Ray DeRosa
- Operations and Finance Consultant to Emerging CPG Brands
School Information
School: Temple University
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2008 to 2010
Career Information
Working For:
Title: Operations and Finance Consultant to Emerging CPG Brands
Industry: Food and BeveragesWhat Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?
Building my own company from the ground up.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting gave me the confidence I needed to take a shot right out of college.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
Learned valuable skills that would have been very costly to my business.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
Thank you for taking a chance on a 19 year old kid. Delivering on the promises I made was one of the most fulfilling aspects of College Works Painting.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
Its amazing what you can do at 19 years old.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
If you ever want to be your own boss. College Works Painting will show if you have what it takes.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
There isn’t an internship out there that could prepare you more for the real word than College Works Painting.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
The idea that there are 15 people I have a bond with that I could still call who would help me at a moments notice is something I will never forget.