High School Company

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August 26, 2014

Thomas F. Wamsley, III

Phone: 404-***-**** E-Mail: *******@*****.***

EDUCATION:

**** – 2012 THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA – Athens, GA, B.B.A. in Finance and Economics

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a GPA of 3.8 / 4.0

• Graduated from the Honors Program, which enrolls 2,500 of the 34,000 students on campus

• Terry College of Business Institute for Leadership Advancement: Certificate Recipient

2010 GLOBAL LEAD STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM – Cape Town, South Africa

• Exposed to leadership and civic engagement through the lens of South African history and

culture

• Engaged in community service and academic instruction focused on critical, reflective thinking

• Went bungee jumping, skydiving, paragliding, and cage diving with great white sharks

EXPERIENCE

2012 – 2014 TEACH FOR AMERICA – Palestine, AR, High School Math Teacher

• Taught Geometry, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus at Palestine-Wheatley High School

• Raised Geometry state test scores from 47% proficient or advanced to 65% proficient or

advanced my first year, and to 89% proficient or advanced my second year.

• Served on the leadership team at the high school where we collaborated on how to improve

graduation rates, state test scores, ACT scores, and our standing with the state

• Facilitated conversations regarding how to improve our classroom and teaching techniques

with other Teach for America members as a PLC leader

2011 TUCKER, MIDIS & OWEN – Atlanta, GA, Investment Banking Summer Analyst

• Created and presented a financial model to a client to help them decipher whether

expansionary actions should be taken

• Researched a company in the food industry to identify the company’s products, distribution

channels, and brands to identify possible buy-side opportunities

2010 CARY STREET PARTNERS – Atlanta, GA, Summer Intern

• Worked for a week with the managing partner of the firm

• Spent time with full time analysts in preparing financial statements, financial models and

valuation analysis

• Gained experience working with Capital IQ

2009 PETRUS BRANDS – Atlanta, GA, Summer Intern

• Petrus Brands is the holding company for the Planet Smoothie and Shane’s Rib Shack brands

• Worked in the finance and accounting department

• Input invoices and helped create the financial statements using QuickBooks

PERSONAL

• Interests include sports (won the individual state championship for golf in 2008), traveling, and reading

• Completed a self-study on financial modeling through Training the Street

• Technical skills in Excel include: pivot tables, data tables, vlookup, macros, and goal seek