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STACEY RUSKIN
68 Central Avenue, #302 | Medford, MA 02155
(954) 235-4370 | Stacey.Ruskin@sloan.mit.edu
EDUCATION
MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Cambridge, MA
Candidate for MBA, June 2017 2015 – Present
• Awarded Dean's Fellowship in recognition of academic record, personal achievements, professional promise
• Technology Club: VP of Content for 2016 MIT Technology Conference
• Product Management Club: Creating a 1-3 year mobile product roadmap for a growing tech start-up
• Active Member of Design, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Media/Entertainment/Sports Clubs
• Sloan Entrepreneurs for Intl. Development: Developed ecotourism online platform in Ecuador financial models
STANFORD UNIVERSITY Stanford, CA
BA in International Relations; Minor in Modern Languages 2006 – 2010
• Concentration: Comparative International Political Economy, GPA: 3.71/4.00
• Awards: Chicano/Latino Community Highest Academic Honor (2009) and Sr. Academic Excellence (2010)
• Study Abroad at Stanford's Bing Overseas Studies Program in Florence (Fall and Winter 2008-2009); Program Student-
Advisor and On-Site Student Ambassador
• Social Media Marketing Intern, www.intoscana.it (2009): managed initiatives to increase English user base
EXPERIENCE
C SPACE Boston, MA
Consumer insights agency helping companies design consumer-centric products and experiences 2011 – 2015
Consultant, Analysis and Storytelling (Promoted from Associate Consultant in 2012)
Consumer Research, Analysis, and Reporting
• Collaborated with team members to gather and translate clients' business objectives into effective consumer research
plans, including usability studies, A/B testing, personas, ethnographies, heat mapping, card sorting, diaries, and surveys
• Conducted multilingual and multicultural analyses of qualitative and quantitative consumer research
• Crafted compelling reports by synthesizing findings into actionable and viable recommendations using a variety of data
visualization techniques to highlight key insights; reports were shared among C-suite executives at client organizations
• Presented findings to clients that inspired research, increased scope, influenced product/experience innovation
Product Design & Innovation
• Informed re-design of a rewards program to increase user engagement and identified an opportunity to create a product
designed to grow digital movie watching and purchasing behavior for a major entertainment company
• Defined features and positioning of various health and nutrition consumer goods currently being developed, and
influenced strategies for evolving brands of a global nutrition and weight management company
• Guided user experience and content improvements to increase user engagement with the websites and apps of a global
nutrition and weight management company and of a leading pharmaceutical company's products
• Advised Mexico's second largest bank on enhancements to its products to better solve for consumers' needs
Office Leadership and Cross-Collaboration
• Led closely, with the product team, the localization of C Space's software for eight new markets and supported the
localization of the software, iPhone, and Android apps in Italian
• Ideated and planned, as part of a team of four, the first company Hackathon, now a yearly tradition
• Established international project operations for in-language communities and trained three project managers in London
and Shanghai offices after leading cross functional teams in managing launch of online communities for over 65 clients
• Collaborated with colleagues in the London office to shape a multi-country marketing campaign for a multinational
alcoholic beverages company
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Languages: Spanish (native), Italian (fluent), French (conversational) and Portuguese (conversational)
• Computer Skills: Basic HTML, CSS, and Dreamweaver; Adobe Photoshop, AtTask, Exact Target
• Interests: Health, fitness, and nutrition enthusiast (self-taught weightlifter, member of MIT Water Polo Club, formerly
one of Colombia's fastest competitive swimmers), creating the perfect playlist, traveling