2. WHAT’S INSIDE
Profile
Bio
Personal Values
Senior Year Goals
Post Senior Year Goals
Leadership Experience
International Consulting Experience
Internship Experience
Recommended Books on Business
Favorite Professional Events Attended
Contact Information
3. PROFILE
Name: Ryan Scott McDonald
Hometown: Zanesville, Ohio
School: Ohio University
Majors: Marketing, Management and Strategic
Leadership, International Business, Certificate in
Professional Sales
Organizations: The Ralph and Luci Schey Sales
Centre-Director of Coach and Candidate Program,
Delta Sigma Pi-Director of Community Service
4. BIO
My parents grew up and met in Zanesville, Ohio where I was born and raised.
They both came from meager beginnings. They eventually became very
successful by investing in their education, hard work, treating people
respectfully and they received a little good luck. They instilled these values as
they raised myself and my brother.
I graduated from John Glenn High School in New Concord, Ohio in 2007.
During my time there I made lifelong friends. I then made the best decision of
my life to attend Ohio University because of the highly regarded business
school and the beautiful campus.
My time at Ohio University has been more rewarding than I could have ever
imagined. I joined Delta Sigma Pi, a professional business fraternity, my
freshmen year and eventually became the Director of Community Service. This
position has allowed me to do some good and lead others. I joined the Ralph
and Luci Schey Sales Centre my sophomore year. I became the Director of
Coach and Candidate in the spring of my junior year.
I have enjoyed my time at OU and I look forward to beginning my professional
career.
6. SENIOR YEAR GOALS
Personal
• Help my little brother
adjust to becoming a
freshman Bobcat so he
has an incredible
experience like I have
during my four years
• Secure employment that
leverages my skill set
effectively by June 2011
• Keep in contact with all of
my lifelong friends that I
have made in Zanesville
and Athens weekly
• Win an intramural sports
championship
Delta Sigma Pi
Community Service
• Regain the award for
best community service
organization on campus
for Delta Sigma Pi
• Save 14 lives
• Have my successor
groomed to
successfully take over
when my tenure
concludes, so they can
hit the ground running
Coach & Candidate
• Improve brand
recognition of program
• Facilitate successful
sustainable
relationships through
the program
• Make Coach &
Candidate program a
premier part of The
Ralph and Luci Schey
Sales Centre
7. POST SENIOR YEAR GOALS
Earn a
Master’s of
Business
Administration
degree in the
next 5 years
Contribute to
community
service
initiatives
Become a
homeowner in
the next 5
years
Become
financially
independent
by November
2011
8. LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
• Plan and coordinate chapter’s community service events which include:
• Marketing Passion Works a local nonprofit business
• Blood drives and bone marrow drive
• Athens Beatification Day
• Walk for the Homeless
Delta Sigma Pi : Director of Community Service
• Facilitate formal mentoring program between Sales Centre students and established professionals
• Lead conference calls by making agendas and facilitating discussion
• Hosted and emceed Sales Centre’s first webinar How to Carpe Diem: Seizing the Coach and
Candidate Opportunity
Co-Director of Coach & Candidate
• Assist seven College of Business freshmen adjust to college
• Use my experience to help group integrate and succeed within business college
Freshmen Engagement Program Mentor
• Lead peers in competitive atmosphere creating a sum that is greater than the individual parts
Captain of Nine Intramural Sports Teams
9. INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
The summer after I completed my
sophomore year of college I entered into
the College of Business's Global
Competitiveness Program. The program
took place in Pecs, Hungary at one of the
oldest universities in Europe. I worked for a
live client called AquaProfit. The company
is one of the largest companies in Hungary.
My consulting team consisted of a
Hungarian student, two Indian students that
were working towards their MBA in
England, and a fellow Ohio student. Our
project was a business feasibility study for
the first geothermal energy plant in
Hungary. My most notable contribution to
the report was benchmarking AquaProfit’s
proposed plant to previous geothermal
plant projects in Iceland among other
locations.
Simonyi Center Consultant
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
PROGRAM
LinkedIn Recommendation
“I have known Ryan since we have
worked in same group in the Global
Competitiveness Programme. His
focus and dedication towards his
allocated task was exceptional. Apart
from this he also shared his views to
resolve other team members issues
which surely proved him to be a
complete team player. I would surely
recommend him for challenging roles.”
April 12, 2010
-Harsh Topkhanewale
Team Member
Student University of Sheffield
10. INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
My internship with Fitne, Inc in Athens consisted
of inside sales and marketing. I started the
spring of my junior year and has continued
through the summer and my senior year. The
sales consisted of calling and emailing, existing
customers with expiring subscriptions and new
customers. I also participated in marketing
strategy meetings to determine the strategic
direction of the company. The marketing
strategies I have implemented are the
company’s twitter account,
www.twitter.com/FITNEInc, mailing letters, and
linkedin groups prospecting.
This internship allowed me to gain experience
dealing with medical professionals in the U.S.,
Canada, Australia, and India while improving my
sales and customer services skills. The CEO
and COO played the role of mentors and
allowed me to try new initiatives to grow the
business. They valued my opinion when making
important decisions about the sales and
marketing strategy of the company.
Fitne, Inc. is an international
organization dedicated to meeting the
changing technology needs of today's
nursing educators and healthcare
professionals. Fitne is committed to
creating innovative, interactive media
and e-learning solutions that solve real
11. RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON BUSINESS
Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking By Malcolm Gladwell
• Why sometimes trusting your gut is the best decision
Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell
• Supports with facts that highly successful people are made not born
The Tipping Point By Malcolm Gladwell
• The best education I have had on Word-of-Mouth Marketing
SuperFreakonomics By Steven Levitt and Stephen Dunbar
• A few good stories about how people respond to incentives
The Sales Bible By Jeffery Gitomer
• A bit boastful but an effective tool that helped me get out of a slump during my internship
How to Win Friends and Influence People By Dale Carnegie
• The strategies outlined about how to do business with people still resonate today
12. FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL EVENTS ATTENDED
• Attended twice assisting with logistics of professionals visiting Athens
• Keynote speakers included the high level executives from Smuckers
and Nationwide
Financial Services Conference
• Acted as table host for event
• Topics included How to Sell on the Social Web and Presenting on the
Web
Sales Symposium
• Attended twice
• Participated in panel discussions with alumni in sales and marketing
• Extended professional network to the greater Charlotte area
Ohio University Charlotte Networking Week
