John Mizell
860 North Orange Ave. APT 445 • Orlando, Florida, 32801 • Phone: 407-760-8815
Email: jmizell@thehandlet.com

Education
University of Central Florida
 Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, • Orlando, FL	December 2007 	
Employment History
The HandLet, LLC
Managing Member, Orlando, FL	April 2010-present
•	Invented the product TurnTabletTM, an ultra rugged iPad case with a rotatable handgrip. The product has been licensed to Real Simple Ideas, LLC., under their brand HeadcaseTM.
•	Sourced manufacturing in China and the United States.
•	Marketed the TurnTabletTM  and other HeadcaseTM  products at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.
Orange County Public Schools
Certified High School Science Teacher, Orlando, FL	August  2009-present
•	Awarded $9,827 in grants from The OCPS Foundation and Progress Energy to increase experimental investigation and technology applications in the classroom. Assisted in grant writing for over $7,000.
•	Represent Freedom High School as member of the Science Leadership Academy for Orange County Public Schools.
•	AP Environmental Science, Biology (Honors and Regular), and Advanced Integrated Science.
•	AP Environmental Science, AP exam pass rate of 47%. Highest in school’s history.
•	Selected to attend Plant Camp 2013, Florida Forestry Teacher Tour 2012, and Florida State University’s Bioscopes 2012. All were highly competitive in acceptance.
•	Attend NSTA and local professional development to stay current in my field.
•	Attend the annual Envirothon Competition with my AP Environmental Students for the past 3 years. Two groups for 2012 scored in the top 10 out of 84 teams.
•	One of ten (out of nearly 135) teachers chosen to pilot the Flipped Instruction program at our school.
•	Created and managed Freedom High School Think Tank.  A club to teach the process of inventing and investing.
•	TEFL certification in progress.
Fastenal
Outside Sales, • Winter Park, FL	March 2008- August 2009
•	Ranked 4th out of 2,006 outside sales representatives within first 3 months of employment.  Placed in the   top 5% for the month of June 2008, top 6% for December 2008, and top 1.8% for February 2009.  Managed
between 100-150 different accounts, and have activated over 55 new accounts in the first year (13 in March). Gross sales in first year of $137,317 at an average margin of 58.24% (range 90.44 – 44.52).
University of Central Florida
Research Assistant, • Department of Biology, Orlando, FL	2004-2007
•	Presented and defended complex data to fellow students, graduate students, and scientists at the South Eastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence, as well as to five different advanced biology classrooms in the Orange County Public School system.
•	Data collection and analysis (using Microsoft Excel and Adobe Observer) of an interspecific relationship between Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) and Suricates (Suricata suricatta) as part of a REU awarded by National Science Foundation.  The study was conducted for three months in South Africa, summer   2006.

Additional Skill
•	Proficient in instructional video creation for flipped instruction (Screenflow, OmniDazzle, Explain Everything, and Avid movie editing). http://www.youtube.com/user/teachermizell
•	Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and some of the Adobe Creative Suites (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Observer).