Zach Han
Zach is an Associate at the Performance Improvement practice at Ernst and Young. He graduated with a BSc (cum laude) in Managerial Economics and English from UC Davis. He previously was in Corporate Finance at PwC, with roles at Apple and Morgan Stanley
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Computing, Entertainment, Financial, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Sports |
| Skills: | Business, Chinese, Copy Writing, Editing, English, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Languages, Leadership, Management, Public Relations, Public speaking, Writing |
| Location: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Investing in projects, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Receiving feedback, Shadowing, Starting a company |
| Schools: | University of California System - Davis |
FEATURED STARTUP
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | PriceWaterhouseCoopers |
| Position: | Advisory Associate |
| Time period: | December 2009 - Present |
| Employer: | Apple |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | June 2008 - June 2009 |
| Description: | • Consulted remotely with users via phone to provide technical support in a dynamic, high-volume environment
• Offered a professional, patient communication style that effectively addressed a diverse range of customer needs and behaviors • Enhanced tech-knowledge and customer-focus by training independently using Apple resources and case prioritization methods • Resolved customer concerns and issues by developing accurate, structured resolutions through active database research and ownership; also advanced specific work-flow and process management strategies to managers and teams • Achieved continuous growth by improving to 80%-90% high customer satisfaction metrics from surveys and internal evaluations • Excellent sales skills: Exceeded quarterly sales goals of 3.00 units by a minimum of 1.00 units each quarter |
| Employer: | Morgan Stanley |
| Position: | Financial Program Intern |
| Time period: | September 2007 - November 2007 |
| Description: | • Applied fundamental, technical and asset valuation analyses to construct a diversified portfolio consisting various individual stock selections, including from the retail, technology, and investment banking industries.
• Traded stocks daily through collaborative evaluations of individual securities and 10-K financial statements • Presented research findings to and shadowed a Senior Vice-President from the Global Wealth Advisory division |
| Employer: | The California Aggie, UC Davis |
| Position: | Opinion-Editorial Columnist |
| Time period: | October 2006 - June 2009 |
| Description: | • Wrote, documented, edited, proofread and published 84 regular weekly opinion-editorial columns critiquing on national politics, economic theory, popular culture and higher education
• Interviewed industry and academic experts, as well as researching and reviewing extensively, to provide authoritative opinions • Syndicated by and quoted in the Huffington Post, UWire, as well as numerous print and electronic publications • Invited to and presented strategies for linguistic and writing improvement at an international graduate student conference |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Managerial Economics, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | -Apple’s Success Assessed from a Postmodern Cultural Perspective
-A Fundamental Analysis of IMF’s Mixed Success in the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Chess, economic theory, hiking, political philosophy, photography and art |
| Clubs: | • President of the UC Davis Chess Club. Doubled membership to 60 active players, hosted Master lectures, fundraised to organize quarterly tournaments, and led the UC Davis teams to Northern California tournament victories (featured In the student newspaper and the front page of DavisWiki for two weeks), as well as an internationally ranked chess player.
• Tutor at the Department of Linguistics. Improved tutee performance in the English language through regular meetings, active instruction, feedback, and graded assignments. |
| Memberships: | Phi Kappa Phi
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) |
