Lauren Metz

Experience

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  Intrax Cultural Exchange

  Mar 2008 - Jul 2010

  In this position, I promoted to launch the first Spanish-speaking international corporate headquarters and eco-tourism division. This included recruiting and training local Spanish-speaking staff, collaborating with English and Spanish divisions to develop sales strategy, and creating an international company blog, website, and social media pages.A key highlight is: • Driving sales and revenue growth by working with Peruvian students and parents in Spanish to present the features and benefits of various group and individual programs. Show less

  • Program Advisor, Office Manager, Sales Specialist

    Mar 2010 - Jul 2010

  • Match Expert and Inside Sales Specialist

    Mar 2008 - Mar 2010
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  Apple Tree Early Intervention Center

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2014

  Bilingual Global Therapist

  In this role, I provided in-home bilingual services for up to 12 families across Northern Orange County. I created physical, occupational, and pre-speech activities for children ages 0-3, most of whom suffered from developmental disorders such as Cerebral Palsy, Down’s syndrome, Spina bifida, and Autism.A key highlight is: • Conducting independent assessments with Spanish-speaking patients and families and translated reports for the regional center in both English and Spanish.

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  SPEECH PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES

  Jul 2013 - Aug 2014

  Administrative Assistant/Speech Pathology Intern

  In this position, I mentored by a bilingual SLP with 30 years of experience in stuttering and fluency while handling business administration. This included coordinating treatment sessions, consulting with parents on sessions and progress, and documenting individual cases. Some notable achievements are: • Being promoted from a volunteer to a full intern/mentorship, gaining first-hand experience with autism, stuttering/disfluencies, and speech/language delays in children ages 1-14.• Serving as a translator for several licensed SLPs. Show less

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  Rental Advantage

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2019

  Sales & Marketing Manager, Social Media/SEO/SEM Specialist

  Primary contact to convert inbound domestic and international leads into clients and assist customers through the sales process to rent, purchase or resell tradeshow displays. Focused on engaging and facilitating ongoing relationships with Spanish-speaking clients. Converted qualified leads into sales through effective communications and persuasive negotiations, forming strong relationships to accelerate sales.

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  ABEX EXHIBITS

  Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

  Project Manager, Customer Service & Onsite Support Rep

  Identified, researched, and engaged with clients for company offering one of the broadest lines of portable displays and counters for conventions and expos in all industries. Processed orders, modifications, and escalated complaints across a number of communications channels. Contracted multiple vendors on behalf of client and coordinated onsite. Ensured customer satisfaction and provided professional customer support. Ended due to COVID.

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  ClientPoint

  Jun 2020 - Dec 2022

  Account Executive, Business Development Specialist, Consultant

  Our enterprise platform helps you easily manage business relationship portals for each of your prospects, customers and partners, where you can schedule, meet, share materials and videos, track and esign documents all in one place - with one link.

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  Open Source Artistry

  Feb 2023 - now

  I am currently in the process of writing, editing and publishing a science fiction digital trilogy. Each novel of encourages the reader to consider a living in a world where science is sufficiently capable of explaining much of what it currently deems “Inexplicable”, phenomenon left to the mercy of faith or magic, abandoned as they are by fact. I am also working with an elite and diverse team of innovators to both conceptualize and execute a disruptive technology to change the way books are consumed and distributed forevermore. My higher education in linguistics, literature and neuroscience and my teams extensive expertise in music theory, sound engineering, and physics it is not only a force to be reckoned with, but one to align with as well. Show less

  • Author + Futurist

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Digital Novelist

    Feb 2023 - now