MATTHEW S. GATHOF

**** *. ****** **. ********* **1 • Long Beach, Mississippi 39560 • 228-***-**** ad3nm3@r.postjobfree.com STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: Highly motivated, teamwork and communication-oriented professional with strong accountability to embrace the corporate vision and values of a progressive organization by serving in a challenging career-oriented position. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Results driven professional with proven experience in sales, business development, prospecting, relationship building, and marketing. Demonstrated ability to build immediate relationships of mutual trust and respect with clients.

Proficiency using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, SPSS, and Visual Basic

Ability to work well independently and with others (strong team work/team building skills)

Experience working with vessels in ports across the Gulf of Mexico EXPERIENCE

GATHOF AUTOWORKS - Pass Christian, MS Founder 1-2022 to Present

Purchased Japanese Domestic Market vehicles for resale in the United States

Organized shipping via roll on - roll off vessels from Japan

Processed import paperwork with Customs to land vehicles legally for resale

Utilized various sources on the Internet to advertise JDM vehicles for sale T. PARKER HOST - Corpus Christi, TX Boarding Agent 9-2016 to 12-2021

Specialized in bulk carriers, crude oil tankers, and roll on - roll off vessels

Handled all aspects of port calls including Customs, billing, and husbandry matters

Worked to solicit new business with quotes including itemized costs of entire port call

Facilitated crew changes and clearing off-signing crew members with Customs

Reconciled costs of port call and insured full payment was made by principal

Handled any husbandry matters needed by crew members while vessel was in port

Communicated with stevedores to maximize efficiency during port call and address all problems

Worked with vessels in various ports including Corpus Christi, TX, Brownsville, TX, and Point Comfort, TX

T. PARKER HOST - Mobile, AL Boarding Agent 10-2015 to 9-2016

Worked closely with principals shipping various bulk cargoes

Obtained ASBA ship agent member certification

Specialized in vessels carrying bulk wood pellets and coal

Worked with vessels in various ports including Mobile, AL, Panama City, FL, and Pascagoula, MS.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI - Hattiesburg, MS 05-2012 Masters of Business Administration (GPA: 3.75)

Curriculum: Managerial Accounting, Analytical Decision Making, Financial Management, Managerial Economics, Human Resource Management, Logistics, Marketing Research, Global Business Systems, Strategic Management

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI - Oxford, MS 05-2005

B.B.A., Banking & Finance (GPA: 3.2)

Curriculum: Security Analysis and Theory, Portfolio Management, Management and Strategic Planning, Options and Futures Markets, Managerial Finance, Financial Analysis, Visual Basic Programming, Managerial Economics

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