Holly Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Plans, procures, and maintains office services for all Ryan offices in the global footprint.
• Key interface with global business leaders.
• Directs, develops and motivates team of Office Services, Security and Hospitality professionals who assist the revenue generators in reaching company goals.
• Identifies, develops, and documents best practice policies and procedures.
• Partners with the SVP, CREO in support of planning, designing, and execution to deliver Class A office space, construction services, furnishings, security, audio/visual equipment, and relocations.
• Proactively identifies and implements solutions to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.

Dallas, TX

• Daily management and organization of multi-office environments both domestic and internationally.
• Recruit, select, train and manage administrative support staff
• Develop and manage overhead budgets
• Manage office vendors and shared services and maintain office equipment contracts and oversee equipment maintenance
• Provide information technology support including telecom and wireless communications
• Plan and coordinate office events including summer outings, holiday gatherings, team building initiatives and charitable team events

Dallas, TX

• Provide executive support for Senior Director/Managing Partner with multi-regional responsibilities including domestic and international initiatives; Project support for multiple Project Executives both domestically.
• Answer executive phones, complex calendar management, correspondence coordination, expense reporting, heavy domestic and international travel scheduling/booking
• Plan company events, multi-company meetings and multi-city tours, with complex international travel and visa coordination within multi-cultural environments
• Develop and prepare reports, proposals, presentations, project case studies and marketing materials while collaborating with corporate markeing to ensure company standards are maintained
• Attend and document minutes for executive and project team meetings
• Invoice clients, review pay applications and monitor and track expenditures for $5M-$400M+ project budgets

Plano, Texas

• Oversight of design, development and implementation of marketing projects for call-handling software used in 9-1-1 centers.
• Directed the creation, design and print production of Combix product brochures.
• Designed, developed, and maintained corporate website and worked to implement a variety of partnerships and affiliate relationships to drive traffic to the site.
• Provided project oversight and supervision, pre-project planning, resource management, scheduling, budgeting and marketing reporting.
• Worked directly with vendors, distributors and customers to negotiate sales and maintenance renewal agreements.
• Directed the company’s outside marketing efforts including, trade show participation, exhibitions and product demonstrations.

Plano, Texas

• Acted as project manager for design and implementation of software quality control, testing, documentation and end-user training.
• Provided quality assurance testing of all Combix software applications and submitted GUI interface design changes based on findings.
• Wrote and produced both user and administrator documentation for all Combix software applications.
• Provided extensive training for distributors, users, supervisors and administrators utilizing Combix technology.

Irving, Texas

• Performed financial analyses and prepared financial statements, coordinated marketing, maintained websites and handled travel itineraries for consultants. Directly accountable for strategic business planning, financial.
• Negotiated with suppliers for volume discounts and managed high volume airline, hotel and car rental frequent user programs resulting in company cost savings.
• Developed company travel guidelines regarding airline, care rental, lodging, meetings and entertainment.
• Championed development of previously non-existent corporate guidelines and employee handbook.