Jakob Thelen

UofT Student, WDS Director of Operations (>5 years)

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Mississauga, ON L5K1G8

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EXPERIENCE

Wolf’s Driveway Sealing, Oakville — Founder, Director of Operations

June 2014 - PRESENT

Typical daily tasks may include some or all of the following:

●Managing phone calls, employees, spreadsheets, invoicing, budgets, expense reports

●Lead conversion, client scheduling, route planning and dispatch

●Pitching, negotiating, and drafting contracts, forging company partnerships

●Training of new hires (personally trained two in 2020 and 2021, both of whom are still under my employ)

●Managing online presence: SEO, SMO, digital marketing, Google Business, etc.

●Property maintenance, asphalt and concrete maintenance and repair; workplace safety protocols with propane torches, concrete saws, and hazardous materials (e.g., coal-tar emulsion, asphalt emulsion, low-VOC sealants)

In 2014, I founded an asphalt maintenance and repair company that now services much of the GTA. The past two years have been focused on scaling operations, and I am responsible for all day to day management activities as well as the majority of the physical labour involved. We are still a small company, but in 2021 were nominated for the Canadian Business Award and we are poised to buy out a major local competitor in 2023. Specifics of prior employment history are available upon request. Outside of conventional employment, which has been primarily in the labour sector, I have extensive environmental volunteer experience with organizations such as Credit Valley Conservation, work for which I received a Conservation Award; LitterNot, for whom I have volunteered seasonally for over ten years; World Wildlife Fund, and the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, and have participated in a number of research projects working with the chair of the Department of Environment at UTM.

OBJECTIVE

To secure a stable, part-time job to supplement my income working somewhere that I enjoy, ideally during evenings and weekends.

SKILLS

Strong oral, written communication

Collaboration

Team management

Crisis management

Financial management

Customer service

Critical thinking

Organizational skills

Workplace safety

EDUCATION

University of Toronto, Mississauga — B.Sc.

SEPT 2018 - APR 2023

Double major in biology and environmental management, with a minor in environmental law. I intend to pursue graduate studies in either conservation biology or sustainable entrepreneurship.

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