Research Analyst

Objective: To join a research or consulting team, allowing me to apply and develop my abilities and knowledge of marketing research, brand management, strategy.

Work Experience:
Springfield Armory
July ••••• December ••••• Geneseo, IL
Full-time Labor
* Worked as part of a specialized team focused on developing and applying processes for reconditioning used gun parts.
* Skills: Process Development, Production Planning, Metalworking

Caterpillar
March ••••• January ••••• Peoria, IL
Project Intern
* Worked within Caterpillar Strategic Consulting on a corporate-level Global Sourcing initiative.
* Acted as an information, knowledge and research center for an internal Six Sigma team regarding Global Sourcing trends, issues, and news.
* Skills: Secondary Research, Applied Knowledge, Information Management

Mosaic Sales Solutions
September ••••• June ••••• Peoria, IL
Field Merchandising Specialist
* Merchandising of Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Walt Disney movies and EZ-D test market.
* Effectively met POP, Placement, and Compliance goals.
* Skills: Relationship Building, Sales, Territory Management

Bradley University
March ••••• May ••••• Peoria, IL
Research Assistant
* Worked within Department of Marketing for a Professor.
* Data entry and verification for an academic study on innovation in the workplace.
* Skills: Data Entry, Data Verification, Spreadsheets

Education:
Bradley University
May ••••• Peoria, IL
Master of Business Administration, Marketing
* GPA: •••••
* Vice President MBA Association •••••
* Graduate Assistant •••••

Bradley University
May ••••• Peoria, IL
Bachelor of Science, Marketing
* Marketing GPA: •••••; Overall GPA: •••••
* Member of Mu Kappa Tau National Marketing Honor Society
* Overall Marketing Excellence Award - Best Senior Project

Skills and Interests:
* Advanced Computer Skills
* SPSS, Office, HTML
* Music and Cataloging
* Technology News