Management Assistant

Anthony Sung

U.S. Citizen. **** Chester Dr. Plano, TX 75025 214-***-**** **************@*****.***

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EDUCATION

The Fletcher School at Tufts University, Medford, MA 08/09-05/11

Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.)

Fields of Study: International Political Economy; Pacific Asia; Foreign Policy Analysis

Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 06/10-08/10

United States-Indonesia Society (USINDO) Summer Studies Program Scholarship 2010

Bhasa Indonesia Language Study

National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 07/07-05/09

Extensive Chinese Language Study at Mandarin Training Center

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 09/01-12/04 Bachelor of Business Administration with Honors

Major: Finance Minor: Government

Overall GPA: 3.77

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 01/03-05/03

Business Study Abroad Program

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Local Schools Local Needs (www.LSLN.org) – Director & Founding Member 3/09-Present

• Raised over $5,000 online through http://www.indiegogo.com/ (crowd funding) to create a new non-profit website that connects schools with community members to provide students with materials and volunteers.

• Responsible for recruiting and tasking volunteers, plan and establish organizational goals members, and promote the organization to reach out to targeted population.

Stratfor - Analyst Development Program 09/11-12/11

• Analyze and write about geopolitical trends in Asia covering North Korea to Australia, India to Japan with insights into political, economic, and military developments to reduce risks, to identify opportunities, and to stay aware of happenings around the globe.

• Update clients with daily briefing on significant business news relating to China and longer term projects covering the Asia-Pacific region.

Fletcher School’s Space Policy Working Group - Research Assistant 12/09-01/11

• Conducted research on governance regimes for outer space Examined maritime analogies through analyzing in depth the rules, laws, codes of conduct, customary international law, and treaties that exist for the sea.

• Identified which areas of maritime regulation could be useful precedent in formulating similar regulations for outer space as well as those areas that are not useful and why.

• Investigate scenarios on various types of satellite interference, likely responses, and created a response matrix for policymakers.

The China Post - Copy Editor and Reporting Desk 12/08-07/09

• Revised, edited, and proofread stories from newswires, staff reporters and freelance writers for all sections (up to 20 pages each night). Meticulous attention paid to nonnative English journalists and reporters for factual information and grammatical correctness.

• Wrote headlines, subheads, decks, and captions for all sections, including the front page.

• Signed off on completed pages prior to print and managed multiple deadlines for various pages.

• Communicated in Mandarin with layout designers and local reporters over translated content.

• Translated Chinese news into English. Generated concise written articles with word count limits.

• Conducted interviews with local businessmen and composed articles for trade show daily.

Private Tutoring/Cram School Teacher - English Tutor 11/07-07/09

• Practiced English conversation in one-on-one or group sessions with an emphasis on instruction about American social, business, cultural values, and etiquette.

• Edited essays for graduate school applicants. Designed and conducted English interviews for Taiwan students.

Rockwood Investment Partners - Analyst 11/06-02/07

• Accomplished in-depth due diligence and wrote memorandums on companies including interviewing industry experts and investigating executive management history and background.

• Researched and developed strategies such as searching for new private placements to indicate future stock performance, especially on the short side.

• Prepared stock screens and financially modeled public companies in Excel spreadsheet.

Howard Frazier Barker Elliott, Inc. - Financial Analyst 02/05-03/06

• Assigned to projects including valuation analysis of corporate securities, restricted stocks, buy/sell agreements, marital dissolution, employee stock ownership plans, with an emphasis on partnership interests and closely-held companies.

• Evaluated assignments and built schedules for multiple projects to manage usage of time and intern assistance.

• Performed discounted cash flows, comparable companies (multiples), and merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions analysis through financial modeling, forecasting, and quantitative analysis.

• Prepared due diligence and written valuation reports for client and Internal Revenue Service submission.

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LANGUAGE

Mandarin Chinese (Bilingual) native speaker, Advanced Traditional reading and writing

Bahasa Indonesia beginner level completion

AWARDS

Fletcher School Scholarship 08/09 to 5/11

Taiwan Ministry of Education General Scholarship 09/08-12/08

University of Texas Honors Four Semesters

E. N. Hensen Memorial Scholarship Fall 2004

Distinguished Award (2nd place), tX Ventures 2001 Business Plan Tournament 09/01

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio; Internet research; Chinese typing (phonetic system); Bloomberg; Thomson Research; SDC; Capital IQ; FactSet; Compustat; Mergerstat; Alacra; 10kwizard.com; Morningstar Principia; EstateVal; Regression Analysis; Prezi.com

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COMMUNITY & OTHER ACTIVITIES

Asia Club Public Relations Officer - raised awareness of activities and invited experts to school engagements.

Chinese Community Center Volunteer - update website text, purchase computers, and edit grant proposals.

Superchannel Enterprises – purchase journal and magazine subscriptions and track international orders.

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GRADUATE COURSEWORK:

Crisis Management & Complex Emergencies; Development Aid in Practice; Development Economics; Analytic Frameworks for International Public Policy Decisions; Operations Management (at Harvard Kennedy School); Foundations of Policy Analysis; International Relations of U.S. and East Asia; Economics and Business Environments of Greater China; Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China; Diplomacy: History, Theory, and Practice; Processes of International Negotiation; North Korean State and Society; Persuasive Writing and Presentations; China’s Political Economy (taught in Chinese); Ethical Reasoning in International Politics; Global Political Economy; Political Economy of Development; Asian Business Groups; Political Economy of Reform, Growth, and Equity.

Thesis: China’s Hidden Non-Economic Rationale in signing the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement

Spring 2011 Political Economy of China: Teaching Assistant

Operations Management Consulting Project: Improving Boston’s Moving Permit Process

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INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

Philippines; Indonesia; Cambodia; Thailand; Malaysia; Japan; China; Taiwan; South Korea; Canada; Mexico

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