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Mark D. Pepperdine

Accounting / Finance / administration

Personal Statement

After many years in the technical field, I'm changing career

directions to follow my

lifelong interest in finance and accounting. To that end, I have

recently graduated from

Columbia College of Missouri, where I completed my BS degree in BA

with a double

major in Accounting and Finance. I am presently in the process of

preparing to sit for my

CPA exam. My career goal is to obtain a position in the accounting or

financial field.

Education

January 2009 - May 2011 Columbia College of

Missouri Gurnee, IL

GPA (4.00/4.00)

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a double major of

Accounting and Finance and a minor in Computer Information Systems

Summa cum laude

Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society

. Intermediate Accounting I, II, and III

. Managerial and Cost Accounting

. Auditing I

. Federal Individual Taxation

. Business Finance

. Corporate Finance

. Investment

. Comprehensive Financial Planning

. Financial Markets and Institutions

January 2003 - December 2008 College of Lake County

Grayslake, IL

GPA (3.878/4.00)

Phi Theta Kappa Society, Alpha Alpha Pi Chapter

Associate of Arts in Accounting

. Financial Accounting

. Managerial Accounting

August 1998 - July 2002 Moraine Valley Community College

Palos Hills, IL

GPA (4.00/4.00)

Phi Theta Kappa Society, Alpha Iota Lamba Chapter

December 2001, WEB Developer Certificate

May 2001, Windows Programming Developer Certificate

June 2000, Novell Administrator Certificate

November 1982 - June 1984 DeVry Institute of

Technology Chicago, IL

GPA (3.71/4.00)

Electronic Technician Diploma

Work Experience

September 2003 - Present WMS, Inc.

Waukegan, IL

Engineering Technician

. Department Purchasing

. Managing Fixed Assests

. Daily use of Office 2007

. Use of Oracle Database System

. Use of Noetix Database

. Electronic Drafting using OrCad Capture

. Mechanical Layouts using Autodesk AutoCAD

. Programming in National Instruments LabVIEW

. Design, assemble and maintain test equipment

. Provide test equipment training

July 1991 - September 2003 Petro Vend

Hodgkins, IL

Electronic Technician

. Lead of five person department

. Scheduled Daily Work Assignments

. Inventory Control of Department

. Data Entry of Work Orders

. Assisted in Obtaining and Maintaining ISO 9001 Certification

. Assisted Engineers With New Product Development and Implementation

. Troubleshoot malfunctioning micro controller based fuel level

Indicators and PC Boards to component level.

March 1991 - July 1991 Andrew

Corporation Orland Park, IL

Mechanical Inspector

. Used Microfiche Blueprints to Inspect Incoming Product

. Certified Various Department's Finished Goods

. Kept Records of Certifications

January 1991 - March 1991 Avalon

Inc. Warrenville, IL

Held Temporary Positions

August 1984 - August 1990 Electro Technic Products,

Inc. Chicago, IL

Electronic Technician

. Technical Support

. Purchasing

. Sales

. Assisted Engineers With New Product Development and Implementation

. Assembled, and Tested Tesla Coils, Switching Power Supplies, and

Various Visual Aide Products for Demonstrating Scientific

Principles

Volunteer Work

American Cancer Society - Relay for Life accounting support

Certificates

LabVIEW Basics I and LabVIEW Basics II

SolidWorks 2008 File Management, SolidWorks 2008 Essentials

Training

Excel 2003 Level I, Excel 2003 Level II, and Excel 2003 Level

III

PowerPoint 2003 Level I

Excel 2007 Level I, Excel 2007 Level II, Excel Level III

PowerPoint 2001 Level I

Awards

Columbia College of Missouri Dean's List June - October 2009, October

2009 -

March 2010, and June 2010 - October 2010

College of Lake County Certificate of Academic Distinction,

2006 through 2009

College of Lake County College Honor List, Fall 2004, Spring

2005, Fall 2006,

Spring 2007, Fall 2008

Moraine Valley Community College Scholastic Achievement List,

2001

The National Dean's List 2001 through 2007

Superbly Meritorious Petro Vendian award, 1996, 1997, and 1999

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