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Personal Summary
Having always been good at turning challenges into solutions, I found myself pursuing a career in Administrative Services and a degree in Management, Information Systems.
Preferring the people interface and project management aspects of database development, my main focus returned to Administrative Management. I spent the last 8 years of my corporate career managing consultant contracts, payments, incoming workflow, policies/procedures, departmental databases and the expanding and contracting temporary labor force essential to meeting the demands of the publishing industry.
In 2006, my two partners and I developed the Admin and Beyond virtual business model. Encouraged by my partners to take the lead role in the company, I am proud to manage the general operations, marketing, and Administrative and Creative Service Departments. I also serve as the first point of contact and feel there is tremendous value in personal service, especially in a world where most things are automated.
Owning a successful business allows me to continue to assist others in their pursuit of an organized and highly productive business environment, on a broader scale. Working with people who are as dedicated to the success of their business as I am, is what makes the long hours worth doing every day!
Industry Experience
Food Services
Assistant Management
Medical Software
Administrative Assistance
Vendor Negotiations
Creative Services
Desktop Publishing
Publishing/Educational Testing
Executive Assistance
Administrative Support Department Management
Contract Administration Management
Database Project Management
Policy and Procedure Development, Implementation and Management
Event Planning
Intellectual Qualifications
Creative Solutions Oriented
Project Management
Contract Administration
Workflow and Process Improvement
Time and Productivity Management
Quality Control
Data Integrity Management
Data Collection and Reporting
Development, Implementation and Enforcement of Processes and Procedures
Customer Service Management
Training, Evaluation and Assignment of Staff
Creating and Maintaining Budgets
Project Costing
Vendor Negotiations
Event Planning
Personnel Management (35+)
Research
Applied Skills and Software
Microsoft Office Suite (Including PowerPoint)
Microsoft Access (Certificate)
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Adobe Illustrator (Certificate)
Adobe PhotoShop
Adobe Dreamweaver (Certificate)
PC/Microsoft Platform
HTML (Certificate)
CSS (Certificate)
Career Highlights
- Conceived my first data management system to collect, update and share consultant information and assignment tracking (35 person user base).
- Designed and managed a data management system to discover and recoup creative intellectual capital that had been paid for and never used. This project recovered approximately $50,000 worth of “lost” consultant work.
- Recruited by a former supervisor, I moved to San Antonio, TX to assist with start-up efforts of a new division of an international not-for-profit publishing company. The objective was to evaluate the support needs of the division, staff as necessary, set-up consultant workflow policy and procedure, as well as, contract administration policies, in accordance with corporate mandates. In addition, I developed data management systems to store consultant, contract, assignment, and payment information to improve my department’s performance and response time.
- Worked with Accounts Payable Department to reduce consultant pay-outs from 12 weeks to 4 weeks.
- Worked with Corporate Legal Department and Vendor Management to create a standard form agreement (contract) to reduced contract initiation time from 4 weeks to 48 hours.
- Had the distinct honor of having my San Antonio databases recognized by a Corporate VP who requested I enhance and expand my databases to assist and improve performance across all like divisions of the company. This initiative entailed managing a multi-divisional task force to analyze data capturing and reporting functions, develop a framework, train employees and work with a programmer on development.
Education
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Web Design and Interactive Media BS Program
Adobe Illustrator Certificate
Adobe Dreamweaver Certificate
HTML Certificate
CSS Certificate
American Sentinel University
Database and Business Administration
Other
Six Sigma Green Belt Training
After Action Review (AAR) trained facilitator
Microsoft Access Certification
Community Involvement
WINGS Program
Career Services Mentor: 2007 - 2010
Career Services Advisory Board: 2008 - 2010
Business Community Involvement
Hoffman Estates Chamber of Commerce
Fashion Show Committee 2008-2010
