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JOSEPH JACOBOWITZ

*** ******** ****** • West Hempstead, New York 11552

516-***-**** • *******@*****.***

EXPERIENCE:

YPM TRAVEL, PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK 02/10-PRESENT

CONSULTANT

All Option Solutions New York, N.Y 03/09 – 01/10

Sales Executive

• Responsible for finding debtors for settlement services.

• Received recognition as one of 2 salespersons responsible for over 10 million in mortgage loan modifications

• Oversaw and motivated 5 salespersons.

• Placed 3 million dollars of credit card debt in company’s debt settlement program

J&L Catering, West Hempstead, New York 2006 - 2008

Business Owner

Owned and operated a catering business and retail pizza and dairy restaurant

• Served customers and ensured customer satisfaction.

• Directed catering services and food preparation

• Managed a staff of 12

• Purchased all food supplies and equipment

• Oversaw kitchen, catering, counter and wait staff

• Established and managed vendor relationships

• Managed entire accounts receivable and accounts payable processes, including invoicing and bill payments

• Met with potential clients to understand catering needs, provided clients with suitable options, recommended appropriate menu and services

• Contracted with clients for catering services

• Contracted with schools and day camps for provisioning of daily lunch programs.

Contemporary Travel & Daniel Tours, Cedarhurst, New York 1987-2006

Partner & Manager

• Worked with tour operators in Israel and around the world to ensure that airlines, hotels, transportation providers and tour guides were provided with accurate and detailed group travel information

• Managed sales personnel for corporate, group and individual travel

• Negotiated contracts with airlines and hotels for corporate and group travel as well as for corporate group meetings and conventions.

• Managed entire accounts receivable and accounts payable processes, including invoicing and bill payments

• Traveled with groups to ensure maximum client satisfaction

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• Researched, determined and recommended optimum travel accommodations and created travel itineraries

• Reserved and confirmed airline, hotel, car rental and other transportation arrangements

• Issued airline tickets

• Addressed client concerns and resolved complaints.

• Oversaw all internal operations including accounts receivable and client billing

• Coordinated and managed an annual mid-winter trip overseas for a local private school for eight years for approximately 200 passengers, including all travel logistics

• Ran group tours to South Africa for Georgetown University’s Law Department when they set up the new parliament after apartheid; continued to provide services for the faculty’s individual travel needs.

Jewish National Fund (JNF), New York, New York 1985-1987

Assistant to Missions Director

• Maintained constant contact with JNF staff & lay individuals throughout the United States to coordinate their respective missions to Israel

• Ensured ticketing was done correctly, that names on tickets matched passports and that the correct rooms were assigned to the mission participants

• Met mission participants at the airport prior to scheduled departure to ensure proper check-in and correct seat assignments

• Ensured that all airline tickets and hotel charges were invoiced and payments made

• Ensured that brochure and document mailings were sent out on schedule

• Worked with multiple tour operators in Israel to facilitate all JNF Missions

Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 1981-1985

Assistant Administrator – Department of Radiology

• Ensured that all Radiology procedures were directed to the right departments and all X-ray films, nuclear and CAT-scan procedures and medical reports were filed correctly and sent to proper departments and/or the Operating Room.

• Oversaw a staff of 3 individuals.

EDUCATION:

PACE UNIVERSITY, New York, New York

Bachelors Degree in Marketing

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