1. William S. Houlk
336 Old White Road South West Point, MS 39773 662-295-8366 wsh68@msstate.edu
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN BUSINESS ECONOMICS
· Mississippi State University. Starkville, MS. Graduating May 2015
· GPA 3.7/4.0
EXPERIENCE
PROJECT MANAGER.C SPIRE, RIDGELAND,MS. JUNE 2014-AUGUST 2014 (INTERNSHIP)
· I served in an inter-disciplinary, inter-departmental fashion as a PM intern in C Spire’s PMO overseeing
the work of cross-functional teams in the pursuit of completing objectives of a given project. This role
included working with executive vice presidents and the directors of each department represented in
these cross-functional teams which included financial analysts, business analysts, marketing executives,
and representatives from every other department of the corporation that may be needed for any type of
project. This position afforded me a completely new understanding of how the modern, large
corporations of America function in their day to day activities, along with an even more improved set of
communication skills that are vitally important to making these cross-functional teams work in a timely
manner. My computer skills were heavily utilized and improved in this position. These skills serve as
the main tools for communication and also as the tools needed to complete many projects
simultaneously while keeping upper level management informed of the progress on any given project.
SITE MANAGER. HOULK TREE SERVICE,WEST POINT,MS. JANUARY 2010-JUNE 2014
· After spending my adolescence learning the intricacies of the entire family company and graduating
from high school, I was promoted to site manager where I reported directly to the owner. Based on the
owner’s continually changing predetermined conditions for each separate job site, I executed my
communication skills to the crew and constantly conveyed my work ethic to them. At all times, I
maintained constant oversight of the work, and I improved my public relation skills dealing with the
general public and customers as the person in charge of the operations on the ground.
RESTAURANT MANAGER. OLD TOWN GRILL,WEST POINT,MS. MAY 2013-AUGUST 2013
· Being the general manager of a restaurant was a constantly demanding yet often rewarding experience. I
needed the skills listed above. This job especially furthered my marketing and public relation skills. I
learned to work and communicate effectively to different personalities from the waitresses to the kitchen
staff to successfully deliver high quality, efficiently prepared food to a very demanding public. My
communication and public relation skills were sharpened as I made it a point to talk to my customers to
get their feedback. I was able to polish my marketing skills with new items, menus, promotions, and
advertising, which all led to an increase in revenue including the development of a perpetual inventory
system tied into my point-of-sale computers feeding into a computer program allowing me to have
automatically generated order sheets for my food vendors and ultimately cut down on inventory waste.

2. GENERAL MANAGER. HOULK SELF SERVICE,WEST POINT,MS. JUNE 2010-JULY 2012
· As the generalmanager of a gas station, my public relations, accounting, marketing, management,
governmental code compliance, and sales skills were honed and were needed much more than my job
involving a chainsaw. My communication skills were truly improved by successfully dealing with
managing the employees, working with supplier’s and dealer’s representatives to maintain safe and
correct levels of fuel and other inventories, and conversing with the public as a continuous salesman.
My accounting skills were especially tested and improved as I successfully dealt with daily paperwork
to monitor fuel and other inventory levels, cash flows, deposits, expenses,and complied with the
government regulations.
SKILLS
· Unparalleled communication/verbal skills from dealing with the general public all of my life as my
father’s right hand man and work ethic resulting from being a fourth generation lumberjack which
required full days of manual labor when not in school, even starting before my school career began.
· An actual, real understanding of the business world that school does not provide. Years of experience
running my father’s different businesses dealing with constantly changing conditions and using learned
techniques from experience in the shifting macroeconomic landscape give me an advantage over others.
· Prolific knowledge of international equity markets, bond markets of all types, interest rates and their
role in monetary policy, and currency markets. Another financial skill includes attaining true valuations
of stocks with fundamental analysis of balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements,
along with my specialization in the technical analysis of a stock’s chart in gauging its future price
action. Using all analysis methods from simple moving averages to the intricate methods developed to
spot convergences or divergences historically predicting price action. Managing my own portfolio,
trading options since eighteen years of age, massive extracurricular reading, and daily analysis of
financial markets have resulted in these talents along with my current FINRA Series #7 preparation.
· Computer skills including the use of basically any operating system and the extensive use in a corporate
environment leading to the mastery of Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, and others like
SAS.
ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
· Currently licensed in MS as a combined Life, Health, and Accident Insurance Producer.
· Member of the Gamma Theta chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Mississippi State University.
· Served as fraternity’s Pledge Class President during my pledging semester required for initiation.
· Served as the Chairman of Rush (Recruitment) Committee for two years while managing the Rush
budget and selling the fraternalbenefits to young students to convince them to join our fraternity.
· Member of fraternity’s Executive Council serving as Treasurer managing entire fraternity’s budget.
· 3 semesters with President’s Scholar status; 2 semesters with Dean’s Scholar status.
· Served as President of the Student Government Association in senior year of high school.
· Valedictorian of graduating class with 4.2/4.0 GPA and Star Student with an ACT score of 33.
· Captain of the football team, captain of the state champion math and science team in high school.
REFERENCES (available upon request)