Administrative Assistant Computer Science

John H. Cook IV

**** ******* ***. **** **** City, UT 84106

E: ****.******@*****.*** C: 970-***-****

EDUCATION

Aug. '06-May '10 Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT

(Expected) BA Economics, Honors (Minors in Computer Science &

Political Science)

. Cumulative GPA: 3.70

. President, Student Honors Council '09-'10; Vice-

President, Student Honors Council '08-'09; Writer,

Honorable Mention (Honors newsletter), '08-'10

. President & Founder, Westminster Mock Trial '06-'10; All

Region Attorney, 2010 American Mock Trial Association

Regional Competition

. Student Conductor, Chamber Singers '08-'10

. Featured Presenter, National Collegiate Honors

Conference: Denver, CO '07, San Antonio, TX '08, and

Washington, DC '09

EXPERIENCE

Friends of Stan Penfold

July '09-Dec. '09 Campaign Manager

. Managed all aspects of the campaign to elect Stan

Penfold to Salt Lake City Council.

. Served as operational 'hub' of campaign: managed vendor

relations, neighborhood canvassing, phone banking,

campaign events, endorsements and message focusing.

. Analyzed voter statistics and demographics to determine

most effective strategy.

. Succeeded in competitive primary election and proceeded

to win in the general election.

Westminster Honors Program Independent Summer Research

Grant

April '09-Oct. 09 Economics Researcher

. After extensive application process, awarded $2,500

grant to perform economic research.

. Researched Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's Great Depression

theories to qualitatively and quantitatively compare

them to his actions to stem the financial crisis of 2008-

09.

. Presented findings in October, 2009 at the National

Honors Convention in Washington, DC.

Westminster College Office of Community Relations

May '09-Aug. '09 Economic Impact Study

. Approached by the President's Office to analyze

Westminster College's economic contribution to Salt Lake

County; first analysis of its kind performed for the

college.

. Along with one other student, gathered data to determine

regional impact, calculated and applied multipliers, and

drafted final report for publication by the college.

. Presented findings to the Westminster Board of Trustees.

Westminster College START Center

Jan. '10-Present Computer Science Supplemental Instructor (Student

Teacher)

Jan. '09-May '09 Economics Supplemental Instructor(Student Teacher)

. Asked by Economics and Computer Science professors to

provide additional instruction to Elementary

Macroeconomics and Computer Science students.

. Provided two supplementary class sessions per week

throughout the semesters.

Xpeerant, Inc.

Aug. '07-May '08 Technical Recruiter

May '08-Mar. '09 Administrative Assistant

. Helped small recruiting firm locate and maintain top

engineering talent around the country.

. Performed a wide range of administrative tasks relating

to the operations of a small business.

Westminster College

Aug. '06-June '07 Lab Assistant, Center for Financial Analysis

. Provided patrons of the Center with assistance on state-

of-the-art financial analysis software and all other

computer needs.

ADDITIONAL

. Software: MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher,

Outlook; SQL and Java Tools

. Eagle Scout

. September, 2009 LSAT Score: 166, 94th percentile

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