Michelle M. Rupp **** Royal Oaks Drive
Mansfield, TX 76063
Cell 817-***-****
*******@*****.***
Trilingual Spanish/Portuguese
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Increase sales for a progressive growth-orientated company in a local territory
utilizing my trilingual language skills.
CAREER EXPERIENCE
10/07 to Present PANTEGO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY – Mansfield Campus, Arlington, Texas
Spanish Teacher Pre-Kindergarten-5th grade
Physical Education Teacher Pre-Kindergarten- 1st grade
9/01-5/06 ST. JOHN PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN – Mansfield, Texas
Spanish Teacher
8/96-5/97 SWIFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL- (AISD, Arlington, Texas)
Bilingual Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten Teacher (Spanish)
3/94-8/96 TRICORBRAUN, INC. (CALIBER PACKAGING, INC.) – Cerritos, California
Regional Sales Manager – Dallas branch office of $120mm wholesale
Container distributor.
• Successfully moved unprofitable operation from Austin to Dallas and
regained profitability.
• Supervised and managed inside/outside sales & office staff.
• Penetrated major Dallas accounts (Mary Kay Cosmetics, Sandoz
Agro, Inc. BeautiControl Cosmetics and Pro-Line Corp.)
9/86-3/94 ITW, INC. ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS,INC.(THE MEYERCORD CO)–Carol Stream, Illinois
Packaging Products Division (1/91 to 3/94)
Regional Sales Representative for manufacturer of heat transfer labels. Sold
for newly created division in a large Midwest territory.
• promoted to sell in fifteen state Southwestern territory.
• Ranked second in division sales.
Printed Products Group (3/90 to 12/90)
Inside Sales Representative and Project Coordinator- Serviced house
accounts and developed sales territories for new heat transfer application systems.
Marking Films Division (9/86 to 2/90)
International Customer Service Representative- Handled order entry, technical
correspondence and export documentation of pressure sensitive vinyl films and
inks for domestic and all Spanish speaking international accounts.
EDUCATION Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts, International Studies and Spanish, May 1986
Studies Abroad: University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (8/84-7/85)
Sponsored by Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rotary International Exchange Student, San Paulo, Brazil (6/80-7/81)
(Junior Year of St. Charles High School)
ACTIVITIES Physical Fitness, Running, Photography and Boating