Kevin Curran
** ** **** **. *******, NY ***** Contact: 774-***-****, ********@*******.***
Education
Fordham University Bronx, NY (September 2011 May 2015)
● Major: International Economics
● Minor: English and Creative Writing
● GPA: 3.4
Universiteit Van Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands (January 2014 May 2014)
● Focus: Economic Policy
● GPA: 7.8 (3.8 equivalent)
Work Experience
Hamlyn Williams June 2015 Present
● Consultant, T asked with researching markets for all enterprise risk needs for financial institutions, asset managers, and hedge funds. Personally led team in terms of technology risk and utilized my ability in Spanish and Russian language to build relationships with candidates and businesses alike, making placements for such prestigious firms as DE Shaw, KPMG, and Credit Suisse. Due to this success I was tasked with pulling business as well as original duties of sourcing candidates based on merit within 6 months of employment.
● Solid ability dealing with stakeholders through client meetings. Was able to utilize strong interpersonal skills to generate results for the firm.
● Worked extensively in financial services, learning a great deal from senior professionals about the industry and coming to get a 360 view of the market and various firms. Property Markets Group, January June 2015
● Acquisition Analyst, I n charge of researching, identifying, and vetting for purchase land plots for retail use by major corporations nationwide. I excelled in working independently while shouldering great responsibility and financial stakes for powerful companies.
Dynamic SRG, July 2014 January 2015
● Campaign Intern, I nvolved in public affairs, community outreach (particularly using Spanish language), and campaign finance for candidates in New York City and across the state. Some candidates I have been involved with personally include Congressman Joe Crowley, Congressman Charlie Rangel, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, and Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul among many other high profile democratic candidates. Tufts Medical Center, December 2013 January 2015
● Rotational Intern, O rganizational activities and data analysis in the General Medical, Infectious Disease, and Gastroenterology departments. Received the opportunity to work under high level employees and gain understanding of business management, healthcare provision, and data collection. King and Bishop, May 2013 September 2015
● Contracted Accounts Keeper, Multi tasked effectively as I was put in charge of invoicing and acknowledgements on orders of products, scheduling meetings and appointments, and also maintained general business practices such as operating a ShoreTel operating system for all departments. Recent Volunteer Work and Leadership Experience
● Fordham Ram Regular Contributor, P enned Op Ed articles, profiles, and hard news pieces regarding economics, international issues, politics, student life, and sports for the official University newspaper. Also, I was profiled as an outstanding student in my senior year.
● Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society Inductee, Member of an internationally recognized society honoring excellence in the field of economics
● Bricolage Literary Journal Contributing Editor, S elected and edited a prestigious literary journal on Fordham’s campus, which featured some of my own poetry and prose. I was asked to perform some original poetry at Fordham’s well attended “Poets out Loud” series at Lincoln Center and recognized there for my work.
● Multiple Year Captain of the Fordham Men’s Rugby Team, Q uickly worked my way to a starting spot on the team and became an officer of the club in charge of appropriating team funds in my freshman season. Was elected captain in my sophomore season due to outstanding leadership and on field play. My play allowed me to go on to compete internationally in Europe and Australia.
● Dean’s List, Honored for outstanding achievement in a full academic year, achieving over a 3.6 GPA cumulatively.
● Jumpstart, P articipated in an accredited program for the tutoring of preschool children in underprivileged areas of the Bronx, NY. This program looks to lessen the educational gap between these communities and the national average, particularly in early childhood literacy. Applicable Skills
I am extremely well versed in Microsoft office, with particular expertise in Excel and have begun to obtain cursory knowledge of java and SQL programming as well. Furthermore, I possess great writing and proofreading skills from my extensive editing experience, coursework in intensive writing courses, and recreational poetry and sports writing from which I have had numerous pieces published. Additionally, I am nearly fluent in Spanish and possess limited working ability in Russian and Dutch. Also, I have a good global understanding of issues which was supplemented by my experience working and living in the USA, the Netherlands, and Australia.
References available by request