Steve Schultz

Current

• Business Consultant at State Beauty Supply
• Independant Consultant at The Mitchell Group
• Principal at SP Consulting

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Past

• Collections Specialist at Wells Fargo Financial
• Security Sales Consultant at Icon Security Inc
• Missionary at Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints

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Education

• Drake University
• University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business
• High School

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Recommended

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Connections

113 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• CreateWOWMedia

Steve Schultz’s Summary

Business Intelligence & Growth Strategy consulting as well as Social Media Change Management.

Steve Schultz’s Specialties:

Business/Competitive intelligence in the private equity/venture capital industry, social media development & change management, growth strategy for small business.

Steve Schultz’s Experience

• Business Consultant

  State Beauty Supply

  (Wholesale industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  I provide growth strategy solutions to salons and any licensed professionals in the beauty industry.

• Independant Consultant

  The Mitchell Group

  (Online Media industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Provide Social Media Change Management Consulting for CreateWOWMedia clients. Build the infrastructure, culture, and world of social media for businesses ready to jump ahead and make them technologically INDEPENDENT.

• Principal

  SP Consulting

  (Research industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  I provide business intelligence support including due diligence and competitive research for businesses of any size, primarily those in the private equity and venture capital industry.

• Collections Specialist

  Wells Fargo Financial

  (Public Company; WFC; Financial Services industry)

  January 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  Financial data/credit analysis to sell delinquency programs, sell payment methods to increase companies bottom line, provide excellent customer service to collect delinquent payments from customers and trouble shoot a variety of credit card issues.

• Security Sales Consultant

  Icon Security Inc

  (Consumer Services industry)

  May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)

  Implemented new selling strategies to reach a broader market base, unsupervised work and managed sales and customer service with personal security accounts, learned to gain influence without authority with the other sales consultants in our office, offered promotion to Team Leader/Assistant Manager for following summer.

• Missionary

  Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints

  (Religious Institutions industry)

  November 2002 — November 2004 (2 years 1 month)

  Volunteer service for church and Filipino communities, fluently learned to speak, write, and read in Tagalog (Filipino), managed & lead 30 different missionaries covering 8 different cities, implemented strategies to create efficiency in time management and develop better quality leads, while this was not an actual job the experiences from this service were priceless and helped me develop skills that will be utilized at home, work, and in the community.

Steve Schultz’s Education

• Drake University

  BS BA , Entrepreneurial Management , 2008 — 2009

  Dean's List & Received Presidential Transfer Scholarship (2007-08 & 2008-09)

  Activities and Societies:

  Don Adam's Leadership Academy (2008-2009 Academic Year)

• University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business

  BA , Management and Organization , 2005 — 2007

  Transferred to Drake University after the Fall 2007 semester
  
  Deans list & recipient of University Tuition Scholarship
  
  Received Presidential Honors Commendation from the University of Iowa my Junior year, October 19th 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Was one of 17 student businesses in the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory. (Jan 2007 - Dec 2007)
  Participant in Univeristy of Iowa's Honors program (Fall 2005 - Fall 2007)

• High School

Additional Information

Steve Schultz’s Websites:

• CreateWOWMedia

Steve Schultz’s Interests:

new technology, small business, reading, life optimization

Steve Schultz’s Groups:

•    LDS Professionals
•    Coworking
•    Drake University Alumni (2,000+)
•    Innovation and Entrepreneurship
•    Global Entrepreneurship Week
•    Tweeple
•    Wells Fargo Teammates & Alumni
•    #dmtweetup
•    New Iowa Entrepreneurs' Coalition
•    CarpeDM (Seize Des Moines!)

Steve Schultz’s Honors:

Received Presidential Honors Commendation from University of Iowa (October 19, 2007)
Received Presidential Transfer Scholarship from Drake University (Spring of 2007-08 & 2008-09)
Received University of Iowa Tuition Scholarship (2005-06, 2006-07, & Fall 2007-08)
Nominated for Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards 2008/09

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