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Resume

Vasylisa Badan

141 Piedmont Avenue NE, Mailbox 840, Atlanta, GA 30303 | ------------ |------------

CAREER SUMMARY

Dedicated Public Administrator specializing in planning and economic development. At the United Nations, reduced fuel consumption of peacekeeping operations by 10% and developed a Continuous Business Improvement training for senior UN managers using results-oriented management techniques and Lean Six Sigma. Trained in finance, public law, statistics, GIS, IT project management. Taught at graduate and undergraduate levels in the US and Ukraine. Hold two Master’s degrees and speak six languages.

WORK EXPERIENCE
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Aug 2018-Present
Department of Public Management and Policy
Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Microeconomics
• Taught international economics and market failure policy interventions
to 40 graduate students; graded papers and homework

Graduate Research Assistantship Aug 2017-May 2018
• Conducted graduate-level research in organizational leadership
and funding issues in NGOs

UNITED NATIONS May-Aug 2018
Department of Field Support
• Found a way to reduce fuel consumption of peacekeeping operations by 10% while
doing a longitudinal and cross-sectional budgeting analysis
• Developed a Continuous Business Improvement training for senior UN managers
• Developed 20 reporting packages for the UN Field Budget and Finance Division
• Voluntarily organized an official conference between the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the
United Nations and the UN interns.
UN experience as described in the Georgia State University magazine: https://news.gsu.edu/2018/12/28/united-nations-internship-hones-vasylisa-badans-m-p-a-19-future-goals/

UPCLICK (IT sector) | Kharkiv, Ukraine Jun 2015-Jun 2017
• Managed remote technical support to clients from 9 countries
• Managed sales and retention cases in English, French, German and Italian
• Successfully trained a group of new technicians

ATLANTA CENTER FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY Aug 2014
• Developed a distance learning course for homeless people

KHARKIV CITY COUNCIL | Kharkiv, Ukraine Sep 2013-Jan 2014
Translated 49 governmental and intergovernmental documents
from and into English, German, Russian and Ukrainian
EDUCATION
Master of Public Administration May 2019
Georgia State University: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Concentration on Planning and Economic Development; advanced coursework
in economics, statistics, planning; Dan Sweat Fellow (full tuition support)

Master in German, minor in English and Italian Jun 2015
V. N. Karazin National University, Ukraine. Honor graduate

Bachelor in German Jun 2014
V. N. Karazin National University, Ukraine. Honor graduate
Taught German to a middle school class for a month.
Worked as a substitute German teacher for an undergraduate class for two months.

Administrative Law, Political Studies, Italian Literature May 2014
University of Padua, Italy | Course Certificate

French-Russian translation Mar-Apr 2012
Bordeaux Montaigne University, France | Course Certificate

IT Project Management Jan 2017 Spalah IT-School | Course Certificate
¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬VOLUNTEER ACIVITIES
Ukrainian Frontiers NGO Jul-Sep 2015
• Monitored living conditions of 87 war refugees from Eastern Ukraine

DePaul Ukraine Sep 2013-Jan 2014
• Participated in a support program for homeless Ukrainian women
and children who are victims of domestic violence. DePaul’s essay on my experience: ------------/2014/01/volunteer-vasylisa-speaks-about-her.html

YWCA, Atlanta, Georgia Jun-Aug 2013
• Served as an Assistant Teacher for a 4-year-old class

Global Village Project, Atlanta, Georgia Aug 2012
• Tutored refugee girls from Southeast Asia

Euro-2012 (European Football Championship held in Ukraine and Poland) Jun 2012
• Interpreted for German and Dutch football fans
• Assisted with the administration of the fans’ accommodation
LANGUAGES
• Ukrainian (native)
• Russian (native)
• German (fluency: Bachelor and Master)
• Italian (fluency: studied in Italy)
• French (fluency: studied in France)
• English (near-native)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Expert: SPSS | ArcGIS | MS Word |
MS Excel | PowerPoint | STD clean | remote control assistance | website prototyping with Axure, Balsamiq.