Tristan Sawyer

Colorado Springs, CO

(414) 391-4126

tsawyer2@uccs.edu

http://linkedin.com/in/tristan-sawyer-511588223

Skills: Microsoft Applications, Financial Analysis, Costumer-service, Problem-solving, Event Planning, Teamwork, Marketing, Social-Media Management, Musically Inclined

Educational Experience

College: University of Colorado Colorado Springs, CO                                         Exp. Grad 2025

Bachelor of Innovation with an emphasis in Finance, and a cross-discipline in Creative Communication

GPA: 3.2

High School: Nathan Hale High School, West Allis, Wisconsin                                  May 2021

Highschool Diploma with Honors

GPA: 3.54

Professional Experience

Co-owner: ShineLine Window and Gutter Solutions, Colorado Springs, CO

October 2024, current job

·      Delivering our company to clients through door-to-door sales, talking to upwards of 300 houses a day.

·      Ensuring clean windows and gutters by doing the work with myself and co-owner and putting ourselves in difficult situations such as high rooftops and windows, while staying safe.

·      Creating contracts and self-advertising the business through Microsoft, next-door and Instagram to create security and promote business.

Mascot: University of Colorado Colorado Springs

October 2024 – current job

·      Exciting crowds of thousands of people while remaining content and in character and getting myself (with assistance of my team) through said crowds in extreme heat and low visibility.

·      Sharing special experiences with disabled people and children.

·      Coordinating schedules with the rest of the mascot team to get the mascot to the right place at the right time, with a team of people to support him.

Service Support: Garden of the Gods Market and Café, Colorado Springs, CO

March 2023 – June 2023, September 2024 – current

·      Providing excellent customer service to customers when delivering food and assisting servers to maintain a high rating and social status.

·      Cleaning and restocking all mugs and cups in the restaurant, totaling close to 1,000 cups a day.

·      Bussing tables in a very timely manner to keep up to 400 costumers a day satisfied in both their food and their health.

Server: Springs Orleans, Colorado Springs, CO

September 2023 – April 2024

·      Delivered food to tables with up to 35 consumers, with speed and accuracy, ensuring every consumer is satisfied.

·      Maintained a clean restaurant by sweeping, mopping, wiping tables and chairs, and delivering dishes to their assigned locations.

·      Served up to 100 customers a day with the utmost loyalty to the company and respect to the customer.

·      Communicating with employees of different professions by in for the host, food runners, or bartenders whenever help is needed.

Cashier and Warehouse:Allied Pools, West Allis, WI

July 2020 – January 2022, June 2023 – August 2023

·      Oversaw the cash drawer with sales upwards of $20,000 a day making sure we ended with 100% accurate cash reports.

·      Analyzing water chemistry and pool issues, then using my problem-solving skills and knowledge of water chemistry to help the client fix the issue.

·      Constructed hot tubs and outdoor furniture, and managed solo deliveries of said items with a 100% successful delivery rate.

Leadership Experience

Counselor:Camp LuWiSoMo: Wild Rose, WI, June 2017 – August 2019

·      Served as a counselor-in-training for 3 summers, 3 weeks every summer at an overnight camp for neurodivergent people. Our goal was to give them the opportunity to have a blast at summer camp while learning about Jesus.

Leader: Fellowship of Christian Athletes: West Allis, WI, September 2018 – June 2021

·      Held leadership in my FCA group for 3 of the 4 years I was a member. Tasks included creating devotions, Leading small sermons and prayers, and recruiting.

Historian:Pi Kappa Phi, Colorado Springs, CO December 2023 – December 2024

·      Managing the Instagram account of over 1,000 followers, consistently posting.

·      Set up a formal, alumni barbecue, parents’ weekend, sorority socials and senior nights.

VP of Finance:Inter-fraternal council, Colorado Springs, CO December 2023 – December 2024

·      Created a budget overview, a budget request form, and a fraternity due’s request form. The IFC had fallen apart due to COVID, and I came to the position to restore it.

Additional Information:

Interests: Fishing, Dog, Golf, Triathlons, Working Out, Snowboarding, Guitar, Mixing, Bouldering

Highschool Sports: cross country, wrestling, track, volleyball, dive, golf

Highschool Involvement: Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Spirit Leader, Honor Role

College Involvement: Pi Kappa Phi Historian, Mascot, IFC VP of Finance, IFC VP of Administration, IFC Chapter Delegate, Ability Experience volunteer, Club Dodgeball captain, Intermural sports, RHA Building Representative, Pi Kappa Phi Committees

FIN 3050: Basic Finance

Learned basic functions, terms and tables involved in Finance.

FIN 4950: Ethics in Finance

Learned how to use my personal ethics in Finance.

BLAW 2010: Business and Intellectual Property Law

Learned basic law in working for or owning a business.

Learned how to write a grant proposal.

COMM 2100: Public Speaking

Gained confidence in speaking in front of a group of people.

INFS 1100: Production Apps for the Workplace

Learned many skills to use Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

INFS 3000: Information Systems and Business Intel Impact

Learned how to use Salesforce and PowerBI.

INOV 2010, 3010, 4010: Innovation Team

2010, Analyze and Report: Acted as a member of a team in charge of gathering information and contributing to projects.

3010, Research and Execute: Shadowed the group leader to learn how to properly lead a group while taking on more responsibility through the project.

4010, Design and Lead: Acted as the team leader, proactively working to make sure everyone in my group succeeds, doesn’t feel overtasked, and is still doing a fair amount of work.

INOV 2100: Technical Writing, Proposals, and Presentation

Learned how to create a business proposal, as well as improvision ways of writing.

THTR 2050: Improvisational Theatre

Gained confidence in not knowing what to say and rolling with what is said.

VA 2150: Beginning Digital Photography

Learned how to operate a camera, take pictures, and edit photos.

Now:

I am currently a student at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, sitting at a 3.2 GPA. I am a twenty-one-year-old senior pursuing a bachelor of innovation with an emphasis in Finance and a cross-discipline in creative communication. I would like to say this is the year I locked down on organization and time management. I have a two-year-old German Shepherd, I’m a full-time student (who’s graduating on time), I hold two executive positions in my fraternity, consistently work out and participate in intramural sports, learn music on multiple different instruments, and work 4 jobs: I am a server, the school mascot, run a gutter and window cleaning company, and have a finance internship. I have applied to graduate school for an MBA at UCCS.

Past:

My third year of college, I took on some executive positions in the fraternity and started serving tables.

In my fraternity, every November we have elections. I decided to run for Historian and IFC VP of Finance. I ended up getting both positions. Historian involves lots of big events to host as well as social media management. I oversee our Instagram account, take photos at every event, planning our formal, parents weekend, alumni weekend, sorority socials, and senior nights. As the VP of Finance for IFC, I oversee all fraternity budgets to makes sure purchases align with the schools’ values. I am also in charge of collecting IFC dues from each fraternity to coordinate events for all Greek life. The IFC board had fallen apart over COVID, and when I took this position, I expected some sort of layout but there wasn’t. I developed budgeting tools on excel to give oversight of the budget and guidance to the next VP of Finance, as well as charge statements to send to fraternities to collect dues.

I started working as a server at a restaurant titled Springs Orleans, but unfortunately it closed for renovations while I worked there. It was a good restaurant that taught me a lot about hospitality, balancing stress, and working in a fast-paced environment.

My second year of college, I started bussing tables, took on committee chairman roles in my fraternity, and tried to start the dodgeball club on my campus.

For the record the club dodgeball team was starting to take off. We were looking at eleven guys on our team and the possibility of out of state travel. Unfortunately, I tore my MCL snowboard, and as the captain and starter of the team they kind of fell apart without me.

The chairman roles I took on were for the social committee, the inter-fraternal council (IFC), and the recruitment committee. As the head of these committees, I oversaw connecting with sororities on campus, assisting with event set up, and trying to get potential new members to join my fraternity.

I started bussing tables at this the Garden of the Gods Café with the intention to work my way up to a serving position.

My first year of college, I moved from Milwaukee to Colorado Springs as soon as I turned 18. Moving to be alone gave me a lot of time and flexibility. I joined as a full-time student and decided to rush a fraternity, as well as join the residential hall association as a building representative.

The fraternity I joined is Pi Kappa Phi and is known as a fraternity of gentlemen. I also worked as a door dasher during this time so I could work around my abrupt schedule and still afford to take care of myself. After my first year of college, I had put on some weight and started working out, as well as getting a job as a starter at a golf course over the summer.

Nextdoor page

Shineline is an outdoor care company that my roommate and I own and operate during our senior year of college.