Alison Brown

ALISON K. BROWN
Dallas, Texas • akbrown@stanford.edu • 1.214.566.7129

Education
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California – June 2010
B.A. in Human Biology
GPA: 3.7

The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas – May 2006
GPA: 3.8

Bing Overseas Studies – Asia Internship Program, Beijing, China - 2009
Selected from the Stanford student body for a competitive internship in Human Biology

Professional Experience

ECOM USA, Inc., Dallas, Texas July 2010 - Present
Logistics and Documentation Specialist – Traffic Department
• With 16 offices globally, ECOM USA has annual revenues of greater than $34mm trading commodities including cotton, cocoa, and coffee. The traffic department handles supply chain management from cotton origin to worldwide destinations.
• Responsible for designing and implementing a work flow process to recover levied fees, resulting in record savings of over $160,000 within a six-month period.
• Manage shipment documentation from warehouses to 16 worldwide locations utilizing SQL, Microsoft Access, Trade Technologies, CIMS, and Excel.
• Ensure document compliance with letters of credit; act as liaison between trucking companies, freight forwarders, and international sales agents.

Thrive Research, Inc., Los Altos, California September 2009 – October 2010
Intern - Product Development
• Thrive is a growing start-up that partners with the Stanford Medical School to create cost-effective, evidence-based programs aimed at improving students’ health.
• Designed cost-effective, evidence-based programs aimed at improving students’ health through employing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) training to help teens make lasting behavior changes.
• Developed and tested an interactive web-based program designed to reduce risk of depression, eating disorders, and alcohol abuse for young adults.
• Collaborated with Dr. Barr Taylor’s lab at the Stanford Psychiatry Department and researchers at Washington University in St. Louis to create and revise content targeted towards at-risk adolescents.

Synovate Global Market Research, Beijing, China June 2009 –August 2009
Intern – Healthcare Market Research
• Synovate performs market research in 62 countries in the finance, consumer goods, technology, and healthcare sectors. Synovate reported annual revenues of over $113 million in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Performed research on infectious disease prevalence and incidence rates in Asia.
• Translated weekly market research reports from Chinese to English for external clients; including Merck/Schering- Plough, Pfizer, and Philips.
• Drafted and edited monthly newsletter articles detailing the current and future spread of AIDS in China.

TDK Innoveta, Inc., Richardson, Texas June 2007 - September 2007
Data Entry – Compliance and Quality Control
• TDK Innoveta Inc. is an engineering company that manufactures and markets direct current (DC) converters. In 2006, TDK launched an initiative to ensure that all products were compliant with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive limiting the use of lead, mercury, cadmium and other toxic materials.
• Compiled a database of over 3,000 entries of technical specifications for electronic products ensuring compliance with the Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) directive.
• Procured accurate part composition information from suppliers such as Philips and Diod.

Activities

• Fencing – MVP Award (2004 – 2006), Top 8 North American Cup (2005), SW Section Champion (2006).
• Practitioner of Krav Maga, Muay Thai, and hot yoga.