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Public Works/Contract Administration/Systems - Systems support providing help to users for network, hardware, applications, email, and mobile device issues including smartphones. Involved in design and implementation of upgrades to current server infrastructure. Departmental liaison to ITA. Supervisors/Influences: Greg Meredith/Shin Chau

Public Works/Sanitation/Financial Management Division- Assistant to division manager in scheduling/coordinating meetings; taking meeting minutes and providing input; developing/reviewing/disseminating/filing reports, forms, and correspondence; safety and training coordinator; disseminated information to staff and public; scheduled use of division resources; selected/coordinated acquisitions of furniture and equipment; tracked time-off/overtime requests; planned/coordinated off-site meetings including refreshments and tours; chairperson and primary fundraiser/coordinator for holiday party, meeting refreshments and other events; division webmaster (intranet, utilizing knowledge of HTML) and division liaison for departmental internet; some MS Office/Windows/Acrobat and hardware support (non-admin level)Supervisors: Robert Tanowitz/Neil Guglielmo/Lisa Mowery/Eva Sung

Recreation and Parks/Grants Administration - Assisted analysts in tracking of grants' status, various funding sources, projects progress. Contacted and coordinated with grant writers. Compiled reports to grantors. Assembled and distributed grant packages. Correspondence and filing. Below admin-level support of in-group computer software/hardware issues but was the determinant personnel for finding and approving specs on a new printer to best serve section's needs, as was approved by IT staff.Supervisors: Susan Huntley/Isophine Atkinson

Recreation and Parks- A part time position with my being initially hired to manage the office. Over time, due to skills and availability, also undertook teaching classes - piano, modeling/grooming, or expanding to other centers than original hire. Which included taking on bookkeeping duties. In a pinch, though they were areas less comfortable or familiar with, subbed for preschool, gym and dance classes for instructors ' emergency and hopefully only one time absences.Supervisors: Debby Rolland, Pat Tate, Barbara Gervais, Dana Greek, Alfred Tutungi, Linda Brough Davis, Wendy Wilkinson

Library - Field technician primarily assigned to East Valley which encompasses 12+ branches and regional branch. Equipment and troubleshooting concerns for this one area: 500+ Windows workstations, at one time with various PC models and versions of OS, in addition to different uses the stations had to be configured for. Support included hardware repair (from motherboards up, if equipment not under warranty), networking, software configured, and applications support (at our discretion...time/knowledge), printers, network equipment, VoIP phones. Crew member when branches were being closed/rebuilt, removing and installing equipment; department-wide rollout of new equipment/OS to existing branches, pilot program of public wifi at branches. Covered other areas in addition to assigned when those assigned were out, encompassing the whole of LA City.Supervisors: Brian Palmer/Andy Vuong

Recreation and Parks - Assistant to two recreation supervisors who oversaw 30+ facilities, and 3000+ full and part-time employees. Position handled all incoming/outgoing reports, correspondence, time sheets and other paperwork; liaisoned with field personnel, public, office staff, and other government officials in lieu of supervisors; scheduled, supervised, and assigned duties to office staff; interviewed and hired new office staff; set office procedures. Assisted supervisors in their chairing of large scale public events such as festivals. An integral enough role that when a promotional opportunity occurred during the planning/implementation of a final festival of this tenure, the new department agreed that my work with the old could proceed part-time concurrent with my new full time position until the event was over.Supervisors: Debby Rolland, Thelma Tellis, Wendy Wilkerson

Recreation and Parks - Assistant to Recreation Superintendent who had four supervisors/districts encompassing about 60 facilities and 2000 +\- full and part time employees. As assistant, supervised the other clerical staff, liaisoned with supervisors, full time field staff, public and other government offices in lieu of superintendent, scheduled and coordinated meetings. Concurrently, continued from prior position, was chief assistant to a district supervisor in implementing a major special event.Supervisors: John Pawlek, Maile Marquand

Library - 1985-88 - Processed incoming materials (books, magazines, etc.) Handled reserves, patron requests, and checkouts. Was at a branch which was a pilot for computerized check out. Starting my computing love affair.Supervisor: Berniece SternRecreation and Parks- 1988-95 - A lateral move by request from a prior supervisor. Processed incoming/outgoing paperwork for two district supervisors including routine memos/letters, time sheets, reports, etc. Composed correspondence. Liaisoned with field staff/public for supervisors. Coordinated duties with other clerical staff for regional work. As the only clerical/supervisor staff with computer knowledge, began introduction of automation to our office/operations. This included the acquisition of equipment, eventually new and improved equipment and applications. Took upon myself to not only acquire but to teach my fellow employees, writing the materials and personally handling the hands-on training. Additionally, to begin the conversion of some of our paper systems to electronic ones, leading to the employment of others to assist with the projects and with me as project manager/quality control. Converted was the picnic/field permitting, in-house personnel recording keeping, and with a major festival in production all of its contact databases and other record keeping such as finances. Later created were in house means of keeping track of what remained in certain budgets such as available staffing hours by breakdowns. Saw the need, how they could be faster and automatically handled, had skills and knowledge and therefore applied. During this tenure also the world class "Lotus Festival" was revived. Served to supervisor/chairpersons as their primary assistants, head/member of one or more committees, and an advisory board member. Was involved with this festival for about 8 years.Supervisors: Jim Andervich, John Maghakian, John Pawlek, Debby Rolland, Liz Benton, Maile Marquand, Pat Schlaich

Bartender, cocktail waitress, dinner club manager, restaurant manager, bookkeeper, clerk, model, editor or layout/cover designer on several published books (electronic and printed distribution), entrepreneur in emergency preparedness (Cert qualified, FEMA reg), computer repair technician/applications instructor

Assisted with planning and implementation, participated in the AAHM Marketplace, Fashion Show, Book Fair, Scholarship consideration, Trailblazers ceremony as part of the City,'s AAHM celebrations

An independent doing a variety of tasks which included data entry, database management, bookkeeping, computer maintenance, office management, typesetting, pre-press, mailing prep

At the behest of a friend/co-worker, volunteered with this event due to prior event planning experience. I was in charge or advisory in several areas due to prior experience, including vendors, press contacts, logistics and layout. I also had experience gaming permits and dealing with contacts such as health and fire depts.