Vita

David A. Eberle was born in Zurich (Switzerland), studied management and economics at the University of Zurich, where he graduated with a ‘magna cum laude’ in 2009. During his studies he worked for Zurich Financial Services, where he developed an e-learning environment in collaboration with a major consultancy and where he also trained internal employees. During the last year of his Bachelor studies he participated in a student exchange program at Thammasat University in Bangkok (Thailand). There he also learned Thai at a language institute and obtained a diploma at the end of his studies. He is currently following a Master program at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (The Netherlands), majoring in global business and stakeholder management, and he is due to graduate in September 2010. Besides his studies he was employed at Mendix, a Dutch IT company, where he worked in sales, recruiting new academic partners and developing the marketing strategy and materials for the academic program. Together with a study colleague he founded iCoaching, a webdesign and IT consulting company, where he is actively involved at the moment.

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Career Objective: Internationally experienced Master graduate seeking to pursue a challenging trainee program in sales and marketing or general management. Intrigued by inter-personal contacts and interested in global mobility as well as wide career opportunities.

Languages: German (native), English (proficient), French (upper-intermediate), Thai (pre-intermediate), Japanese (pre-intermediate)

Education

Sep 2009 – Sep 2010
The Netherlands

MSc Business Administration

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

Oct 2006 – Aug 2009
Switzerland

BA Business Administration and Economics

University of Zurich

Aug 2008 – May 2009
Thailand

Bachelor Exchange Program (Bangkok, Thailand)

Thammasat University

  • Full-time studies in English
  • Writing Bachelor thesis and conducting primary research with 30 Thai students
  • Attending Thai language school and earning official certificate
Aug 2001 – Dec 2005
Switzerland

Matura Biology and Chemistry

Gymnasium Oberwil (Oberwil BL, Switzerland)

Mar 2003 – Oct 2003
Japan

AFS Intercultural Program (Wakayama, Japan)

  • Living with Japanese host family and attending local high school
  • Formation of school band and performance in large auditorium
  • Introducing two short-term exchange students to local community and Japanese culture
  • Learning Japanese language and earning intermediate diploma

Employment

Nov 2009 – Jun 2010
The Netherlands

Mendix (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Inside Sales

  • Acquisition and management of university clients through calls, online and on-site presentations
  • Conception and documentation of general acquisition strategy and processes
  • Planning of the marketing campaigns in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK
  • Developing brochures and marketing texts
  • Standardizing lead criteria and identifying over 500 possible leads
Jan 2008 – Jul 2008
Switzerland

Zurich Financial Services (Zurich, Switzerland)

Training Developer

  • Formulating e-learning development processes
  • Coordination of know-how between multiple departments to ensure accurate delivery
  • Producing e-learning courses and standardized layout for future use
  • Creation of documentation to ensure knowledge transfer between two different divisions
  • Planning and conducting a two-day seminar for 12 employees
Oct 2006 – Jun 2008
Switzerland

University of Basel

Administrative Assistant

  • Advising department on software and hardware purchases
  • Digitalization and treatment of literature
  • Collaborating with staff for the creation and improvement of teaching materials
Jul 2005 – Jan 2006
Switzerland

Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Allschwil, Switzerland)

Global Quality Management Student

  • Data management of global quality documents
  • Improvement of quality processes

Leadership Talent

Jan 2010 – current

Founder ‘iCoaching’

  • Founding of IT consultancy together with Swiss partner
  • New media strategies and webdesign
  • Development of branding strategy and acquisition of clients
  • Revenue of 5000 Euros from 5 clients in first 6 months
Mar 2010 – Apr 2010

Project Leader ‘GreenEUR Sustainable Career Day’

  • Organizer of university career day with 6 companies and 80 participants
  • Managing information flow between 12 committee members
  • Directing marketing efforts and supervising operations
Dec 2009

Organizer ‘Erasmus Next Top Idea’

  • Organization of two-hour presentation for 40 students
  • Engaging three international guest speakers
  • Creation of introductory film and speech
Jun 2008

Secondary School Teacher

  • Teaching 20 lessons in German, English and geography at Im Lochacker (Reinach, Switzerland)
  • Planning lectures, developing exams and grading students
Aug 2004 – Dec 2005

Captain of Local Boxing Club

  • Organizing training location and boxing equipment
  • Arranging ex-Swiss boxing champion to hold training sessions with 9 participants

Personal Interests

Thai Boxing
Traveling