In addition, I have been playing and producing music almost my entire life.