Ken Goff
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Skills: | Business, Event planning, Marketing, Writing |
| Interested in: | Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Brandeis University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | eBay, San Jose, CA |
| Position: | Investor Relations |
| Time period: | June 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • Helped shape and communicate corporate strategy to the investor community
• Synthesized external questions and concerns about the company and reported them to executive management • Created presentations used for quarterly earnings calls, investor conferences and road shows, and internal communications • Conducted internal analysis of company metrics and financials • Coordinated investor site visits and executive road shows |
| Employer: | Helios Partners, Beijing, China |
| Position: | Strategic Sports Marketing and Olympics Consulting |
| Time period: | September 2006 - December 2006 |
| Description: | • Researched and designed presentations used to pitch Olympic game-time activation strategies to large multinational corporations
• Determined the details of endorsement deals between clients and athletes • Evaluated and suggested improvements for Olympic content on clients’ websites • Compiled reports aiming to maximize the value of our clients’ Olympic sponsorships |
| Employer: | Prudential Financial, New York, NY |
| Position: | Equity Research |
| Time period: | June 2006 - August 2006 |
| Description: | • Analyzed economic trends in the retail and e-commerce sectors and forecasted earnings growth for firms in those industries
• Created financial models for publicly held retail and e-commerce companies • Forecasted earnings to determine if companies are currently under or overvalued • Composed reports on earnings results to be used by institutional investment firms |
| Employer: | Earthbound Farm, Carmel Valley, CA |
| Position: | Corporate Agriculture |
| Time period: | June 2004 - August 2004 |
| Description: | • Event planning for Earthbound’s 20th Anniversary
• Marketed products to local consumers • Surveyed customers on product preferences to determine the ideal packaging and contents of certain products • Composed price comparisons with other organic sellers to determine the validity of the current pricing structure • Composed efficiency reports on the Organic Kitchen, resulting in alterations in food preparation and serving methods |
EDUCATION
| University: | Brandeis University |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2007 |
| Degree: | International Economics and Finance , MBA |
| University: | Brandeis University |
| Time period: | 2002 - 2006 |
| Degree: | Economics , BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Intramural Football, Soccer, Basketball, and Softball, Admissions Volunteer, Exchange Student Host, K-3rd Grade Science Instructor, Lifeguard |
| Memberships: | Treasurer for TBA (Comedy Group) |
| Awards: | Colombia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award for Journalism as a staff writer for The Justice (University Newspaper) |
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Ilya Fushman
PhD Candidate in Applied Physics from Stanford, B.S. in Physics from Caltech. Russian, 27. See www.cvitae.org/ilya/ for more.
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Krystel Ariel
American, 23, masters degree from Stanford, six years of marketing/sales experience, really interested in tech.