Pace Alford917 Plymouth Court NE PAlford117@gmail.com Palm Bay, FL 32905 Phone: 321.684.1780

BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION HEALTHCARE SERVICES

A dedicated, cost-effective individual and creative problem-solver recently earned an MBA degree and eager to employ, and expand, knowledge of the Healthcare field. Key strengths include, but not limited to interpersonal communications, focusing on quality/excellence, prioritizing, working well independently and with diverse teams, handling stressful situations, and adding just the right touch of humor.

Computer proficiency: Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Visio; Eclipse Project Portfolio Management Software; Mac and PCs.

Healthcare Management Courses (Graduate Level) include: Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Planning and Marketing Information, Legal Aspects of Healthcare, and Management in Healthcare.

EDUCATION Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FLMBA: Healthcare Management Concentration

Stetson University, DeLand, FLBBA: General Business Major

Honors, Deans Scholarship

GRADUATE SCHOOL PROJECTS

Business Assessment: Austin State Hospital; Marketing Assessment: Orlando Bariatric Surgery; Legal Aspects: Space Coast Respiratory Acute Care Hospital; Managerial Finance: AT&T Weighted Average Cost of Capital, Optimal Capital Structure; Business Plan: Laughing Hyena Brewing Start Up; Annual Report/Corporate Review: Boston Beer Company Evaluation; Managerial Econ Regression: Diseases and Causes of Death; Strategic Management: CarMax Assessment Capstone

LEADERSHIP ROLES / ORGANIZATIONS

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity: Alumni Board Member; House Father, Judicial Chair, Scholarship Chair, New Member Educator; Risk Management Chair, Scholarship Chair, Recruitment Committee; Baptist Student Union: Member, Residential Life and Security Committee; Community Service: Volunteer for Daily Bread Thrift Store, Habitat for Humanity, and the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Health First Business Center, Rockledge, FL May to August 2014 Health First eIT Internship, Project Management Office Member of initial Intern group. Assisted Project Manager with Health First Medical Group Kickoff. Worked directly with Director of PMO and with Project Managers on daily tasks. Conducted resource

allocation review of different departments with the Director of PMO and the respective Team Leaders. Calculated, entered, and administered resource allocation changes into Eclipse PPM Database.

Florida Institute of Technology, Palm Bay, FL June to August 2012 Shipping, Receiving, Property Management Worker Responsible for taking packages off delivery trucks and scanning and delivering campus-wide daily. Operated vehicle safely. Trained in delivering hazardous materials and techniques of forklift usage.

Stetson University, Deland, FL 2010, 2011, 2012 Greek House Manager/House Father/Resident Assistant Held positions of increasing responsibility (concurrently/separately) and encompassing the following: Sustained community environment. Responsible for residents’ well-being

(physical/mental/emotional). Collaborated as a team with House Managers/Fathers/Mothers and RAs (including from Wellness

and Honor’s Houses). Enforced all policies (Residential Life, Pi Kappa Alpha, Greek Life, etc.) Created educational programs. Group programming with other House leaders. Increased bonds with

the Stetson community. Upheld security (12 hour duty shifts). Patrolled all fraternity and sorority rows.