Ryan Brent Reeder's Resume
· Salt Lake City, Utah · · ryan_reeder@yahoo.com · www.oocities.org/ryan_reeder
Ryan Brent Reeder

Statement of Intent

  To gain employment in an organization in which I would have a full disposition to contribute myself entirely without reservation to its greatest success and where I will have the opportunity to maximize my skills, talents, and capacities, thus obtaining the means to further my educational development.
Education

 Brigham Young University
  April 2001   Bachelor of Arts Provo, Utah, U.S.A.
 
·  Major: History
·  Minor: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
·  GPA: 3.11
·  Accepted in "Summer Honors Experience" program, Summer 1994
 Box Elder High School
  June 1994   Brigham City, Utah, U.S.A.
 
·  GPA 3.923
·  ACT 34 (Math 36, English 30, Reading 33, Science 36); SAT 1370 (Math 740, Verbal 630)
·  Voted "Most Likely to Succeed"
·  1993-94 Sterling Scholar--Mathematics
·  1993, 1994 Academic Olympiad Team Member
·  Historical Society Treasurer, National Honor Society Member, Key Club Member
Writing Samples

 
·  Presented Paper "The Fertile Field: A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Andean Nations of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador" at Third Annual Religious Education Student Symposium, February 23, 2001. (www.oocities.org/ryan_reeder/papers/fertilefieldversion2.html)
·  Wrote scholarly paper "'Martyrs in the Cause of the Lord': The Assassinations of Elders Jeffrey Brent Ball and Todd Ray Wilson La Paz, Bolivia, May 24, 1989"
(www.oocities.org/ryan_reeder/papers/ballandwilson.html)
Scholarships

 
·  National Merit Scholarship Corporation (four-year, full tuition)
·  National Eagle Scout Association/Elks National Foundation Western Regional Winner (four-year, $4000)
Work Experience

Granite and Murray School Districts
March 2004-Present Substitute Teacher Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S.A.
· Substitute taught a variety of ages and subjects, including Kindergarten, Middle School Special Education and Advanced Placement High School courses.
United States Postal Service
August 2002-January 2004 Data Conversion Operator Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
· Used data entry skills to process incoming mail.
Convergys, Inc.
October 2001 - May 2002 Customer Service Representative for Nokia, Inc. Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
· Answered incoming customer calls about Nokia phones.
· Surpassed data entry responsibilities.
  BYU Religious Education Department -- Ancient Scripture Division
  September 1997 - April 2001 Research Assistant to Professor Victor L. Ludlow Provo, Utah, U.S.A.
 
·  Evaluated and graded midterm proposals and semester projects for three sections of Isaiah classes.
·  Evaluated proposed 2001 Sperry Symposium papers for inclusion in accompanying book.
·  Research on Covenants for 1998 BYU Devotional Address
·  Research for solicited, unpublished Ensign article
·  Research for proposed BYU Religion Department Book of Mormon Dictionary
·  Substitute for class on two occasions
  Smith's Food and Drug, Inc.
  August 2000 - January 2001 Courtesy Clerk Provo, Utah, U.S.A.
 
·  Helped a local food store company provide a pleasant shopping experience for customers by bagging groceries, gathering carts, keeping the store clean, and performing various other assignments.
  Skillstaff, Inc.
  April 1999 - August 1999 Airbag Module Quality Controller Brigham City, Utah, U.S.A.
 
·  Tested airbag cylinders for Autoliv, Inc. during graveyard shift (17:00-05:00).
  Vector Marketing
  May 1998 - June 1998 Cutco Salesperson Utah, U.S.A.
 
·  Sold cutlery products
  Box Elder School District
  February 1997 - April 1997; September 2001 - October 2001 Substitute Teacher Box Elder County, Utah, U.S.A.
 
·  Substitute taught a variety of ages and subjects, including Kindergarten, Middle School Special Education and Advanced Placement High School courses.
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  January 1995 - February 1997 Missionary Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, Bolivia
 
·  Served as an official representative of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bolivia for two years.
·  Presented the teachings of the Church to people on a daily basis.
·  Learned to live in, adapt to, and love an initially unfamiliar environment.
·  District Leader-- March-June 1995, February 1996; Supervised activities of other missionaries.
·  Zone Leader-- February 1996-February 1997
·  -Served and filled physical and spiritual needs of zones of from 12-18 missionaries.
·  -Statistically top performing zone in the mission during four consecutive months (June-September 1996)
·  -Presented original lessons to missionaries on a weekly basis
·  -Organized group activities
·  -Worked with official government departments to secure immigration, finances, etc.
·  -Continued with regular missionary activities
  Reeder Shady Brook Dairy
  1983 - June 1994 Son Brigham City, Utah, U.S.A.
 
·  Performed a variety of tasks on family dairy farm.
·  Bottled and sold milk and other products for six years 1988-1994.
·  Fed and worked with cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, and other animals.
Skills

 
·  Fluent in Spanish.
·  Reading comprehension of Hebrew
·  Eagle Scout (December 1993)
·  Extensive use of Windows, Internet, WordPerfect
· Familiar with Excel and Powerpoint
· Studied programming languages (BASIC, Pascal, Prolog, Html)
·  Maintain personal website--www.oocities.org/ryan_reeder
·  Type 70 wpm