Bruce Block Email & Phone Number

District Of Columbia, United States

Senior Executive Assistant to the President Provided complex confidential administrative and finance-related support to the President of the Academy.• Screened calls and visitors and independently resolve inquiries.• Maintained relationships with the offices of Government Officials, International colleagues of the President and visitors at all levels.• Managed the Presidents email, provided a daily, prioritized summary for decision making and prepared responses to both internal… Show more Senior Executive Assistant to the President Provided complex confidential administrative and finance-related support to the President of the Academy.• Screened calls and visitors and independently resolve inquiries.• Maintained relationships with the offices of Government Officials, International colleagues of the President and visitors at all levels.• Managed the Presidents email, provided a daily, prioritized summary for decision making and prepared responses to both internal and external requests.• Prioritized, scheduled and maintained the Presidents calendar using both Microsoft and Google applications.• Planned and initiated conference calls and video meetings on a wide range of platforms, including Zoom, Teams, WEBEX, Skype as well as pre-testing for compatibility.• Coordinated and planned meetings, developed detailed travel itineraries (both domestic and International), secured related travel arrangements, and prepared reimbursements in CONCUR.• Served as the primary office resource regarding financial activities including preparing and tracking travel expense reimbursement invoices, third party external payments and monitoring monthly financial statements to ensure that expenses remain within budget parameters.• Designed and maintained processes/procedures to ensure effective and efficient operation of administrative operations, office operations and personnel.• Attended meetings, utilized Share Point for maintaining files of meeting minutes, conducted follow-up on agreed action items.• Coordinated and managed Board of Directors activities including individual Board member travel and reimbursements, pre-read materials, Board Minutes and Board member commitments and follow-ups. Researched, documented and implemented Board support application (On-Board). Show less

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Consulted with the Federal government, trade associations, universities and companies to assist in the management of their organization, technology, infrastructure, and personnel resources to ensure proper processes, controls and plans are in place to ensure maximum efficiency. A full services consulting firm focused on technology, strategy and business operations. Consults with established and start-up companies developing innovative and disruptive technologies and assisting in marketing… Show more Consulted with the Federal government, trade associations, universities and companies to assist in the management of their organization, technology, infrastructure, and personnel resources to ensure proper processes, controls and plans are in place to ensure maximum efficiency. A full services consulting firm focused on technology, strategy and business operations. Consults with established and start-up companies developing innovative and disruptive technologies and assisting in marketing strategy, technology solutions, system architecture, company operations and fund raising. Involved in the Higher Education marketplace working with both Universities and companies on new technology, product due diligence and enterprise applications. Show less

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Created new IT-based business processes to improve operations, optimize workflow and reduce costs both internally and industry-wide. . Instrumental in Creating a Global Standards Body for Streaming content • Established organizational goals, monitored work, and evaluated results to ensure that departmental and organizational objectives and operating requirements were achieved.• Conducted research, prepared memoranda, correspondence and reports.• Planned meetings and… Show more • Created new IT-based business processes to improve operations, optimize workflow and reduce costs both internally and industry-wide. . Instrumental in Creating a Global Standards Body for Streaming content • Established organizational goals, monitored work, and evaluated results to ensure that departmental and organizational objectives and operating requirements were achieved.• Conducted research, prepared memoranda, correspondence and reports.• Planned meetings and travel arrangements for members throughout the world.• Collaborated with C-level stakeholders to resolve meeting issues.• Represented industry positions with stakeholders, journalists, Federal agencies and Congress.esponsible for Technology and Strategy efforts for the Recording industry. Efforts in the digital space involved all forms of distribution including satellite (e.g. XM and Sirius), terrestrial radio (e.g. HD Radio and webcasting), mobile radio, cable and the Internet.Represented the recording industry with a host of global standards bodies including DLNA, CORAL, OMA, AACS, MPEG, and Internet2 to ensure that the industry’s policy and technology concerns were adequately addressed. Show less

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

 Performed the functions of the Administrative Officer from the very inception of the company including corporate strategy, HR, Recruiting, IT, Finance and Accounting, legal and contracts. Represented Musicmaker.com at conferences on both technology and e-commerce issues. Selected, mentored and trained new administrative staff.Musicmaker.com was a web-centric, transaction-based, e-commerce media company, offering consumers the opportunity to choose the music that they would like… Show more  Performed the functions of the Administrative Officer from the very inception of the company including corporate strategy, HR, Recruiting, IT, Finance and Accounting, legal and contracts. Represented Musicmaker.com at conferences on both technology and e-commerce issues. Selected, mentored and trained new administrative staff.Musicmaker.com was a web-centric, transaction-based, e-commerce media company, offering consumers the opportunity to choose the music that they would like to have on a track-by-track basis. Show less

Fairfax County, Virginia, United States

 Responsible for P&L, Finance, Administration, Human Resources, Contracts and Legal, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Facility Management, Quality Control and Resource Allocation. Worked with C-level executives to redesign their business processes. Facilitated client and internal staff meetings to drive product and process consensus  Coordinated all meetings and travel and speaking engagements.Business-to-business, e-commerce company that invented an extremely… Show more  Responsible for P&L, Finance, Administration, Human Resources, Contracts and Legal, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Facility Management, Quality Control and Resource Allocation. Worked with C-level executives to redesign their business processes. Facilitated client and internal staff meetings to drive product and process consensus  Coordinated all meetings and travel and speaking engagements.Business-to-business, e-commerce company that invented an extremely powerful object-oriented language. That language, called SpaceTalk, enabled e-commerce functional modules to be built quickly and reused for different applications for different clients. Spaceworks enabled Fortune 1000 companies to extend their ordering process online and allow customers to interface directly with the corporate purchasing, finance and inventory systems. Show less

Rockville, Maryland, United States

A consulting firm that specialized in process improvements and in the application of information technology to the problems faced by government and industry. EME was an INC 500 and Washington Technology Fast 50 company. Responsible for P&L, Finance, Administration, Human Resources, Contracts and Legal, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Quality Control and Resource Allocation. Developed decision support tools for C-level executives. Coordinated all meetings and travel in… Show more A consulting firm that specialized in process improvements and in the application of information technology to the problems faced by government and industry. EME was an INC 500 and Washington Technology Fast 50 company. Responsible for P&L, Finance, Administration, Human Resources, Contracts and Legal, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Quality Control and Resource Allocation. Developed decision support tools for C-level executives. Coordinated all meetings and travel in Europe, South America, Africa and the U.S. Show less

Certificate, Health Care Administration

Mba, Finance

Bs, Mathematics And Economics