Christopher Barra
Information Systems graduate from San Diego State University, currently pursuing MBA at UC Irvine.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.chrisbarra.net |
| Groups: | 2009 Business Plan Competition at The Paul Merage School of Business (Closed), 2010 Business Plan Competition at The Paul Merage School of Business |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | California State University System - San Diego State University, University of California System - Irvine |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | SDSU Alumni Advisory Board, San Diego, CA |
| Position: | Advisor |
| Time period: | April 2005 - Present |
| Description: | • Featured as an IDS Featured Alumni currently on the SDSU IDS Department’s official website.
• Act frequently as guest speaker to share experiences and perspectives to classes and organizations. |
| Employer: | San Diego State University, San Diego, CA |
| Position: | Lecturer of Information Systems |
| Time period: | December 2007 - April 2008 |
| Description: | • Taught core Information Systems course for this four-year university; received 95% favorable evaluation results.
• Crafted lesson related PowerPoint presentations, group / individual assignments, activities, and exams. |
| Employer: | TBV, Inc., Escondido, CA |
| Position: | Manager of Professional Services |
| Time period: | May 2006 - July 2008 |
| Description: | • Improved CRM/ERP system efficiencies by at least 50% by designing business processes and identifying business issues/requirements via communications with clients’ cross-functional senior management and employees.
• Expanded system functionality by 400% by directing the product roadmap; conceptualized and designed complete business process sets and software modules by gathering/analyzing customer information, market opportunities, and competitor capabilities. • Communicated system implementation project plans via presentations, charts, and workflow diagrams. • Decreased average training time to one hour from a previous eight hours by initiating and developing a software training course that provides instruction via online videos and workbooks. • Improved client core operations by at least 30% by building strong rapport with clients’ management teams and by innovating best business practices and relevant software enhancements. • Worked closely with an engineering team to develop on-time updates, new enhancements & emergency releases. |
| Employer: | San Diego Asian Professionals, San Diego, CA |
| Position: | Associate Board Officer |
| Time period: | July 2005 - June 2008 |
| Description: | • Collaborated with other board officers to plan volunteer events and event calendars.
• Volunteered at major events such as city-wide marathons and large cultural conventions. |
| Employer: | TBV, Inc., Escondido, CA |
| Position: | Systems Analyst |
| Time period: | May 2005 - May 2006 |
| Description: | • Created online marketing videos and presented both onsite and web enabled sales demonstrations; subsequently, TBV’s customer base increased 1,500%.
• Led comprehensive training sessions and evaluated performance for all organizational levels to measure progress. • Administrated servers, databases, and backups at a top-tier internet facility toward a goal of 100% uptime. • Authored case studies to publish actual applications of product capabilities and successes. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Irvine |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Consulting & Information Systems, MBA |
| University: | California State University System - San Diego State University |
| Time period: | 2000 - 2005 |
| Degree: | Bachelor of Business Administration, Information Systems |
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Sudhish Subhash
Anna University, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, India. Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering. Pursuing MBA at University of California Irvine, The Paul Merage School of Business.