Excellence Synergized.

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I. CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name of Candidate Michelle D. Cruz

Yr & Course 3 BS Management

Position Aspired for *Put a check ( )

President Chief of Staff VP – Special Projects VP – Organization Strategies and Research

VP – Training and Development Secretary General Finance Officer Cluster Head Cluster Secretary-Treasurer

Cluster (for Cluster Head / Secretary-Treasurer Candidates)

Business Cluster

Are you running as part of a coalition? *Put a check ( ) N

o

If yes, what is the name of the coalition? (if applicable) Alab

ESSAY. Explain in 100 words or less why you want to run for the position and the key points of your platform.

After being the business cluster secretary-treasurer, I have witnessed the growth of the eight BC organizations in terms of manifesting their core competencies through their projects and fulfilling the vision they have set for their organizations. This has inspired me to take part once again in the effort to develop active, competent and holistic Ateneans. As a catalyst for change, I will focus on four main areas in the Business Cluster:

(1) Bridging Institutions (2) Social Relevance and Externalization (3) Specialized Training and Development (4) Synergy

Excellence Synergized.

Room 205, Manny V. Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City,

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PLEDGE

I, MICHELLE D. CRUZ , attest to the facts contained in this Certificate of Candidacy and in all other documents required by the Commission on Elections of the Council of Organizations of the Ateneo (COA). I thereby give the COA and the Office of Student Activities permission to evaluate the facts contained in all the documents I have submitted to the COA Commission on Elections.

I swear to uphold the rules stipulated in the COA Code of Electoral Procedures and by the COA Commission on Elections with full awareness that the violation of the said rules would result to possible sanctions as stipulated in the COA Code of Electoral Procedures.

It is my sincere intention to promote a free, honest, and clean election.

MICHELLE D. CRUZ January 20, 2012 Signature Over Printed Name *Submission qualifies as candidate’s signature* Date

Excellence Synergized.

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II. RESUME

MICHELLE D. CRUZ 0917-824-2789 ♦ 659 0215♦ michelleanncruz@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

Ateneo de Manila University | BS Management Mar 2013

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Council of Organizations of the Ateneo | Business Cluster Secretary-Treasurer 2011-Present

• Served as the liaison of the 8 business organizations to other organizations, offices,

and universities

• Instituted several initiatives in helping the business cluster increase

Ateneo org membership to 125%

• Provided visibility initiatives for the business cluster through various school-wide campaigns

BASTON | Founder 2009-Present

• founded the socio-civic organization for the elderly and abandoned in Bahay ni Maria in Laguna

* Encouraged around 200 volunteers from different high schools during its first year of service

John Gokongwei School of Management Week (SOM Week) | Overall Project Head Sept 2011

• Overseer for all the collaborated projects with external stakeholders like Unilever Philippines, Selecta Cornetto, Robinsons Supermarket, Bo’s Coffee, & departments of the JGSOM School of Management (SOM)

Ateneo Consulatants for Organization Development and Empowerment (CODE) | Client Relations Representative and Marketing Head 2011-Present

• Spearheaded leadership trainings, specialized skills training, facilitation, team building sessions and module crafting for organizations within Ateneo

Ateneo Management Association (AMA) | Human Resources Manager 2011-2012

• Leadership Formation Seminar (LFS) Project Head

• Organized a 2-day leadership seminar for the emerging student leaders of the organization

• AMA Socials Night Project Head

• Headed the organization launch for over 800 JGSOM Management students

WORK-RELATED EXPERIENCE

European Chamber of Commerce Philippines (ECCP) | Ateneo Representative Apr–June 2011

• Part of the team that headed the integrity-initiative program of ECCP

• Encouraged other companies to transact business only with ethical companies

Promoted other efforts such as the Integrity Run and Integrity Summit to the Ateneo Community

Gee Line Garments Inc. | Operations Contributor Dec 2010

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A SCANNED PICTURE IS NECESSARY SINCE NO HARD COPY WILL BE

SUBMITTED. Failure to do so will forfeit your

candidacy.

Excellence Synergized.

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• Team created & implemented an operations audit for Gee Line Inc.

Printwell Inc. | Organizational Development Contributor June-October 2011

• Crafted a one year Organizational Development plan for the company

SEMINARS ATTENDED

Ateneo Management Association Leadership Formation Seminar (LFS) 2010-2011

Bridging Brands by Gina Lorenzana, Unilever Regional Category Vice President for Deos Asia 2011

Marketing Matters with Suki Salvador, MEGA Magazine’s Executive Creative Director 2011

SKILLS & INTERESTS

I am very team-oriented. I work effectively with various kinds of people and I make sure that I keep an open mind when deciding for a particular matter with my team. In terms of leadership skills, my experience as the Business Cluster secretary- treasurer of the council has honed my leadership style given that I had to handle 8 000 members in Ateneo. In terms of work ethics, I can very well balance work and leisure and make sure that I keep a positive attitude at work. Other skills and interest include badminton, cooking, foreign languages such as Mandarin and Spanish and lastly, traveling.

III. PLATFORM

Excellence Synergized.

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1. BRIDGING INSTITUTIONS, FOR REPRESENTATION

Details:

A. Visibility & Cluster Awareness Campaign: This campaign would focus on making the executive board and members aware that

they are part of a bigger picture outside the walls of their organizations. This will include the “Meet the presidents and EB

campaign” before the start of the school year, BC Recweek video to foster unity and rapport between the organizations.

B. Standardized consultation, feedback and lobbying system: An online form that will allow the presidents and executive board

members to voice out freely their concerns regarding certain projects, offices, regulations and violations. Aside from the online

form, the BC CHeST would also sit-in EB meetings regularly to be able to have a more in-depth awareness of what the

organization is doing and hopefully, to better cater to their needs.

C. Institutionalize BCB meetings: Regular Business Cluster Board meetings will be set prior the beginning of the semester so as to

have regular updates with the progress of the orgs and the efforts done by COA.

2. SOCIAL RELEVANCE & EXTERNALIZATION THROUGH NETWORKING

Details:

A. Creating ties with external groups whose aims are also in line with doing good business (i.e. Integrity-Initiative program of the

European Chamber of Commerce)

Partnerships can be utilized for future cluster efforts such as SOMweek,

B. BC Gives Back: culminating activity that will utilize the core competencies of the 8 Business Cluster organizations to help the

Ateneo community or a particular cause. This will be the Business Cluster’s way of manifesting “Good Business” in Ateneo.

This may be done during SOM week.

3. SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, FOR FORMATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

Details:

A. BC Summit: specialized trainings conducted for the executive boards of the business organizations that would focus on the

recurring problems of the Business cluster such as project management, teamwork and healthy competition. This will also be a

good avenue to collaborate with other orgs such as AIESEC AdMU or Ateneo Code who specialize on training and

development.

B. Mid Year BC Report – evaluations/feedback conducted by the BC CHeST from the offices and executive Board. The evaluations

will be specialized depending on the structure, goals and needs of the organization. This will be presented to the President during

the BC Evaluation Seminar for a more constructive and objective evaluation.

C. BenchmarC: avenue for the executive boards to discuss their best practices among six department categories grouped using the 4

OD goals and the CC goal. This will be done during the first week of November and last week of February for transition.

4. COLLABORATIONS, FOR SYNERGY

Details:

Promote project collaborations with other organizations from other clusters for diversification and synergy. This will also allow the BC

organizations to see the bigger picture outside the walls of BC. Aside from project collaborations, inter-org gatherings will be organized to

strengthen the rapport between the Business Cluster Organizations.