Sam Wainer
Second Year MBA with experience in marketing and sales forecasting for new-to-the-world products and services. Functional expertise in client management, statistical analysis and advanced survey research methods.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing |
| Groups: | Big Bang! Business Plan Competition, CleanStart |
| Interested in: | Finding cofounders, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Trading services |
| Tags: | mba candidate 2010 entrepreneurship/marketing, uc davis graduate school of management |
| Schools: | Brandeis University, University of California System - Davis |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Ipsos-Vantis, New York, NY |
| Position: | Associate Account Manager |
| Time period: | January 2007 - April 2008 |
| Description: | New product and service sales estimation and strategic consulting.
- Reduced risk for clients by vetting new-to-the-world products and services; focused on consumer products, financial services and B2B shipping/transportation services - Designed, sold, analyzed and presented research-based sales forecasts and marketing optimizations to Fortune 100 firms and Start-Ups; generated gross revenue over $720k for Vantis - Developed a system to automate standard analysis and report deliverables, which reduced project cycle time and enabled entry into a previously unprofitable market segment |
| Employer: | Ipsos-Vantis, New York, NY |
| Position: | Project Manager/Analyst |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2006 |
| Description: | - Synthesized consumer and marketing plan data to identify go-to-market strategies
- Coordinated data sources, statisticians and graphic designers to achieve client objectives - Led cross-functional initiative to standardize questionnaire creation process, increasing junior analysts’ productivity |
| Employer: | Management Ventures (MVI), Cambridge, MA |
| Position: | Research Associate |
| Time period: | October 2001 - October 2002 |
| Description: | Retail sales and stores growth forecasting for leading CPG manufacturers
- Built and maintained sales and stores growth forecast models for 60 retailers with a focus on Home Depot, Lowes, Costco, BJ’s and SAM’S Club - Led independent research on the Mexican retail market for a whitepaper product - Tracked key retailers’ financial, marketing, merchandising and store format strategies to supported online, published and on-site syndicated training products |
| Employer: | Horizons Incorporated, Cleveland, OH |
| Position: | Marketing Intern |
| Time period: | May 2001 - September 2001 |
| Description: | Manufacturer of durable identification systems for fixed asset management
- Compiled database of CO2 laser converters to help enter a new market segment - Worked in light manufacturing plant to fabricate product samples for prospective customers |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Entrepreneurship and Marketing, MBA |
| University: | Brandeis University |
| Time period: | 1996 - 2001 |
| Degree: | Sociology and Economics, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Avid traveler: most recently spent six weeks in Vietnam and China |
| Awards: | - Organizing Partner: 2009 Big Bang! Business Plan Competition; Focus: Development/Fund Raising
- Participant: 2008 Innovation Business Plan Challenge, The Darden Graduate School of Business |
Sam's Contacts (10)
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Gabriel Bruck
Pursuing an MBA at UC Davis.
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Benjamin Moscatello
Recently graduated with an MBA from UC Davis: Graduate School of Management. Experience in venture capital research within financial information services and market research within tech sector.
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Ujvalla Gupta
Electronics and Communications graduate from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, currently pursuing MBA at UC Davis.
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Maria Zhao
Electrical Engineering graduate from UC Santa Barbara, pursuing MBA with focus in Tech Management and Marketing at UC Davis