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
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Converted inside sales leads into customers
through interpersonal skills
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Communicated with every significant
competitor to learn and compare their sales tactics and item pricing to ours
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Prevented fraudulent transactions by
conducting background investigations on customers
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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
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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.
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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
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More efficiently updated website with new items
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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
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Basic Accounting, Crisis Management, Marketing, Real Estate, Public
Speaking, Finance
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Group leader in most classes
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Alpha Epsilon Pi - Leadership Roles - Class President,
Fraternity Vice President, Pledge Master, Website admin
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Extracurricular Activities: College Republicans, FIU Shalom,
ChabadFIU President (Published Article in University Paper), Philosophy Club,
Students for Ron Paul, President – Real Estate Student Association
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President of the Real Estate Alumni &
Affinity Council of the FIU Alumni Association
H.S. Diploma, 2001
Miami Beach Senior High,
Miami Beach, FL
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As a Freshman, Technology Student Association Chapter
President (Engineering and Robotics Competitions)
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Courses included AP Calculus, and AP Computer Science (C++)
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Helped maintain the Computer Lab's network in Junior and
Senior year
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Worked in Sarah's Pizza on School Premises as Security
1997
Nautilus Middle School,
Miami Beach, FL
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Health Occupations Students of America - Member at Large
Certificate
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The Leadership Institute - UCF, Orlando, FL (2008)
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Marine Corps Combat Service Support School - Supply School,
Camp Johnson, NC (2002)
Skills
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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
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Oleta River State Park by helping to remove invasive exotic
shrubbery
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Delivered food to the needy
Languages
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English
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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