To Whom It May Concern:

Please consider me a reference for Florian Mettetal. I worked closely with Florian while he was an undergraduate. During that time he served as a founding father to launch a small colony of enthusiastic men to charter a fraternity. Despite his hard work and dedication to this effort, the endeavor took longer than anticipated, and this coincided with many key men graduating and a loss of momentum and morale. Florian set himself apart by seeking to revitalize this effort by working with experts on recruiting and retention and making some fundamental changes to the organization, including seeking me out as a new and more active colony advisor. I was initially skeptical of the offer over the telephone but agreed to meet with him and his executive council on a weekend. The gentlemen were prompt, unified, and well led by Florian into direct conversation. Florian was well aware of chapter statistics and particular milestones that needed to be met, and had a firm grasp on his team’s strengths and weaknesses.

Florian took to this effort as if it were his own personal business; in many ways establishing a colony and chartering a fraternity is just that – working with Nationals and other significant adults within the academic environment to create a franchise, while at the same time using entrepreneurial skills to brand a particular chapter. Florian was successful at generating his own ideas, as well as assimilating the ideas of others (myself included) to meet common goals. Florian rose to the occasion of covering other officers’ duties and helped in a myriad of other ways to meet deadlines and make chartering a success. Greek Life is often focused on social aspects. Florian made strong efforts to ensure that the service side of the fraternity was known to the community. He contributed to making the ACE Project (a cornerstone of Sigma Pi) a major event worthy of receiving National’s Executive Officer’s attention.

My expertise is in staff development. During our year working closely together Florian sought me out for mentorship and guidance in several aspects of his development as a student, a young adult, friend, and a professional. I was impressed that he asked me to share my insights with him regarding his working relationship with others. I witnessed him use those insights to develop stronger relationships. Florian is one of the most forward thinking and at the same time introspective thinkers that I have met. These aspects of Florian’s character, combined with his enthusiasm and idealism, strike me as valuable assets to an employer or organization. I would not hesitate to employ Florian if I was in the position, and I strongly urge you to consider the same. Please feel free to contact me if I can provide further information or clarification.

Sincerely,
Christopher Monza

Dear Sir/Madame,

In my experience with Florian he has been a positive intelligent force and a goal oriented leader. I have known him since 2004 and began working with him at Arvixe in early 2011. During training and as a supervisor he effectively communicated the things I would need to know to fill a role within the company and move into his position as the manager of the Sales and Billing Department. Since then the department has grown and documentation first written by Florian is now being published for staff-wide use. Florian promoted me to take his place as the Sales Department manager, so he could focus his efforts in creating the Marketing Department and inherit the Affiliate Channel Manager duties from the CEO. As the Affiliates and Marketing lead Florian has been a driving force in the consistent growth of Arvixe and should be held partly responsible for being listed an Inc. 500 company.

Sincerely,
Anthony Shephard