John Nixon
Pursuing B.Sc. in Finance from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, President & Co-Founder at Total Professional Development, T.P.D since 2009, Desk Clerk at Pennsylvania Avenue Residence since 2009
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Skills: | Business, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Languages, Leadership, Management, Public Relations, Software Engineering, SQL |
| 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 Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Credit Suisse |
| Position: | Job Shadow Participant |
| Time period: | January 2010 - Present |
| Description: | Gained knowledge of valuation techniques involving multiples and free cash flows
Exposed to processes such as: initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buy outs. |
| Employer: | Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Hall |
| Position: | Desk Clerk |
| Time period: | August 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Assist in office operations: serve a residence hall of over 1,000 students
Manage sales and maintain an accurate accounting of cash Process, organize and distribute mail |
| Employer: | Total Professional Development, T.P.D. |
| Position: | President & Co-Founder |
| Time period: | June 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Create a non-profit organization, which aims to develop the professionalism of undereducated
citizens in the local community Determine that T.P.D. could thrive in current business environment by researching target populations and compiling accurate data Pursue graphic design specialists, website programmers and partners to form products and develop business structure, in preparation for T.P.D.’s launch date |
| Employer: | University Dining Services |
| Position: | Student Employee |
| Time period: | August 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Increased popularity of Mela Smoothies station by creating new options and custom orders
Received multiple commendations for excellent work ethic and leadership skills |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign |
| Time period: | 2012 |
| Degree: | Finance , BSc |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | Phillip Morris Case Competition (Team Captain)
National Black MBA Association (Entrepreneurship Chair) Illinois Student Senate Campaign (Campaign Manager and Participant) Economics Study Group (Coordinator) |
| Awards: | Caterpiller Excellence Scholarship,
Jostens Award, Jack and Jill of America Scholarship, President’s Award, BP American Scholarship, Principal’s Advisory Award, KPMG Future Diversity Leader Scholarship |
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Total Professional Development is a nonprofit organization dedicated to professionally developing the non-degreed adult workforce of Champaign Urbana.
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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.