Authority Relations and R&D at ACUA
Greater Philadelphia Area
Authority Relations and R&D at ACUA
Greater Philadelphia Area
Ryan Headley is a recent graduate of Rowan University's Rohrer College of Business, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Entrepreneurship.
Ryan's experience includes working with the ACUA in the department of Research and Development where he has executed a formal business plan for a compressed natural gas fueling station project, while also conducting all the necessary market research and analyzing grant funding opportunities and diesel emissions regulations. His R&D responsibilities are centered around environmental issues and alternative energy. He has recently been assigned additional responsibility within Authority Relations.
Prior to this Ryan worked in a law office as the Director of Pre-Trial Discovery where he was responsible for overseeing the discovery process for each case. His day-to-day tasks included answering and propounding interrogatories, gathering evidence documents, coordinating legal information, documenting legal intakes and conducting investigative interviewing.
Prior to this Ryan was head of all marketing activities for two privately-owned franchise establishments. Here at Saladworks LLC Ryan strategically engineered a marketing system and launched several marketing campaigns for franchise owner Frank Sircusano. Ryan's efforts increased sales volume and strengthened the customer base at both locations.
Ryan is also a published writer. He has won national writing competitions, published articles for web content, and some of his freelance works have been purchased for publication, including by online business magazine Capital.com.
Ryan's strengths include, recognizing entrepreneurial opportunities, technical and creative writing, Microsoft Office Suite, strategic decision-making, marketing strategies, managing groups, and communicating information on a broad level.
(Environmental Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
-Working within the Research and Development department to explore alternative energy ventures
-Formulating a business plan for a Compressed Natural Gas fueling station
-Marketing to third party vendors
-Researching DOE, EPA and other funding opportunities for Green projects
-Conducting market research
(Legal Services industry)
August 2008 — November 2008 (4 months)
Prepared investigative discovery for civil litigation cases.
(Food & Beverages industry)
August 2005 — August 2008 (3 years 1 month)
Launched a two store marketing campaign, including: web site development, email campaigns, school programs, sales tracking, surveying, customer feedback system, one-to-one marketing campaign with local businesses, etc.
B.S. , Business Administration/Entrepreneurship , 2007 — 2009
Magna Cum Laude
A.S. , Business Administration , 2005 — 2007
Graduated President's List Honors
Writing, reading, learning new things, entrepreneurship, politics, the environment, chess, sports, movies, history, networking
Sunshine Week Citizen Journalism Award
Title: "A Perspective of Open Source Government"
2008
AFL-CIO Albert Taylor Academic Scholarship
2008
Business Plan Consulting Competition
1st Place- 2008
Financing and Growth Strategies for Honest Tea Brewing Company
Commerce Bank Academic Scholarship
2006
National Dean's List
2005-2007
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society