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San Rafael, California, Us

Accountable for proactively and responsively addressing and resolving administrative and operational issues at The Croner Company, including scaling the organization to meet targeted growth goals. Directly manage, lead, and coordinate the work of the following functions: • Financial operations and reporting• Office operations and administration• Information technology services, including both network and business applications• Human resources operations• Operational support for marketing and sales initiative and consulting processes. Member and Secretary of the leadership team, including coordination of long-term organizational planning and the implementation and operation of The Croner Company’s strategic plan. Directly manage the Office Manager and liaise with third parties and employees carrying out functional duties in Accounting, Information Technology, Human Resources and Facilities.

San Mateo, California, Us

Executive director of all operational activities, with responsibility for Information Technology, Communications, Administration, HR outsourcing, HIPAA compliance, corporate insurance, facilities and leases, contracting, purchasing, and office efficiency. Specific roles included:• Secretary, Board of Directors• Management of administration team• Oversight of HR functions and vendors/brokers• IT/infrastructure solutions and maintenance• Contract facilitation and negotiation• Workflow development and optimization• Departmental budgeting and cost-controlAccomplishments:• Directed corporate relocation projects (in both Northern and Southern California), including site selection and lease negotiation, tenant improvement project management, and IT, secure file, and physical relocation. • Managed corporate identity and rebranding project, including consultant vendor selection process; redesign of corporate logo and client deliverables; and execution of website and marketing solutions. • Developed and implemented sales/contract renewal training program for consultants to drive increased revenue via best practices, sales policy, and relationship-building.• Project manager for Business Continuity project to document and implement emergency procedures.• Led corporate initiative to reduce paper usage and storage by 90% via electronic storage and file sharing, legacy scanning, and behavior change.• Developed and delivered company-wide HIPAA compliance and IT security training.• Implemented Finance Department efficiency improvements including Concur-->ADP expense reimbursement, Concur-->QuickBooks expense synchronization, and revised expense approval and time sheet submission processes.• IT solutions launched include laptop encryption; transition to virtual hosting platform, BYOD management, cloud-based document management service; improved network backup and imaging solutions; improved remote access; and CRM development.

Novato, Ca, Us

Further Advantage provides expert operational services for organizations and individuals, including: impactful workflow design, growth and change management, office productivity, and design solutions. Visit Further Advantage at www.furtheradvantage.com.Recent Accomplishments:• Development and deployment of a multimedia LMS program for a consulting firm, including instructional design, sequential graphic and video deployment, and LMS interactivity with Stripe (payments), SurveyGizmo (sharing and evaluating participant input), and Pardot (messaging). • Implemented infrastructure services for a start-up firm, including teleconferencing, online meeting collaboration, cloud-based file management, scheduling tools and contracting templates.• Created professional websites for a number of personal and business clients.• Developed FileMaker Pro database for a personal start-up business, including contact management, email templates, and scheduling tools.• Managed translation project (12 languages) and LMS hosting of training content delivered globally to "Fortune 500" sales and procurement professionals.

Managed corporate and customer-facing operations (reporting to President/CEO) for best-in-class $20M global training and consulting organization. Responsibilities included: change and merger management; strategic planning and process implementation; financial planning and budgeting; ongoing cost management; internal process development and consultation; database and IS project management; development and implementation of organizational and administrative processes; hiring, training, and supervision of administrative and operations staff and contractors; human resource policy and implementation, and corporate purchasing and vendor contract negotiation. Awarded quarterly MVP award Summer 2013.Noteworthy Accomplishments: • Managed convergence of operational systems following corporate merger in 2013, including unification of cloud-based technologies and processes and consolidation of vendors and external contractors.• Developed and executed significant internal processes that reduced cost and increased productivity, including: shipping and materials quality control practices; inventory management and product database management; and company-wide purchasing policies and practices. • Responsible for contract professionals' remuneration and expense reimbursement policies, travel policies, and scheduling policies/processes. • Implemented content and delivery of client-facing Learning Management System (LMS). • Successfully managed budgets of over $1M for multiple functional areas. • Co-managed company-wide workflow re-engineering project and implementation of new CRM system; designed/implemented company-wide training program and ongoing support system for CRM users.• Reduced COGS by over 85% over 15 years via a series of projects to redesign, repackage, and redeploy IP. • Negotiated vendor agreements and implemented bidding/purchasing processes that resulted in savings of over 15+% year over year.

See job description for VP, Operations above. This position grew steadily in responsibility and scope over almost two decades. I was hired as Shipping Manager, promoted to Operations Coordinator, then to Operations Manager, and finally VP, Operations.

Prior to my 18 years at BayGroup International, I spent a decade in the food service industry as a professional chef, culminating in an Executive Chef post at Milly's Restaurant in San Rafael, CA. In this position, I managed front and back house crew, improved menu and reduced food cost 20+%, negotiated with vendors, and implemented organizational process to improve service and efficiency.

Managed daily operations of professional kitchen in a gourmet supermarket. Created menus, analyzed food cost, negotiated with vendors, improved customer satisfaction and increased sales 30% over the year.

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