Business Development @ From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) Greater Chicago AreaDirector of Business Development @ From September 2013 to June 2014 (10 months) Greater Chicago AreaFinancial PR/Crisis Management Intern @ From June 2013 to August 2013 (3 months) San Francisco Bay AreaOfficer @ Capital Investments at Berkeley is a student-run initiative that aims to educate UC Berkeley students on necessary skills for trading alternative investment products. Through our Capital Investments Fund, students will gain first-hand experience in exploring and executing various trading strategies, while seeking to deliver long term and consistent absolute returns. From January 2013 to May 2013 (5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaResearch Assistant @ Research Assistant to Mark Bevir, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for British Studies.
• Reading a wide range of texts by political philosophers and theorists, concentrating on the organisation of knowledge in Great Britain and how it developed and changed over the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Synthesising authors’ arguments into short summaries to present bi-monthly to Professor Bevir.
• Assisting with the preparation of a May 2013 British studies conference, funded by the CBS’s Mellon Grant and attended by British political and philosophical scholars from around the world. From August 2012 to May 2013 (10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaBusiness Development Intern (Sector Focus: ICT, Food & Drink, Financial Services) @ From June 2012 to August 2012 (3 months) Greater New York City AreaParliamentary Assistant @ Parliamentary Assistant to Kenneth Gibson, Member of Scottish Parliament From September 2011 to May 2012 (9 months) Edinburgh, United KingdomHuman Resources Intern @ From June 2011 to August 2011 (3 months) Modesto, California AreaIntern @ From November 2010 to May 2011 (7 months) Account Executive @ From May 2010 to December 2010 (8 months) San Francisco Bay Area
Master of Business Administration (MBA) @ The University of Chicago Booth School of Business From 2015 to 2018 B.A., History @ University of California, Berkeley From 2009 to 2013 Economic History @ University of Edinburgh From 2011 to 2012 Elli Olson is skilled in: Client Development, Lead Generation, Pipeline Development, Research, Advertising, Customer Relations, Social Media, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Cold Calling, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Leadership, Event Planning, Business Development