Sales Supervisor
Resume:
Ryan Ek
**** ******* ******, ** *****, CA ***** 909-***-****-home, (909) 938-
*********@*****.***
U.S. citizen
Education (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona-Pomona, CA
91768)
Bachelor of Science, Geography
Graduation date: June 2009
Bachelor of Science, Social Science Graduation
date: June 2009
Minor Degree, Anthropology Graduation date:
June 2009
Coursework
Beginning and Advanced GIS World Regional Geography Study Abroad
Courses in Ghana
World History Cartography Biogeography Field Geography
Extensive Anthropology Coursework
High School (Glendora High School-Glendora, CA 91740)
Golden State Diploma
Graduation date: June 2002
Work Experience
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (National Park Service) Keystone, SD
05/2010-08/2010
Park Guide-40 hours per week
Salary $13.43 per hour (GS-4)
Operate visitor center and information center: independently perform
opening and closing operations, deal with a high number of personal
contacts while answering recurring questions, provide information about and
directions to other areas of interest, provide information about available
interpretive opportunities, provide other information and informal
interpretation, train new interns in visitor center operations.
Trail Roaming: roam the trail and interact with visitors, inform visitors
of rules and regulations in order to gain compliance.
Project time: perform research on a variety of park topics, prepare
interpretive programs, answer visitor inquiries by phone, e-mail, and
standard mail, assist with other collateral duties as needed.
Present interpretive programs: present two interpretive programs which I
created. One is a guided walk, roughly 40 minutes in length, presented to
groups of 30-150 people. The average group size would be approximately 75.
The other program is a 20 minute talk, taking place inside, presented to
groups of 20-160 people. Average group size would be 70. In addition, I
have provided new interpreters with limited interpretive coaching.
Supervisor: Ed Menard, 13000 Hwy 244, Bldg. 31, Suite 1, Keystone, SD 57751
605-***-**** e-mail:*********@***.*** You may contact this person
Old Fashioned Fudge, Keystone, SD
5/09-8/09, 5/10-8/10
Cashier-25 hours per week
Salary: $7.50 per hour
Assist customers, scoop ice cream, make coffee, stock displays, handle a
very high volume of cash transactions.
Supervisor: Chris Busby or Chris Connley, 117 Winter Street, Keystone, SD
57751 605-***-**** You may contact these people, however,
the business is only open between the months of May and October
Stones River National Battlefield (National Park Service) Murfreesboro, TN
02/2010-05/2010
Volunteer-32 hours per week (60% invasive plant management, 40%
interpretation)
Invasive plant management:
Perform invasive plant management under the supervision of park ecologists:
identify native and exotic plants, use assorted hand tools, power tools,
and chainsaws to remove small plants, bushes, and trees; apply herbicides
using an ATV mounted sprayer and backpack sprayer; plant native shrubs and
grasses.
Interpretation:
Operate a visitor center: explain park resources to visitors, provide
orientation and information to park visitors, give directions to different
parts of the park, perform roving interpretation on foot and on bicycle,
and lead small groups in volunteer activities, operate Eastern national
bookstore.
Supervisor: Terri Hogan, 3501 Old Nashville Highway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
e-mail: ***********@***.*** You may contact this person
Starberry Farms, San Dimas, CA 12/02,
12/03, 12/04, 12/05, 12/08, 12/09
Christmas tree lot worker-20 hours per week
Salary: Minimum wage + tips
Customer assistance, stock Christmas tree sales area, load Christmas trees
onto customers' cars, unload truckloads of Christmas trees
Supervisor: Vicky Morrison, 264 E. Foothill Blvd., San Dimas, CA 91773
You may contact this person
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Gimhae City, South Korea
11/09
Substitute English Teacher-working 30 hours per week
Salary: approximately $13 per hour
Use pre-designed lesson plans to teach English to children between the ages
of 7 and 14
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (National Park Service) Keystone, SD
5/09-10/09
Park Guide-40 hours per week
Salary $13.18 per hour (GS-4)
Operate visitor center and information center: independently perform
opening and closing operations, deal with a high number of personal
contacts while answering recurring questions, provide information about and
directions to other areas of interest, provide information about available
interpretive opportunities, and provide other information and informal
interpretation. The majority of the time this information was provided in
person, but it was also provided over the phone.
Trail Roaming: roam the trail and interact with visitors, inform visitors
of rules and regulations in order to gain compliance.
Project time: perform research on a variety of park topics, prepare
interpretive programs, answer visitor inquiries by phone, e-mail, and
standard mail, assist with other collateral duties as needed.
Present interpretive programs: present two interpretive programs which I
created. One is a guided walk, roughly 30 minutes in length, presented to
groups of 30-150 people. The average group size would be approximately 75.
The other program is a 15-20 minute talk, taking place inside, presented to
groups of 20-160 people. The average group size would be somewhere around
80 people. I also worked multiple shifts per week which involved at least
an hour running the Kid's Exploration Area
Supervisor: Jason Ginder, P.O. Box 190, Buxton, NC 27920 252-***-****
ext. 24
e-mail: ************@***.*** You may contact this person
Katie's Pet Depot, La Verne, CA
9/12/04-5/1/09
Cashier/stockclerk/sales clerk-30 hours per week
Low salary $7/hour, high salary $9/hour
Customer assistance and sales, greet customers, communicate effectively
with customers over the phone and in person, explain store policies to
customers, cashiering and other money handling (including operation of a
credit card machine and computerized point of sale system), inventory
maintenance, stocking shelves, merchandise management, responsible for
maintenance and upkeep of sales floor and animal enclosures, perform
opening and closing procedures, responsible for talking to customers and
determining their needs based on their individual situation. Handle a wide
variety of animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice,
hamsters, birds, lizards, frogs, and snakes. Feed the same types of
animals, as well as fish, and clean the enclosures of all those animals.
During my daily course of work, I interact with a diverse customer base
that includes people of all ages, ethnicities, and socioeconomic
backgrounds. The staff that I have worked with during my employment there
was equally diverse. In addition, I trained new employees in all aspects of
store operations, most often with money handling, cash register and credit
card machine operation, and merchandising and inventory management.
Supervisor: Taryn Hartless, 2300 Foothill Blvd #D1, La Verne, CA 91750
e-mail address: *******@********.*** You may contact this
person.
Perry's Victory and Int'l Peace Memorial (National Park Service) Put-In-
Bay, OH 8/08-10/08
Park Guide-40 hours per week
Salary: $12.73 per hour
Operate visitor center: independently perform opening and closing
operations, greet visitors and answer visitor questions about the site and
about nearby recreational opportunities, disseminate park information,
operate cash register in the gift shop, process credit card transactions,
count visitors.
Operate elevator: Greet visitors, answer visitor questions, inform visitors
of rules and regulations in order to gain compliance, inform visitors of
possible safety hazards.
Roving interpretation while on observation deck: Make informal visitor
contacts and provide informal interpretation, answer questions about the
surrounding area and nearby attractions, make sure visitors comply with the
rules of conduct while on the observation deck.
Operate the ticket counter: Issue tickets to visitors (accepting payment
and making change), answer visitor questions and talk with visitors,
selling annual passes and senior passes, accounting for funds, completing
shift reports
Present original interpretive programs: Recruit an audience for my
interpretive programs, create and present original interpretive programs to
audiences of between 2 and 30 people. Presentations lasted between 10 and
45 minutes.
Supervisor: Sue Judis, 93 Delaware Ave., Put-In-Bay, OH 43456 (419) 285-
7405 ext. 223
e-mail: *********@***.*** You may contact this person
Boathouse Eatery and Nightclub, Put-In-Bay, OH
8/08-10/08
Security staff-10 hours per week
Salary: $8 per hour
Serve as a frontline representative of the bar, check id's of bar patrons
to ensure they were
at least 21 years old, provide on-stage security for musicians, clean up
trash, interact with bar
patrons in a friendly manner, interact with bar patrons in order to gain
compliance with rules
San Gabriel Valley Umpires Association, San Dimas, CA
3/03-4/08
Baseball Umpire-10 hours per week
Low salary $22 per game, high salary $50 per game
Officiate baseball games (little league through high school) independently
or in two or three-man crews.
Supervisor: Candy Miller, P.O. Box 4622, San Dimas, CA 91773 (909) 599-
9919
e-mail address: *****@***.*** You may contact
this person.
Cal Poly Pomona Geography Computer Lab Coordinator, Pomona, CA
2006-2008
Volunteer Position-10 hours per week
Create volunteer schedules, train volunteers; open, close, and monitor the
lab.
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Fort Bragg, CA
Unpaid Intern-working 20 hours per week
7/07-8/07
Perform general landscape maintenance using a variety of hand and power
tools independently and with other volunteers and staff, work in plant
propagation, learn and successfully implement basic riparian habitat
restoration practices, cut wood with handsaw and chainsaw, exotic plant
removal, work in a retail nursery, provide information, orientation and
basic informal interpretation to visitors, inform visitors of nearby
recreational opportunities. I was also involved with other various aspects
of botanical gardens management.
Supervisor: Tom Tillotson, 18220 North Highway One, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
e-mail address: ********@**************.*** You may contact
this person.
U.S. Forest Service Volunteer, Azusa, CA
11/03-5/04
Assist with wood sales, tree plantings, seedling transplants, off-highway
vehicle area(including informing visitors of the rules and regulations and
collecting fees), and recreational technician work in the San Gabriel River
Ranger District of the Angeles National Forest.
Supervisor: Lois Pickens, 110 N. Wabash Ave., Glendora, CA 91741 (626)
335-1251
You may contact this person.
Foothill Chili and Rib Company, Glendora, CA
6/01-10/03
Busboy/Dishwasher-25 hours per week
Salary: Minimum wage + tips
Wash dishes, bus tables, clean cooking equipment and restaurant facilities
Supervisor: Jeff Thomsen, 179 N. Glendora Ave., Glendora, CA 91741 (626)
963-9938
This restaurant closed for good on 10/31/03
Co-curricular Activities
Pi Gamma Mu Social Science Honor Society Treasurer 2006-2007,
President 2007-2008
Responsible for preparing budgets; successfully planning and executing many
fundraisers of various sorts; handling, counting, and depositing club
funds; taking account of club resources, obtaining donations from local
businesses, and planning and organizing recreational activities for club
members.
Cal Poly Pomona Geographical Society Secretary 2007-2008
Primarily responsible for keeping track of member volunteer hours, taking
meeting notes, and disseminating meeting notes to members
Training: I have successfully completed training in S-130/S-
190(Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior), L-180 (Human Factors on the
Fireline), and I-100 (Introduction to Incident Command System). I completed
this training on March 21st, 2008. I also completed a red card refresher
course on June 18, 2009 and on June 17, 2010 at Badlands National Park in
Interior, South Dakota.
Accomplishments/Leadership
President's Honor List 2007-2008
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences Dean's List
2006-2008
Treasurer of Mountaineering and Outdoors Society 2007-2008
Secretary of Geographical Society 2007-2008
President of Pi Gamma Mu Social Science Honors Society 2007-2008
Treasurer of Pi Gamma Mu Social Science Honors Society 2006-2007
Member of Golden Key International Honors Society
2006
Recipient of the Swenson Memorial Scholarship 2007
Poster presentation at California Geographical Society conference 2007,
2008
Poster presentation at Association of American Geographers conference
2008
Recipient of President's Special Travel Fund Award (Cal Poly Pomona)
2008
Skills and Abilities
Proficient in Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
Ability to perform research on historical, cultural, and natural resource
topics
ArcGIS v. 9.2
Possession of a California Class C drivers license
Possesssion of a valid Red Card for wildland firefighting
Ability to work independently and with others
Ability to hike long distances and experience hiking
Ability to work with a variety of hand tools
Desire to work outdoors in a state park or national park setting
Strong interest in natural resource management and interpretation
Desire for a career with the NPS, BLM, USFS, or USFWS.
Ability to communicate basically in Spanish
American Red Cross First Aid Certification (test date: 3-9-09)
References are available upon request and please contact me with any
questions.
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