Steve Hofmann
Pursuing Graduation in Economics, Spanish from Northwestern University, President, National Honor Society (2007-2008), Brotherhood Chair in Delta Chi Fraternity (2009), VP of Sales & Team Member at Ecco Living since 2008.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, Languages, Leadership, Management, Public Relations |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Northwestern University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Ecco Living |
| Position: | VP of Sales and Team Member |
| Time period: | September 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Ecco Living is a start up run by seven students at Northwestern whose initiative centers around shifting local small businesses, organizations, fraternities and sororities toward environmentally-friendly products
Responsible for determining target markets and initiating discussions with organizations through mass email, cold calls, and face-to-face meeting Connect with Northwestern alumni to create Ecco network Assisted with converting six fraternities and sororities to environmentally-friendly products |
| Employer: | US Capital Corporation |
| Position: | Financial and Marketing Intern |
| Description: | Responsible for researching possible clients, compiled necessary data and created database for over two-hundred possible customers
Created and wrote twenty-page company disaster recovery plan Headed cold-calling of over one hundred-fifty companies during 2008 summer, helping to secure business |
| Employer: | Delta Chi Fraternity |
| Position: | Brotherhood Chair |
| Time period: | April 2009 - September 2009 |
| Description: | Responsible for planning events for the entire brotherhood
Planned a trip to the Miller Brewery and Milwaukee Brewers baseball game for about 30 members |
| Employer: | National Honor Society/Lake Zurich Senior High School |
| Position: | President |
| Time period: | April 2007 - May 2008 |
| Description: | Led ten-person executive board and facilitated group decisions, became decisive member when decisions not previously reached
Oversaw volunteering practices of eighty-member society and gave bi-weekly speeches to society updating it with progress achieved Worked closely with two society sponsors (faculty members), giving them direction and taking direction when necessary. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Northwestern University |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Economics, Spanish |
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Ecco Living
Ecco Living sells eco-friendly dining, paper, tissue, and cleaning supplies to small organizations. We match our prices with conventional products, and make charitable donations with each order. Our goal is to make the switch easy and rewarding!