EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ZEELAND, VLISSINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS JANUARY 2005 2009

* Bachelor of Business Administration (Major: International Business and Man
agement Studies).
CALVIN COLLEGE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 2007 2009 (TRANSFER STUDENT)

EXPERIENCE
PRESIDENT / OWNER & FOUNDER, ROYAL BHAKTAPUR, THE NETHERLANDS & NEPAL 2005 PRE
SENT
* Import handmade products from Nepal, with specialization in custom made hi
gh quality Cashmere Pashmina shawls for consumers, small retailers and fashion a
gencies.
* Set up sustainable growth and development through Fair Trade principles; a
voiding child labor, supporting local entrepreneurs, starting local business pro
jects and supporting schooling programs.
* Manage both business ventures in Nepal and The Netherlands including; mark
eting, finance, E-commerce, customer relations, product inventory, supply chain
and business contacts.
* Worldwide Online Sales through E-commerce and Paid Search Advertising by m
ainly targeting Europe and the United States.
* Grew Sales: Year 1: 290%, Year 2: 180%, Year 3: 200% Year 4: 150-200% Sale
s 2009: +$20.000.
MARKETING AND E-COMMERCE ANALYST, STEELCASE INC., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, March
2009 June 2010
* Digital marketing for Steelcase Store (store.steelcase.com), selling furni
ture and office space solutions to the small office / home office market.
* Management and technical support of e-commerce applications including prod
uct catalogues, order administration, analytics tracking, landing pages, affilia
te marketing and paid search advertising.
* Coordination, setup and integration of advanced social marketing solutions
such as customer ratings & reviews, live chat customer service, shopping compar
ison engines and advanced automatic behavioral e-mail marketing.
* Collaboration with outsourced creative media design firm and international
cost-center in Kuala Lumpur for additional resources.
* Average yearly sales: $5 million through online store & online retail chan
nels. Largest record online sales day: Oct. 2009 +$45,000.
FULL TIME INTERNSHIP, WENZHOU CITY, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA JANUARY JUNE 2008
CHAC TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD, (Electronic Trading Company and manufacturer, producing
low voltage equipment)
* Worked in the Marketing Center and International Trade Department.
* Researched markets, administrated documents, processed customer relations
information.
* Attended worlds biggest trade exhibition, 103th Canton Fair in Guangzhou.
GENERAL MANAGER, EYE-OPENERS, VLISSINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS 2006 2007
* Started up a small enterprise and gathered 100 different shareholders worl
dwide to finance the project.
* Promoted and introduced a new non-existing product onto the market by atte
nding sales and trade exhibitions.
* Organized shareholder meetings and working 700+ hours over two semesters i
n addition to full time study.
INTERN, ARCADIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS, GOES, THE NETHERLANDS 2006 2007
* Administration Assistant: Archived files, worked on declaration forms, pro
cessed information in spreadsheets and databases, delivered packages to clients,
gathered traffic intensity related information as a GPS driver.
* Project assistant: Coordinated and guided project teams for researching an
d cleaning up asbestos polluted dams.
WEB DESIGNING AND CONSULTING, NIKIBH PRODUCTIONS, THE NETHERLANDS 2003 2009
* Provided consulting and solutions for websites, from content management up
to complete E-commerce systems.
* Specialized in website maintenance, Internet branding, advertisement, opti
mization, marketing and search engine ranking.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS & HONORS

2010: Professional Content Network Advertising Bootcamp course with Guerrilla Ma
rketer Shelley Ellis Chicago, IL
2009: Professional Google Adwords Advertising Bootcamp course with Guerrilla Mar
keter Perry Marshall Chicago, IL
2009: Certification of completed E-Business course by institute of Leiden, The N
etherlands
2008: Internship report China CHAC Technology Living and working into the cult
ure of China
2007: Eye-Openers selected in top 10 best Student Companies of the Netherlands &
Sold to a Dutch Publisher
2006: Meet with Princess Maxima of the Netherlands regarding success Student Com
pany Eye-Openers
2006: Young Enterprises Award Best Student Company (Eye-Openers) of Zeeland, Ne
therlands
2006: Young Business Talents Best Student Company (Eye-Openers) University of Z
eeland
2006: University of Cambridge Certificate Young Entrepreneurship

SKILLS
Language: Fluent Dutch, English, German.
Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Flash.
Programming: HTML, CSS, MySQL, Smarty, basic PHP5.