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<h3 style="text-align: center; text-style: italic">Curriculum Vitae for</h3>
<h1 style="padding: 10px 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 60px">Philip I. Thomas</h1>
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<a href="http://philipithomas.com" target="_blank">www.philipithomas.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:#">mail@philipithomas.com</a><br />
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<h2>About</h2>
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<div class="span12">Philip I. Thomas is a senior at Washington University majoring in systems engineering and physics. He also works for Cultivation Capital as an analyst and is a founder of two startups — the Food Trucks Near Me website and Automation Kit, a company focused on helping companies automate their digital marketing. </div>
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position("Washington University in Saint Louis","Saint Louis, MO","Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering and Physics","Expected 5/13",'
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold">Honors:</span> J. Alan and Marcia K. Ritter Scholar.</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold">Relevant Coursework:</span> Operations Research, Stochastic Models, Signals Analysis.</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold">Senior Project:</span> Analysis of <a href="http://aisle411.com/" target="_BLANK">Aisle411</a> Usage Data <span style="font-style:italic">(In Progress)</span></li>
</ul>',"");
position("Case Western Reserve University","Cleveland, OH","Organic chemistry lecture and laboratory","6/10-8/10","","");
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<h2>Professional and Leadership Experience </h2>
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position("Automation Kit","Saint Louis, MO","Managing Partner","6/12-Present",'
<ul>
<li>Equipped over a dozen clients with marketing tools to capture, convert, and cultivate leads automatically.</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold">Selected Clients:</span> Hostirian, Systematic Revenue, Venture Draft, St. Louis Arch Angels</li>
</ul>','http://automationkit.com');
position("Food Trucks Near Me","Saint Louis, MO","Founder","6/12-Present",'
<ul>
<li>Developed, launched, and marketed food truck finder website with successful launches in five cities, resulting in extensive media coverage and sustained web traffic.</li>
<li>Designed cross-platform CRM system to infer user cities of interest based on interactions with email updates and website, resulting in increased advertising relevancy for users.</li>
</ul>',"http://foodtrucksnearme.com");
position("Cultivation Capital","Saint Louis, MO","Analyst","3/12-Present",'
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<li>Performed screening of potential investments with a focus on technical analysis of technology and operations for due diligence reporting. </li>
</ul>',"http://cultivationcapital.com");
position("Washington University Tech Entrepreneurs (wute)","Saint Louis, MO","Director - wute.vc","9/11-Present",'
<ul>
<li>Launched wute.vc, a lecture series connecting students with venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs, resulting in sponsorship by <a href="http://cultivationcaptital.com" target="_BLANK">Cultivation Capital</a>.</li>
<li>Attracted over 200 students to <a href="http://wute.vc/2012/10/press-release-alexis-ohanian-kicks-off-student-run-venture-capital-lecture-series-at-wustl/">first wute.vc speech by Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian</a> using a paperless marketing campaign.</li>
<li>Designed <a href="http://wute.vc" target="_BLANK">wute.vc</a> and re-designed <a href="http://wute.org" target="_BLANK">wute.org</a> websites.</li>
</ul>', "http://wute.org");
position("Washington University in St. Louis Department of Physics","Saint Louis, MO","Teaching Assistant, General Physics I and General Physics II","8/11-Present","", "");
position("WUSauce","St. Louis, MO","Communication Chair","9/10-Present",'
<ul>
<li>Performed with audition-only salsa dance team, taught salsa lessons, and participated in community outreach.</li>
<li>Implemented improved website and email marketing system, resulting in 20% increase in annual audition attendance and 200% increase in weekly lesson retention throughout each semester.</li>
<li>Served as Communication Director for annual Dance-Off event in 2011 and 2012, resulting in over 500 students attending each event.</li>
</ul>',"http://wusauce.wustl.edu");
position("Sapientia Media","St. Louis, MO","President","5/10-Present",'
<ul>
<li>Spearheaded client relation management, digital marketing strategy, website design, and brand positioning services.</li>
<li><span style="font-style:italic;">Selected Clients:</span> Evetos, On The Edge, St. Albans Promotions</li>
</ul>',"http://sapientiamedia.com");
position("Washington University Student Investment Fund","St. Louis, MO","Communication Chair","1/10-6/12",'
<ul>
<li>Managed the investment of over $100,000 of the university endowment via qualitative, multiples, and DCF analysis, resulting in growth exceeding S&P 500 Midcap Index on invested funds.</li>
<li>Competed nationally in investment competitions, and was a Finalist in the Spring 2011 <a href="http://miiuic.org/" target="_BLANK">Michigan Interactive Investments Competition</a> </li>
<li><span style="font-style:italic;">Previous Positions:</span> Technology Portfolio Manager (2010), Webmaster (2010-2011), Healthcare Analyst (2010)</li>
</ul>',"http://wusif.org");
position("Washington University in St. Louis Department of Computer Science","St. Louis, MO","Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Computing Tools: MATLAB","1/11-6/11","","");
position("Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis","St. Louis, MO","Research Assistant, Dr. Jennifer Lodge Laboratory","9/09-1/12",'
<ul>
<li>Studied pathogenic fungus <span style="font-style:italic;">Cryptococcus neoformans</span> with in vitro, in vivo, and computational techniques.</li>
<li>Selected Project Experience:
<ul>
<li>Bioinformatics – Designed, developed, and implemented a scalable <span style="font-style:italic;">C. neoformans</span> Strain Database for collaborative use in the scientific community. </li>
<li>Gene research – Studied stress sensors involved with nitrositive stress.</li>
<li>Animal testing – Analyzed strain virulence with <span style="font-style"italic;">in vitro</span> studies in mice.</li>
<ul>
</li>
</ul>',"");
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iprogram('PHP','85');
iprogram('Java','55');
iprogram('CSS','40');
iprogram('Python','45');
iprogram('Relational Databases','85');
iprogram('NoSQL Databases','55');
iprogram('Javascript','20');
iprogram('Adobe CS6','40');
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<h4>Selected Projects</h4>
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project('Food Trucks Near Me','http://www.foodtrucksnearme.com','');
project('Computational Analysis of Diffusion as a Stochastic System','','http://github.com/philipithomas/diffusion');
project('CSE131 Java','','https://github.com/philipithomas/cse131Java');
project('Curriculum Vitae','','https://github.com/philipithomas/cv-philipithomas');
project('Kill The Landline','http://killthelandline.com','');
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extra('Awards','Eagle Scout<br />Honorable Mention at 2012 Startup Weekend Columbia (<a href="http://killthelandline.com" target="_BLANK">Kill the Landline</a>)<br />Finalist in Spring
2011 Michigan Interactive Investments Competition');
extra('Language','Conversational Proficiency in Spanish');
extra('Organizations','The Engineer\'s Club of St. Louis');
extra('Interests','Salsa Dancing<br /><a href="http://beer.philipithomas.com" target="_BLANK">Craft Beer</a><br />Coffee<br />Rock Climbing');
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<h4>Selected Press</h4>
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<li>St. Louis Business Journal: <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/BizNext/2012/10/community-voices-philip-thomas-at.html?page=all">Philip Thomas at Startup Weekend </a></li>
<li>Fox 2 Now: <a href="http://philipithomas.com/2012/07/food-truck-stl-on-fox-2-news-in-the-morning/">Live Interview with Food Truck Site Founder Philip I. Thomas </a></li>
<li>Forbes: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kaipetainen/2011/11/11/washu-students-provide-teva-some-healthy-love/">WashU Students Provide Teva Some Healthy Love</a></li>
<li>St. Louis Business Journal: <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/BizNext/2012/09/wutevc-starts-venture-capital-lecture.html">wute.vc starts venture capital lecture series</li>
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