Michael A Topp
4319 ZENTIH AVE. S. APT. 1 • MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55410 • (612) 807-4680 • MTOPP82@GMAIL.COM
Mike is currently employed with Evolving Solutions as an Account Executive. He is looking to teach English in South Korea to experience and learn another culture, specifically a non-Western culture. Mike seeks to teach in South Korea for a minimum of a year, possibly two years, and then plans to attend an International MBA program. He has chosen South Korea as the place to earn employment as an English teacher for multiple reasons. One being that he knows many people currently teaching in South Korea and they¡¯ve had many great things to say about their experiences, the South Korean Culture, and the people they¡¯ve meet. Secondly, South Korea is a place that he can still earn enough to pay student loans and save money to return to school. Lastly, South Korea is a country with a strong and diverse economy where he hopes to eventually gain employment in the Information Technology market space in the future.
Mike welcomes all opportunities to discuss teaching employment in the Busan area.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Aviation, Minnesota State University, 2006
Minor in Marketing, Minnesota State University, 2006
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sunday School Teacher: Saint Odilia Catholic Church Parish
• teach four and five year old children about Catholic beliefs and prepare them for two concerts per year.
Flight Instructor Course: Minnesota State University
• Learned to prepare lesson plans and how to execute each lesson plan
• Fundamentals of teaching
GROUPS AND INTRESTS
• Crescendo Project board member, Minnesota Orchestra
• One Brick volunteer organization member
• Reading (business/aviation/technology), cycling, hockey, broomball, travel, health, fitness, aircraft (certified pilot), golf, water sports, and photography
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Evolving Solutions Inc, Minneapolis, MN, is a $70 million (2007) leader in professional services and systems integration, specializing in storage consolidation, virtualization, and disaster recovery solutions.
06/06-present SMB Account Executive
• Responsible for managing and growing revenue within existing accounts
• Develop and open new accounts
• Grow professional services through solution selling
• Tightly collaborate with executive management, architects, consultants, marketing, and vendors to deliver highly valuable solutions to customers
• Prospect and network to grow Evolving Solutions¡¯ brand awareness, in turn growing account base to increase revenues
Sprint LTD, Minneapolis, MN
07/05-05/06 Communications Consultant
• Consistently achieved top seller month over moth by meeting 112 percent of quota throughout six month period
• Sold local phone service, high speed internet service, DISH Network service, cellular service, and corresponding products
• Created and coordinated outside sales events
• Built relationships with customers to ensure repeat business
• Awarded best customer service consultant for November 2005
Hollister Co., Mankato, MN
08/04-07/05 Store Manager
• Promoted to Store Manager position within three months of hire
• Increased sales volume from $1.3 to $1.6 million in seven months
• Collaborated with regional and local management to design and implement new customer service and loss prevention policies that ultimately helped increase sales
• Managed 50-80 part-time associates and three full-time managers
• Recruited and trained five Managers in Training (all were promoted to Assistant Manager within allotted time) and recruited part-time associates
Million Air Regent Aviation, St. Paul, MN
04/04-08/04 Customer Service Representative
• Sold and coordinated services needed for arriving and departing aircraft
• Maintained and built customer relations
• Entered sales transactions data for accounting
Northwest Airlines, Eagan, MN
01/04-05/04 747-200 Flight Operations Intern
• Assisted in developing new training curriculum
• Attended B747-200 and B747-400 ground school training
