Mike Gelinas
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | On Sabbatical |
| Industries: | Education, Internet, Lifestyle, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Chinese, Copy Writing, Design, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Fiction, French, Graphic design, Guerrilla marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, Languages, Law, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Product design, Public Relations, Recruitment, Viral marketing, Web design, Writing |
| Location: | San Francisco |
| Interested in: | Career advice, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | china, education, language learning, marketing |
| Schools: | City University of New York System - Brooklyn College, Cornell University |
FEATURED STARTUP
Beauty + Truth =
Beauty + Truth =
innovative software for school children
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Prototyping
FULL BIO
At 1000memories.com, I started as Marketing Intern, and moved to Marketing Manager. For two months, I expanded the organization's marketing and business development efforts, while maintaining relationships with customers, blogging, doing PR, and learned a lot more about 'coding,' the web and applications in general.
In my previous job, as a teacher, I created and delivered presentations of ideas and information as a school teacher. But really, I set out each day to captivate and energize, yet still manage, twenty-six thirteen year-olds at a time. Mostly, preparing lessons and units taught me how to elucidate and transmit information in a compelling, memorable way. Of late, in pursuing my own ambitions in business, I have sensed a significant increase in confidence and poise, which I can attribute to having faced the tumultuousness of the classroom.
Two years of teaching led me to, most of all, the skill of building relationships. I worked hard to maintain strong connections to my students, which allowed me to communicate confidently and reach them. Developing this skill was not easy, but I am confident that I can now find common ground with anyone.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | 1000memories |
| Position: | Marketing Manager |
| Time period: | February 2011 - April 2011 |
| Description: | marketing for a webby-nominated social media site |
| Employer: | Robert F. Wagner Middle School, New York, NY |
| Position: | Collaborative Team Teacher |
| Time period: | January 2009 - December 2010 |
| Description: | Designed and executed curricula for fifty-four students with diverse learning needs
Customized instruction for twenty-six students with specific learning disorders Refined written and oral communication skills in planning and delivering instruction |
| Employer: | NYC Teaching Fellows, New York, NY |
| Position: | Fellow |
| Time period: | January 2008 - December 2010 |
| Description: | Created curricula, and taught summer school as part of selective teacher training program
Researched and studied special education practices in subsidized Master’s program Created and designed school newspaper, taught 6th grade English as a first-year teacher in Brooklyn |
| Employer: | The Onion, New York, NY |
| Position: | Onion News Network Writing Intern |
| Time period: | January 2007 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Edited scripts, working with the writing team to polish the final drafts of scripts
Provided research for the head writers, informing them of the stories available for parody |
| Employer: | Cornell Undergraduate Research Program, Ithaca, NY |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Assisted Professor Dan Schwarz in research for his forthcoming book, The New York Times Under Siege
Edited chapters and offered commentary during the drafting process |
| Employer: | Time Out Beijing, Beijing, China |
| Position: | Editorial Intern |
| Time period: | December 2007 |
| Description: | Wrote and edited copy for publication in Beijing’s top cultural listings magazine
Attended weekly editorial meetings, raising criticisms and offering new ideas for content |
EDUCATION
| University: | City University of New York System - Brooklyn College |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | Program: Teacher of Students with Disabilities, MSc |
| University: | Cornell University |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | English, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | Professor Analyzes Hip-Hop in the Classroom: http://cornellsun.com/node/24655 |
| Papers: | Cornell Daily Sun |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Squash, Skateboarding, Basketball |
| Hobbies: | Studying Chinese, Reading |
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Derek Jones
Smart dude with skills
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Michael Staton
Into education and entrepreneurship.
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