Andrew Dongho Kim

425-***-**** adh4sv@r.postjobfree.com 4323 Hummingbird ct, Mukilteo, WA 98275 Education

Amherst College May 2018

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and History, Cum Laude Amherst, MA

• Council of Korean Americans Public Service Fellow (2017) Philip Jaisohn Memorial Scholarship recipient (2016) Seoul National University (SNU) Aug. 2016 – Dec. 2016 Visiting Student Seoul, South Korea

• Activities: SNU Jive Jazz Group, SNU Koinari Travel Club, SNU Buddy Foreign Exchange Student Club HBX Credential of Readiness (Harvard Business School) June 2016 – Aug. 2016 Pass Cambridge, MA

• Courses in Business Analytics, Financial Accounting, Economics for Managers Work Experience

Self-Employed July 2020 – Current

Freelance Tutor and Editor (20 hours/week) Seattle, WA

• Tutor two high school students on a weekly basis on topics including SAT Reading, essay writing, and philosophy

• Edit client’s personal statement and essays and provide English-Korean translation service on fiverr.com The Fulbright Program Aug. 2019 – July 2020

English Teaching Assistant (30 hours/week) *recalled in late March due to COVID-19 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

• Taught English to 300 high school students at Romain Rolland Foreign Language High School in Central Bulgaria

• Designed and executed original lesson plans covering topics such as the American legal system, romantic poetry, film history, and personal narrative. Continued with teaching duties upon returning to the States via Zoom

• Coached the second biggest speech and debate team in Bulgaria (45 students). Held one-on-one office hours and group workshops on public speaking

• Hosted weekly Korean language and culture class for interested Bulgarian students at the local library ION Trading, Inc. July 2018 – Aug. 2019

Business Analyst (55 hours/week) New York, NY Chicago, IL

• Rotated through two 6-month divisions in ION: internal business development in New York and product management in Chicago

• Analyzed contracts between ION and its vendors to co-terminate services and consolidate similar services, which resulted in a $ 2 million cost reduction. Presented on savings breakdown to various stakeholders, ranging from 5 to 40 members in attendance

• Drafted weekly report in compliance with regulatory updates from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and distributed the report to ION’s trading software clients

• Spearheaded the ION Film Screening initiative to foster a more inclusive work culture among analysts. Selected and screened 1 film every two weeks after work

Amherst College Jan. 2015 – May 2018

Multiple Roles Amherst, MA

• Peer Career Advisor (Loeb Center for Career Exploration, Aug. 2017 – May 2018, 5-6 hours/week): Held biweekly drop-in hours to offer advice to students regarding career paths, resumes, and cover letters. Conducted student-attended interview workshops in preparation for recruiting cycles

• Campus Tour Guide (Admissions Office, Jan. 2015 – May 2018, 2 hours/week): Led weekly hour-long tour sessions for prospective students around Amherst College. Selected as 2015 February Tour Guide for receiving the highest number of satisfied feedback from visitors

• IT Specialist (IT Support Services Department, Jan. 2016 – May 2018, 8 hours/week): Provided support for various technology issues on campus by troubleshooting software, answering phone calls, and triaging inquiries based on priority

• Front Desk Attendant (Arms Music Library, Dec. 2015 – May 2018, 6-7 hours/week): Shelved music scores and CDs; checked in and out borrowed materials

• Research Assistant for Professor Robert Hayashi (American Studies Department, Dec. 2015 – June 2016, 3 hours/week): Gathered archival data on Chinese immigrants in Holyoke, Massachusetts from 1880 to 1920 and used the data to help develop Professor Hayashi’s ‘Global Valley’ curriculum

• Phone-a-thon Caller (Annual Fund Program, Sept. 2015 – Nov. 2015, 6 hours/week): Cold-called over 300 alumni to secure donations for the Annual Fund, which comprises roughly 7% of Amherst College’s annual operating budget (including scholarships and financial aid)

Make the Road New York June 2017 – Aug. 2017

Policy Research Intern (45 hours/week) New York, NY

• Leveraged Littlesis.org and Excel to track and analyze corporate-congress donation patterns and their relationships to immigration detention centers

• Learned Spanish to register more than 25 first-time voters in Long Island, Brooklyn, and Queens Washington Business Journal May 2016 – Aug. 2016

Editorial Intern (50 hours/week) Washington, D.C.

• Covered and wrote about local economic developments. Substantive projects included analyzing shareholder information for D.C.-based public companies and investigating alternative methods for D.C. public transportation

• Published 21 articles in total and held interviews with 18 business executives Exploration School, Inc. June 2015 – Aug. 2015

Course Instructor Residential Advisor (70 hours/week) Norton, MA

• Designed and taught high-intensity science courses to 4th-6th graders – “Extreme Science” and “Model Rocketry”

• Lived with and advised 12 students, ages 9-10, for 7 weeks; used interpersonal skills to diffuse conflicts Leadership Activities

Amherst College Undergraduate Law Review (ACLR) March 2016 – May 2018 Senior Articles Editor (4 hours/week) Amherst, MA

• Reinstated the publication of ACLR after 5 years of hiatus along with 6 other executive board members

• Delegated duties to 4 article editors on The Bluebook-based formatting and submission quality control Jazz @ Amherst Sept. 2015 – March 2016

Combo Representative (4 hours/week) Amherst, MA

• Served as a representative between Amherst’s jazz department faculty and the 7 student-run jazz combos

• Scheduled each combo’s practice time and cross-checked across combos to ensure set list did not overlap Publications and Presentations

Virtual ‘In’ Sanity: COVID-19 and the Mathematics Behind Human Existence Nov. 2020

• 1 of 19 presenters at the National Fulbright Digital +/- Presence Seminar

(http://www.fulbright.bg/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ABSTRACTS BIOS.pdf) The Dark Room Dec. 2019

• Published poetry in Fulbright Bulgaria’s literary journal DOMA (https://domajournalbulgaria.com/issue-i/) Moving Across Time: A Comparative Analysis of the Asian American Movement and the Chol Soo Lee Movement, 1968 – 1983 May 2018

• 120-page senior honors thesis on the wrongful accusation of Chol Soo Lee in 1973 and his subsequent exoneration

• Thesis grants: Alpha Delta Phi Fund (2018) G. Forrest Gillett 1936 Memorial Fund (2017) Amherst Asian American Thesis Symposium Apr. 2018

• Organized the inaugural Asian American thesis panel for Amherst College. Moderated discussion between 6 senior thesis-writers and 30 underclassmen attendees interested in writing an Asian American studies thesis The Cost of Trump’s Deportation Budget to the Empire and Garden States Aug. 2017

• Co-author of a 9-page budget policy white paper at Make the Road New York

(https://maketheroadny.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cost-of-Deportation-Budget-12-1-17.pdf) Skills and Interests

Languages: English (fluent) Korean (fluent) Spanish (working proficiency) Bulgarian (elementary proficiency) Skills: Microsoft Excel, PACER, EDGAR, Mathematica Website: amateur film photographer: https://andrewkim9604.wixsite.com/facesplaces Interests: jazz piano, pickup basketball games, new wave cinema (particularly films by Edward Yang, Wim Wenders, Richard Linklater, Eric Rohmer), recreational chess, collecting old records, translating Korean poetry to English Travel Experience: Booked a one-way flight ticket from Sofia, Bulgaria to London and took buses and trains back to Sofia over the course of two weeks

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