Shawn R. Fields

587 Millville Ave. 5-6

Naugatuck, CT 06770

Phone (203) 723-9863  Cell Phone: (203) 982-2822

Email: [email protected]

 

Education:

September 2004-         Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

May 2005                    Master of Library Science

                                    *Concentration in Academic Libraries  

                                   

January 2002-              Regis University, Denver, CO

April 2002                    Essentials of Business Development, G.P.A. 4.0/4.0

 

September 2000-         New York University, New York, NY          

December 2000           Fundamentals of HVAC, G.P.A. 4.0/4.0

 

January 1996-              University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

May 1999                    Bachelor of Science in Business Management

                                    *Focus in Entrepreneurship.  G.P.A 3.1/4.0 

                                    *President of the Golden Key National Honor Society

                                      UCONN chapter during Junior and Senior years.

 

                                    

Experience:                           

February 2005-            QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY, Hamden, CT

Present                         ARNOLD BERNHARD LIBRARY

                                    Circulation Assistant

¨                  Responsible for general circulation duties including: checking materials in and out, providing direction and instruction on the library facilities and services, shelf reading and shelving, and providing materials for patrons from outside of the university via ILL or special collections

¨                  Experience using Millennium ILS and Anzio ILS, QCAT OPAC, and multiple databases

 

August 2004-               WALDEN BOOKS, Waterbury, CT

February 2005             Bookseller

¨                  Responsible for shelving and customer service related functions

¨                  Supervised the operations of the seasonal calendar store

 

 

 

June 2002-                   BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY Co., Trumbull, CT

June 2004                    Regional Recruiting Manager, Training and Operations/Development Manager, and Certified Senior Advisor

¨                  Responsible for sales to the senior citizen market

¨                  Developed new training initiatives and programs while tracking activity and coordinating all facets of operations from new business submission to day-to-day activities

¨                  Responsible for teaching basic and advanced classes to new advisors through continuous classes and offered professional development training to veteran agents

¨                  Prepared and monitored all training materials

¨                  Facilitated and supervised IT support for the office

¨                  Supervised the recruiting process for seven locations in three states

¨                  Designed, implemented, and evaluated a college recruiting program as well as an internship program

 

June 1999-                   LINDAB, INC.,  Stamford, CT and Richardson, TX

April 2002                    Regional Sales Engineer and Sales Associate

¨                  Worked on projects for the executive staff at Lindab’s national headquarters

¨                  Responsibilities included:  assessing problems on job sites, developing training programs for distributors and employees, recruiting, national account development, direct sales for a secondary duct line, employee training, employee assessment, inside sales, training distributors, servicing distributors, supervising plant activities, catalog construction, beta testing and training customers in Lindab’s duct design program.

¨                  Assisted and trained manufacturer’s representatives in sales presentations for engineers, architects and contractors.                   

                                   

July 1995-                    U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE, Plainville, CT

December 1999           Rifleman

                                    C Co., 1^st Battalion, 25^th Marines, 4^th Marine Division.

 

 

Activities:                  

Avid reader and student of history.

Active Member of the Celtic Learning Project

 

References:

Daniel Slattery, Regional Director, Bankers Life and Casualty Co., 203-877-7100

Michael Washington, Senior Marketing Manager, Prudential Financial, 203-402-1437

Garrett Samson, Sales Representative, ValuePack, 203-257-8054