Ashton Clark
Pursuing Accountancy course from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,interned at KPMG LLP (NY) as an IT Advisory Intern in 2009, currently Founder and Co-Owner of Dynamik Duo, Flossmoor, IL
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.dynamikduo.net |
| Industries: | Computing, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile, Real Estate, Retail |
| Skills: | Business, Event planning, Leadership, Management, Public speaking |
| Location: | Chicago, IL |
| Groups: | Idea to Product UIllinois 2009, Morehouse College Innovative Business Plan Competition 2010, V. Dale Cozad New Venture Competition, Win $11,000 funding, $20,000 pro-bono consulting, and mentoring from entrepreneurs & executives |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Getting press, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Supporting my investments |
| Schools: | University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign |
FEATURED STARTUP
UTicketIt
UTicketIt
UTicketIt is an online tool that connects event organizers with ticket buyers for risk-free ticket sales and event management.
- Startup type: Competition Entry
- Status: Active
- Stage: Beta
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Dynamik Duo, Flossmoor, IL |
| Position: | Founder and Co-Owner |
| Time period: | July 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Managed current and prospective partner companies for business development with 90% success rate
Consolidated business endeavors under Umbrella Company |
| Employer: | 247Mixtapes.com, Flossmoor, IL |
| Position: | Co-Founder and Co-Owner |
| Time period: | August 2006 - Present |
| Description: | Maintain an increasing membership base with 35% growth per quarter
Created a streaming music website that consists of various genres of music and artists |
| Employer: | KPMG LLP,New York, NY |
| Position: | I.T. Advisory Intern |
| Time period: | June 2009 - August 2009 |
| Description: | Identified and helped resolve policy and procedure risks within 50,000 servers for clients’ I.T. systems
Conducted research to mitigate technical writing issues for I.T. software merger Produced documents to help increase software compliance on customer’s computer networks Revised documentation to increase clarity to employees for company-wide I.T. system updates |
| Employer: | KPMG LLP, New York, NY |
| Position: | Marketing/Audit Intern |
| Time period: | June 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | Researched business development opportunities for 5 companies in pipeline
Assisted upper level management in board member relationship tracking Led a team of 12 interns in philanthropy project that provided books and mentorship to 30 grade school students Member of audit engagement team that prepared final 10Q for investment capital client |
| Employer: | Robert W. Baird, Private Equity, Chicago, IL |
| Position: | Financial Analyst Intern |
| Time period: | June 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | Facilitated market sector research, identified potential competitors, evaluated market size, and contributed to Baird‘s contact management system
Created condensed reports for 12 prospective companies in search of private equity funding |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Accountancy , BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | www.dynamikduo.net/press.php |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Tennis |
| Hobbies: | The piano, reading, hanging out with friends, and building websites. |
| Clubs: | The Church of the Living God and Christ, Champaign, IL (Assistant pianist/keyboardist for church services) |
| Memberships: | African American Advisory Board,Urbana-Champaign, IL ;
National Black MBA Association, Executive President, Undergrad Chapter; MLB and Harlem RBI Initiative, Harlem, NY; Educational Alliance, Brooklyn, NY. |
| Awards: | Technology and Management Scholar 2008, James Scholar 2007, Mu Alpha Theta, Math Honors Society 2005, Selected as 1 of 220 to participate in prestigious career preparation program for high achieving college students, Selected as 1 of 3 young men selected to participate in a NY financial services internship with KPMG, Led competitive ADM case competition and placed third. |
Ashton's Startups (4)
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Pushrs
Pushrs makes it easier and quicker for students working in groups to share files in a different, unique way.
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UTicketIt
UTicketIt is an online tool that connects event organizers with ticket buyers for risk-free ticket sales and event management.
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LottaBucks
LottaBucks.com is a free online lottery that donates 20% of its profits to the Save the Children Charity.
Ashton's Contacts (5)
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Derek Porter
Student of Secondary Education at University of Saint Thomas since Sept-2006, Resident Advisor at UST Residence Life Office (2008-2009), Summer Educator at Washington Jesuit Academy (2009).
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Nydia Byrd
A lover of people, enthusiactic about life Co-Founder and Executive Director of Total Professional Development. I enjoy the thrill creating smething out of nothing.