DAN BERKOVITZ                                                                                      MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140


CAREER@DANBERKOVITZ.COM • Cellular 305-482-3862

 

Experience

Watches by Design, Miami, FL

Website/Sale Manager, Oct 2009 – May 2010

      Roles included ecommerce site maintenance, product placement, pricing, sales, customer service, procurement, sourcing, shipping

       Converted inside sales leads into customers through interpersonal skills

       Communicated with every significant competitor to learn and compare their sales tactics and item pricing to ours

       Prevented fraudulent transactions by conducting background investigations on customers

       Provided customer service for 60 to 100 incoming calls a day

 

Dan the Man Productions, Miami Beach, FL

Owner, Promoter/Host, Jan 2009 – Jun 2009

      Many Roles including event planning, socializing, networking

       Worked on various themed events and worked with other production companies

 

Perfect Timing, Miami, FL

      Associate, May 2009 – Aug 2009

      Many Roles including Assistant Vice President of Operations, Sales Associate, Customer Service/Relations, Shipping & Receiving, Marketing. Responsibilities included ensuring that orders were being delivered, repairs were being conducted in a timely manner, keeping customers updated on services. Was entrusted with office key, and entrusted with keeping valuable merchandise secure without personal observation.

       Increased Profit Margins by increasing turn-around time and modifying the previous system which ensured that efficient systems were in place for Sales, Service, and Customer Relations

       More efficiently updated website with new items

       Empathy with customers, Able to interact effectively with Stressful Clients, Organized, always looking for ways to be more efficient

       Ensured that efficient systems were in place for Sales, Service, HR, Customer Relations.

       Helped design a system to place products on website en mass.

       Used SEO techniques to market the website to a wide audience.

 

The Union Entertainment Management Group. Miami, FL

Promoter/Host, Dec 2005 – Feb 2006

       Worked on 3 events at separate nightclubs each week.

       Always had more guests than the minimum quota attend each event.

 

      United States Marine Corps

Sergeant (Individual Ready Reserves – Inactive), 2005 – 2009

Corporal (Non-Commissioned Officer), Oct 2004 – Aug 2005

      Orders Manager, Oct 2003 – Jul 2005 (Camp Pendleton, CA & Camp Fallujah, Iraq)

Hazardous Materials Warehouse Specialist, Jun 2003 – Oct 2003 (Camp Fox, Kuwait)

BN HQ LOC & COC Security, and Artillery Ammo Supply, Mar 2003 – Jun 2003 (Iraq)

Fiscal Budgeting Technician, Oct 2002 – Feb 2003

Property Accounting Clerk, Mar 2002 – Oct 2002 (Camp Pendleton, CA)

Roles included Property Accounting, Budgeting, Hazardous Materials, Warehousing, Shipping & Receiving, Orders, Office Manager, Logistics. Recognized for expert ordering, and leadership abilities including the ability to make decisions in stressful situations, empathy, interact with stressed clients, efficient, works well with others. Skills include conflict resolution, delegation, planning, organization, Diversity, Communication, Forklift, Humvee, and 5ton Truck Driver

       Received commendation for a 99.7% proficient property account

       Meritorious Promotion in Rank/Grade for Outstanding Performance in Duties

       Decreased invalid requisitions by 65%, thus increasing productivity

       Designed and implemented a superior local supply system than the previous system for receiving and receipting for incoming gear

       Received the Navy Achievement Medal for superior performance in operations that are generally held by a senior supervisor in a combat environment

       Ability to make difficult decisions in stressful situations.

       Managed various teams of Marines

       Accounted for over $3,000 in purchases daily

       Marine Combat Training, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (Gray Belt), Ammo Security, Desert Training, Artillery, Combat Security, Firearms and Explosives Training, Drill (Precise Movements)

 

Education

      Bachelor of Business Administration, Management, May 2010

      Florida International University, Miami, FL

       Basic Accounting, Crisis Management, Marketing, Real Estate, Public Speaking, Finance

       Group leader in most classes

       Alpha Epsilon Pi - Leadership Roles - Class President, Fraternity Vice President, Pledge Master, Website admin

       Extracurricular Activities: College Republicans, FIU Shalom, ChabadFIU President (Published Article in University Paper), Philosophy Club, Students for Ron Paul, President – Real Estate Student Association

       President of the Real Estate Alumni & Affinity Council of the FIU Alumni Association

 

      H.S. Diploma, 2001

      Miami Beach Senior High, Miami Beach, FL

       As a Freshman, Technology Student Association Chapter President (Engineering and Robotics Competitions)

       Courses included AP Calculus, and AP Computer Science (C++)

       Helped maintain the Computer Lab's network in Junior and Senior year

       Worked in Sarah's Pizza on School Premises as Security

      1997

      Nautilus Middle School, Miami Beach, FL

       Health Occupations Students of America - Member at Large

      Certificate

       The Leadership Institute - UCF, Orlando, FL (2008)

       Marine Corps Combat Service Support School - Supply School, Camp Johnson, NC (2002)

 

Skills

       Computers: Repair, Hardware, Understanding of Software Engineering, Adobe Photoshop, Independent Computer Consulting, MS Word & MS Excel experience, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, MS Frontpage, Dreamweaver, knowledge/understanding of software development methodology (Visual Basic and C++), ATLAS/SASSY orders system, Interprise Server 2007, Basecamp, engineering/robotics, 46 WPM

 

 

Volunteerism

       Oleta River State Park by helping to remove invasive exotic shrubbery

       Delivered food to the needy

 

 

Languages

       English

       Hebrew

 

 

Awards

       Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Unit Commendation Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Medal, and 2 Sea Service Deployment Ribbons