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Experience

Work Experience

2017 - Present

Senior Mid Market Account Executive

Yelp for Restaurants

Remote, based out of the San Francisco Bay Area

  • Brokered Yelp sales deals ammounting to multiple millions of dollars across 6 years

  • Attained recognition as a top sales rep across 4 separate sales departments (Local, Mid-Market, Restaurants, Mid-Market Restaurants)

  • Led the San Francisco chapter of YelpCares, Yelp's volunteer organization for 4 years. Implemented repeating blood drives and solidified repeating volunteer partnerships with organizations such as St. Anthony's, Vitalant, Project Open Hand, and Saints of Steel

  • Attended trade shows and industry events on behalf of the company

2022 - Present

Co-founder and Director of Operations

Confidence Club California

Oakland, CA

  • Responsible for business development and strategy

  • Responsible for tech operations, advertising, and marketing

  • Created a business plan that successfully realized revenue 4x of what was projected--over $100,000 in our first year

  • Responsible for supporting the best Child Psychologist in America. This statement might be biased.

  • Supporting my wife, Dr. Kate in her work is the most impactful thing I do. She's doing amazing work and really helps the kids she works with.

2015-2017

Classroom Counselor

Oakes Childrens' Center

Oakland, CA

Oakes Children’s Center is dedicated to

providing education and mental health services to youth with emotional and/or developmental challenges and to their families, particularly in underserved communities. Our goal is to foster the social, emotional and educational growth necessary for children to continue learning and fully realize their potential. We fulfill our mission by providing individualized education, innovative and culturally- responsive therapeutic services, comprehensive assessment, and clinical

training.

2014-2015

Technical Writer

Geo M. Martin Company

Emeryville, CA

  • Created onsite multimedia content in factory and workshop settings

  • Synthesized training videos and built a simple HTML website with which to browse them for clients and operators

  • Created build-out Standard Operating Procedures for assembly using Build of Materials

  • Cross-functionally collaborated between sales and engineering to create high quality content

2012-2013

Corps Member

Americorps City Year

San Jose, CA/Silicon Valley

  • Donated a full year of my life to national service in America's most in-need schools, working to curb the dropout to prison pipeline.

  • Undertook rigorous leadership and team building training.

  • Designed and led programs and events ranging from classroom curriculums to communitywide events.

  • Successfully mentored 7 out of 9 students I worked with catch up to grade-appropriate reading level

  • Had a ton of fun and made lifelong connections
     

2009-2015

Music Journalist

Various Publications

International Coverage

  • Founded and wrote for various publications throughout the US and Mexico, as well as abroad.

  • Applied for and managed Press credentialing and associated content

  • Worked cross functionally with venues, promoters, agents, managers, and every other type of entertainment professional to spread the word about great events

  • Shot photos at some of the world's best known venues and events

  • Arranged and created interview content for Grammy-winning artists

2008-2012

IT Specialist/Help Desk

Simon International School of Business

Rochester, NY

  • Supported student and staff during intake and setup personal computing devices with various softwares

  • Network troubleshooting and IT support for AV and technical systems in the business school

  • Nearly completed a certification on a Bloomberg Terminal

  • Helped with data backup and recovery

Education

2004 - 2008

University of Rochester

  • Studied Psychology with a heavy emphasis on Neural Foundations of Behavior, Brain development, and Biological mechanisms in behavior, perception, and action.

  • Volunteered in the Mayer-Proschel Genetics/Microbiology Lab where I assisted in data gathering using a two photon microscope.

  • Gathered data on how iron deficiency affects physical brain development. Using brain tissue gathered from genetically modified mice, gathered and collated data on how iron deficiency affected dendritic spike formation in pyramidal neurons

B.A. Brain and Cognitive Science

Minor in Psychology

Rochester, NY

2000 - 2004

Council Rock High School North

  • Graduated with Honors

  • Member of Lacrosse Team

  • Represented CRHS at Model UN events at Princeton, University of Penn, Harvard, Yale, and also Hershey, Pennsylvania

  • Volunteered in local schools and food kitchens including Council Rock Schools and Philabundance

High School Diploma

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Skills

Entrepreneurial Mindset

Leadership & Management

Teamwork & Collaboration

Digital Marketing

Full Cycle Sales

Restaurant Operations and Business Development

Volunteer organizing and fundraising

Superior Digital Proficiencies

Languages

English (native)

Spanish (Intermediate)

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