ARA ASSILIAN

Applying for: Manager Clinical trials.Finance or Manager Post Award acctg

CONTACT:

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Azusa,ca.91702 Araassilian.com

818-***-**** Pearlsoflife.us

ad29in@r.postjobfree.com

LANGUAGES-English, Armenian, Arabic (partial), Turkish (partial)

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Experience

Fashion Hub-President 2019-2021

A nationwide wholesale apparel manufacturer/designer and distributor in Vernon California

ADIN Of California-President 1989-2021-A screen printing, embroidery and promotional products manufacturer, designer,distributor selling nationwide to all U S airport gift shop concessions in some 600 airport terminals, as well as to colleges, schools, theme parks, movie studios, tourist attractions and sports shops.

Citibank-Vice President-Gen Mgr 1981-1989 Awarded as the bank’s most aggressive corporate marketing banker handling Far Eastern Multinational Corporations and banks operating in So California with loan ranges of $5 million to $200 million.

Cal State University-Northridge-Associate Professor 1982.

Teaching Organizational Behavior.

Algemene Bank Nederland-Assistant Vice President 1979-1981.

Corporate marketing to Far Eastern Multinationals operating in So Ca.

Wells Fargo Bank-H O in S F-Intl banking Officer in charge of the bank’s Intl credit department=1972-1979.

Started as a credit analyst first in the international dept and then ran the dept of 10 mba analysts analyzing and monitoring the bank’s international lending exposure on an ongoing basis, including setting up of the bank’s Far Eastern Credit dept in Singapore.

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Education

San Francisco State University 1972-1977

MBA and BBA in international Business Management/International Finance. MBA thesis “Comparative Analysis of American and Japanese Banking Systems”.

Canada Community College-Redwood City,Calif- 1971-1972

A host of post graduate courses, seminars,conferences in Financial Management,Credit Analysis, Counselor Selling, Asset Based Lending, Cash Management, Commercial Real Estate Lending.

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PROJECTS/AUTHORSHIP

-“Pearls of Life-Reflections of Faith, Hope and Love While Facing Life’s Challenges” A poetry book published on Amazon in 2023 achieved #1 best seller in Death and Grief category.

-“Public Policy-The Role of Public Policy on Economic Development” in the works, to be published in 2024 again on Amazon.

OTHER FACTS ABOUT VOLUNTARY NOT FOR PROFIT DEVOTIONS

1-President/board member of Armenian American Professional Society of L A for 4 years.

2-Treasurer/Chairman of Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian High school in Altadena, Calif. (3 years treasurer, 9 years chairman).

3-Chairman. Board of Deacons of United Armenian Congregational Church in L A- 6 years.

4-Chairman/Moderator of Cilicia Armenian Evangelical Church in Pasadena-4 years.

5-Finance manager of Bay Area Committee to elect George Deukmejian Attorney General.

6-Board member of Central High School alumni in L A for 4 years.

7-Founding member of Merdinian Armenian Evangelical School in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

8-Secretary/Vice Chairman of the Armenian National Committee in San Francisco for 6 years.

9-Board member of Lark Musical Society in Glendale for 6 years.

10-Board member of Hamazkayin Cultural Association San francisco chapter for 6 years.

11-Radio broadcaster of the weekly Armenian hour in San Francisco for two years.

12-Choir member of UACC church choir, Cilicia church choir, Hamazkayin Cultural choir for over 40 years.

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Skills

-Able to work in harmony with a variety of people, treat all with the dignity and professionalism they deserve.

-Have courage to make tough decisions on a timely basis.

-Capable of prioritizing various tasks to achieve needed objectives.

-Set up aggressive achievable goals on an ongoing basis. I get excited with high bars to overcome.

-Attentively listen, review and analyze all conflicting alternatives and wisely choose the right direction. A tough negotiator/consensus builder to meet corporate objectives.

-Very competitive spirit accustomed to winning all the way from highschool years; always being first in class.

-Comfortable with numbers, charts, ratios and planning/predicting trends.

-Avid reader and listener to domestic and international business, economic and political news and developments and how all that would impact our lives.

-Emotionally, mentally and healthwise, very stable. Just celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary. Thankfully very healthy, never been hospitalized for any reason-praise the Lord.

-Grounded in a strong faith and belief system in Christian belief.

-Extensive knowledge of political and economic conditions of Far East, Middle East and Caucasian countries.

-Investing and managing a seven figure stock and bond portfolio.

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