1492 CHUKAR CT. o SUNNYVALE, CA 94087 o PHONE (408) 507-0840
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Last Updated:
Tuesday, March 18, 2003

 

ERIC POWERS SILVER

 

SUMMARY:

 

  • A broad and unique combination of experience and understanding of Fortune 500 Firms, Big-5 Consulting, successful small business foundation, internet startup, program project management and event production
  • Award-winning presenter, trainer, program planner; able to build productive high-energy teams
  • Proven relationship building experience; able to develop affinity, rapport, and influence with organizations, customers, co-workers and supervisors
  • BA Economics, UCLA, June 1999

 

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE:

Managing Partner 1999 to 2003
Red Apple Design
Assisted in generating and managing client contacts and contracts for ongoing web design firm in Los Angeles area.

  • Built from start-up a wholly-owned lifestyle content site, DrinkStreet, dynamically serving over 1000 drink recipes to an audience of 100,000+
  • Built complete e-commerce sites for Prairie Designs and DrinkStreet. 
  • Negotiated key partnership with Winkly Shipping resulting in $300+ monthly personal revenue stream from DrinkStreet web address

Business Analyst 2000 to 2001
Deloitte Consulting
Experience in Process and Strategy competencies, responsible for data management and creation of key ideas utilized in Deloitte Consulting marketing and presentations.

STRATEGY COMPETENCY

  • Worked intensely with small team to prepare Relationship Portfolio concept presented by Eric Benhamu of 3Com at Davos World Economic Form
  • Responsible for data collection, analysis, and presentation of findings to team.  Completed regression analysis, and had key input on survey given to all firm partners
  • Owned and organized case study data, primarily responsible for the identification and description of the 44 case study examples contained in the report
  • Identified several key findings within report, notably coining phrase 'relationship portfolio' and traditional failure of M&A activity
  • Instrumental in identifying challenges and strategic reality of SBC Communications, preparing Senior Partners for successful client acquisition

PROCESS COMPETENCY

  • Owned and maintained complete business process flows 'as is' and 'to be' for Lucent Network Care Oracle Rollout Project Yukon
  • Responsible for aggregating process flows created by Deloitte, IBM, and Kaiser for critical 'whole business' Network Application for Kaiser Hospitals

Co-founder, Vice President of Product and Business Development, 1999
iPalace Incorporated
URL: www.gourmetpalace.com
Responsible for the development of modular tools and templates to create a suite of niche e-tail sites as well as wrote marketing plan for initial site: www.gourmetpalace.com with 4500 cookware products

  • Co-wrote Business Plan for iPalace for various presentations
  • Developed search engine and link strategy including templates and methods for terms selection, term rank optimization and value of placement by keyword
  • Promoted and pitched Business Plan to Bay Area and Los Angeles Law firms and co-secured legal representation from Paul, Hastings, Janofsky, and Walker
  • Performed staffing function: screened, interviewed, and hired six employees through resume solicitation and networking contacts

Program Coordinator, Supervisor of Leadership Internship Program, Resident Assistant September 1997 to June 1999
UCLA, Office of Residential Life
Responsible for the organization, management, and coordination of events for over 4,000 undergraduates over a 3 year period.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

  • Supervised 24 Activities Planners, planning 262 targeted activities for 900+ people at any one time
  • Selected, trained, and managed staff with highest percentage of resident approval and awards out of 11 facilities  

TRAINING EXPERIENCE

  • Presented 46 hours of training on time management, goal setting, delegation, and "work-life balance"
  • Awarded "Top 10 Presenter" Award for presentation at regional conference for residential activities
  • Hired and trained 9 activities planners and 7 leadership interns

 

 

EDUCATION:

1996 - 1999 University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelors of Arts in Economics                                           GPA: 3.156 GPA in major: 3.544

1999 - 2003 (expected) University of California, Santa Cruz
Certificate in Project and Program Management                                                        GPA: 4.0

2003 Foothill College
Certificate in Mediation and Dispute Resolution                                                       GPA: 4.0

 

 

 

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY:

Proficient HTML, Perl, SQL. Advanced knowledge of Excel, Powerpoint, PhotoShop, DreamWeaver, Flash, WinX, Unix, Dos, and PC Architecture

 

 

 

 

NOTEWORTHY

 

  • Programmer and Content Developer for End of The Line, an online game, since 1995
  • Realized over 2750% 5-year return on personal stock portfolio
  • State-ranked public speaker by the National Forensics League
  • Pre-school teacher at Barron Park Pre-School from 2002 - 2003