David Truong

I am an administrative professional with over 8 years of experience in hospitality and tourism, healthcare, and higher education. Over the last 4 years, I worked in academia supporting principal investigators in grants budget and assisting in post-award funding through multiple wet bench, clinical, and global studies. Currently, I am in higher education building and maintaining partnerships in employer branding while maintaining the department's budget.

Assistant Director

Bentley University, Waltham, MA USA

Sept 2021 – Present

• Coordinate, plan, and manage university programs for undergraduates and graduate’s students including faculty summer research, employers’ partnership externships, and university-wide semi-annual recruitment fairs
• Continuously leading dialogues with a high number of new and existing employers to discuss recruitment needs and strategize sessions and events that will maximize the career placement efforts for the university and the account.
• Driving strategic and hand-held initiatives to secure individual students obtaining more internships, part-time, and full-time career placements by direct contact with employers.
• Generate bi-weekly reports and analyze yearly reports for student demographics to present to stakeholders.
• Student relationship management 
• Advisory on cross-cultural understanding of international students’ visa status in their career search; articulate the importance of diversity and sponsorship to key employers’ recruitment initiatives.

Administrative Assistant and Operations Coordinator 

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Jul 2019 – Dec 2021

• Supported Research operations for the Associate Chair of Research, Administrator, 18 faculty members, and 23 staff members.
• Coordinated with Principal Investigators post-award duties including journal entries and budget monitoring of lab equipment and supplies purchases –over 29 active grants ranging in funding from $50K to $5M after indirect costs.
• Spearheaded department’s research administrative procedures by meeting with each study group’s Project Managers – improved operational lead times from 1-3 months down to 2-4 weeks.
• Acting Education Program Manager from September 2020 – January 2021 for interns, residents, and fellows.
• Created detailed manuals, 5 interactive training videos, and a manual Excel Supplier Relationship Management of all Research Administrative duties in the department prior to my departure on September 24, 2021

Sales Manager

Hilton Boston Dedham, Dedham, MA USA

Oct 2018 – Apr 2019

• Contracted and booked group bookings and catering.

Hotelbeds, Remote, USA

Feb 2018 – Oct 2018

• Contract negotiated strong commercial conditions for hotels. 

Aug 2017 – Feb 2018

• Group room blocks.
• Conducted sales calls prospecting in cold calls, on-site visits, and in-person tours.

Expedia Group, Inc., Boston, MA USA

Aug 2015 – Jun 2017

• Market focus in the Northeast region, account managed 800+ hotels in ensuring rates and availability are competitive on all channels. 

Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management, University of New Hampshire (2015)