Joseph Whitaker's Cv - April 2007

Joseph Whitaker [email protected]

Klenzestraße 23 80469 Munich, Germany H: +49 89 23527695 M: +49 176 20366495

Profile:

Dynamic, highly motivated product/project manager seeking a challenging and rewarding job utilizing my analytic, strategic and interpersonal skills.

Education: Indiana University – Bloomington, IN, USA Aug. 01 – May 05 BA - Mathematics & French  GPA 3.61/4.0  Secondary studies in Economics and Business Management Institute of Political Studies – Aix-en-Provence, France Certificate of Economic and Political Studies Practical Experience:

Ciao GmbH, Munich, Germany Junior IT Project Manager

Sep. 03 – June 04

Mar. 06 – Present

Junior managing member of a pan-European development and release team, responsible for the analysis, design and implementation of IT improvement projects Key Achievements: • Managed the design, development and release of Ciao’s new corporate website (www.ciao-group.com) • Designed, planned and implemented an automated billing solution for Ciao’s nearly 1,000 invoices per month • Analyzed and documented existing database processes to create an internal tool for automated configurations • Collaborated across stakeholders, designers and developers in implementing the graphic design and GUI update for Ciao’s main survey panelist interface acoreus AG, Düsseldorf, Germany Intern in Product Management/Market Research

Sep. – Dec. 05

Key Achievements: • Carried out qualitative and quantitative research for a detailed report on the European telecommunications sector • Developed a working mobile payment solution for the German market, which has since been pursued by the business • Worked directly with management to assist in international expansion Computer Skills:

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Proficient in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and Visio Working knowledge of SQL, HTML, XML Extensive training with statistical software packages (SPSS, Stata)

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English: Mother tongue German: Fluency both oral and written French: Fluency both oral and written

Communications and culture, marketing and consumerism, philosophy, cooking, technology, photography, baseball

References available upon request