Bachelor of Business Administration GPA: 3.325
Major: Finance & Investments
Minor: Psychology
Relevant Course Work: Corporate Finance, Statistical Analysis, Investment Analysis, International Business, Production and Operation Management, Risk Management, Business Policy, Banking and Monetary Systems, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Economics, Oral Communication
Activities: Alpha Phi Delta – National Social Fraternity

Associate of Science in Business Administration GPA: 3.55
Relevant Course Work: Accounting, Business Law, Marketing, Computer Information Systems, Economics, Management, Statistics
Awards: President’s List (Fall 03), Dean’s List (Spring 01, Fall 01, Fall 03, Spring 04)
Activities: Alpha Beta Gamma – International Business Honor Society
Phi Theta Kappa – International Honor Society

 Director of Human Resources, Director of Facilities, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Safety Officer, Emergency Action Plan Manager, Event Coordinator, Chief Training Officer
 Directed a team of 12 mid-level managers to carry out day-to-day store operations, to seek out community outreach activities, to foster relationships with residents and local professionals and to conduct in-house events, activities and seminars
 Acted as lead liaison between the company and building contractor, and numerous sub-contractors, during the build-out of a multimillion-dollar, 14,000 square foot facility
 Created and implemented new standard operating procedures, cash flow controls, training programs and safety guidelines
 Increased sales 76.52% ($2.84MM) over 8 years, averaging 9.5% growth per year
 Awarded the Times Herald Record Reader’s Choice Award for 7 consecutive years

 Successfully implemented an office modernization plan that resulted in a streamlining of office processes and the digitizing of township records
 Prepared all Town Board Minutes, Agendas, Resolutions, Local Laws, Oaths of Office and other permanent historical Town records
 Served on committees and in associations such as New York State Town Clerk’s Association, Dutchess County Town Clerk’s Association and New York Association of Local Government Records Officers
 Appointed by the Commissioner of Education to serve on the New York State Archives Region 9 Regional Advisory Committee

 Was responsible for the discipline, appearance, training, control, conduct and welfare of a squad of up to 12 Marines and the condition, care and economical use of their weapons and equipment
 For 155 consecutive days, in a high-stress, battlefield environment, was responsible for tactical employment, fire discipline, fire control and maneuver of an Infantry Squad
 Led a React Squad responding to enemy fire and hostile threats
 Conducted numerous combat patrols, house and vehicle searches and vehicle and pedestrian checkpoints in and around An Nasiriyah, Iraq
 Trained, supervised and evaluated junior Marines to ensure operational readiness in preparation for Operation Iraqi Freedom
 Graduated from USMC Corporals Leadership Course
 Graduated from US Army Ordnance, Missile and Munitions Center & School, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
 Graduated from USMC Motor Vehicle Incidental Drivers School
 Participated in Operation Apoyo Fuerte, as part of Joint Task Force Eagle, providing humanitarian aid to Guatemalans following Hurricane Mitch
 Honorable Discharge