Project Manager Sales

Ronald M. Berkowitz

**-** ** *****, **** Park, NY 11374

***************@*******.***; 917-***-****

EDUCATION

CUNY/Baruch College, School of Public Affairs, New York, NY, Master of

Public Administration, GPA 3.83

CUNY/Queens College, Flushing, NY, Master of Arts in Teaching, Childhood

Education (1-6), GPA: 3.89

Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, Bachelor of Arts in Political

Science, Law and Society

EXPERIENCE

FDI-ICF USA Inc., New York, NY

10/2011-Present

Account Manager 02/2008-

10/2010

. Operate the legal and collection departments of an international

Accounts Receivable Company.

. Collect payments from major American department stores for European

fashion company clients.

. Operate the Claims Management Department for legal cases.

. Collect payments of past due invoices for over 20 furniture and

fashion company clients, and coordinate

with insurance companies.

. Collaborate with clients (suppliers) to obtain receivables in a

timely manner. Work with suppliers to settle disputes and obtain the

greatest possible settlement of invoices.

. Collaborate with fashion company agents to collect advanced payments

from uninsured stores.

. Process weekly and monthly client invoices into computer database.

. Work with my team in U.S. subsidiary to obtain superior results,

which has led to a significant increase in sales volume.

OfficeTeam Specialized Administrative Staffing, New York, NY

09/2007-2/2008

Staff Member

02/2011-10/2011

. Worked for various clients in market research and finance patent

brokerage firms.

. Conducted internet research for patent brokerage firm, obtaining

names, street and email addresses for patent holders using various

online databases.

. Audited locations for market research Company studying home media

(billboards).

. Utilized spatial reasoning to correctly pinpoint locations using

Microsoft Bing and Google Maps.

. Utilized Google Patents software to obtain information about

intellectual property holders.

New York City Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY

12/2003-08/2007

Full Time Appointed Classroom Teacher (Grade 2+3),

09/2006-08/2007

. Taught a class of second and third graders reading and writing

(Teacher's College Workshop).

. Educated students in the "Everyday Math" second grade curriculum.

. Promoted "Balanced Literacy" within the classroom.

. Engaged students in the joy of reading via author, genre and

nonfiction studies.

. Developed and implemented various writing studies including "How To,"

"Song Writing," "Non Fiction Writing," Writing about Reading" and

"Poetry."

. Participated in professional development session at Columbia Teachers

College.

Substitute Teacher, Grades K-6

12/2003 - 09/2006

. Taught more than 200 days in Queens public elementary schools.

. Covered special education classes on the elementary level.

Invoke Solutions, Tenafly, New Jersey

04/2002- 01/2003

Project Manager

Developed qualitative market research projects for an Internet software

development firm.

. Created panel-screening questionnaires according to client

specifications.

. Moderated live qualitative market research sessions online and

reviewed results for accuracy.

. Collaborated with various market research panel companies to select

participants for online studies.

Harris Interactive, New York, New York

10/1998 - 10/2001

Project Assistant

. Developed questionnaires for social science, health care and insurance

studies.

. Helped manage the Harris Poll telephone and online omnibus study.

. Edited the Harris Poll results summary. Verified accuracy of research

tabulations.

COMPUTER SKILLS Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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