safull-servicemarketingresearchfirmwhoseclientsareprimarilylargeradiostatioandothermusicorientedmediacompaniessuchascapitalrecords,lesatsrrincludemanagerofnewproductdevelopment(researchproductsandthesoftwaretoan
alyzetheresults),andinternalresearchcoultant(samplingmethodologyandmultivariatestatisticalanalysis)dition,asamemberofthemanagementteamatsrr,iamchargedwithcotantlyworkingtofindmoreefficient,ejoiningsrrasaseniorresearchanalyst,andmorerecentlyasmanagerofresearchanddevelopment,snativeintelligence,greatcuriosityaboutpeopleandideas,dition,hehasdemotratedexcellentpowersofoervation,lustrate…
earlyon,isrolehewasreoibleforthetechnicalaectsofcreatingacomputer-basedsurveyquestioaire(fromonegiventohimbyourclientservicesdepartment),monitoringthetelephonedatacollectionproce,andcompletingthedataproceingandanalysisofthesurveyresults.
fromthebegiingofthisaignment,outpromptingorprecedenceheentseveraldaysworkingoddhours,inafewdayshehadshortenedandclarifiedthescriptevenmore-removingredundantquestio,collaingmultiplequestiointoone,oteamemotoseveralmanagersoutlininghisproposedchangeinmethodologythatclearlydemotrat edthevalueofhisidea:anaualcostreductionofcloseto$50,eendoftheproject,scribedthecharacteristicsandskillsemployedbythebestinterviewershe'ecommendatiowerewellreceivedandsoonimplementedbythev
erymanagerwhosestaffwasbeingcritiqued;suchwasthevalueofhiscontributionandtheskillandseitivitywithwhichhepresentedhisideas.
inproceingthesurveyresults,hongbinalsoquicklylearnedtouseseveraladvancedstatisticaltechniquesincludingclusteranalysisanddiscriminantanalysiswithwhichhehadonlyapaingknowledgepriortotheproject.
hongbinhasalsodemotratedhistechnicalandanalyticalabilitiesinhelpingcreateanewmodelforbiddingonnewbusine,ntly,
hongbinhelpedmeidentifythemostdesirablequalificatioandbackgroundofcomputerprogrammingcandidates,binisnotanativeenglisheakerorwriter,andthus,bothself-confidentandself-deprecating,andhasagreatseeofhumorthathashelpedhimformstrongrelatiohiwithsubordinates,peers,gersinotherdepartmentsfrequentlyseekhisadvice,andhisnameisalwaysatthetopofthelistwhenchoosingteammemberstoearheadimportantcompanyinitiatives.
inalloftheseareas,hongbinwuhasgonebeyondexpectatio,ffortswererecentlyrewardedwithapromotiontothepositionofmanagerofresearch&development.
enodoubtthathewillbeaseriousandenthusiasticstudent,andsomedayaquitesuccefulseniorlevelmanagerorentrepreneurthatyouwouldbeproudtocallanalumni.
sincerely,
markpetermanvice
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