Samson Wodajo

Samson Wodajo

Student Transition Program (Supervisor)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder & CEO at Axum Global Consulting, LLC

  • Education

    • Webster University

      2014 - 2015
      Master of Arts - MA Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management

      Specialized Masters of Arts degree, pursed in order to advance career as a Contracting Specialist.

    • Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

      2006 - 2010
      Bachelor of Science - BS BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES

      Activities and Societies: • American Marketing Association (January 2008 – May 2010) • Freeman Student Body Government, Senator, (April 2008 – March 2009) • Men Of Color, Vice President, (August 2008 – May 2010) • The Messenger, Business and Marketing Executive, (September 2007 – May 2010) • Student Transition Program (Supervisor) (June 2008 - August 2010) Majors: Marketing and Management

  • Experience

    • Tulane University

      Aug 2008 - Aug 2010
      Student Transition Program (Supervisor)

      🔹Mentored both male and female high school students transitioning to college from high school; chaperoned events, ensuring that students were engaged, and safe.🔹Worked with Tulane professors, faculty and staff to help introduce college life to the students through workshops, and forums.

    • Harrah's New Orleans

      Jun 2011 - Mar 2012
      Room Service Captain

      🔹Management and supervision of room service operations.🔹Scheduling, staffing, inventory orders, and efficiency of department all together.

    • United States Department of Defense

      Oct 2011 - Sept 2021
      Contracting Officer

      🔹Provide contractual support for the procurement and acquisition of both supply and services, ranging from $15,00 to $20 million-dollar contracts to all 180 Marine Corps Reserve Units across the continental US.🔹Proficient at utilization of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and its supplements (DFARS, NMCARS)🔹Proficient at utilization of contracting laws, principles, regulations and policies; including techniques, operational procedures, and processes.🔹Proficient at gathering, analyzing, and evaluating information to make recommendations and/or decisions.🔹Ability to work with multiple stakeholders in order to accomplish program objectives.🔹Ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner consistent with the targeted audience.🔹Ability to plan, organize work, and meet time sensitive deadlines🔹Manage contract performance, through established metrics. Show less

    • Harrah's New Orleans

      Mar 2015 - Jun 2020

      🔹Execute high level events and promotions to retain guest loyalty.🔹Responsible for hiring, firing and developing employee’s growth and career advancement.🔹Responsible for making on the spot business decisions based on various analytical data.🔹Responsible for guest satisfaction, and resolving any guest issues during events.🔹Responsible for building, testing and approving internally built programs.🔹Responsible for managing inventory values ranging from $5.00 to $10,000.00.🔹Responsible for using historical data, including post event analytics and customer survey in order to properly plan future events. Show less 🔹Manage the day to day operations of the Customer Service Department.🔹Responsible for hiring, firing and developing employee’s growth and career advancement.🔹Manage schedules, RTO's, and placement of employees to support other departments.🔹Responsible for gathering and distributing various report to all department heads.🔹Utilize various internal and external systems to intercept and provide immediate response to both positive and negative guest feedback via, Oracle, Sterling, Spreadfast and Bestmark TripAdvisor, Social Media, Internal Surveys.🔹Support 15 key operational departments in identifying, isolating and resolving recurring service issues. Show less

      • Marketing Supervisor

        Nov 2017 - Jun 2020
      • Customer Service Supervisor

        Mar 2015 - Nov 2017
    • Axum Global Consulting, LLC

      Oct 2019 - now
      Founder & CEO

      🔹Full Service Consulting Firm anchored on the principles of Marketing, Management and Mentorship.🔹Make conscious, intuitive and optimal decisions daily, through data and information gathering, analysis, and balancing logic and intuition.🔹Develop, Standardize, and Sustain: standard forms, documents and process and procedures

    • CACI International Inc

      Sept 2021 - now
      Functional System Analyst
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Secret Security Clearance

      United States Department of Defense
      Sept 2021
    • Contracting Authority Level II- $1 Million

      United States Marine Corps
      May 2020
    • Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) LEVEL II Certification

      Defense Acquisition University
      May 2015
    • Excel: VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP for Beginners

      LinkedIn
      Oct 2024
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