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Handling of all employee relations for a predominantly engineering based regional office (~ 200 employees locally, >1000 total in US). Employee counseling and performance management, terminations, exit interviews, coaching and advising managers regarding job descriptions, salary changes, promotions, employee performance improvement actions, investigations, etc. Leading and managing the Immigration work for the entire firm. Liaison with external immigration law firm to process all H1B/TN/OPT Visa onboarding, Visa renewals, and full green card process actions for permanent residency path for all foreign national employees.

Supporting 5 HR Business Partners and 1 Sr. Director of HR with daily HR administration and special projects. Utilizing Peoplesoft HR software for first 8 months and now WorkDay – Processing of all U.S. Terminations, employee/manager/department changes, promotion notifications, severance, final payroll coordination for a 2400 employee base in the Americas.

Manager, HR & Office Administration 12/07 - 6/13Handling of all Human Resources issues for 50 employees via a PEO organization (Insperity). Process terminations, onboarding of employees, performance management, office management and facility needs, manage Executive Assistant. Acquired 4 subtenants - managed the landlord responsibilities over a 4 yr period resulting in a company savings of over $1M. Single handedly managed moves of office in 2007 and 2012. 401K Plan Administrator since 2007 (utilizing Fidelity Investments).Manager, Administrative Services 5/06 – 12/07Supported CEO, COO, CFO & CTO for 100 employee video communications technology firm. Handled all office facilities mgmt for 67 person headquarters office. Manager of 5 admins in 3 regional offices. Approver of all office expenditures.• Handle all meeting planning, calendaring, extensive U.S. & international travel arrangements & expense reporting for CEO & other C-levels.• Directly manage 5 Admins (2 Office Mgrs (NY & London), 2 Admin/Receptionists (San Mateo & NY) and 1 Executive Admin (San Mateo)).• Space planning – Hiring phase grew employee base from 70 to 100 people in 2 years. Handled the procurement of 2 additional suites & all associated furniture/move in needs. Simultaneously handled the construction of NY office suite (from shell) & coordination of all vendors & employee issues for office relocation of 18 employees in New York and 63 employees in San Mateo• Handled Office Mgmt duties for the NY & SM offices, exec & employee event planning Sr. Executive Assistant 12/00 – 5/06• Reported to Avistar’s President and CEO. After 3 months promoted to Office Mgr & Manager of the 1 Admin/Receptionist & 2 Office Mgrs. • Supported multiple departments as well as CEO, CFO, CTO and COO with extensive travel arrangements, meeting planning, interview scheduling and all administrative projects.• Grew the Administrative Team to 5 employees (my direct reports) over the last 6 years.

Executive Associate II 9/97 – 8/00Supported all administrative duties for Vice President of Sales and Human Resources Director, and functioned as Office Manager for a regional sales management office of 25 employees supporting a field staff of 300 sales reps.• Directly managed Receptionist and Sales Coordinator and in charge of overall performance and mentoring of the administrative staff of 6. Streamlined admin deliverables and managed all office facilities issues.• Assisted with upper level HR issues including individual responsibility of the data integrity of the Salary Plan/Promotion database. Annually trained at corporate headquarters in New Jersey on administering salary changes and merit increases. • Interviewed and hired five employees, all who had proven to be valuable assets to the firm.• Responsible for various HR projects including terminations, transfers, tracking promotions, on-boarding of new hires, college recruitment/MBA surveys, recruiting analysis (statistical information on new hires over past years) and developing a referral awards program database.• Identified need for and then developed a team building program to help resolve conflicts in the administrative team. Also customized a Myers-Briggs based program for the management team.• Was promoted from Executive Associate I (9/97 thru 11/99) to Executive Associate II on 12/99. Administrative Assistant 4/96 – 9/97• Functioned as administrative support to Vice President and Human Resources Director.• Assisted with meeting/travel planning and correspondence.• Processed check cutting for all field programs/functions and office expenditures.• Administered salary adjustments, promotions and various HR tasks for 300+ employees. • Compiled annual merit increase recommendations for all field colleagues.