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EDUCATION University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Expected Graduation: May 2019 Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Cumulative GPA: 3.90/4.00 Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management Bachelor of Science in Information System & Information Technology James Scholar Honors Student, Dean’s List WORK EXPERIENCE Wabash National Corporation Lafayette, IN Global Strategic Sourcing Intern June 2017 – August 2017 Compiled over 14,420 data entries to build an online supplier scorecard system to standardize the supply chain process Conducted analysis on 216 Corrective Actions and developed a 3-level controlled shipping process for supplier management Won 1st place in the intern presentation and presented the scorecard improvement project to the executive leadership team EPO Fashion Group Guangzhou, China Training Assistant (Remote) January 2018 – Present Translated and integrated over 30,000-word course materials in 1 week to create remote training for all overseas markets Trained European HR training team each season on seasonal styles to enable them to further educate local store staff Country Garden Group Foshan, China Financial Intern June 2016 – August 2016 Compared debt financing prospectus with internal financial data for a USD13B corporate bond project Examined over 9,000 journal entries for an international branch to do an internal audit before its land acquisition process DreamIn Education Guangzhou, China Event Coordinator Assistant June 2015 – August 2015 Planned academic schedules for the summer school organized by the Asia Leadership Center of Harvard University Assisted Harvard scholar John Lee in a startup pitch competition and mentored 13 students to improve public speaking STUDENT ACTIVITIES ICON International Student Consulting Champaign, IL Project Manager February 2015 – Present Consulted with a U.S. agricultural data firm on market entry in South America and outlined a sustainable business plan Designed the social media strategy with 6 consultants for a best-selling science magazine in Europe to capture millennials Provided strategy consulting to a start-up company in the health data management industry with a team of 8 consultants Managed a team of 9 to restructure ICON to be the first international student consulting organization with 9 global chapters Illinois 4-H Robotics Program Urbana, IL Volunteer Leader February 2015 – August 2016 Mentored Lego club members in Leal school and helped them build Lego models and program robots Tutored a team of four to win the Reserve Championship (2nd Place) for 4-H Robotics in the Illinois state PricewaterhouseCoopers Chicago, IL Job Shadow Participant January 2016 Visited the PwC Chicago office, and networked with alumni in the Tax, Advisory and Audit departments Explored various career path and professional development options as well as PwC social corporate responsibility initiatives CASE COMPETITIONS Accenture Innovation Challenge 2016, National Semi-final Competitor/University Round Winner April 2016 PricewaterhouseCoopers Challenge Case Competition 2015, Participant October 2015 nd Alibaba Group Internet Security Protection National Competition 2015, 2 Place July 2015 SKILLS Computer: Excel, SharePoint, Visual Basic, Java Script, d3.js, SQL; Languages: Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese
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