The Lives of the Atoms

The Lives of the Atoms

I have a terrible need… shall I say the word?… of religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars (Vincent van Gogh).

To make an apple pie, you need wheat, apples, a pinch of this and that, and the heat of the oven. The ingredients are made of molecules – sugar, say, or water. The molecules, in turn, are made of atoms – carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and a few others. Where do these atoms come from? Except for hydrogen, they are all made in stars. A star is a kind of cosmic kitchen inside which atoms of hydrogen are cooked in heavier atoms. Stars condense from interstellar gas and dust, which are composed mostly of hydrogen. But the hydrogen was made in the Big Bang, the explosion that began the Cosmos. If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must firs invent the universe.

Suppose you take an apple pie and cut it in half; take one of the two pieces, cut it in half; and in the spirit of Demcoritus, continue. How many cuts before you are down to a single atom? The answer is about ninety successive cuts. Of course, no knife could be sharp enough, the pie is too crumbly, and the atom would in any case be too small to see unaided. But there is a way to do it.

Matter is Composed Of Nothing. Image: ©  ElenaB.

At Cambride University in England, in the forty five years centered in 1910, the nature of the atom was first understood – partly by shooting pieces of atoms at atoms and watching how they bounce off. A typical atom has a kind of cloud of electrons on the outside. Electrons are electrically charged, as their name suggests. The charge is arbitrarily called negative. Electrons determine the chemical properties of the atom – the glitter of gold, the cold feel of iron, the crystal structure of the carbon diamond. Deep inside the atom, hidden far beneath the electron cloud, is the nucleus, generally composed of positively charged protons and electrically neural neutrons. Atoms are very small – one hundred million of them end to end would be as large as the tip of your little finger. But the nucleus is a hundred thousand times smaller still, which is part of the reason it took so long to be discovered.

It had previously been thought that the protons were uniformly distributed throughout the electron cloud, rather than being concentrated in a nucleus of positive charge at the center. The nucleus was discovered by Ernest Rutherford at Cambridge when some of the bombarding particles were bounced back in the direction from which they had come. Rutherford commented: “It was quite the most incredible event that has ever happened to me in my life. It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch cannon shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you.”

Nevertheless, most of the mass of an atom is in its nucleus; the electrons are by comparison just clouds of moving fluff. Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing.

Familiar Chemical Elements

Familiar Chemical Elements

Two stars of roughly the same mass will evolve roughly in parallel. But a more massif star will spend its nuclear fuel faster, become a red giant sooner, and be first to enter the final white dwarf decline. There should therefore be, as they are, many cases of binary stars, one component a red giant, the other a white dwarf. Some such pairs are so close together that they touch, and the glowing stellar atmosphere flows from the distended red giant to the compact white dwarf, tending to fall on a particular province of the surface of the white dwarf.

The hydrogen accumulates, compressed to higher and higher pressures and temperatures by the intense gravity of the white dwarf, until the stolen atmosphere of the red giant undergoes thermonuclear reactions, and the white dwarf briefly flares into brilliance. Such a binary is called a nova and has quite a different origin from a supernova. Novae occur only in binary systems and are powered by hydrogen fusion; supernovae occur in single stars and are powered by silicon fusion.

Atoms synthesized in the interiors of stars are commonly returned to the interstellar gas. Red giants find their outer atmospheres blowing away into space; planetary neubulae are the final stages of Sunlike stars blowing their tops. Supernovae violently eject much of their stellar mass into space. The atoms returned are, naturally, those most readily made in the thermonuclear reactions in stellar interiors: Hydrogen fuses into helium, helium into carbon, carbon into oxygen and thereafter, in massive stars, by the successive addition of further helium nuclei, neon, magnesium, silicon, sulfur, and so on are built – additions by stages, two protons and two neutrons per stage, all the way to iron. Direct fusion of silicon also generates iron, a pair of silicon atoms, each with twenty-eight protons and neutrons, joining, at a temperature of billions of degrees, to make an atom of iron with fifty-six protons and neutrons.

The Light. Illustration : Elena

These are all familiar chemical elements. We recognize their names. Such stellar nuclear reactions do not readily generate erbium, dysprosium, hafnium, praseodymium or yttrium, but rather the elements we know in everyday life, elements returned to the interstellar gas, where they are swept up in a subsequent generation of cloud collapse and star and planet formation.

All the elements of the Erath except hydrogen and some helium have been cooked by a kind of stellar alchemy billions of years ago in stars, some of which are today inconspicuous white dwarfs on the other side of the Milky Way Galaxy. The nitrogen of our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars.

Communication and Development

Communication and Development

On another planet, with a different sequence of random processes to make hereditary diversity and a different environment to select particular combinations of genes, the chances of finding beings who are physically very similar to us is, I believe, near zero. The chances of finding another form of intelligence is not.

Their brains may have been evolved from the inside out They may have switching elements analogous to our neurons. But the neurons may be very different; perhaps superconductors that work at very low temperatures rather than organic devices that work at room temperature, in which case their speed of thought will be 10(7) times faster than ours. Or perhaps the equivalent of neurons elsewhere would not be in direct physical contact but in radio communication so that a single intelligent being could be distributed among many different organisms, or even many different planets, each with a part of the intelligence of the whole, each contributing by radio to an intelligence much greater than itself.

In some sense such a radio integration of separate individuals is already beginning to happen on the planet Earth. There may be planets where the intelligent beings have about 19 (14) neural connections, as we do. But there may be places where the number is 10(24) or 10(34). I wonder what they would know. Because we inhabit the same universe as they, we and they must share some substantial information in common. If we could make contact, there is much in their brains that would be of great interest to ours. But the opposite is also true. I think extraterrestrial intelligence – even beings substantially further evolved than we – will be interested in us, in what we know, how we think, what our brains are like, the course of our evolution, the prospects for our future.

If there are intelligent beings on the planets of fairly nearby stars, could they know about us? Image : Elena

If there are intelligent beings on the planets of fairly nearby stars, could they know about us? Might they somehow have an inkling of the long evolutionary progression from genes to brains to libraries that has occurred on the obscure planet Earth? If the extraterrestrials stay at home, there are at least two ways in which they might find out about us.

One way would be to listen with large radio telescopes. For billions of years they would have heard only weak and intermittent radio static caused by lighting and the trapped electrons and protons whistling within the Earth’s magnetic field. Then, less than a century ago, the radio waves leaving the Earth would become stronger, louder, less like noise and more like signals. The inhabitants of Earth had finally stumbled upon radio communication. Today there is a bast international radio, television, radar communications traffic. At some radio frequencies the Earth has become the brightest objet, the most powerful radio source, in the solar system – brighter than Jupiter, brighter than the Sun.

An extraterrestrial civilization monitoring the radio emission from Earth and receiving such signals could not fail to conclude that something interesting had been happening here lately.

What Makes Evolution Go

What Makes Evolution Go

The Earth condensed out of interstellar gas and dust some 4.6 billion years ago. We know from the fossil record that the origin of life happened soon after, perhaps around 4.0 billion years ago, in the ponds and oceans of the primitive Earth.

The first living things were not anything so complex as a one-celled organism, already a highly sophisticated form of life. The first stirrings were much more humble. In those early days, lightning and ultraviolet light from the Sun were breaking apart the simple hydrogen-rich molecules of the primitive atmosphere, the fragments spontaneously recombining into more and more complex molecules. The products of this early chemistry were dissolved in the ocean, forming a kind of organic soup of gradually increasing complexity, until one day, quite by accident, a molecule arose that was able to make crude copies of itself, using as building blocks other molecules in this planetary soup.

This was the earliest ancestor of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, the master molecule of life on Earth. It is shaped like a ladder twisted into a helix, the rungs available in four different molecular parts, which constitute the foru letters of the genetic code.

Four different molecular parts – four letters of genetic code. One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. Gilbert K. Chesterton. Photograph by Elena.

These rungs, called nucleotides, spell out the hereditary instructions for making a given organism, and every lifeform on Earth has a different set of instructions written out in essentially the same language.

The reason organisms are different is the differences in their nucleic acid instructions. A mutation is a change in a nucleotide, copied in the next generation, which breeds true.

Since mutations are random nucleotide changes, most of them are harmful or lethal, coding into existence non-functional enzymes. It is a long wait before a mutation makes an organism work better. And yet it is that improbable event, a small beneficial mutation in a nucleotide a ten-millionth of a centimeter across, that makes evolution go.

Cambrian Explosion

On the Earth, before the Cambrian explosion species seem to have succeeded one another rather slowly. In part this may be because the richness of our information declines rapidly the farther into the past we peer. In fact, in the early history of the planet Earth, few organisms had hard parts and soft beings leave few fossil remains.

In part the sluggish rate of appearance of dramatically new forms before the Cambrian explosion is real; the painstaking evolution of cell structure and biochemistry is not immediately reflected in the external forms revealed by the fossil record.

The forest. Photograph by Elena.

After the Cambrian explosion, thus exquisite new adaptations followed one another with comparatively breathtaking speed. In rapid succession, the first fish and the first vertebrates appeared; plants, previously restricted to the oceans, began the colonisation of the land; the first insect evolved. Its descendants became the pioneers in the colonisation of the land by animals; winged insects arose together with the amphibians, creatures something like the lingfish, able to survive both on land and in the water.

The first trees and the first reptiles appeared… the dinosaurs evolved, the mammals emerged, and then the first birds; the first flowers…

The dinosaurs became extinct and the earliest cetaceans, ancestors to the dolphins and whales, arose and in the same period the primates – the ancestors of the monkeys, the apes and the humans.

(By Carl Sagan, Cosmos)

CV in Marketing Area

CV in Marketing Area

• Real Estate Marketing Assistant
• Marketing Representative CV
• Student Seeking Digital Marketing Internship
• Marketing CV
• Graphic Design and Marketing
• Sales and Marketing CV
• Marketing Consultant
• Marketing Manager
• Sales/Marketing/Customer Service
• Marketing Assistant
• Sales/Marketing Representative
• Full Time Marketing Intern
• Marketing Manager/Undergraduate Student
• Real Estate Marketing
• Marketing Assistant, Receptionist, Office Manager
• Marketing Specialist CV

Real Estate Marketing Assistant

RE/MAX – Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
March 2011 to August 2015

    Prepared AutoCAD drawings of different community plans in Calgary.
    Created promotional videos as part of the company's marketing plan.
    Maintained and wrote in two real estate website blogs.
    Prepared graphic designs and illustrations using Adobe Illustrator.
    Prepared market reports, and created related statistical charts using Excel.
    Created internet ads using basic html code when needed.

Residential Real Estate Professional
CIR Realty – Longueuil, Québec
2006 to 2011

Longueuil, Quebec, Canada

    Used computer skills to create compelling visual presentations for traditional and internet marketing campaigns.
    Assisted customers and helped them to visualize possible interior design modifications that satisfy their needs when purchasing a house.
    Maintained and updated customer clientele data.
    Managed and maintained my own real estate website

Instructor
Moncton University
1996 to 2001

Faculty of Architecture and Planning

    Conducted classes covering the basics of perspective drawing (3D) and its practical applications.
    Supervised the design studios. Assisted students in the development of their architectural design projects. Duties included: explaining architectural and interior design concepts, determining the requirements of projects, performing original design work utilizing sketches, analyze space utilization effectiveness and changing demands for space needs.

Teaching Assistant
Moncton
1985 to 1991

    Supervised the students' studio Perspective Drawing (3D) exercises.
    Supervised Architectural Design Studio and assisted students in the development of architectural
    designs.

Education

Bow Valley College
2012

Real Estate Associate Program
Mount Royal College - Calgary, AB
2008

Bachelor of Architecture
Moncton University
1981 to 1987

Skills

AutoCAD 2011 2D & 3D, Basic Revit, Illustrator, Basic Photoshop, Microsoft Suite, Publisher, Sony Vegas Video Studio, Basic HTML

SKILLS:

    Excellent design skills.
    Excellent math skills.
    Able to work independently and within a team.
    Strong organizational skills with attention to details.
    Good communication skills.
    Continuous learning.

Marketing is the engine which moves forward our life. Photo by Elena

Marketing Representative

Work Experience

Marketing Repr
Modern Marketing Concepts
Binghamton, NY
January 2010 to December 2014

Responsibilities
B2B Marketing & Sales and Lead Generation

Accomplishments

I consistently hit my goals, or above. I earned certification in Regional Medical Sales , as well as in Inside Sales.

Skills Used

    Knowledgeable in Micro-Soft Word, Excel, Power Point, & Outlook
    Able to key 60 WPM with minimal error
    Knowledgeable in Records Management
    Knowledgeable in Office Procedures
    Knowledgeable in Business Law
    Over 10 years Call Center Experience
    B2B Marketing and Sales
    Inbound/Outbound Sales
    Website Design

Sales

Sutherland Global Services
July 2008 to August 2011

Responsibilities

Inbound sales, customer service, and technical support

Accomplishments
I maintained consistency in reaching sales goals.

Skills Used

Inbound/outbound sales.

Education

Associates Degree Business Management & Marketing Strategies in Business & Marketing

The University of Phoenix - Ph
2012 to 2015

Legal & Administrative Office Assistance Certificate in Office Procedures
Ridley Lowell Business & Technical Institute - Bing, MT
2008 to 2009.

Student Seeking Digital Marketing Internship

Work Experience

Digital Marketing Intern
PBJ Marketing
New York, NY
December 2013 to Present

Responsibilities

Completed my Analytics and AdWords Certification;

Help develop digital marketing plan for small business clients;

Help process merchandise data to optimize marketing decisions;

Help monitor customer behavior and provide optimization suggestions via Google Analytics.

Skills Used

Quick learning, analytics and reporting.

Education

Bachelor of Management in E-Commerce Engineering with Law International School, BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2009 to 2013

Master of Science in Integrated Marketing

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Skills

Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, HTML/CSS, MySQL.

Marketing CV

Acquire part time position where I can use my skills.

Work Experience

Marketing
Aging Service for Communities
Northfield, MN
February 2011 to Present

Set up electronic and written marketing plans, media literature. Analyze and recommend new, pursue new area of growth, recruit 1st year funding and volunteers. Responsible for increasing revenues $70.000 and increased volunteers 75%.

Life Enrichment Manager
Epic Enterprise Inc
Northfield, MN
July 2004 to December 2010

Developed both in-house and community activities for adults with disabilities. Established relationships with local businesses, schools & nonprofits to host off site activities. Engaged local artists, musicians, volunteers to conduct classes, events, and to be mentors. Planned, participated & supervised the activities & documented results.

QMRP
Laura Baker School
Northfield, MN
September 2003 to July 2004

Designed, trained, implemented, recorded and analyzed programs intended to improve the life skills of individuals with developmental disabilities.

Education

BA in Business Management
Mankato State University
BA in Elementary Education
St. Cloud State University

Skills

Teaching, training, marketing, networking, public speaking, sales, entertaining, using Microsoft Office, Evernote; Google software, Self starting, driving.

Graphic Design and Marketing

Phoenix, AZ

I am a Cum Laude graduate of Laval College, where I studied Graphic Design. I have interned with a national ad agency and two successful local businesses. Since graduating, I have worked for a state wide non profit organization and a manufacturing company with offices all over the world. While working with all of these various companies I’ve realized that creating and designing is my passion and my career.

Work Experience

Marketing & Graphic Design Assistant
Peak Scientific
Phoenix, AZ
December 2011 to February 2014

Marketing & Graphic Design Assistant
December 2014 - Present

    Create marketing materials: product data sheets, leaflets, brochure & catalogues
    Source & produce trade show singage & promotional giveaways
    Assist North American Sales Manager with sales meetings & conference materials: PowerPoints & handouts

Marketing Coordinator/Graphic Designer
GRIMM
Phoenix, AZ
April 2011 to November 2014
Marketing Coordinator/Graphic Designer
June 2004 - November 2010

    Focused on strengthening corporate branding & event marketing/management
    Responsible for community outreach strategy & membership lead generation
    Event management: Responsible for event branding/production, event sales, & sponsor relations
    Increased website site traffic, event attendance & membership

Marketing Coordinator/Graphic Designer
Express View
Phoenix, AZ
May 2003 to June 2004
Marketing Coordinator/Graphic Designer

    Designed company logos, signage, brochure & other marketing materials for clients
    Designed web banners for company website
    Worked directly with clients to make sure we were on budget & on time when developing design materials

Education

BA in Graphic Design
Phoenix State College
Phoenix, AZ
2001 to 2002

Skills

Graphic Design, Logo Design, Typography, Package Design, Advertising, Guerrilla Marketing, Illustration, Photography, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving and more.

Proficient Knowledge: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Word & Microsoft PowerPoint...Functional Knowledge Dreamweaver, Flash & Microsoft Excel.

Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love. Louis Kahn (American Architect).

SALES AND MARKETING CV

Solid experience in management, leading teams as large as 35 in the bustling San Francisco metropolitan area. Two years of business to business sales experience working with local owners and Fortune500 companies. Recognized for unmatched work ethic and delivering quantifiable results. A verifiable track record of success backed by impeccable references.

Work Experience

Sales and Marketing Manager
Sandler Training
Long Beach, CA
June 2012 to Present
Responsibilities

Cold calling, prospecting list generation, lead generation, online marketing, social media marketing, setting appointments, building pipelines, presentations, proposals, client relations, account management, customer service, sales training, sales process creation, territory planning, script writing.

Accomplishments

Organized an event with the Chamber of Commerce that brought 30k of new revenue to my office.

LIFE AND HEALTH AGENT

Bankers Life and Casualty
Long Beach, CA
March 2007 to May 2012

SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER

Whole Foods Market
Long Beach, CA
October 2005 to March 2007

PRODUCE TEAM LEADER

Whole Foods Market
San Francisco, CA
October 2003 to October 2005

PRODUCE TEAM SUPERVISOR

Whole Foods Market
Santa Rosa, CA
September 2001 to October 2003

Education

BUSINESS PSYCOLOGY

Golden West College - Huntington Beach, CA
Kaiser High School - Fontana, CA

Skills

Cold calling, prospecting list generation, lead generation, online marketing, social media marketing, setting appointments, building pipelines, presentations, proposals, client relations, account management, customer service, sales training, sales process creation, territory planning, script writing

Additional Information

Areas of expertise include:

    Physical presence, phone etiquette • Prospecting and pipeline management
    Social media and networking • Territory planning/mapping
    Cold calling • Customer/client relations and service
    Sales strategy and development • Management and leadership

Marketing Consultant

Experienced sales professional seeking an opportunity to be part of a progressive fast paced company by aggressively growing business through proven sales techniques and building relationships.

Work Experience

Marketing Consultant
Strategic Marketing, Inc
Louisville, KY
July 2013 to Present

One of the largest automotive advertising agencies in the United States

    Prospect new business via cold calling, scheduling appointments and executing presentations
    Presented to numerous auto dealers & groups including FCA (Chrysler) Regional Marketing Group and some of the largest individual and dealer groups in the country
    Presentation secured company's first Regional FCA (Chrysler) program
    Secured company's first sale of largest automotive group in Wisconsin
    Unique experience of both inside and outside sales techniques
    Exceeded sales quotas every month during employment

Senior Territory Manager
Mudd Advertising, Inc
Cedar Falls, IA
June 2006 to July 2013

One of the largest full service automotive advertising agencies in the Midwest; consistently a top 5 performer within sales division employing over 50.

    "Mudd Club" award in 2010, 2011, 2013 - an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas
    Company record for highest grossing individual sale
    Trained numerous new employees through best practice sharing, coaching & role playing
    Exceeding sales goals for 6 years by building long lasting professional and personal relationships
    Fearless attitude with open minded willingness to learn new techniques and sales processes
    Willing to travel as needed or as necessary to exceed sales goals

Sales Supervisor
ROSS Marketing, Inc
Cedar Falls, IA
2004 to 2006

Perform daily supervision duties including determining campaigns to be called, motivating and training sales team while monitoring performance and increase production through training, coaching and role playing. Hiring, issuing disciplinary action if necessary, representing company at annual regional vendor meeting.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Seven years related work experience with a competitive drive to be the best in the industry

    Top 5 in sales based on annual gross profit 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
    Excellent ability to build value in products limiting negotiation and increasing company profit margin
    #1 sales rep in January 2010 & February 2015
    Driven to succeed with a willingness to continually learn and train to become the best
    Self-managed territory with knowledge of product costs, negotiating price and consulting clients through experience to ensure the best results possible.

Marketing Manager

Hamilton, ON

Seeking a position in the organization that would provide me with ample opportunities to explore & excel in the industry, while carving out the niche for my professional growth along with achievement of the organizational goals.

Work Experience

Marketing Manager
Alway Corporation
2011 to 2015
Vadodara, India

Company Profile

Services is an IT, HR and Financial solution provider.

Job Description

Reports to: Director & Sr. Marketing Manager

Job Purpose: Plan & Carry out Day to day Operational activities, Managing & Guiding Team towards Organisational goal.

Key responsibilities:

    Dealt with clients regarding their business requirements related to financial solutions
    Required to conduct current client management as well as marketing our services to new client list
    Monitored and reports activities and provide relevant management information
    Responding and follow up sales enquiries by post, telephone, and personal visits
    Looked after training & guidance of new recruitments and other team members

Assistant Manager
Axis Bank Ltd. Model Town Branch - New Delhi, Delhi
2010 to 2014
New Delhi, India

Company Profile

Axis Bank Ltd. Is India's 3rd largest new generation Private Bank.

Job Description

Reports to: Operations Head & Branch Manager

Job Purpose: Plan & Carry out Day to day Operational activities of branch, Cross selling & clients servicing.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

    Handled LIC's corporate accounts: Responsible for cash management and timely clearance of cheques.
    Solely handled the account of Queen's Mary School, North-end; collection, processing & report generation of student's fees.
    Servicing the clients: receiving & processing the customer's request through CLH.
    Assessing the client's financial standing & offering them the solutions.
    Operational activities; transfer entries, clearing through CTS, PO/DD issuance, stock (deliverables) maintenance, Cash officer (Teller).
    Cross selling; CASA, LI, GI, MF, Silver & Gold mohurs.
    Building & maintaining relationship with customers.
    Received Certificate of achievement for outstanding performance in CA-NOA & Value Campaign
    Got Certificate of achievement for outstanding performance in target achievement in Finance Redefined 4
    Got Certificate of recognition from President Distribution for qualifying in life insurance Campaign
    Appreciation e-Mail' circulation through Axis Bank for good performance in the Limitless Motivation Campaign

Management Trainee
New Shields - New Delhi, Delhi
2008 to 2010
New Delhi

Company Profile

Certain Shields are authorised marketing associates of world renowned Certain Teed, Weber, Novelio, 3M & Lafarge.

Job Description

Reports to: Marketing Head & Management Director

Job purpose: To plan and carry out direct marketing and sales activities, so as to maintain and develop sales in accordance with agreed business plans in Delhi & NCR.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

    Plan and carry out direct marketing activities to promote the products
    Develop and maintain existing & prospect client's database
    Monitor and report on activities and provide relevant management information
    Respond to and follow up sales enquiries by post, telephone, and personal visits
    Distribution channel analysis and development
    Dealer & Distributor management

Education

MBA in Marketing & IB
Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Technology
2007

BBA in General management
Delhi School of Professional Studies & Research - Delhi, Delhi
2006

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

    Quick to adapt, understand & independently handle business processes
    Customer service, decision making & problem solving skills
    Worked on Finacle banking software & EasyPay
    Well developed communication skills with unwavering accuracy, credibility, exceptional presentation skills with the ability to perform above expectations
    Multi-tasking, adaptable with high paced environment & team player
    Good knowledge of MS-office, Microsoft windows XP/7 and 8 and internet applications.

Sales / Marketing / Customer Service

To obtain part time employment working in a team environment. I am looking for employment where I can use the knowledge that I have acquired with my past employment experiences.

Work Experience

Sales / Marketing/Customer Service
Frontier Communications/Marketing Innovations
Terre Haute, IN
2011 to 2012
Business Closed

Duties Included:

    Distribute product samples or literature that details products or services •Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products •Write and record orders for product and services.
    Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products or services.
    Contact customers to persuade them to purchase additional services. •Answer questions about product features and benefits. •Develop prospect lists. Circulate among potential customers and travel by foot or automobile, to sell services. •Order or purchase supplies.

Direct Support Staff
ResCare/Normal Life
Terre Haute, IN
2008 to 2009

Duties Included:

    Administer bedside or routine personal care, and personal hygiene assistance.
    Prepare and maintain records of client progress and services performed, logging changes in client condition or behavior on required forms. reporting incidents to manager,supervisor and medical personnel. •Perform healthcare-related tasks, such as monitoring vital signs and medication, under the direction of registered nurses/physician. •Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services. •Caring for and providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles. •Perform housekeeping duties, such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes,dishes, or running errands. •Instruct or advise clients on issues such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition.
    Plan, shop for, or prepare meals. •Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using company vehicle. •Provide clients with communication assistance, preparing correspondence or obtaining information for them.disposing of medication in a safe manner according to guidelines.

Personal Assistant / Home Consumer Manager
Bridges Of Indiana
Terre Haute, IN
2003 to 2006

Duties Included:

    Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager. Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming. •Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to clients or other family members, according to prescribed diets. •Provide clients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for young children, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness. •Perform a variety of duties such as obtaining household supplies or running errands. Direct patients in prescribed exercises or in the use of devices. •Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of staff personnel. •Establish work schedules and assignments for staff. •Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures and coordinating monthly financial reporting. •Maintain communication between medical staff, and department heads by attending monthly meetings and coordinating monthly activities.
    Note:
    I also have experience working in several factories in Terre Haute and surrounding areas.

Education

Criminal Justice
Ivy Tech Community College - Terre Haute, IN
2008 to 2011

Business
The Hart School - Franklin, KY
1985 to 1987

Graduated May 15, 1987

Franklin Simpson High School - Franklin, KY
1978 to 1985.

Marketing Assistant

Executive, Dependable

My objective is to obtain a position where my education in economics, skills, professionalism, and motivation will provide me the opportunity to maximize my management skills. And to also utilize my program development and sales training experience.

Work Experience

Marketing Assistant
Dennis Marketing Group
Owings Mills, MD
January 1996 to May 2014

Performed tasks associated with fundraising events for the University of Maryland, local Firefighters and the Maryland State Troopers. I coordinated local business donations. Responsible for contacting the public and maintain a database of all donations. Performed sales and marketing concepts in order get increased donations from prospective donors. Worked independently and entered all donations in a database and provided written monthly reports. I was responsible for explaining to prospective donors what the funds will be used for in a courteous and friendly manner.

Seaman
United States Merchant Marine
Baltimore, MD
2002 to July 2011

I served as a Seaman in the United States Merchant Marines working on board United States Navy ships abroad. I became a qualified member of the Engine Department and my responsibilities included operating deck machinery windlass and winches. I performed tasks associated with engines on tankers, grain carriers and cable ships. I was trained in day to day operations of the ship while working independently on task assigned. While serving as a Seaman my training included maintaining security with limited use of small arms. Advanced Firefighting and Basic Medical care were also part of my training.

Education

B.S. in Economics
Towson University - Towson, MD
May 2012

Medical Care Provider
School of Seamanship
July 2007 to July 2008

Technical in Merchant Marine Engineering
Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship - Baltimore, MD
2002

Additional Information

Team Lead/Problem Solver October 2012 - April 10, 2015 Kohls EFC Edgewood, MD

Working in this position gave me the ability to manage and lead a team of 25 associates. In this capacity I was responsible for motivating and encouraging my team to perform their task efficiently and effectively. I managed all task assigned which included delegating work assignments and monitoring the performance of each associate. I provided feedback to my supervisor on their work performance. I motivated my team by working with them performing the assigned tasks. The task included organizing and expediting customer orders, managing e-commerce orders, replenishment and packing orders. I produced work reports utilizing my technical writing skills and called team meetings to discuss problems solving and shortfalls and introduced effective ways to be more efficient. Also In this position I gained extensive experience as a equipment operator which includes driving the stock picker pallet end rider, the turret truck and the forklift.

Sales / Marketing Representative

Work Experience

Sales / Marketing representative
Marketing & advertising Multimedia
Queens, NY
June 2005 to April 2009

Sales / Marketing representative

Client/public relations Market research & analysis Marketing & advertising Multimedia presentations Sales & marketing leadership Staff training & mentoring Professional Highlights

Verizon Telecom -Queens

Sales Representative: Ensure that each customer receives outstanding service by providing a friendly environment, by greeting and counseling irate and difficult customers, clarifying their needs and recommending appropriate actions

    Motivated top performer with proven ability to develop client base and consistently achieve sales results.
    Exceed quota/revenue target for net activations, renewals, accessories, handsets, and features
    Promoted to Key Holder. Kept track of inventory and composed weekly schedule.

Sorter/Driver Helper
Queens, NY
September 2005 to September 2007

In charge of loading three trucks in proper order and also assisting the driver on delivering the packages.

    Sorter packages by state, color and bar code.
    Able to lift up to 50 lbs box.
    Offered to take a test to become part of management

Sales Associate /Cashier Associate
O.M.G Clothing
New York, NY
May 2006 to August 2007

Ensure that each customer receives outstanding service by providing a friendly environment, which includes greeting and acknowledging every customer. Monetary intake balance, and maintained an awareness of all promotional and advertisements.

I also was in charged of ordering the store's merchandise and keeping track of inventory.

    Keep accurate inventory of supplies and products
    Sustained store appearance in a tidy manner
    Handed returns and exchanges graciously
    Offered Assistance Manager Position

Education

High School Diploma in Law
John Jay College

Full Time Marketing Intern

Passionate in global travel, language, culture; Bi-lingual Lithuanian and English

Dedicated student; Excellent interpersonal skills; Experienced in a professional setting; Strong organizational abilities; Culturally fluent; Enthusiastic

Work Experience

Full Time Marketing Intern
PRINCIPAL MARKETING, INC -
Glen Ellyn, IL
June 2011 to August 2013

Executed marketing and sales activities in a retail environment

    Managed and troubleshot events
    Daily sales average - $1,400, personal best - $2,600

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Front-desk assistant greeting visitors and directing phone calls
Residence Life Office

September 2009 to May 2011

    Provided assistance to students with housing and managed guest room reservations for visitors Student Publications Spring 2011
    Acted as front-desk assistant greeting visitors and directing phone calls

Student Worker

University of Evanville
September 2008 to November 2010

Gained experience in a professional office setting

    Strengthened general office work skills in a professional setting

Education

B.S. in Global Business, Marketing
UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE - Evansville, IN
April 2015

HARLAXTON COLLEGE - Grantham
2012 to 2012

Skills

Word, Excel, Power Point, SPSS

Additional Information

Computer Skills Word Excel Power Point SPSS.

Marketing Manager

Undergraduate Student

Work Experience

Marketing Manager
Med Auto Group
Long Beach, CA
July 2012 to Present

Manage the company's digital presence on websites, blogs and social channels.

    Achieve a greater audience through social media by effectively using Instagram, Facebook, and etc.
    Update car inventory on a weekly basis via Craigslist, Facebook, and EBay Classified.
    Research, update, and inform myself with new methods of marketing strategies.

Sales
Med Auto Group
Long Beach, CA
July 2011 to July 2012

Dealt with customers, catered to their needs and answered questions with intent to close deal.

    Introduced automobile accessories, tailoring them to the customer's needs.
    Worked with our in-house financing personnel to lay out installment plans when needed.
    Wrote up contracts and other documentation to complete sale.
    Maintained relationship with existing customers through email or phone for follow-up.

Team Member
Labeler
Hermosa Beach, CA
February 2009 to July 2011

Contributed to the development of sales.

    Managed, updated, re-stocked inventory.
    Maintained, organized, cleaned kitchen.
    Implemented, strategized, and conducted new strategies for faster production.
    Helped supervisor with daily tasks and training schedule.

Buyer
Med Auto Group
Long Beach, CA
August 2008 to January 2009

Attended live auctions both on site and online on a weekly basis.

    Conducted detailed vehicle appraisals based on market value and state of vehicle.
    Handled purchases of $75K/month and setting pricing using sales data and competitive analysis.
    Negotiated prices for transportation arrangements on vehicles.
    Established relationships with auto body repair shops for reconditioning purposes.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Business
Marymount California University - Palos Verdes, CA, US

Skills

    Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
    Adobe Photoshop CS6 & Lightroom
    Professional Photographer (Nikon D3200)
    Fluent in speaking, reading, and writing Spanish.

Real Estate Marketing

Work Experience

Real Estate Marketing/part time
Remax/Karen Sullivan
Cashiers, NC
2011 to 2013

Marketing (mail)
Owner and Operator
Haute Home, LLC
2000 to 2011

Customer Sales and Service

Purchase merchandise
Receive and price merchandise
Haute Home, LLC (home decor shop) merchandising
Computer entry
Clean shop
Hiring
Frame Shop assistant/part time

Art Works
Baton Rouge, LA
1992 to 1994

Customer sales and Service

Art framing

Receptionist, Secretary(billing & purchasing), Administrative Secretary
1974 to 1980

Education

High School, Some College

Marketing Assistant, Receptionist, Office Manager

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office (specifically Excel, Powerpoint, and Word), Intuit Quickbooks, superior organizational skills, detail oriented in work, brings a positive attitude to the work environment.

Work Experience

Marketing Assistant
Combase
Las Vegas, NV
May 2012 to November 2015

Create and manage social media sites and websites for retail stores.

    Sales calls.
    Consult with clients and potential clients regarding their online marketing plan.
    Develop and implement social media marketing plan for each client.
    Research and monitor social media trends.

Office Manager

Majestic General Contractors
Las Vegas, NV
April 2010 to April 2012

Coordinate & schedule between office and field superintendents.

    Take before and after pictures of each property.
    Set up & organize procedures and policies for visitors.
    Maintain the general filing system and file all correspondence.
    Maintain computer and internet system.
    Maintain & purchase/order an adequate inventory of office supplies.
    Issue Purchase Order Numbers for all properties.
    Create a file for each individual employee which should include any information relating to that employee from the first day of employment
    Assure requested announcements and information to be communicated to staff (both verbally and written) and that it is followed through.

Marketing Director
Mobi Zone Promotions
Las Vegas, NV
January 2009 to April 2010

Manage all aspects of committees, including but not limited to, staffing, recruitment, supervision, training and acknowledgement.

    Coordinate event logistics, publicity, advertising and collateral material design, production and distribution.
    Responsible for the planning, development, fulfillment, and follow up of events.
    Supervise and coordinate with event contractors.
    Develop and implement marketing plans and materials.
    Maintenance of website
    Maintain and broaden social networking to benefit the organization.

Medical Records Analyst
St. Rose Dominican Hospitals
Las Vegas, NV
November 2007 to December 2009

Assemble, Analyze, and Reprocess- Assemble/analyze charts, file appropriate documentation into the charts.

    Input appropriate data into the system, pull charts for doctors, apply/remove doctors from suspension, answer phones, assist with doctor's inquiries.

1. * Received "Employee of the Month" in June 2010.

Marketing Director
Sports Clips
Las Vegas, NV
August 2007 to November 2009

Manage all aspects of committees, including but not limited to, staffing, recruitment, supervision, training and acknowledgement.

    Coordinate event logistics, publicity, advertising and collateral material design, production and distribution.
    Responsible for the planning, development, fulfillment, and follow up of events.
    Supervise and coordinate with event contractors.
    Develop and implement marketing plans and materials.
    Maintenance of website.
    Maintain and broaden social networking to benefit the organization.

Medical Records Technician
Medical Records Tech Sunrise Hospital
Las Vegas, NV
May 2005 to December 2007

    Assembled, Analyzed and Reprocessed- Assemble/ analyze charts, filed appropriate documentation.
    Transcription- Processed dictations, corrected dictations, filed dictations, answered phones.
    Data entry, pulled charts for doctors, applied/removed doctors to and from suspension, monitored doctor's documentation.

Education

Masters of Science in Professional Counseling
Grand Canyon University
August 2016 to Present

Bachelors of Arts in Psychology
University of Nevada Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV
August 2001 to December 2006

Marketing Specialist CV

Marketing enthusiast seeking an entry-level position to leverage my diverse skills, including customer service, problem solving, team building, and the ability to take on new and difficult tasks to enhance the company.

Work Experience

Marketing Specialist
FDM Marketing
Red Bank, NJ
December 2011 to Present

Face-to-face marketing in large retail settings promoting new products

    Helped develop marketing strategies
    Answered inquiries from customers regarding product features

Nanny
FDM Marketing
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
August 2013 to December 2013
Responsible for all tasks relating to care of multiple children

    Undertaking appropriate activities with the children

Catering Server
The Baron De Kalb Catering Hall
Brooklyn, NY
May 2010 to December 2012

Ensured services were delivered on-time and correctly under extremely stressful conditions

    Worked closely with restaurant staff to ensure orders were processed in an efficient manner

Server
FDM Marketing
Sea Bright, NJ
June 2010 to August 2012

Provided excellent customer service as well as verifying customer satisfaction

    Ensure order quality and quantity prior to serving
    Trained new staff regarding the restaurants procedures, culture and practices

Nanny
FDM Marketing
Red Bank, NJ
June 2009 to August 2011

Responsible for all tasks relating to care of children

    Transporting children to school and other activities

Outdoor/Indoor Games and Activities Coordinator
The Winding Brook School
Little Silver, NJ
May 2005 to August 2008

Responsible for all tasks relating to care of children ages 2-6 years old

    Scheduling and coordinating children's activities

Core Qualifications

    Efficient time-management skills
    Excellent communication skills
    Team Player
    Experienced in Microsoft Office & various Social Media Apps
    CPR and first aid certified
    Mentor to first grade students on education choices
    Volunteered a fundraiser drive for Beaver Run Elementary School
    St. Leo the Great Religion Education teacher
    Volunteered at Wicomico County Humane society
    Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, led fundraiser that donated over $4,500

Education

Salisbury University - Salisbury, MD
August 2011 to May 2013

B.A. in Psychology and English
Fulton School of Arts