Thula Parks

thula.parks@wsu.edu; 626-373-3321
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thulaparks
EDUCATION
Washington State University Pullman, WA
BA in Business Administration; Management Information Systems (Major GPA 3.15) Expected May 2017

EXPERIENCE
Walmart (30 hours/week) Pullman, WA
Lead Cashier Feb. 2015 Present
- Provide service of all transactions at Wal-Mart, making sure that all transactions are exact for audit purposes which
happen at least once a week for each cashier.
- Provide friendly customer service with a smile and solve problems that customers may have, and if I dont know the
answer I show the initiative to find it for customer satisfaction.
- Practice the importance of customer interaction, in a small town this is important because you see the same people every
day and it is important and sometimes really nice to build these types of relationships
- Time management balancing school, club volleyball, work, MIS club meetings and studying, this also taught me how to
multi-task and still give 100% in each task that Im face with.
- Train new hires on how to work on registers and complete each transaction, also train them on customer interaction

Club Heights Volleyball Club West Covina, CA

Volleyball Coach Jun. 2014 Dec. 2014
- Coached girls ages 10-18, in the sport of volleyball.
- Coached and ran summer skills camps. The skills camps were to teach players the basics in volleyball and to get players
into their certain positions on the volleyball court.
- Created organized coaching plans for each practice and prepared many girls to play volleyball as they transitioned into
high school.

Bishop Amat High School La Puente, CA

Assistant JV Volleyball Coach Jun. 2014 Oct. 2014
- Properly plan the activity & supervise all athletes.
- Provide appropriate equipment, teach properly and condition properly and make sure to warn of inherent risks.
- Provide appropriate emergency assistance which includes the design of an emergency response plan.

SKILLS
- Languages: SQL, VB.NET, R, Python Visualization: Tableau, MS Excel, PowerPivot
- General Skills: Critical & analytical thinking, excel in mathematics, outstanding comprehension & memory, organized,
outgoing, people-person, ready-to-learn

LEADERSHIP/AWARDS
- Jacob W. Oswald Scholarship/College of Business Scholarship (Fall 15/Spring 16)
- Zevenbergen Capital Investments LLC Endowed Scholarship in Business (Fall 15/Spring 16)

ACTIVITIES
- College Volleyball at Pasadena City College Aug. 2012 Dec. 2013
- Washington State University Womens Club Volleyball Sept. 2015 May 2016
Practice two times a week for 2 hour/day and travel to tournaments on weekends
- MASYS (MIS Club): Club Officer Aug. 2015 Present
VP of Communication which entails developing advertising strategies, attending club and officer meeting, and emailing club
members and posting to member page
- PAWS (Philanthropy) Aug. 2016 Present
Involved in donor engagement and volunteering in various areas

PROJECTS
- BI System for Federal Way PD: Created tables in the SQL Database, Analyzed and cleaned data, used SQL Server Analysis
Services to import data into the database, and visualization with Tableau for analytics