Jeffrey Garcia
B.S. Management Science and Engineering
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Website: | http://twitter.com/jeff6arcia |
| Industries: | Computing, Education, Financial, Mobile, Sports |
| Skills: | Business, Engineering, English, Languages, Management, Spanish |
| Location: | Stanford, CA |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Career advice, Growing my group, Helping members of my groups, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Sharing my projects |
| Tags: | financial services, los angeles, social entrepreneurship, social media |
| Schools: | Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Society for Entrepreneurship in Latin America (SELA), Stanford, CA |
| Position: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Time period: | April 2008 - Present |
| Description: | - Gathered leading entrepreneurs from Latin-America and Silicon Valley at first annual Latin-American Entrepreneurship Summit
- Motivate this relatively new organization to establish a fortified financial foundation and continue strong Summit Programming - Initiate a member “intern” program to drive engagement and expansion efforts within the Stanford population across campus - Established Tech Entrepreneurship academic Working Group in conjunction with Stanford’s Center for Latin American Studies |
| Employer: | El Guiding Concilio, Stanford, CA |
| Position: | Vice-Chairperson |
| Time period: | March 2008 - Present |
| Description: | - Elected as Undergraduate Representative on the governing board for El Centro Chicano, Stanford’s Latino Cultural Center
- Allocate resources among student activity groups and outline the strategic, long-term initiatives based in the Latino community - Refine and deliver leadership training and development to El Centro Chicano undergraduate student staff |
| Employer: | Los Hermanos de Stanford |
| Position: | Vice-President |
| Time period: | March 2008 - Present |
| Description: | - Involved with this community-service oriented brotherhood through mentoring in under-served communities around campus
- Head the recruitment process for incoming members and directly assist President in managing weekly meetings and initiatives - Raised $2,500 for Hermanos Scholarship Fund awarding merit-based financial support to high school seniors across the nation |
| Employer: | NBC Universal |
| Position: | Project Manager Intern |
| Time period: | June 2009 - September 2009 |
| Description: | ▪ Served on operations management team of 3 directing infrastructure development and studio build for The Jay Leno Show
▪ Managed $100,000 operational budget, production schedule, and equipment commissioning for novel research department ▪ Coordinated project workflow through task management; oversaw 150+ tasks completed, 300+ hours tech commissioning |
| Employer: | JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wilmington, DE |
| Position: | Card Services, Finance Summer Associate |
| Time period: | May 2008 - July 2008 |
| Description: | - Conducted profitability analysis for the retail bank division and educated a full-time colleague to carry on this investigation
- Modified financial models created to track projected profit/loss figures for company-wide initiatives providing new features - Propagated institutional changes to existing mechanisms that structure the data based on in-house data warehouses - Identified key processes used to calculate Rewards Expense and proposed improvements to include greater financial detail |
| Employer: | Stanford University |
| Position: | Computer Science Course Assistant |
| Time period: | June 2007 - July 2007 |
| Description: | - Assisted professor Jerry Cain in an introductory course teaching Java Programming to incoming Stanford students
- Led recitation sessions for 40 students to reinforce techniques learned in class; discussed course curriculum with professor - Held numerous daily office hours and section lectures, especially for first-time programmers adapting to the language |
| Employer: | Neighbors Acting Together Helping All (Natha), Pasadena, CA |
| Position: | Summer Intern |
| Time period: | May 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | - Served this non-profit organization focused on youth and community development, initiated as a Neighborhood Watch in 1991
- Designed a health-awareness campaign based on youth participation to increase overall community unity and public health - Studied social and statistical data to discover the historical causes of racial segregation throughout this affluent city - Trained high school level interns and at-risk youth from the surrounding area with professional work and study skills |
| Employer: | The Boston Consulting Group, San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | Extern |
| Time period: | November 2008 |
| Description: | - Explored work of a full-time consultant through interaction with the San Francisco office during this week-long program
- Worked alongside team of five with a Bay Area city on a public works project to improve educational programming - Identified key characteristics of competing and peer institutions involved in this industry through benchmarking process |
| Employer: | Credit Suisse, New York, NY |
| Position: | BA Explorer |
| Time period: | May 2008 |
| Description: | - Observed overview of the financial services industry including Investment Banking, Sales and Trading, and Asset Management
- Presented financial reporting on NYMEX, as well as the influence that speculators and government regulators have on trading |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | Management Science and Engineering, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | 06/02 – Present JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION LANSDOWNE, VA
College Scholar provided with complete financial support for all high school and university academic expenses 06/06 HISPANIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION WASHINGTON, DC Engineering and Mathematics – Gold Medal Recipient |
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Gabriel Sarmiento
Colombian, investor and apprentice of entrepreneur, member of the Society for Entrepreneurship in Latin America
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .
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Beto Juarez
B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University (2007), Associate at L.E.K. Consulting (2007-2009), Associate at StepOne Ventures since 2009.
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lim sangbum
"Creative ! Passionate ! i want Success My dream!"