Experience

Bill Speidel's Enterprises

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tour Guide

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Hidden beneath the streets of historic Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle are secret tunnels over 100 years old. Lumberjacks, Seamstresses, Fires, Rats, Gold Rushes & Exploding Crappers: Come with me into the "underground" to learn the early (and sometimes messy) history of Seattle! • I lead groups on storytelling tours through the bustling streets of Seattle and into tunnels hidden beneath the Pioneer Square neighborhood. • I write and perform my own stories about significant events in Seattle’s history: The Great Seattle Fire, Raising the Streets, Skid Row, The Yukon Gold Rush, Suffragettes & Seamstresses, John Considine, The Hat Pin Menace, & The James Street Lynching (as well as many other stories) Show less



Budget Lube & Car Wash

• United States
• Individual and Family Services

• Financial Manager

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

  -Develops system to account for financial transactions by establishing a chart of accounts; defining bookkeeping policies and procedures -Maintains subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions -Balances subsidiary accounts by reconciling entries -Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary account summaries -Totally in over $900,000 in sales last year -Develops system to account for financial transactions by establishing a chart of accounts; defining bookkeeping policies and procedures -Maintains subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions -Balances subsidiary accounts by reconciling entries -Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary account summaries -Totally in over $900,000 in sales last year



Kay Rock Bit Company

• Business Operator

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

  -Maintains historical records by filing documents -Prepares financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends -Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying requirements; enforcing adherence to requirements; filing reports; advising management on needed actions -Responsible for invoicing and accounts receivable, accounts totally in half a million dollars in sales yearly -Maintains historical records by filing documents -Prepares financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends -Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying requirements; enforcing adherence to requirements; filing reports; advising management on needed actions -Responsible for invoicing and accounts receivable, accounts totally in half a million dollars in sales yearly



Costa Rica Equestrian Vacations

• Working Student, Tour Guide, and Social Media Manager

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  -Superior talent for entertaining audience members and delivering a high level of customer service -Extensive knowledge of trivia facts; able to learn retain and recall extensive amounts of information quickly -Stayed on to run social media accounts after returning to the United States, increased website traffic by 75% -Superior talent for entertaining audience members and delivering a high level of customer service -Extensive knowledge of trivia facts; able to learn retain and recall extensive amounts of information quickly -Stayed on to run social media accounts after returning to the United States, increased website traffic by 75%



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

  -Generated content for web-based education with Blender, an open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications -Assisted in curated human skeletal osteological collection -Stayed on through completion of grant -Generated content for web-based education with Blender, an open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications -Assisted in curated human skeletal osteological collection -Stayed on through completion of grant



National Science Foundation

• United States

• REU Site Manager

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

  -Post graduation field work in remote Northwestern Ethiopia -Project funded by the National Science Foundation and the Leakey Foundation -Responsible for assisting with management of undergraduate staff as well as excavation duties -Proficient in field recording methods, surveying, finds and sample processing -Post graduation field work in remote Northwestern Ethiopia -Project funded by the National Science Foundation and the Leakey Foundation -Responsible for assisting with management of undergraduate staff as well as excavation duties -Proficient in field recording methods, surveying, finds and sample processing



IT'S TIME TEXAS

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Events and Initiatives Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  -IT’S TIME TEXAS is an Austin based not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to making healthy the norm in Texas. Our mission is to empower people to lead healthier lives and build healthier communities. -Assisted with development, implementation, and maintenance of products, activities, and marketing materials -Moderator at the ITT Summit and responsible for distribution of continued education credit certificates following the Summit -Secured volunteers for events, serve as a point of contact, and maintained a volunteer database -Assisted in community outreach, marketing, event planning, and conducted outreach to external contacts such as businesses and community leaders Show less