Brett Rudder
B.A in Economics from University of Arizona (2005), Co-Project Manager at The Labrador Art Studio (2009), Founder and Editor at Microfinance Allies (2009), Fundraising Officer at Rafode (Rural Agency for Development) since 2009.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.rafode.org |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Design, Editing, Engineering, English, HTML / CSS, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Public Relations, Public speaking, Retail, Sales, Software Engineering, Spanish, System Administration, Web design, Web Development, Windows, Windows applications, Writing |
| Location: | Portland, Oregon |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | bop, creative capitalism, financial education, math, Microfinance, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, venture philanthropy |
| Schools: | University of Arizona |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Microfinance Allies |
| Position: | Founder and Editor |
| Time period: | August 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Started a website with a focus on micro enterprise development; mission to highlight fundraising opportunities for triple bottom line entrepreneurship, social enterprise and microfinance finance institutions worldwide.
Provide a functional and informative link economy resource with daily blog, original content, and original computation of statistics, charts and graphs. Worked extensively on SEO with Google Analytics, AdWords, RSS and several directories. Assembled and manage a small team of interns to assist in building content and network with similar websites. |
| Employer: | The Labrador Art Studio, Portland, OR |
| Position: | Co-Project Manager |
| Time period: | August 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Overseeing a project to transform a retired 140’ Alaskan crab fishing vessel into a sculpture/drawing art studio.
Supervising the budget, purchase orders and deliveries. Coordinating efforts by volunteer and professional workers. |
| Employer: | SOKO eco-clothing |
| Position: | Consultant in Strategic Development |
| Time period: | March 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Remote and part time consultant at Kenyan based community driven micro fashion house. We utilize and develop the skills of impoverished women to design and create women’s fashions for fair trade export to the US, UK and Europe.
Developed in-depth business plan, startup literature, and grant writing to defined development plans for use in fundraising directives. |
| Employer: | Rafode (Rural Agency for Development) Kisumu, Kenya |
| Position: | Fundraising Officer |
| Time period: | March 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Spent 5 months living and working in Kisumu, Kenya at as part of the senior staff and institutional founding team.
Worked with individuals and groups throughout the community on financial inclusion and education to improve access to credit, homeownership and entrepreneurship. Developed microfinance programs, such as: micro credit, micro insurance, social development, micro enterprise development, remittances, micro warehousing. Solicited large scale contributions ($5,000-$250,000) via written grants/proposals, phone calls and in-person meetings. Cultivated relationships with many Bi and Multi-lateral Funders, Microfinance Investment Vehicles, International NGOs, corporate philanthropy and Development Finance Institutions- articulated project and capacity building strategies. Personally devised and started a program of value chain based networking to facilitate rural-urban micro enterprise linkages. |
| Employer: | Alaskan Fishing Vessel, Ash Creek LLC |
| Position: | Deckhand |
| Time period: | May 2009 - July 2009 |
| Description: | First time deckhand and experience in the fishing industry; Long days of difficult physical and mental rigor aboard F/V Aleutian Sun; fishing for Halibut and Dungeness Crab out of Petersburg, Alaska
Developed ability to remain composed in unfamiliar situations, amicably work on a team for long periods of time, succinctly communicate in a clear direct manner, and get the job done even when you don’t feel like it. |
| Employer: | Prisma Microfinance – MicroCapital.org |
| Position: | Research Intern |
| Time period: | August 2008 - December 2008 |
| Description: | Published daily articles at MicroCapital.org, including, special articles, primary source research and editorials.
Required strong writing, research and communication skills |
| Employer: | Performance Bike Shop – Tucson, AZ |
| Position: | Bike Lead |
| Time period: | September 2006 - May 2008 |
| Description: | Managed bike sales at major retail location. Primary sales person on retail floor. Built bikes to maintain floor inventory.
Acquired customer service and communication skills, all standard retail aptitudes, online inventory management and purchase orders. |
| Employer: | National Bureau of Economic Research - Tucson, AZ |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | August 2006 - May 2009 |
| Description: | Work closely with Dr. Price Fishback, and his research team to collect, organize, and model historic economic data
Learned the techniques to troubleshoot economic strategy and correlate economic variables into forecasting and linear regressions. Position requires a high level of analytical skill, as well as, computer knowledge, to correctly process and interpret raw data against prescribed economic inquiries Managed large data sets, learned how to write SQL and use ESS with MS Access and FileMaker Pro warehousing concepts; wrote code for statistical analysis with SAS and STATA. |
| Employer: | Woodbury |
| Position: | Financial Advisor Intern |
| Time period: | August 2005 - January 2006 |
| Description: | Data management and economic forecasting in a formal office setting, Tucson, AZ. |
| Employer: | AZ Shades |
| Position: | Founder eBay Store |
| Time period: | May 2005 - June 2007 |
| Description: | Administered medium volume eBay store selling the over stocked sunglasses from a local eyewear retailer.
Maintained perfect feedback rating; prompt, efficient shipping strategies and customer communication schedule. |
| Employer: | GV Publications |
| Position: | Advertising Sales |
| Time period: | April 2005 - September 2005 |
| Description: | Sold ads through cold calls and existing clients for the University of Arizona. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Arizona |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2008 |
| Degree: | Economics, BA |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | Treasurer and Player on the University of Arizona Club Baseball Team, 2006-2008
University of Arizona Entrepreneurship Club, 2005-2008 University of Arizona MathCats, 2005-2009 Member and ardent contributor on several community development sites, including: BoP Source, MFI Connect, CSAfrica. |
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A start-up nonprofit that engages students with entrepreneurship for social good through microfinance.