Laurence "Mike" Hammer
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Jaime Davis
Working with Mike is a dream. He's extremely knowledgeable, helpful, passionate, and organized. He's always supportive of others on the team and is passionate about sharing what he knows. I would work with Mike on any project at any time!
Morgan G.
Mike and I worked together on the same team in the college admissions space. As my informal mentor on our team, Mike was always a wealth of knowledge in a multitude of interdisciplinary and complex subject areas both inside and outside the higher education space. Mike is a trustworthy, understanding and incredibly smart individual and I truly enjoyed and appreciated everything I gained from our working relationship. Mike is a true professional and I have no doubt that he would add real and authentic value to any team or organization he is part of.
Jaime Davis
Working with Mike is a dream. He's extremely knowledgeable, helpful, passionate, and organized. He's always supportive of others on the team and is passionate about sharing what he knows. I would work with Mike on any project at any time!
Morgan G.
Mike and I worked together on the same team in the college admissions space. As my informal mentor on our team, Mike was always a wealth of knowledge in a multitude of interdisciplinary and complex subject areas both inside and outside the higher education space. Mike is a trustworthy, understanding and incredibly smart individual and I truly enjoyed and appreciated everything I gained from our working relationship. Mike is a true professional and I have no doubt that he would add real and authentic value to any team or organization he is part of.
Jaime Davis
Working with Mike is a dream. He's extremely knowledgeable, helpful, passionate, and organized. He's always supportive of others on the team and is passionate about sharing what he knows. I would work with Mike on any project at any time!
Morgan G.
Mike and I worked together on the same team in the college admissions space. As my informal mentor on our team, Mike was always a wealth of knowledge in a multitude of interdisciplinary and complex subject areas both inside and outside the higher education space. Mike is a trustworthy, understanding and incredibly smart individual and I truly enjoyed and appreciated everything I gained from our working relationship. Mike is a true professional and I have no doubt that he would add real and authentic value to any team or organization he is part of.
Jaime Davis
Working with Mike is a dream. He's extremely knowledgeable, helpful, passionate, and organized. He's always supportive of others on the team and is passionate about sharing what he knows. I would work with Mike on any project at any time!
Morgan G.
Mike and I worked together on the same team in the college admissions space. As my informal mentor on our team, Mike was always a wealth of knowledge in a multitude of interdisciplinary and complex subject areas both inside and outside the higher education space. Mike is a trustworthy, understanding and incredibly smart individual and I truly enjoyed and appreciated everything I gained from our working relationship. Mike is a true professional and I have no doubt that he would add real and authentic value to any team or organization he is part of.
Credentials
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Life Optimization Coach
Center for Personal ReinventionDec, 2013- Sep, 2024
Experience
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College Prep 360
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Admissions Consultant
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Sep 2021 - Present
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Solomon Admissions Consulting
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Admissions Consultant
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Mar 2021 - Present
Advising students on their higher education options, helping them find the right fit for their future. Advising students on their higher education options, helping them find the right fit for their future.
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IvyGate International Education Group
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Admissions Counselor
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Jan 2017 - Jul 2021
NOTE - As of April 2021 IvyGate notified US staff that the US arm was "on pause," and there has been no word since. So I'm marking this as "finished." Senior US admissions counselor. Advise students on applications to US colleges and universities. Awarded Star of Excellence by IvyGate International (1 of 7 in 2018), NOTE - As of April 2021 IvyGate notified US staff that the US arm was "on pause," and there has been no word since. So I'm marking this as "finished." Senior US admissions counselor. Advise students on applications to US colleges and universities. Awarded Star of Excellence by IvyGate International (1 of 7 in 2018),
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Cornell University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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IT Consultant
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Apr 2018 - Jun 2021
Student Services and Data Management Consultant to VinUni project, helping create a world-class university in Vietnam.
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Business Analyst
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Jan 2016 - May 2018
Business analysis work for a new application to help manage funding for graduate students at this Ivy League institution.
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Stock Trading Program Coach and Gold Sector Specialist
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Mar 2009 - Mar 2020
Trained people in the fine arts of stock trading for 8 years, and wrote a weekly column for stock traders (over 350 issues). Then for 3 years I was The Gold Enthusiast, writing a daily column about the gold sector (over 650 articles total). Also was the trade picker for the Golden Hammer trading service, and did a monthly seminar on gold sector trading. Trained people in the fine arts of stock trading for 8 years, and wrote a weekly column for stock traders (over 350 issues). Then for 3 years I was The Gold Enthusiast, writing a daily column about the gold sector (over 650 articles total). Also was the trade picker for the Golden Hammer trading service, and did a monthly seminar on gold sector trading.
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Cornell University College of Engineering
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Undergraduate Admissions Reader
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Jan 2016 - Sep 2016
Reading applications and making initial recommendations for undergraduate admissions for this highly selective, Ivy League Engineering program. I read admissions for many seasons throughout my years with Cornell, honored to be chosen to continue after leaving Engineering. Reading applications and making initial recommendations for undergraduate admissions for this highly selective, Ivy League Engineering program. I read admissions for many seasons throughout my years with Cornell, honored to be chosen to continue after leaving Engineering.
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Applications & Reporting Team Lead
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Oct 2013 - Jun 2015
Team Lead for Applications & Reporting Team within COECIS IT Service Group. Responsible for all work coming in and going out of 4-person programming, development, and reporting team. Interfaced with Engineering and Computing College leaderships to gather requirements and supply information. Served on several University commitees including IT Policy, IT Strategy, Admissions Planning, and Web Accessibility. Worked with a highly-capable IT Director, Infrastructure team lead and User Support team lead to provide comprehensive IT support to both these top-ranked Colleges. Show less
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Software Developer IV
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Feb 2012 - Oct 2013
Restructured into Senior Developer in the Enterprise Applications and Reporting group, inside the College of Engineering / Computing and Information Sciences IT Service Group. Primary responsibilities are application development, support, and reporting for student service units; faculty activity reporting via ActivityInsight; college website technical support. Currently embedded in the Engineering Student Services and Engineering Diversity Programs offices. "Other duties as assigned."
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Director, Data Mgmt, Engineering Student Services
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Mar 2001 - Feb 2012
Strategize, plan, & provide analysis, design, programming and support for system and data needs for all student service units of Cornell's College of Engineering. Worked closely with unit directors, providing technology to help them meet their unit goals. Served on several key committees developing university-wide IT policies including Data Steward Delegates and STARS reporting practices. Served on Engineering curriculum, student services restructuring and college workforce planning committees. Member of design and reporting groups for PeopleSoft student datamart, developed several central reporting models in Hyperion/Brio. Designed, programmed and maintained many web-based ColdFusion applications ranging from simple information-push to highly-secure data collection and analysis systems. Oversaw the Engineering Registrars Office 7/02-8/06, restructured to its current form. Served as acting college registrar 10/02-12/02. Show less
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Programmer/Analyst III, College of Arts & Sciences
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Mar 1994 - Mar 2001
Lead developer for College of Arts & Sciences student services unit. Worked closely with admissions, advising, registrar and Dean's offices to improve processes by spec'ing and developing new systems, while maintaining and/or modifying existing systems. Also worked in many University-scale projects involving vendor and software selection, reporting system development and process improvements.
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Director, Technical Services
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1991 - 1994
Responsible for all aspects of customer support, testing, and documentation. C-WAY developed and marketed the Production Reservation System (PRS), one of several brainchildren of Dr Richard Conway and Dr William Maxwell (both now emeritus faculty at Cornell University). PRS was a finite capacity scheduling system that exploded orders into their production operations and material inputs, and scheduled them using finite-capacity scheduling algorithms. C-WAY sold systems worldwide; I was directly involved with installations in Malaysia, Japan, Germany and the USA. Show less
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Macy's West
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United States
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Restaurants
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Assistant Operations Manager
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Jan 1985 - Jun 1987
Assistant Operations Manager for Reno NV locations. Responsible for 2 departments of floating staff (60 year-round staff), hiring and management of all flexible holiday staff (approx 400), prediction and control of selling departments' payroll and productivity targets, and prediction of non-payroll expenses. Graduated from Macy's Executive Training Program in Feb 1985. Assistant Operations Manager for Reno NV locations. Responsible for 2 departments of floating staff (60 year-round staff), hiring and management of all flexible holiday staff (approx 400), prediction and control of selling departments' payroll and productivity targets, and prediction of non-payroll expenses. Graduated from Macy's Executive Training Program in Feb 1985.
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Education
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1981 - 1984
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
BS, Management Science, Organizational Behavior and Institutional Relations -
Lafayette College
Freshman year in Engineering.
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