OBJECTIVE - Professional available for new opportunitiesI’m looking for opportunities in business that will take advantage of past work experiences and make use of my strengths and skills so I may contribute to a company’s success and grow as an employee.I am currently looking for work in either of the following fields:1. Non-Profit2. HiTech3. Public and Private SectorPositions could either be contract, full time or part-time

Provided support for the Directors, 2nd Line Managers and Managers and their direct reports in both a Hardware/Software environment.• Co-edited the monthly Administrative Newsletter, as well as contributed monthly articles.• Worked on special projects for tax/finance departments for Cisco Canada. Also found overpayment to vendor of thousands of dollars.• Updated and maintained Director’s and Manager’s calendar while coordinating meetings across several countries and time zones.• Offered internal training to new hires/acquisitions in Canada which included the creation of training manuals for internal applications.• Trained and mentored new administrative assistants by making them feel welcome and provided the knowledge and training required to excel in their careers.• Coordinated and set up site wide events, team events and training sessions. • Assisted with special projects including office moves, office renovations and meeting room renovations as a result of contract negotiations with a vendor and was able to save Cisco over $20K.• Acted as a liaison and maintained open lines of communication among senior executives, directors, senior management and administrative staff.• Co-ordinated the Asset Management Program for Cisco Canada which entailed1) ordering laptops for employees 2) resolved ordering problems • Made travel arrangements and processed and prepared expense claims. In addition, trained individuals on the new process.• Collected, prioritized and entered quarterly budget and travel requests from the management team.• Processed and traced quarterly equipment orders; maintained tracking spreadsheet to optimize spending.• Assisted Finance Manager with monthly accounting work - recorded monthly journal entries, worked with external auditors on tax credit program (Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program • Served as an effective task force member of new implementation of Procurement Operations for North America