Thomas
J. (T.J.) Brown
Phone: 847.707.1455
Education
Loyola University
Graduate School of Business
Chicago,
IL
2005-2009
(expected)
MBA
awarded Nov. 2007; Dean’s Honors
MSIMC
expected completion in Feb. 2009
Concentrations
in Marketing, Management and Finance
Bloomington,
IN
B.A.J.
(Journalism)
1993-1997
Emphasis on print journalism; Second concentration in
business.
Experience
Niles,
IL
Inside
Sales and Marketing Manager
Jan.
2000-present
Assist
outside sales managers with product and customer information. Coordinate and
direct annual sales meeting.
Spearheaded
e-commerce project, which culminated in launch of a new web site where users
were able to browse and purchase Mohawk’s 18,000-plus parts. Oversaw
implementation and serve as main point of contact to more than 400 users.
Developed
and maintain company intranet to centralize internal communication and
resources.
Write
press releases, customer support letters and most other marketing
communication, including price books, customer newsletter and an online news center.
Assist
in customer service, bidding and contracts (assigned to quote parts to five
large municipal transit agencies in the U.S. and Canada), and purchasing.
Libertyville,
IL
Freelance
correspondent
April
2002-present
Cover
high school sports for Illinois’ third-largest newspaper by circulation.
Vernon
Hills, IL
Sportswriter
December
1999-March 2002
Covered local sports for the Lake County bureau of the
chain of suburban weeklies. This bureau’s
four-person sports staff published 13 unique sports sections weekly.
LaPorte, IN
Assistant
Sports Editor
May
1997-December 1999
Designed
layouts, edited copy, and wrote headlines for 13,000-circulation afternoon
daily.
Covered a variety of professional, adult amateur, college,
high school and youth sports.
Volunteer Work
Glenview,
IL
Board
of Governors
March
2005-present
Co-chair
of Chip-in
for Children Golf Outing, which netted more than $60,000 in 2006 and
$80,000 in 2007.
Loyola University
Chicago
Chicago,
IL
Graduate
School of Business Advisory Council
August
2007-present
Chairman
of council Jan. 2008-Sept. 2008
Goal
of council is to bring concerns of students to Dean of GSB and work to
institute change.
Co-chair
of “Dinner With Alumni” series.
Awards and Honors
Alpha
Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor Society), September 2007.
Beta
Gamma Sigma (International Business Honor Fraternity), April 2008.
Hoosier
State Press Association, Second Place Best Sportswriting
15,000 and fewer Circulation Division 1999.
Publications
Co-Authored “Executive Succession in the Family Business: The O’Bannon Exercise” with Anne Reilly, Ph.D; Erin Eddy; Justin Mattice; John Schifferdecker; Julie Taylor; and V. Katie Taylor. Published in 2007 Family Business Casebook Annual by Kennesaw State University.