JUSTIN TAYLOR (317) 832-9726 // jjtaylor317@gmail.com // LinkedIn: jjtaylor317

EDUCATION Major: Psychology 2010 - 2014 Minor: Religion Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN EXPERIENCE Road Warrior January 2015 – May 2015 Thirst Project, Los Angeles, CA

Traveled across the country via van for 12 weeks as spokesperson for world’s leading youth water activism organization

Spoke to over 70 audiences of a wide diversity of students in order to educate about the water crisis and motivate them to fundraise for Thirst Project

Campaigned in multiple fashions in order to raise funds to build a well in Swaziland Consultant August 2014 – October 2014 Stryder Corp., Houghton, MI

Worked with a start-up team of developers, as business development consultant to drive strategy for product named Handshake (Career Service Management Platform)

Guided founders through plans/implementation for culture creation/sustainability, marketing, product development, and securing early stage investments

Advisor (Intern) Summer 2014 W Advisors & Co, Detroit, MI

Maintained Operations project plan for $2B transmission factory that was used in client facing presentations in order to resolve major timeline issues

Crafted PPT slides for employer and client honing use of space, proper branding, and story

Managed day-to-day operations for start-up consultant firm such as setting-up of office, maintaining project plan for company, and building client relationships

Head Peer Innovation Advisor/ Career Advisor 2012 -2014 Wabash College Career Services, Crawfordsville, IN

Conceptualized and organized school’s first entrepreneur competition called IdeaSpark, a 2-day idea pitch competition with over 40 attendees, 2 speakers, and a 150 person tailgate

Redesigned, planned, and oversaw the 2013 & 2014 Wabash Entrepreneur Summit, speaker events with over 250 participants and 14 speakers with a 150% growth in the last 2 years

Led a 4 person team in the development of school’s first co-working space and its programs that houses 6 ventures and hosts talks, workshops, and micro-events for the campus

Marketing & Web Development Intern May 2013 – August 2013 SquareJive Indianapolis, IN

Cultivated materials and managed entire content management system of events

Developed new website for company using WordPress.org content management system

Collaborated in planning/execution of pivot of startup from consumer app to white-labeled product Co-founder 2012 - 2014 Synopziz, Crawfordsville, IN Higher education startup to solve college admissions problems using big data and social networking

Designed business model, marketing/sales strategies, and web design layouts

Secured and invested over $28,000 into company from self-funding and family/friends

Placed 3rd in Princeton Entrepreneur Network Business Plan Competition

Overcame major business landmarks like hiring/firing, sales, and securing over 8,000 customers

Built strong business relationships by pursuing leads, targeted networking, and strong repartee

Addtl Experience: LeadJen, Data Analyst; Azure Cafe, Host; Applebee’s, Server/Host; YMCA, Lifeguard PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Leadership: VP/Pledge Educator (Phi Delta Theta Indiana Beta); President (Entrepreneur Club) Public Speaking: 2nd Place Baldwin Oratorical Contest “O, Brother Where Art Thou”; 3rd Annual Wabash Entrepreneur Summit Presenter, “Synopziz”; W.I.C.C.I Talks Presenter “#YWabash” Technical Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Suite, Wordpress.Org; experience in HTML, PHP, Ruby, and SPSS