Matthew Fried
220 North Burrowes Street · State College, PA 16801 · (610) 316-0199 ·

Education

2006 – 2010 Pennsylvania State University, Division of undergraduate studies University Park, PA

Major Candidate: Bachelor of Science in Finance

Minor Candidate in Economics, and Spanish

·  Cumulative GPA – 3.2

·  Study abroad at ______Spring 2009

·  Member of the Penn State Surfing Club

·  THON – Member of the Communications Committee (2006-2007) and responsible for increasing student / community participation. THON is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world and over the last 35 years, has raised $46MM for The Four Diamonds Fund, Conquering Childhood Cancer, and the Penn State Children's Hospital in Hershey, PA

·  Member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity:

House manager of Class (Spring 2007); Social Chair (2007-2008)

Representative Coursework Includes:

·  Macroeconomics / ·  Management Information Systems* / ·  Business Ethics*
·  Microeconomics / ·  Supply Chain Management / ·  Business Law*
·  Labor Economics* / ·  Biology / ·  Intermediate Spanish*

* - Current course

2002 - 2006 The haverford School Haverford, PA

·  President (2006) and Vice President (2005) of Haverford School Community Service Board. Also started Haverford School Team for Relay for Life, a philanthropy which generates significant funds for The American Cancer Society

·  Two year member of the Haverford School Economists Club

·  Captain of Varsity Hockey team senior year, led the league in playoff points, led team in scoring Sophomore through senior year

·  Awarded Eastern High School Hockey League 2006 Leadership and Sportsmanship Award

·  Attended the National Service Learning Conference as a Representative for my high school and the greater

Tri-state area.

Work Experience

Summer 2004-2007 Wetsuit World Stone Harbor, NJ

·  4 year Employee, working my way up to Manager

·  Worked closely with my superiors, gaining experience in the financial, marketing, advertisement, and production aspects of the company.

·  Met with our product providers, providing personal feedback and speaking of a representative of the demographics they wished to appeal too

Summer 2003 Bradley’s Cheesesteaks and hoagies Stone Harbor, NJ

·  Communicated concerns of younger employees to the owners, which included extreme hours and heat

·  Responsible for loading and unloading containers, preparing and closing the kitchen

·  Moved from kitchen stocker towards chef

Personal / ·  Working towards being fluent in both written and conversational Spanish
·  Avid golfer with a current handicap of 14
·  Devoted fan of the Philadelphia Flyers and Eagles
·  Currently working on collection of short poetry