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Sacramento, CA, US

Sacramento County, California, United States

• Responsible for systems management of the Ultimate Time and Attendance module (UTA), creating calculations and integrations for over 65 calculation groups, 1,000+ locations, and 10,000+ employees. Continuously.
• Lead Time & Attendance systems administrator (UTA, UKG Pro)
• Implementation Project Management using Lean Six Sigma and Agile Methodologies
• API Configuration
• Business Intelligence Reporting, Analysis, and Data Visualization using IBM Cognos BI, UKG Pro People Analytics, and Power BI

• Boosted Agile efficiency and collaborated with stakeholders, designers, and developers to deliver product designs on time, resulting in a 100% project success rate against MSAs.
• Delivered regular updates and reports to senior leadership on project progress, risks, and recommendations, showcasing strong communication and leadership skills.
• Conducted comprehensive competitor analysis for RPO analytics products, identifying key features and pricing strategies, leading to the development of a new product offering.
• Facilitated stakeholder feedback sessions and presented product prototypes, showcasing strong presentation and collaboration skills.
• Defined project scope, requirements, and acceptance criteria in partnership with stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment with project goals, resulting in increased project efficiency.
• Advanced Skills: Looker Data Studio, Google Data Studio, Asana, Agile Project Management, InVisionLaid off due to macro-economic trends.

Sacramento, California, United States

• Proven account management ability by building strong client and team relationships, driving project success, and exceeding expectations. Managed accounts for clients of all sizes, from tech start-ups to Alphabet.
• Constructed a data architecture to forecast and monitor team performance against client SOPs, leading to a 20% increase in adherence and a 15% improvement in overall team efficiency.
• Provided insights and recommendations from reportings to internal account managers and external clients.
• Strategically planned and executed people processes to drive business objectives and provide an exceptional employee experience.
• Boosted employee satisfaction by 50% through the implementation of regular pulse surveys and effective feedback incorporation.
• Optimized employee retention and performance with comprehensive life-cycle programs, resulting in increased efficiency and team integration.

Sacramento County, California, United States

• Recruited and counseled prospective students for UI/UX Design, Data Science, and Full Stack Web Development Programs.
• Relationship-driven Sales: Recruited potential students for academic programs, discovered the “why” behind students’ interests, presented course information and financial resources, and empowered students to take.
• Organization: Documented, maintained, and tracked prospective students' applications, documentation, and transcripts through Hubspot, SalesForce, and Populi.
• Career Coaching: Counseled students by career planning according to students’ life goals, provided market insight for career paths, and coached students to stay on track with their academic goals.
• High Performance: Consistently hit or exceeded key performance indicators, which included 80-100 calls to students a day or 6 hours of talk time and 12 new starts a month minimum.

Remote

• Full-cycle recruiter, partnering with hiring managers and candidates to build mutually supportive relationships.
• Full Cycle Recruiting: Performed hiring manager intake meetings, sourcing, candidate phone screens, onsite preparation, interview debriefs, and offer negotiation for Operations, Product, and G&A Teams.
• Talent Advisor: Partnered with hiring managers and interview teams as a talent advisor, consulting team on recruiting best practices, best sourcing processes, probing on organizational needs, and thoroughly.
• Workflow Improvement: Recreated talent operations to support a high-growth period, increasing the average hires per month from 8.5 to 16 per month.
• Diversity Recruiting: Made 104 hires, bringing the female percentage in the company to 50% in Q1 2019, and steadily maintained this percentage.
• Training: Presented interview guides, scorecard procedures, and unconscious bias training to all hiring teams.

Costa Mesa, California

• In addition to office administrator responsibilities, performed executive administration for the CEO of Happy Money, supported ad hoc projects for the executive team, and provided coordination for the remaining 8.
• Executive Communication: Tackled and addressed top-level, high-priority issues while maintaining professional administrative discretion.
• Executive Administration: Managed calendaring for both the CEO and Board of Directors and arranged travel logistics for conferences, seminars, and stakeholder meetings.
• Rebranding: Partnered in the research, design, budgeting, and implementation of office rebranding.

Orange County, California Area

• An office administrator who was responsible for office management, calendar management, general company administration, and event planning.
• Administration: Ensured that every guest or interviewee has signed an NDA, coordinated meetings and planned company events, and assisted leaders with calendaring, catering, and special projects. Partnered with property.
• Presentation: Responsible for all aspects of company appearance for visiting clients.
• Internal Communications: Conducted all company-wide announcements.
• Event Planning: hosted weekly happy hours, team building events, all-company meetings, holiday parties, and board member meetings.

Cerritos, California

• Ensure that customers have a positive shopping experience, taking a hands-on approach to understanding their needs and ensuring that they are satisfied with our level of customer service.
• Sales: Exceeded department, store, and individual goals using communication and negotiation skills. During the largest sale of the year, our department of six sold the highest volume of merchandise in the nation.
• Team Building: Built team trust and collective partnership in a highly competitive environment by celebrating coworkers, offering my help during sales, and providing assistance across departments.
• Customer Service: Determined customer needs by asking relevant questions, actively listening to responses, and providing solutions.
• Cold outreach: Cold called a list of Nordstrom members to set up personal styling appointments with me for the Nordstrom Summer Sale.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Completed Nordstrom’s Future Nordstrom Leader Management internship in August 2016. The internship included classroom training and hands-on management experience in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment.
• Leader Partnership: Worked directly with management to align team goals, organize storefronts, and increase department appointments.
• Excellent Service: Created revenue by cultivating customer loyalty programs.
• Team Training: Trained and mentored new staff.

Biola University

Interviewed, trained, and managed a team of twelve writers and two social media directors for weekly University publications. Tracked social media views, edited article submissions, published twelve articles per week, and promoted the magazine across campus.

Biola University

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English

Major Concentration: Creative Writing Minor Studies: Biblical Studies

Ui/Ux Design, Agile Methodology

High School Diploma

Education record