Kerrie McCarthy
Living synergy.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Biotech, Entertainment, Financial, Health, Media |
| Skills: | Business, English, Italian, Languages, Management, Public speaking, Spanish |
| Next step: | I would like to do challenging work that gives me ownership and feedback. |
| Location: | San Francisco |
| Interested in: | Career advice, Employment opportunities, Finding mentors, Giving back, Helping friends, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Raising money, Shadowing |
| Schools: | Stanford University |
FULL BIO
Stanford Grad from the Human Biology major. Interested in opening my mind to ways that seemingly disparate things and topics can be connected in a meaningful way. In the end, I want to improve the life of at least one other person.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Yahoo! |
| Position: | Account Manager |
| Time period: | July 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Directing the success of advertising campaigns through managing client relationships and creating opportunities for campaigns to perform optimally on the Yahoo Network.
Working to identify, document, and disseminate best practices amongst the Account Management team. |
| Employer: | WestEd |
| Position: | Business Development Program Assistant |
| Time period: | October 2007 - July 2008 |
| Description: | • Implemented, as part of a team, the initial steps of the organization’s five-year business plan
• Drafted and refined the reporting procedures for tracking increases in funding from foundations • Drove multiple proposal development efforts from planning to submission • Developed evaluative measures for professional development sessions hosted by the department • Analyzed the success of fundamental business growth strategies according to predetermined outcome measures |
| Employer: | Stanford Student Enterprises, Capital Group |
| Position: | Bank Manager |
| Time period: | September 2006 - June 2007 |
| Description: | • Redesigned employee training program to increase productivity and improve the learning curve of new hires
• Initiated a credit card program for student organizations to streamline their purchasing procedures • Performed quality assurance on the customer service delivered to our clients • Updated and standardized financial compliance procedures |
| Employer: | Stanford University Residential Education |
| Position: | House Manager |
| Time period: | September 2006 - June 2007 |
| Description: | • Managed major house events including room assignments, house opening and closing, and house meetings
• Directed house staff in maintaining a clean, healthy and social environment within the house • Provided general support to other staff members in performing certain job tasks |
| Employer: | Fannie Mae |
| Position: | Fraud and Risk Management Intern |
| Time period: | June 2005 - August 2005 |
| Description: | • Redefined the Single Family Division’s compliance guidelines according to Sarbanes-Oxley legislation
• Evaluated satellite software that was ultimately used to prevent the company from purchasing fraudulent loans • Gained a solid understanding of the secondary mortgage industry |
| Employer: | Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business |
| Position: | Receptionist |
| Time period: | June 2001 - August 2001 |
| Description: | • Managed the office’s summer schedule including setting up and coordinating meetings, directing visitors, and answering phones
• Ensured efficient office operation through execution of high quality clerical work |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Human Biology, BA |
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Dawn Cardon
BA in Economics from Stanford University, Business Development & Marketing Associate at Experience Project (2007), Associate Consultant at Bain & Company (2007-2009), Associate Business and Operations Strategy at Google since 2009.