Owner, ShenzhenParty.com (Shenzhen Party)
China
- Current
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- Founder, General Manager at ShenzhenParty.com
- Past
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- Program Manager at Concord Camera
- Software Engineer at ewatchfactory Inc.
- Staff Consultant at Ernst & Young LLP
- Summer Intern at Delphi Automotive Systems
- Education
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- Michigan State University
- Michigan State University
- Tsinghua University
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Brent Deverman’s Summary
Five years of experience working in China for camera and watch manufacturers while founding the most popular event web site in Shenzhen. My goal is to continue to take advantage of the opportunities available with my ability to speak Mandarin.
Brent Deverman’s Specialties:
Internet Advertising, Event Organization, Event Promotion, PR, Cost Reduction, Performance Measurement, Six Sigma Green Belt & beginning Black Belt Training
Brent Deverman’s Experience
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Founder, General Manager
ShenzhenParty.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
June 2001 — Present (7 years 7 months)
• Generated Business Development from Sales & Marketing to sponsorship, including advertising rate card, training of sales staff and creation of wiki intranet to keep track of clients
• Established and invested in companies in Hong Kong & China, created business plan and dealt with legal and regulatory issues, contracts, billing, recruiting and other business functions.
• Managed team to Develop Content Management System (CMS) based on open source platform administering co-hosted servers to host platform in Hong Kong & China.
• Grew web site content and user reach through Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). (achieved #6 ranking for keyword "shenzhen" on Google)
• Event Marketing through organizing large-scale events including beach parties, theme parties, DJ tours with sponsorship at five star hotels with over 600 people in attendance such as Shenzhen TV Celebrities & Local Press -
Program Manager
Concord Camera
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LENS; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
July 2003 — June 2006 (3 years)
Shenzhen Factory, China / www.concord-camera.com
• Managed cross functional 12 person team producing 15 million single use cameras per year for Kodak OEM project.
• Communicate weekly accomplishments with New York and China based Kodak team.
• Resolve issues and meet targets involving quality, cost, on-time delivery, using Six Sigma tools: SIPOC, DOE, FMEA, Process Capability Analysis, six-up chart key performance indexes with root causes and corrective actions.
• Drive annualized component cost reductions of $200,000USD & annualized production line cost reductions of $100,000USD, under Kodak Operating System principles with Kaizen lean manufacturing training
• Optimized single-use camera recycle body process, adopted Total Part Quality process
• Implemented SAP product cost projection process and BOM restructuring to capture additional recycle costs -
Software Engineer
ewatchfactory Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
Shenzhen, China / www.ewatchfactory.com
• Meet with global partners to design system requirements & execute implementation
• Develop & maintain ecommerce shopping cart platform to take orders for custom watches from partnering corporate clients including NFL, Disney, & Marvel comics
• Develop & maintain backend order management, accounting & tracking software along with servers.
• Program web based system in PHP, Fourth Dimension (4D) using Linux & Mac OS X
• Travel to NYC for 3 months to set up 12 co-located servers and meet with clients -
Staff Consultant
Ernst & Young LLP
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
Ernst & Young LLP / Stuttgart, Germany & Detroit, MI, USA (Client: DaimlerChrysler)
• Traveled to Germany for 3 weeks to share concepts with global partners and work with global team
• Co-created web based drill down & roll up reporting tool
• Prototyped tool functionality using JavaScript & HTML
• Developed web site design standards & tool technical specifications -
Summer Intern
Delphi Automotive Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Automotive industry)
May 1998 — August 1998 (4 months)
Saginaw Division
Take inventory of Delphi Saginaw China components and systems, test inventory for year 2000 problem, plan remediation of problem systems, and remediate problem systems.
Brent Deverman’s Education
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Michigan State University
B.S., Computer Science, August 1995 — July 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- ASMSU Student Government - representative, Chinese Student Coalition - member
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Michigan State University
B.A., East Asian Studies, August 1995 — July 2000
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Tsinghua University
Mandarin Language & Culture January 1998 — August 1998
- Activities and Societies:
- Study Abroad Program
Additional Information
Brent Deverman’s Websites:
Brent Deverman’s Interests:
Chinese Culture, Macintosh Computers, Volleyball, Running, Wine, Drupal
Brent Deverman’s Groups:
ShenzhenParty.com, Shenzhen Party
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Shenzhen Linux User Group
Brent Deverman’s Honors:
Global Engineering Institute Study Abroad - scholarship recipient, Council on International Educational Exchange - travel grant recipient
Brent Deverman’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- new ventures
- job inquiries
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