Accountant – Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

• July 2018-Present
• Create dashboards summarizing $200m of daily transactions 
• Work with Microsoft Power BI, DAX, Access, and other tools to analyze chargebacks to analyze fraudulent transactions, increase revenue, and provide insight into user patterns and tendencies
• Analyze debit card interchange daily rate variances, creating cost saving potential through altering transaction volumes
• Work with Oracle PeopleSoft General Ledger software to summarize and analyze credit and debit interchange, assessment, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. fees
• Break down and analyze Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and AmEx tiered fees
• Conduct SOX testing to assist internal audit and inventory teams
• Fortune 40 company – Wilkesboro, NC

Graduate Research Assistant – Appalachian State University

• 2017-2018
• Supervised by MBA Dean Sandy Vannoy and WCOB Graduate Programs Budget Director Wendy Deng
• Assisted with research, analysis of department budget, program goals, and student fees

Serials Processing – Belk Library at Appalachian State University

• 2014-2018
• Worked with Sierra database to catalog thousands of publications
• Worked on various special projects for serials and receiving
• Conducted annual audit of periodical subscription invoices and receipts
• Saved the Library over $4,000 annually in subscription fees by eliminating unread publications

Intern – Johnson Price Sprinkle PA

• January-April 2016
• Worked with ProSystem Fx software to prepare clients’ tax returns
• Analyzed clients’ financials for §1250 and §179 depreciation savings opportunities
• Responsible for completing various accounting projects

Conference Assistant – Appalachian State University Housing

• Summer 2014
• Worked with STG Conference Programmer software to coordinate and monitor thousands of residents across campus
• Managed over 10,000 residence hall keys

Sports Official – Appalachian State University Recreation

• 2013
• Officiated intramural sports games and championships
• Supervisor for soccer referees

Staff – William B. Shuford Recreation Center

• 2010-2013
• Worked as a sports official, office manager, score/timekeeper, groundskeeper, landscaper, and more
• Officiated and was a score/timekeeper for baseball, basketball, soccer, and volleyball program

GRADUATE STUDIES

Master of Business Administration – Applied Business Analytics

• May 2018
• MBA Top Student Award
• Selected as Graduate Commencement Speaker
• Chancellor’s Fellow
• International Experience in Switzerland, Italy, and France
• Emerging Leaders Certificate – BB&T Leadership Institute

Master of Science – Accountancy

• May 2018
• Chancellor’s Fellow

Analytics Graduate Certificate

• May 2018

SAS® Global Joint Certificate

• May 2018

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

B.S. in Business Administration – Accounting

• August 2016
• 3.87 GPA – Summa Cum Laude
• University Honors
• Walker College of Business Honors
• Published Honors Thesis – The Effects of Accounting Standards Update 2014-09: Revenue From Contracts With Customers
• International Experience with Honors/MBA Program – Warsaw, Poznań, and Kraków, Poland

Alliance Bible Fellowship

• Boone, NC
• Active Member 2012-Present
• Worship Leader on Sunday mornings, Sunday evenings, and Wednesday evenings
• Taught various Bible studies and classes for college ministry
• Taught Systematic Theology/Doctrine to high school ministry
• Co-led four Superstorm Sandy disaster relief trips to eastern NJ through the NC Baptist Men/Baptist Builders

Beta Alpha Psi

• 2015-2016
• Member // Peer Mentor

ASU Honors College

• 2012-2016
• Member // Peer Mentor

AppolCorps Leader

• 2013
• Led a group of 25+ freshmen through a three day orientation

ASU Cone Residence Hall Council – President

• Managed Residence Hall budget and oversaw student programs
• Planned and directed weekly meetings for student and faculty representatives

Appalachain State University

• MBA Top Student Award
• Selected as ASU’s Graduate Commencement Speaker – May 2018
• Recipient of Chancellor’s Fellowship – ASU’s highest award for graduate studies
• Chancellor’s and Dean’s List recipient
• Recipient of 5 Walker College of Business merit scholarships
• Junior Marshal – Walker College of Business
• Member – Beta Alpha Psi
• Member – Beta Gamma Sigma
• Member – Appalachian Honors Association
• Member – Gamma Iota Sigma
• AIM High – Prestigious Scholars Program

MBA – Applied Business Analytics

• Applied Analytics Project
• Data Management
• Economics for Decision Making
• Executive Skills
• Fundamentals of Business Analytics
• International Experience – Business, Ecotourism, and Climate Change in the Alps
• Managerial Finance
• Marketing Strategy and Applications
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Probability Analysis and Quantitative Methods
• Security, Privacy, and Ethical Issues in Technology
• Strategic Management

Master of Science – Accountancy

• Accounting in the Business Environment
• Advanced Accounting Capstone
• Advanced Managerial Accounting
• Audit Concepts and Applications
• Auditing Theory Seminar
• Contemporary Issues in Accounting
• Current Issues in Technology and Accounting Information Systems
• Executive Seminar
• Survey of Financial Accounting
• Taxation of Business Entities/Accounting Regulation

B.S. Business Administration – Accounting

• Accounting for Not-for-Profit and Governmental Organizations
• Accounting Principles I
• Accounting Principles II
• Accounting Systems and Internal Control
• Auditing
• Business Capstone
• Business Communications
• Business and Economics Statistics I
• Business and Economics Statistics II
• Calculus with Business Applications
• Cost Accounting
• Foundations of Information Systems
• Individual Income Taxation
• Industrial/Product Design (Honors)
• Intermediate (Financial) Accounting I
• Intermediate (Financial) Accounting II
• Intermediate (Financial) Accounting III
• International Experience – Business in Poland (Honors level)
• Internship in Accounting
• Introduction to Finance
• Introduction to Marketing (Honors)
• Introduction to Organizational Behavior (Honors level)
• Honors Thesis
• Legal Environment of Business
• Macroeconomics
• Marketing and Society (Honors level)
• MBA Executive Seminar: International Leadership and Ethics (Honors level)
• Microeconomics
• Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
• Productions and Operations Management
• Strategic Management (Honors level)
• Systems Analysis and Design