Outstanding Employee

Benjamin O. Patterson

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Seattle, WA 98144

225-***-**** ***************@*****.***

PERSONAL STRENGTHS

· Professional presentation skills

· Persuasive communication skills

· Proven leader with strong organizational skills

· Tenacious, self-driven and goal oriented

· Extremely strong work ethic

· Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills

· Work well independently as well as in team setting

· Speak, read and write fluently in Spanish

EDUCATION

Southern University and A&M College 2003-2007

Baton Rouge, LA

· Bachelors of Science in Economics, with a concentration in Global Trade and Finance

· Bachelors of Arts in Spanish

· Cum Laude Graduate with 3.65 Cumulative GPA, Dean’s List and Chancellor’s List

· Member - Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Honors Society for business programs

· Member - Alpha Mu Gamma, the national collegiate foreign language honor society

EXPERIENCE

Kitchen Designer 01/2009-01/2010

The Home Depot, Zachary, LA

· Work effectively with customers on custom kitchen design

· Proven sales record for all kitchen and home design products

Operations Manager/Translator 09/2007-12/2008

Massengale Grounds Management, Baton Rouge, LA

· Manager in charge of 40 Hispanic employees in landscape industry

· Translated documents, interpreted for Hispanic employees

· Increased company profitability through analysis of work processes to improve efficiency

· Instrumental in executing and managing procedures to streamline processes

· Scheduled and coordinated all landscape contracts

Missionary 12/2000-12/2002

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Buenos Aires, Argentina

· Delivered daily presentations in small and large group settings utilizing strong public speaking and influencing skills

· Supervised 20+ missionaries; analyzed the team work methods

· Provided training to improve the effectiveness and teaching skills of other missionaries

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