Seth Weston
Cell: 1-315-***-****
**** ********** **. *********, ** 13090
************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Young, energetic professional with solid marketing, business, leadership
and inter-personal skills. Strong team-builder with a proven ability to
motivate staff and implement business practices focusing on growth and
profitability. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced deadline-driven
environment.
EDUCATION
Master of International Business (MIB), August 2013
HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, London, UK (includes 8 months in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates)
Bachelor of Science in Marketing, May 2011
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO, Oswego, NY, USA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Boston Scientific
External Consultant Through Hult International Business School, London
(July-August)
Group leader working on the strategic implementation of integrating
patient electronic health records (EHR) from remote monitoring systems
and providing real time access to doctors and clinicians.
Identifying specific areas where devices can be developed and
hospitals can concentrate on enhancing home-based care through a
patient-centered model.
. Completing in-depth industry analysis, competitor maps and
interviewing senior managers of Boston Scientific as well as its
competitors.
Achievements: Team awarded first place out of 10 teams in the Boston
Scientific client competitive challenge. Team successfully implemented
value added services in hospitals and clinics by proposing the acquisition
of a home care company to deliver services to patients in their homes. The
team also proposed the idea of minute clinics, care managers and nursing
pods to capitalize on Boston Scientific's lean management skills.
Playboy Club, London, UK
Club Promoter
(May-August)
Motivate young professionals to frequent the club.
. Familiarize customers with specials and promotions.
. Acquaint individuals with the setting and make them socially comfortable.
. Make sales pitch to membership prospects.
Achievements: Gain further confidence utilizing social and marketing skills
while engaging in impromptu conversations with diverse individuals.
BT Broadband, London, UK (May-August)
Marketing Intern
. Identify issues that drive customer cancellation requests.
. Deliver recommendations on customer handling between various
departments.
. Identify issues that impact customer experiences and contribute to
delivering short term wins.
. Continual use of CRM System.
Achievements: Hands on experience with CRM System and dealing with customer
problems and resolutions.
La Taqueria Fresh Mexican Grill, Syracuse, NY 2011-2012
Local restaurant employing 35 people.
Restaurant Manager (2011-2012)
. Supervised, hired, trained and terminated staff.
. Responsible for day-to-day operations.
. Prepared and processed the weekly payroll, daily cash reports and
weekly sales pacing reports.
. Greeted customers and followed up on their dining experience.
. Consistently met revenue and sales quota goals; weekly sales
approximately $20,000.
. Ordered products and maintained weekly inventory.
Achievements: Maintained low personnel turnover and consistently built
customer base and sales revenue. Instrumental in turning this new
restaurant into a profitable business by implementing various marketing and
promotional ideas such as flyers, daily specials, signage, local magazine
advertisements and coupons. Weekly sales grew from $3,000 to $20,000 while
manager.
Lemon Grass Restaurant, Syracuse, NY
Award winning Thai restaurant known throughout central New York for its
exquisite international food and wine selections.
Waiter 2011
. Focused on making every customer's dining experience extraordinary.
. Trained new personnel and assisted management as needed.
Achievements: Recognized by management for having a strong work ethic and
ability to relate to customer clientele.
3PD, Inc. Syracuse, NY Summers 2007 & 2010
A privately- held national home delivery and logistics company generating
more than $350 million annually.
Accounting Intern
. Processed weekly customer invoices and applied cash receipts to
customer accounts.
. Followed up on past due accounts.
. Input accounts payable invoices into system and cut checks.
. Reconciled various balance sheet accounts.
Achievements: Streamlined various accounting functions by creating numerous
excel worksheets that reduced manpower hours and redundancies.
Augusta Nationals Summer Baseball Camp, Augusta, GA 2009
Summer league for collegiate baseball players that also ran a baseball camp
for children.
Baseball Player/Instructor
. Taught children of all skill levels the basic concepts of pitching
emphasizing mechanics and conditioning.
. Provided constructive feedback to participants.
. Directed drills, oversaw games and critiqued pitchers.
Achievements: Developed instructional skills.
College of St Rose Baseball Camp, Albany, NY 2008
Summer baseball camp run by the college's baseball team
Baseball Player/Instructor
. Worked with young children developing basic baseball skills such as
running, sliding and throwing.
. Created a basic workout program to warm players up and prevent
injuries.
. Conducted clinics at various stations concentrating on specific skill
sets.
Achievements: Developed and conducted programs to be followed by camp
participants.
Hollister/Abercrombie and Fitch, Syracuse, NY 2005- 2006
US retail establishment focusing on consumers ranging from 18 to 22 years
old
Sales Associate
. Greeted and assisted customers.
. Stocked and tagged merchandise.
. Prepared displays.
Achievements: Reduced store thefts by 20% by diligently monitoring dressing
rooms and sales floor.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages: Fluent in English and Basic Spanish
Technologies: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, CRM, SPSS