Ben Bayer Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Yes, that is my real title, and a fairly accurate one. I am the office administrator for the Google Boulder office and work with our local and remote teams to ensure the office is great place for all of our precious snowflakes. I also am the primary point of contact for our external partners.➢ Works with local schools on STEM outreach➢ Tells the engineers where to plant their butts➢ Plans events of staggering genius and complexity➢ Avoids bureaucracy like the skinny kid in Dodgeball➢ Works with local schools on K-12 outreach, including bringing in groups and arranging presentations from engineers on STEM. Greatly expanded reach of outreach program and set up best practices to ensure visits are productive and enjoyable for both the Googlers and students➢ Serves on office’s “Culture Club,” working with other employees planning office-wide events➢ Works with real estate and facilities teams and managers to plan space for Boulder office➢ Worked with City of Boulder to implement transportation plan necessary for approval for new campus construction➢ Heads up a team of "Space Cadets" from the office to consult and inform on new building construction➢ Mentors other employees throughout the globe➢ Devised and taught multiple trainings for hundreds of employees on productivity, best practices, and corporate tools➢ Worked with a team to create a performance evaluation guide for our job function➢ Works closely with public policy manager to lead community affairs committee, evaluating grant and sponsorship requests➢ Serves on Mosaic, the Boulder employee resource group, to facilitate diversity activities

Mountain View, Ca, Us

This title was chosen by my manager, because he promoted me and had to think of something more expansive than my previous one. I was the executive assistant to Google’s VP of Research. In addition to keeping my exec’s professional life in order, I was tasked with the high-level operations of the organization. ➢ Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives➢ Event planner for NYC Engineering➢ Mover AND shaker➢ Handled all non-technical and logistical components of running the 500+ person organization➢ Managed exec's calendar to maintain work/life balance and to minimize cognitive shifting➢ Lead and mentored a team of 4 administrative business partners➢ Devised and implemented programs which increased exec's favorability score on internal survey and increased communication and data flow within the organization➢ Lead a team to plan NYC's events for thousands of engineers➢ Worked with intern team to help disseminate information and streamline intern process➢ Publishing at Google Project Manager:--➢ Worked with developers to streamline publishing at Google process--➢ Worked with Business Development team and external partners to create open access policy

Mountain View, Ca, Us

➢ Handled the calendars, expenses, approvals, and travel for between 5 and 11 directors and senior managers across 3 teams ➢ Sole administrator and go-to person for a team of several hundred➢ Recognized with over 20 peer-referred bonuses and 4 achievement bonuses➢ Editor-in-chief of the Google Research Blog➢ Responsible for the team’s events budget and for planning and implementing creative, fun, and productive offsites➢ Hosted over 70 speakers and planned, organized, and implemented over 65 offsites, conferences, summits, pow-wows, mixers, and socials, ranging from 10 to 400 people➢ Program manager for Google's digital libraries: --➢ Expanded project to include JSTOR and SpringerLink --➢ Worked with business development team to negotiate contracts➢ Planned and supervised the reconstruction of Research’s offices and worked with architects to create a new innovative, fun, productive, and creative space➢ Revamped Research quarterly goal process to make better use of leadership's time ➢ Worked with 3 other admins to design and build first website for administrative business partners ➢ Worked with NASA/Ames on training event for their leadership

Atlanta, Ga, Us

➢ Designed and maintained two departmental websites ➢ Updated and reorganized program’s filing system and electronic organization➢ Conducted correspondence and acted as liaison between students, department, and administration of five of Emory’s colleges➢ Managed program budget of $150,000 annually➢ Coordinated events, speakers, and conferences for the program➢ Worked with Dr. Sander Gilman to create Health Sciences Humanities initiative to link 3 Health Sciences schools with the Undergraduate and Graduate schools➢ Managed multiple calendars, coordinated meetings, and planned activities for program, director, and students

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Served as a personnel clerk processing reassignments, personnel operations, promotions, and transitions for a battalion of approximately 450 soldiers Basic Combat Training: Learned discipline, organization, teamwork, structure, communications, marksmanship, fitness, and survival