Matthew Slack

20319 Tanager Place, Leesburg, VA, 20175 703.297.6082 •

slack.matt.J@gmail.com

Education                 

Activities

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Concentrations: Information Systems & Security, Cyber Forensics & Security

Longwood University, College of Business and Economics

AACSB Accredited, Farmville, Virginia

GPA (3.430) – Expected May 2015

College of Business and Economics Dean’s Student Advisory Board, (Spring 2014)

Position: Departing Lancer Chair

Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, (Fall 2012)

Positions: Vice President of Alumni Relations (Fall 2013-Fall 2014), Webmaster (Fall 2013-Fall 2014)

Other: Intramural sports (Fall 2012-Current), Volunteering (Fall 2012-Current)

Recent Experience

Laboratory Technician  • KidMed After Hours Urgent Care  • Richmond, Virginia

November 2014 – Present

• Assist the doctors and nurses with daily tasks, and patient care, as well as basic IT support

• Obtain blood draws for laboratory tests

• Gained skills in communicating and working in a team environment

• Perform lab tests, (Influenza, RSV, Strep, Urinalysis, Mono, and routine blood tests)

• Responsible for counting splinting inventory at the beginning and end of each shift

• Experience working a late shift, 3-11 on weekdays, 12-10 on weekends

• Document patient data using DocuTap, the Emergency Medical Record system

• Communicate with clinical staff to ensure an effective working environment

IT Lab Fellow  • Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

June 2014 – August 2014 (Summer)

• Selected as 1 of 20 participants in the United States for this exclusive program

• Studied for 2 courses, one on Innovation, and one on Operational Decision Making

• Learned to use Excel to make operational decisions

• Networked with employees from companies based in Pittsburgh

• Recommended for the Masters of Information Systems Management graduate program at Carnegie Mellon University

• Researched with 2 distinguished professors as well as 2 other fellows

• Identified best practices for implementing a social collaboration portal

• Interviewed over 40 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) employees

• Communicated with executives at UPMC weekly regarding a social collaboration portal

• Established ongoing relationships with the other 19 participants enabling ongoing communication and collaboration

Camp Counselor  • Town of Leesburg • Leesburg, Virginia

June 2012 – August 2013 (Summer)

• Counseled a group of 30 kids aged 4-6 years old along with a co-counselor

• Tailored daily activities so that they were age appropriate and fun for each child

• Communicated efficiently each day to the parents how the day went

• Provided a safe camp experience so that parents felt comfortable leaving their children everyday

• Obtained certifications in CPR and First Aid

• Practiced basic first aid when campers fell and scraped their knee, got a bee sting, etc.

• Taught campers new games that they enjoyed and asked to continue playing

• Worked closely with the camp staff to schedule activities so that 1 camp group was using a facility at a time