Accounting Skills
- Financial statement analysis, GAAP, journal entries, debits and credits, financial statements, cash and receivables, inventories, PP&E, intangible assets, and current liabilities.
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Mathematics: Statistics, California State University, Long Beach.
- Accounting, UCSD
Experience
Android Developer
- August 2011 - Present
- Accomplished Android Professional
- Southern California
Conceived, created,designed, developed, and published the game "Catch 'em" for Android phones.
Care giver
- April 2009 - August 2011
Provided care for an ailing family member.
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- November 2006 - April 2009
- Fundraising & Outreach
- Upland, CA
- Developed sustainable donations and funding for a national non-profit by soliciting individuals for multiple year pledges.
- Applied the principles of permission based fundraising using the Benevon model.
- Solicited grants from corporations and foundations.
- Managed and mined a Raiser's Edge database.
- Increased awareness and membership by marketing services to individuals and institutions. Exceeded growth goals each year.
- Ensured continued membership of existing accounts through customer service and awareness campaigns of newly available services.
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- January 2004 - August 2009
- Sales & Marketing
- Orange, CA
- Marketed and promoted websites for an online publishing and marketing firm.
- Designed, wrote copy, and implemented text ad, SEO, and viral marketing campaigns.
- Developed and increased traffic by adding and improving content.
- Created buzz through social internet networking.
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- September 2003 - January 2004
- Sales & Marketing
- Newport Beach, CA
- Worked inside and outside developing new business for an online publisher.
- Prospected and closed new advertising accounts, working with leads from company’s database and my own research.
- Led sales force in new account generation.
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- December 2002 – July 2003
- Sold big screen TVs in a highly competitive market.
- Advocated the benefits of buying from Sears rather than the competition.
- Consistently ranked first or second in sales performance on a monthly and quarterly basis.
Marc Ganouna, Entrepreneur
- January 1998 – November 2002
- Sales & Marketing
- Irvine, CA
Wore several hats for an engineering and marketing entrepreneur.
- For Minds@Work, a start-up engineering and marketing firm:
- Procured engineering sample parts for development and large quantities for production.
- Brought product to market by prospecting and opening initial accounts.
- Negotiated stake-in-the-ground advertisements for product roll-out.
- Coordinated sales and shipping for international and domestic accounts.
- Tracked sales and inventory in the distribution channel using Excel.
- For IX Technology, a start-up computer hardware trading company:
- Prospected and established initial accounts.
- Traded primarily in large quantities of Intel and AMD CPUs, buying in Europe and selling into the U.S.
- Grew the company from zero accounts to $1,000,000.00 in sales per month in four months.
- Negotiated price and delivery via phone, email, and fax.
- Tracked and forecast spot hardware prices and foreign currency trends.
- For MGV Memory, an independent memory manufacturer:
- Sold computer memory to OEMs and VARs.
- Worked with existing accounts and developed new accounts.
- Troubleshot and recommended memory upgrades.
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- October 1993 – December 1997
- Sold computers and diagnosed customers' problems and needs.
- Achieved over half a million dollars in sales in 1995, number one in the department.
- Led the department in 1996 sales.
- Supervised inventory for the department, achieving growth in a down year.
Volunteer
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
- November 1999 - April 2009
Transcribed mathematics textbooks from print to digital voice recording for blind and dyslexic elementary and college students.
Personal
Passed SOA Exam 100, Calculus and Linear Algebra (6). Passed SOA exam 110, Probability and Statistics (7). Eagle Scout. Avid golfer.