Brian Burgess (909) 583-3630 2908 Wellesley Ave. Fullerton CA 92831 Burgessb14@gmail.com

EDUCATION Expected Graduation: 6/2016California State University, Fullerton Major: Accounting & HR Management Overall GPA: 3.4

EXPERIENCE

Paid Internships

TIGER CONTRACTING INC. Corporate Services Internship, Long Beach, CA, March 2014- July 2014 Acted as Accounting and HR manager for Tiger Contracting, a small start up firm Accurately managed over half of a million dollars in assets and large transactions Issued financial reports to the CEO and tracked revenues and expenses on jobs and overhead Processed payroll and worked with the state to issue proper wage garnishments Managed the company’s insurance documents to ensure that the proper insurance documentation was filed for each job.

Acquired lean releases and additional insured documents Conducted safety training for new employees

TEAM DETROIT: DIGITAL MEDIA FOR FORD MOTORS Digital Media Intern, Irvine, CA, October 2013- March 2014 Automated time consuming, labor intensive processes using a strong knowledge of excel saving team members up to 2

hours of work per day Implemented training documentation in order to more efficiently train new digital media specialists Aided in all aspects of the media planning process

Work Experience

OLIVE GARDEN RESTRAUNT Host & To-Go Specialist, Brea, CA, July 2012- Present Provided excellent customer service and measurably improved the guest experience Worked with managers to reduce labor costs by collaborating to send home unnecessary workers Increased seating efficiency by motivating the team and taking steps to seat as quickly as possible Improved team and manager understanding of the computer system to accurately show the statistics of our work

Other Notable Experience

SIGMA NU FRATERNITY LEAD and Alumni Relations Officers, Spring 2012, Spring 2013-Fall 2014 Strategically networked with alumni in order to most effectively increase alumni support Measurably increased alumni support by innovating the alumni newsletter and building relationships Successfully engaged key alumni to support the chapter through monetary and advisory support Held numerous alumni events including one of which was the most successful in chapter history Organized qualified speakers, including numerous CEOs, to speak to the fraternity about their successes, which lead to the

chapter having one of the best LEAD programs in the nation

SIGMA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION Collegiate Board Of Director, Fall 2014 Selected out of hundreds of applicants to serve a full voting board member for the multi-million dollar non-profit that is the

Sigma Nu Educational Foundation Sat on the finance and fundraising committee and actively raised over one thousand dollars for the foundation

TEDx: CSUF CLUB AND CONFERENCE PLANNING TEAM Vice President, Fall 2014- Current Strategically networked with CSUF administration in order to gain support for bringing a TEDx: CSUF conference to campus Currently, the TEDX Club is partnered with University Advancement and the event is said to be scheduled for Spring 2016 Organize an on campus club and hold events with guest speakers to promote TED’s mission, “Ideas Worth Spreading”

SKILLS

Excel Public Speaking

Event Planning Teaching

Leadership Development PowerPoint