PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued from previous page)Accounts Group Coordinator, Saatchi & Saatchi Gaynor Direct, Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan) managed turn-around efforts resulting in $6M sales. Signed Jaguar, Nestle, Proctor & Gamble, Brach's, Jacob Succhard and Philip Morris. Campaigns resulting in 23% growth. 1989~1990 President/Founder, Unique Communications Inc. (Washington, DC & Herndon, VA) A “Belt-way Bandit” boutique that defined and conducted marketing programs with substantial campaign results campaigns for AT&T, Communications Workers of America (10,000 members), Hubbell Electronics, Mobil Oil, Fujitsu, Mid-Atlantic Bell, MITRE, and the US Departments of Justice, Commerce, NASA and US Armed Forces. 1982~1987 Vice President Public Relations, Paul Forbes & Associates, Inc. (Fairfax, VA) Developed and implemented marketing, sales and public relations programs for Fortune 500 clients. Expanded Forbes’ operations into new verticals and signed key accounts with Mars Inc., Color Me Beautiful, Mobil Oil, US Department of Justice and US Department of Commerce. 1982~1983 Office Manager Advertising/Marketing, Justin Associates/Jones, Smith & Born (Washington, DC & Fairfax, VA) Managed high income accounts, conducted bid programs, built US Government and private sector pipeline. Created and implemented an effective program to introduce online debits/charges to a community of 5500 Mobil Oil gasoline service stations in the US and signed up 100% of possible dealerships within the 24-month program. Created and implemented communications support (1981~1982) for the deployment of the Ohio-class, nuclear powered, Trident-class II ballistic missile submarines for the US Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command. Implemented a database marketing campaign for AT&T (post divestiture into the Baby Bells) generating US$ 450M in ten months. Also signed US Departments of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Justice, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, NASA, US Army, US Navy, and Naval Surface Weapons Center. 1979 ~ 1982
EARLY YEARS
Design services (JANDs), marketing and communications design for US Government, defense intelligence, satellite imaging companies and defense contractors (Northrop Page under contract to the CIA). Washington, D.C. 1976 ~ 1982 Founded TechnicalGraphics, sole proprietor, a multi-lingual advertising and design services company, Jerusalem, Israel. 1975 Staff designer. GonGraph, a multi-lingual publishing house, Jerusalem, Israel. 1974 EDUCATION
Entrepreneurial Mentor Training Certificate, STARTech Early Ventures. Richardson, TX. 2005 ~ 2006 Writing Winning Proposals, Texas State Energy Conversation Office. Austin, TX. 2002 Silver Training, Humans Being More, NIKKEN. Irvine, CA. 2002 BFA Communications Design, State University of New York at Buffalo. Buffalo, NY. graduated 1977 Course work, Design Department, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. 1972~1973 AWARDS
Cool Million Dollar Award, The InvestIN Forum, 2006 National Leadership Award, Business Advisory Council, National Republican Congressional Committee, 2006 ECNet Achievement Award, ECpart, 2000 Who's Who of International Professionals, nominated and accepted 1997, lifetime member State University of New York - Alumna Honorarium 1989, Teaching grant in design 1976 US Department of Commerce "Recognized Minority Firm" 1984, 1985 US Department of Commerce "Showcased Woman-owned Business" 1984 Letter of Recognition from President Ronald Regan, 1984. International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Washington Silver Inkwell (1st place) 1982 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Washington Silver Inkwell (2nd place) 1981 SELECTED WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
www.itsplus3.com 2005 ~ current www.adriennefarb.com 20003 ~ current www.associated-asia.net 1990 ~ current www.haroldlcohen.com 2009 ~ current
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
US citizen, single Inactive top secret security clearance Multilingual: English (native), Chinese (conversational) Computer literate: PC, MAC, networks, Microsoft OS, MS Office, image processing, web mastering, DTP, etc. Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Master Instructor (highest ranked instructor in Taiwan) 1990~1995 Military: Israeli Armed Services, Nahal Garin HaGolan. Active duty, Yom Kippur War, 1973. Honorable discharge. Ms. Levin resides on a working cattle ranch (between Fort Worth and Waco)
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