Christopher J. Creed
386 Columbus Ave., #16A
NY, NY 10024
212-769-1454 (h)
917-319-0268 (c)

Education

Work Experience

Pre-graduation Employment

  • Brown University, Division of Engineering
    Box D, Brown University, Providence, RI
    Brown's business and Entrepreneurship classes are taught in the Division of Engineering.

    Teaching Assistant, Entrepreneurship I (Fall 2000)
    Continued research for Professors Crawford and Suuberg and assisted as advisor to students currently talking the course.

    Research Assistant, Professor Eric Suuberg (Summer 2000)
    Gathering research for an upcoming book on Entrepreneurship.

    Head Teaching Assistant, Managerial Decision Making (Spring 2000)
    Worked with Prof. Crawford in designing lecture slides, organizing sections, grading papers, etc.

    Research Assistant, Professor Gregory Crawford (Winter Break 1999-2000)
    Gathering research for an upcoming book on Entrepreneurship.

    Head Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Business Management (Fall 1999)
    Working with Prof. Hazeltine, I am helping him decide which HBS cases to use in class discussion, maintain the web pages, keep papers organized, etc.

  • Summer Interviewer, College Admissions Office (Summer 1999)
    The College interviews prospective applicants, should they wish to be interviewed, the summer between their junior and senior years of high school. In order to not tie up the Admission Staff, the College hires rising seniors to evaluate these prospective applicants.

  • Brown University's Brown Student Agencies (May 1997 - May 1999)
    Box 1146, Providence, RI 02912 (401) 863-9252
    BSA is the university's student run business. Founded in 1969, it provides services and products for students. During my tenure, BSA employed about 70 students, 20 in a managerial capacity. The annual budget for BSA is about $300,000; with gross assets totaling over $500,000.

    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Served as BSA's senior executive for over a year. Directed and wrote the buyout of @EDU Technologies, Inc., a student venture originated by Brown students, totaling over $30,000 and oversaw its incorporation into the company. Responsible for keeping good relations between BSA and other University departments. Oversaw renovation and construction plans for potential move (University pulled the project). Ended fiscal year over $10,000 better than previous year.

    Exec. Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
    Responsible to the President for BSA Publications ($50,000 division that publishes the yearbook, the Brown University directory, and Around and About Providence, the commercial guidebook to Providence) and BSA Retail (two store locations, totaling $200,000 in gross sales). During this year, sales exceeded projections by over $10,000. Responsible for long term planning (leading to the eventual close of one of our retail locations for cost savings purposes). Co-founder and COO or Brown BAG Advertising (on campus promotional advertising agency) and BSA Web Publishing.

    Vice President, Sales and Marketing
    Oversaw $100,000 purchase of new equipment for BSA's rentals division. Responsible for summer and back-to-school sales periods. Instituted new products and selections (inc. futon sales and new retail store on Thayer Street). During my tenure as VP/Sales, Summer sales exceeded plan by 600% and BTS by 235%.

    Manager, Rentals Division
    Responsible for the $100,000 rentals division, inc. P/L responsibility.

  • Legislative Intern, United States Senate, Office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Fall Semester 1996)

    Please contact me for information about my employment history before 1997.

    Invited Lectures and Published Works

    1. Brown University Economics Department - Guest lecture for the advanced Financial Markets class (2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005).

    2. Creed, Crawford, and Suuberg, Report on the First Academic Year of the Brown University Program in Entrepreneurship
      A proposed paper to Journal of Engineering Educatiors on the results and successes of the first year offering of EN193/4 (the two semester Entrepreneurship sequence)

    3. Creed and Crawford, NSF Grant Review and Assesment, Oct. 2000
      Presentation given to engineering education society conference on the Engineering 193/4 class and associated topics on teaching real-world skills in engineering departments.

    4. ECBC Covered Bond Conference, Panel Member (September 2010; Zurich, Switzerland)

    5. ASF Annual Meeting, Panel Member (June 2011; Washington, DC)

    Appointments and Leadership Positions

    • St. John's High School
      Member, Finance Committee (2011 to Present)

    • The Beckett Foundation
      Board Member (2005-Present); Vice President (2006); Student Representative (1999-2000)
      The Beckett Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation designed to raise funds for the Brown/RISD Catholic Community. Two students sit on the Board along with around twenty alumni.

    • Brown University
      Member, Advisory Committee on University Planning 1999-2000
      ACUP is the University’s Corporation-Committee designated with the responsibility of deciding the budget for the $350 million institution. Four undergraduates sit on this committee along with six faculty and six staff members, chaired by the Provost.

    • Youth basketball and baseball coach 1998-2000
      Indy Rockers homepage

    • Instructor of Religious Education, Holy Rosary Catholic Church 1997-2000
      Teach two courses in religious education, the first designed for high school students preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation, and the second for adults also preparing for the Sacrament.

    • Brown University
      Member, Red Tape Reduction and Administrative Savings Committee 1998-1999
      A twelve member advisory committee, chaired by the University's CFO and; commissioned by the President of Brown University, consisting of two undergraduate students (myself and the President of the Student Body), where we represented the concerns of 6000 Undergraduates and 2000 Graduate and Medical Students. Involved with the subcommittee member of the teams formed to overlook the Student Information System, the Registrar's Office, and management of physical space

    • Member, Brown/RISD Catholic Parish Council 1997-2000

    • Invited Judge, Harvard University Debate Tournament, New England Debate Circuit 1996-1998

    • Student Council Member and Finance Committee Chairman, 1995

    • Member, National Honor Society

    Skills

    • Language Skills: Basic knowledge of Japanese, French, Spanish and Russian.

    • Computer Skills: Bloomberg, Windows 95&98/NT, Macintosh, Unix (Free BSD, Red Hat Linux, Solaris) MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access) Matlab, General Network Knowledge, Adobe PhotoShop and PageMaker, HTML Authoring, various statistics programs, etc.

    • Personal Skills: I really enjoy working with and meeting people. In my capacity both as a supervisor and as an admissions interviewer, I have had the pleasure of meeting and conducting hundreds of interviews. I also really enjoy group projects and team work.

    Questions? e-mail me!