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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Area

Ownership of day-to-day, end-to-end vendor contract management, as representative of the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Chief Security Officer (CSO) to third party vendors and internal stakeholders. Introduce and administrate a newly-acquired third-party vendor risk management tool across utility and real estate affiliates. Assistant editor on CSO communications. Stewardship of cybersecurity concerns for entire vendor contract cycle, from request for proposal, negotiation of initial contract, and negotiation of contract renewal; By close collaboration with embedded security advisors, assist with security review of contracts against scopes of work; seek to standardize cybersecurity language; process security reviews of vendor proposals across all affiliates; Create presentation and act as facilitator, first point of contact, and frontline resource and administrator for third party vendor risk management tool. Led rollout across all Berkshire Hathaway Energy affiliates as well as real estate holding company; Assist with editing of weekly threat brief and other CSO communications.

Portland, Oregon Area

Cyber security services startup focused on a unique audit-based examination model of a clientfirm’s technology and policies. Firm provides findings and advice toward industry best-practice or regulatory compliance, with an annual update/subscription model.Working closely with firm President/CSO, COO/CFO and consulting Legal Counsel, wrote and edited an original, comprehensive cyber security policy, to be refreshed per ongoing regulatory compliance. Created a related communications and marketing plan for new and current business.  Extrapolate content and talking points of policy into modular client-facing documentation legible, respectively, to C-Suite, day-to-day operational and IT/technical personnel; Craft all marketing and sales content, including PowerPoint presentations, phone scripts and email correspondence templates; wrote, edited and managed all new business proposals; Create communications plan: daily tasks, including adjust phone calls and email blasts for new leads and prospects; weekly and monthly tasks such as CRM activities, and review of advertising; quarterly and annual review/update of policy documentation; Co-lead client and sales-related conference calls, video meetings; travel to co-lead on-site meetings, featuring guided product demonstrations; In consultation with Legal Counsel, update all marketing and sales content to reflect periodic regulatory changes.

Portland, Oregon Area

Boutique distressed asset manager specialized in acquisition and disposition of delinquent property tax liens. Firm required timely, periodic communications and payments to 200+ municipal and county tax collectors in 6 states.Developed communications plan to produce required correspondence with close-to-zero error rate. Created tables for contact and data management, as well as for schedule of communications. Close coordination with accounts payable and shipping personnel for final communications production. Primary phone contact and liaison to municipal tax collectors; coordinated communications related to payables as well as track/expedite special requests from tax collectors; Tracked and archived tax collector responses and related communications; confirmed payments and tallied payables totals for investor requests, accounting and tax purposes; Contributed content to and edited investor relations PowerPoint presentation; Featured speaker at annual investor breakfast.

Portland, Oregon Area

Commercial & Industrial Market Offerings proposal template projectSelf-oriented to subject matter by review of 60+ existing scopes, sales guide decks, presentationsCollate assorted scopes for project liaising with 8-10 subject matter experts and product managersCreate or improve recommended hierarchy for proposal content structureRevise and enrich drafts of Expense and Data Management, Telecom Lifecycle ManagementExpedite, on deadline, Telecom LifeCycle Management live document finalization for prospective client delivery

Greater New York City Area

NYC-based private equity firm with $2 billion under management. Financial services and insuranceinvestments.Communications assistant contact for firm’s150+ limited partners. Also primary liaison for 3rd party administrative requests, such as related to requests for investor relations, banking, accounting and tax. Copy edit and review of quarterly financial statements, capital calls and notices of fund distributions. Assembly and shipping of correspondence packages by shipping, fax and email; Assist in due diligence, research and writing of fundraising documents, investor correspondence. Assist in establishment of PowerPoint presentation templates.

Passed initial ten-week certification course and annual advanced training: individual and small-business tax preparation; assistance with IRS and state tax correspondence

Legal assistant duties: execute multiple-signature domestic and international documents; coordinatenotary and apostille. Create and edit Powerpoint presentations for investment professionals. Answermultiple phone lines and maintain conference-room calendar

Nightclub and 150-seat restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East SideCheck management and payroll; daily receiving and inventoryStructural building knowledge; maintain permits and inspections

Pioneering distributor of wireless data services for mobile phones; Format and package content from raw data streamBrainstorm and acquired content for improved or new message products

Create reports from database of 550 properties; wrote memoranda, policy bulletins and announcements for borough-wide distribution; Commissioner's correspondent

Bachelors, English

Activities and Societies: Concentration in creative writing; classes in Latin American, Russian, Victorian and postwar European fiction.

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