Maria
Lacouture
Houston,
Texas,
United
States
•
(786)
219-
8306
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SUMMARY
Project
Management
Public
Speaking
skills
Language
Skills
Computer
skills
Negotiation
Skills
Business
Analysis
EDUCATION
Master’s
Degree
–
International
Business
August
2014
HULT
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
SCHOOL Shanghai,
China
• Won
first
place
among
6
other
teams
in
a
Business
Consulting
Project
with
client
Akzo
Nobel.
Used
my
skills
to
analyze
financial
models
as
well
as
performed
competitive
and
industry
analysis
and
implemented
distribution
strategy
of
Organic
Peroxides
in
China
in
order
to
improve
company’s
position
in
the
market.
• Treasurer
for
Energy
Club
and
Entrepreneur
Clubs
Responsible
for
management
of
cash
flows,
risk
management
and
organizing
fundraising
events
for
the
club.
Bachelor’s
Degree
April
2013
Florida
International
University Miami,
FL
Major
in
Biology,
Minor
in
Business.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
AGMAN
Services
LLC
&
Petronal
LLC
–
Miami,
FL
October
2012
-
June
2014
Intern
–
Business
Analysis
• Helped
with
the
editing
of
several
documents
and
business
scopes
and
proposals
for
production
of
synthetic
Fuel
and
crude
exploration
in
the
territory
of
Colombia.
Assisted
with
the
translation
of
documents
and
aided
with
the
budgeting
and
analysis
of
projection
and
expenditures
and
analysis
of
the
Financial
Statements.
• Learned
about
the
different
costs
involved
in
certain
processes
such
as
exploration
costs
against
acquisition
costs
among
others
and
current
trends
in
the
energy
industry
in
South
America
and
Africa
LAREAD
INTERNATIONAL
LLC Miami,
FL.
April
2013
-
2014
Sales
Director
• Co-
founded
Laread
International
LLC
from
startup
level
with
the
goal
to
supply
South
American
Countries
such
as
Colombia,
Venezuela,
and
Ecuador
with
disposable
medical
supplies
and
medical
gadgets.
• Successfully
negotiated
with
different
customers
from
South
America
for
the
trading
of
commodities
in
the
Agricultural
Industry
.
J M
M E D I C A L
C E N T E R
–
M i a m i,
F L .
F e b r u a r y
2 0 1 1 -
2 0 1 2
A s s i s t a n t
M a n a g e r
• Prepared
payrolls
for
employees,
managed
inventory,
and
helped
with
keeping
the
financial
statements
in
order.
Scheduled
meetings
and
assisted
with
recruitment
processes.
CERTIFICATIONS:
• Specialization
in
Project
Management
from
Hult
International
Business
School,
Masters
Program
• Language
Efficiency
level
for
Mandarin
HSK
2
• Project
Management
2010
course
at
ONLC
training
Center
(14
PDU
credits)
Adwords
Certificate
and
Analytics.
ADDITIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Miami’s
Children’s
Hospital
-
Volunteer
2011-
2012
Volunteered
in
the
Oncology
Department,
helped
with
the
management
and
organization
of
volunteering
and
fund
raising
events
for
the
hospitals
as
well
as
collaborated
in
hospital
with
entertaining
terminal
stage
patients.
Peer
Led
Team
Learning
FIU
Program
–
PLTL
Leader
2010-
2011
Tutored
University
Students
in
General
Biology
and
Human
Anatomy
as
well
as
supervised
entry
level
tutors
in
their
performance
during
the
program.
RELEVANT
KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS,
AND
TRAINING
Languages:
• English
-
Native
Level
for
Speaking
and
Writing
• Spanish
–
Native
Level
for
Speaking
and
Writing
• Portuguese
–
Intermediate
Level
for
Speaking
and
Writing
• Mandarin
–
Intermediate
in
Speaking
Skills:
Analytics
and
E-
Commerce
Analytics,
AdWords
and
Online
Marketing
Campaigns
Microsoft Project and Primavera: creating and managing project schedules.
• Technical
Skills:
Apple’s
iWork:
Pages,
Numbers,
Keynote,
iPhoto,
iMovie
and
Microsoft’s
Office:
Word,
Excel,
outlook,
PowerPoint
and
QuickBooks
• Document
Edit:
Adobe’s
Acrobat