Sales Assistant

** ******** **, *** #**

Babylon, NY *****

Phone 317-***-****

Email: ***************@*****.***

Brendan M. Cherry

Objective: Results-oriented professional with seven years of experience in management, education, and communications, fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesian, and English, seeks employment as a consultant or linguist supporting the intelligence community.

Work Experience:

BINDER Inc., South American Sales Coordinator (September 2010-Present)

-Responsible for selling biotechnology products across the entire Latin American continent

-Coordinating, processing, and promoting products to all dealers

-Translating and interpreting in Spanish, Portuguese, and English

-Reporting on sales trends, trade barriers, bio medical products and economic situation in Latin America

Center for International Language and Cultural Studies, Islamic University of Indonesia, Professor of English, Spanish, and Portuguese (January 2010- September 2010)

-Taught university English, Spanish, and Portuguese at the graduate and undergraduate level

-Planned, supervised, and developed coursework for classes, conducted up to eight times a week

-Led translation and editing for educational materials in three languages; primarily translation from Indonesian to English

Department of Modern Languages, Ohio University, Teaching Assistant (September 2008-November 2008)

-Taught university Spanish at the undergraduate level

-Prepared lesson plans for classes of 25 students meeting four or more times per week

-Taught and evaluated student progress in writing, reading and speaking Spanish

Surface Warfare Officer, United States Navy (May 2003-July 2007)

-Surface Warfare Officer responsible for operating and navigating US Navy ships in combat environment

-Qualified to ensure weapon assignment and delivery

-Led, managed, and trained groups of 20 US Navy enlisted personnel

Damage Control Assistant, USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), Yokosuka Japan (January 2006-July 2007)

-Managed Shipboard Firefighting, Flood Control, Stability Expert, and Ships Repairs Coordinator

-Responsible for all firefighting equipment and training for 300-plus crew members

-Served as Qualified Command Duty Officer, managing all daily affairs in Commanding Officer's absence and responsible for over 100 personnel

-Planned and executed multilateral operations with Russian, South Korean, Japanese, Indian, and Singaporean Navies

Ordnance Officer, USS McInerney (FFG-8), Jacksonville, FL (May 2003-December 2005)

-Responsible for all ship's ammunition, weapons, weapons systems and anti terrorism training for two fifty crew members

-Planned and executed operations with foreign Navies serving as translator with Ecuadorian, Panamanian, Chilean and Peruvian Navy personnel

-One of two junior officers given weapons release authority in the event of a terrorist attack

-Qualified as the Search and Rescue Swimmer, responsible for all maritime rescue operations

Education:

Master of Arts, International Affairs, June 2009

Ohio University, Athens, OH

Bachelor of Arts, International Studies, May 2003

Minors in Spanish and Naval Science

Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH

International Experience:

-Teaching experience in Islamic University of Indonesia (January-September 2010)

-Studied abroad in Centro Universitario UNA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (June-August 2008)

-Additional language/cultural studies in Argentina and Uruguay (June-August 2008)

-Laboratory Administrator in Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Quito, Ecuador (November -December 2007)

-Extensive travel throughout Japan and East Asia while serving as US Naval Officer (January 2006-July 2007)

-Extensive travel throughout Latin America and Europe while serving as US Naval Officer (May 2003-December 2005)

-Studied Abroad with Montclair State University, Madrid, Spain (June-August 2002)

Special Skills:

-Fluency in Bahasa Indonesian, Spanish and Portuguese

-Moderate proficiency in Japanese

- Additional knowledge of Indonesian dialects-Javanese, Sundanese, Tetum and Batak

-Working ability to read and understand Malay

Extra Curricular Activities

-Volunteer work with Happy Hearts Fund (NGO), translating English documents to Indonesian and Spanish

-Member of Delta Upsilon

-Reserve Officer Training Corps

-Member of Miami Masters Swim Club

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