1998-2007 the SOUTHWESTERN COMPANY , Nashville, TN, USA

ERIK JAN WESNER

DOB: 21/08/1978 (USA) Citizenship: American, Polish ul. Telimeny 11/86 30-838 Krakow, Poland

PL: (48) 500 774 115 [email protected]

EXPERIENCE

1998-2007 THE SOUTHWESTERN COMPANY, Nashville, TN, USA, www.southwestern.com

Southwestern, founded in 1855, is one of America’s oldest publishers and booksellers

Associate Sales Leader (Oct 2004-Dec 2006)

 Led sales and business seminars for groups of up to 50 people, in the UK, France, Spain, Estonia, and Poland  Further developed public speaking skills through over 150 hours of group presentations  Recruited, trained, managed, and motivated 11 first-year salespeople  Managed, trained, and motivated experienced managers and salespeople, including the number 1 International Division 2nd-year dealer  2005--Responsible for 19-person sales organization with retail sales of over $249,000 (55% increase on previous year)  Number 1 salesperson in personal sales, out of over 800 dealers in international division in both 2005 and 2006. Broke the all-time International record in 2006  Contact: Chris Adams, District Sales Manager, Director of Europe. Poland: (48) 508 628 588, or USA: (001) 615 391 2725

Organizational Leader (Sep 2003-Sep 2004)

 Recruited, trained, managed, and motivated 5 first-year salespeople  Responsible for training, motivating and managing summer organization of 14 people  Number 3 out of over 800 salespeople in International Division

Assistant Organizational Leader/Student Manager (Sep 1998-Aug 2001; Jun-Aug 2003)

 Recruited, trained, managed, and motivated 4 first-year salespeople  Attended over 200 hours of advanced sales and management training  Assisted in running weekly sales meetings and individual conferences

Oct 2002- Jun 2003 WORD SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, ul. Szyllinga 8, 30-433 Krakow, Poland

Word School specializes in intensive, effective language teaching for all age ranges

English Teacher  Taught English to native Polish speakers at levels ranging from Beginner to Intermediate/Advanced, children to adults. Full-time schedule.  Responsible for developing and implementing lesson plans, testing and grading  Contact: Małgorzata Tatar, founder and owner of Word School Ph# (48) 12 266-12-83, (48) 0607-159-019

EDUCATION

MAY 2001 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL Bachelor of Arts, English Literature Bachelor of Arts, Economics GPA: over 3.3 on the 4-point maximum American scale

HONORS AND AWARDS

THE SOUTHWESTERN COMPANY

 Financial Management Award  Gold Seal Gold Award (working 80+ hours/week the entire summer) -1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007  Top Experienced Dealer (top 5% of all salespeople) - 2000,2001,2004,2005, 2006  Mort Utley Award (over $4000 profit in one week)- 8 times  Numerous other awards

OTHER/INTERESTS

 Currently authoring the Web log Amish America at amishamerica.typepad.com, focusing on the study of the Amish and other Plain Peoples in America  Currently preparing book proposal, on the Amish, to be submitted to major American publishers within the next few months  2002-2003: Contributing Writer to Anglisci.pl English-language study web site for teachers and English enthusiasts. Contributed original articles as well as writing a weekly idiom feature.  Intermediate to upper-intermediate level in Polish Language, recently passed the State exam for Polish as a foreign language (level B-2), with good results  Citizenship—United States and Poland. NIP and PESEL.  Interests—Business, Finance, Politics, History, Foreign Languages, Travel