Dhaval Bhakta

dhavalkumar.bhakta@mnsu.edu | (715)-293-2716 | linkedin.com/in/dhavalbhakta01/

Education And Certifications

Bachelor of Business Administration; Major: Marketing Graduation: May 2021
AACSB Accredited College of Business Administration, GPA: 3.83
Minnesota State University, Mankato August 2019 – Present
The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH August 2017 – May 2019

Honors Program, MSU August 2019 – Present

Data Analytics Certificate program, MSU August 2019 – Present
United Prairie Bank Integrated Business Experience Candidate August 2019 – Present
Online Marketing Fundamentals Certifications August 2018
Business Experience
Sales Consultant Intern, Intuit Summer 2020
• Provided value to customers by discovering their problems and making recommendation through inbound and outbound
phone channels spread across three different campaigns in 12 weeks
• Generated $78,500 in new revenue and won the top performer titles in all categories at the end of the internship(1/44)

Student Fundraising Associate, Annual Fund August 2019 – Present

• Increase the University endowment by calling the donors and getting pledges and gifts that help in scholarships and
emergency crisis.
• Generated $20,500 in new revenue on outbound phones working 9 hours a week for 10 weeks
Aramark Marketing and Sales Intern, The University of Toledo Auxiliary Services May 2018 – May 2019
• Create Graphics for social media, sell over 1500 meal plans and answer questions through various tabling events for students
• Conduct market research through student-focused surveys aimed at increasing the quality of food on campus
Athletic Promotions, Sales and Marketing Intern, The University of Toledo Athletics May 2018 – May 2019
• Plan community outreach events, give building tours, create graphics and actively operate in over 100
football, baseball, basketball, volleyball games.
• Program in-game activities and execute them by coordinating with the announcer, operations team and the director of the fan
experience
VP Marketing, Campus Activities, and Programming, The University of Toledo, OH Jan 2018 – May 2018
• Plan effective marketing strategies and lead street team to promote events with a record-setting number of 2000 students
attending them
• Demonstrate organization skills by running weekly marketing team meetings and general student body meetings

Leadership and Volunteering

• Founder and Managing Partner, Professional Sales Organization August 2019 – Present
• Sales Ambassador, National Sales Network January 2020 – Present
• Community Advisor (V/RA), Office of Residence Life August 2018 – May 2020
• Vice President, International Students Association (ISA) January 2019 – May 2019
• Events Coordinator, International Students Association (ISA) August 2018 – May 2019
• Inclusion Champion, Office of Multicultural Student Success December 2017 – May 2019
• Elected Senator, Student Government September 2017 – May 2019
• Independent Youtuber, ALPHA INC August 2017 – May 2019

Other Experience
Voluntary Note Taker, Student Disability Services January 2018 – May 2019
Desk Assistant, Office of Multicultural Student and Success, OH January 2018 – 2018
Food Production Employee, Aramark Food and Dining Services, Toledo, OH August 2017 – 2018
AV-Technician, Cru, Toledo August 2017 – 2018
Operations Assistant, University of Toledo Recreational Services, Toledo, OH Summer 2017

Awards and Recognitions

• National Diversity Case Competition, IU Bloomington – 4th Place January 2020
• Rocket Recognition ( University Employee Award given to 1% of student workforce) May 2018
• 5th Place in Internal Sales Competition February 2018