George Hwang

I am extremely interested in developing ideas and strategies that potentially help businesses and corporations. My extensive international experience in Asian languages and cultures would also be a great asset to your company.

PRIORITY METRICS GROUP Market Research Firm Plano, Texas USA
Senior Market Research Consultant 2011
 Managed and conducted global primary and secondary market research with over 50 experts, consultants, exporters, associations,
vendors, and customers in the Coal Industry to discover opinions, financial statistics, and benchmarks to aid the client in expanding
operations to new areas
 Initiated an intensive study on the Oil-Water Separation (OWS) industry to interview 110 shipyards, fleet owners, ship-owners, and naval
architects to benchmark OWS features, find optimal pricing points, enhance existing and add new features, and gauge perceptions on
quality, service, products, and growth.
BRANDWIDTHRX Health/Pharmaceutical Consumer Insights Firm Plano, Texas USA
Senior Consumer Insights Consultant 2011
 Conducted a study of Chinese online forums to analyze consumer minds, behaviors, and patterns of the Chinese Cold industry, in order to
better understand how to market a client’s new cold medication.
 Calculated and projected an estimated Overactive Bladder (OAB) market size for online OAB conversations, for women over the age of 50,
and also benchmarked this data with density comparisons of related disorders (such as Cancer, Asthma, etc…)
MELTWATER NEWS Online Media-Monitoring SaaS Firm Austin, Texas USA
Business Development Consultant 2010
 Built professional relationships with C-Level Executives from large multinational corporations, mid-sized companies, and start-up
organizations.
 Managed the entire business development process from lead prospecting and cold-calling to closing and contract negotiations.
 Extensive research on multiple industries (healthcare, financial services, IT, etc…) creating specific value propositions on how Meltwater
News software can be adapted across departments (i.e. public relations, marketing, communications, business development).
ACCENTURE IT Consulting Firm Austin, Texas USA
Consulting Analyst 2007 – 2009
 Consulted with several clients through different projects on all aspects of the IT life-cycle including initial analysis, requirements gathering,
project management, software deployment, creating training materials, and training client employees on new and updated software
systems.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Moore School of Business, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, SC USA
School of Economics and Management, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY Beijing, CHINA
BEKKA Program, WASEDA UNIVERSITY Tokyo, JAPAN
International Master of Business Administration (IMBA), Strategic Management
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, SC USA
Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Computer Information Systems
Minor in Business Administration
Outstanding Senior Award (Graduating Rank #1 in Major)
TECHNICAL SKILLS

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Google Adwords, Google Analytics, SEO, WordPress, MAC, UNIX, Visio, MS Project, MS Access DB, MS Excel, Keynote, HTML, Java, C++,
Microsoft .NET, SQL, ITG, TestDirector, SharePoint, Visual Basic.

PROFESSIONAL/RELEVANT ACTIVITIES
National Scholars Honor Society 2006 – Present
Golden Key Honor Society 2002 – Present
Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honor Society 2004 – Present
Pi Mu Epsilon Math Honor Society 2002 – 2004
Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society 2002 – 2004
All-American Scholars Publication 2001 – 2002
Dean’s List Publication