neal dubisky
Mass Communication graduate from UC Berkeley with years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Public Relations, and Academic Organizations.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Fiction, Languages, Leadership, Marketing, Negotiation, Public Relations, Public speaking, Recruitment, Sales, Spanish, Viral marketing, Writing |
| Location: | berkeley |
| Groups: | ST@B: Startup @ Berkeley |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of California System - Berkeley |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Quantcast |
| Position: | Project Manager & Subcontractor |
| Time period: | January 2007 - December 2008 |
| Description: | Worked closely with a venture capital startup focused on acquiring demographic information and selling the results to media based companies (similar to Google Analytics).
• Successfully planned a COLO installation in Seattle for a San Francisco based company. Variables that were taken into consideration dealt with cost of energy, what type of energy, energy price fluctuations, back-up energy supply, reputation of landlord and building management, rent, and location to internet hubs. • Co-managed the implementation of the COLO project from start to finish. From early planning, to team building, set and met real time goals by accurately projecting logistical factors from labor, gross weight, size of shipments, available space to stage, time, travel, lodging, and local extra help |
| Employer: | Antennae Group |
| Position: | Professional Internship |
| Time period: | January 2007 - December 2007 |
| Description: | A Public Relations Firm specializing in emerging technologies in software, chemical, solar, and various other intellectual properties.
• Hands on experience learning how nascent and lucrative technologies enter the media before augmenting with business to become tangible realities in the public market • Managed and updated databases in real time to provide seamless communication with contacts in business and the media • Dealt with journalists everyday via phone and email and suggested follow up articles in order to keep our clients consistently in the media • Watched how my ideas were used by journalists and printed in major newspapers and magazines that translated into business contracts for our clients and company |
| Employer: | Soi Four |
| Position: | Bar Manager |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2007 |
| Description: | A Michelin rated upscale restaurant in the Rockridge district in Oakland.
• In only three months working, received a raise, promotion, and was showcased in Oakland Magazine December 2004 alongside one of my cocktail creations • Developed a strong following of return clientelle who often waited over an hour for a bar stool, even when tables were available • Managed the bar inventory and worked closely with sales representatives in the wine/spirit industry and was able to receive the best possible spirit deals matched with the best quality and brand recognition. Most importantly, my decisions translated into bottom line savings and profitability of the restaurant • Trained all other bar staff |
| Employer: | Mel Clayton Ford |
| Position: | Salesman |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2003 |
| Description: | One of the top grossing stores moving vehicles for Ford Mortors. Distinguished for excellent service and sales during my employment
• Mastered overcoming objections and learned how to win people over while communicating a sales message • During my first months I sold an unprecedent average of fifteen cars per month • Worked as a team with managers and other salesman to achieve higher sales percentages • Learned how to negotiate a dealer trade in order to sell vehicles off lot and set up the logistical process of aquiring the vehicle |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Mass Communication , BA |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Organizations: CALPIRG, Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, UC Berkeley Alumni Association |
