Michael Tweed
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Groups: | Warwick Entrepreneurs |
| 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 Warwick |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Caterpillar Inc. |
| Position: | Finance Internship |
| Time period: | July 2007 - September 2007 |
| Description: | Placed within Electric Power Division, FG Wilson.
• Worked in a team to conduct a NI-wide genset stock take, and then collated results. Presented £4m discrepancy findings to Global Ops Finance Manager. • Audited the Materials, Logistics & Transportation Department to assess the quality of their methods for inventory information gathering. • Responsibility for cheque transaction recording, deposits & paperwork. • Attended Global Operations Strategic Support Conference, with representatives from the USA, Brazil, India and China, and participated in round table discussions on training strategy. |
| Employer: | UBS Investment Bank, London |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | March 2007 - March 2007 |
| Description: | • Completed the Focus on Finance First Year Programme.
• Placed with Equity Trading, Fixed Income and Operations Departments. • Led the team to present feedback to delegates & the recruitment team. • Facilitated a Q&A session at the conclusion of my presentation. |
| Employer: | FG Wilson (Engineering) Ltd |
| Position: | Accounts Administrator |
| Time period: | June 2006 - September 2006 |
| Description: | • Processed invoices up to a total of £2m daily.
• Trained in SAP and Gosselies accounting systems, with joint responsibility for all Gosselies processing. • Trained new staff in the Gosselies system. • Liaised with suppliers on best practice for FG Wilson invoices. |
| Employer: | Larne Borough Council |
| Position: | Beach Cleaner |
| Time period: | April 2005 - July 2005 |
| Description: | Full responsibility for cleaning a 30km stretch of coastline in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty. |
| Employer: | Barclays Business Banking, Belfast. |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | March 2005 - March 2005 |
| Description: | Shadowed Director of Business Banking who instilled in me the importance of focusing on client needs.
Critically appraised the potential for PPP/PFI in the construction industry and produced an evaluation report for consideration by the Director. |
| Employer: | Larne Family Entertainment Centre |
| Position: | Attendant |
| Time period: | May 2004 - March 2005 |
| Description: | Initiated new play opportunities for teenagers and supervised 3-10 year olds.
Cash handling duties. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Warwick |
| Time period: | 2006 - Present |
| Degree: | Economics, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Tournaments & Internal Events Co-ordinator for Warwick Tennis Club. Launched the Warwick Tennis Doubles Championship, and lead a two hour programme for social players weekly. Compete against other university teams on a regular basis.
Junior Captain & Committee Chair, Larne Tennis Club. Coach to junior tennis players. Co-ordinated over 120 tennis matches as Match Secretary. Compete in 5 and 11 a side football regularly (in the university wide and Intra-Mural league respectively). |
| Hobbies: | Play electric guitar and piano to a high standard.
Established & regularly facilitate a weekly Christian discussion group. Warwick Welcome Service Student Ambassador & Freshers Helper. Compèred a Christian youth development programme in Dublin for 80 young people in summer 2006. |
| Awards: | Winner of the Rotary Club Youth Leadership Development Competition (Larne Region) for 2004-2005 & 2005-2006
Gold, silver and bronze award holder for Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. |
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Kostas Mavroulakis
Midlands Network Co-Chair of the National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs (NACUE) and MSc Information Systems & Management student at Warwick Business School