John Honey
- Sr Marketing Operations Manager
- Fictiv
School Information
School: University of Utah
College Major: Other
Years at College Works: 2005 to 2006
Career Information
Working For: Fictiv
Title: Sr Marketing Operations Manager
Industry: Manufacturing
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
Delivery.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
Set me up for managerial duties.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
Numbers, profit/loss, execution and operations.
How have the friendships and networks you built during CW affected you?
Paid interview in SFO fly-out. Did not take role, but still fun.
If you had to come up with a one line slogan for CW, what would it be?
Own your own business, with the backing of 30 years of experience.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Learn from your mentor, and also, from the other territory managers. Best practices makes the best teams.
Many college students struggle to choose between an internship specific to their target industry or doing CW. What advice would you give them on this subject if they wanted to enter your career field?
The execution and operational management spans all careers.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
Learn Excel, gain operational execution (actual project) experience.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Leading new sales teams into new territories.
Last words of wisdom?
All about doing what you say, and having a realistic understanding of stretching yourself as to what you say you will accomplish.