 Own and operate family business since November 1982  Supervise employees, manufacturing and day to day operations  Develop, market and distribute products for Gary’s Soft Caramel Corn Company  Manage shipping, purchasing, QuickBooks record keeping and invoicing  Meet with buyers and distributors  Graphic/packaging designer  Customer relations and order management  Attend and market products at trade shows.

1998 - 2001Position: Project Manager Supervisor: Scott Wells, Director, Developer Services Planner/organizer for BrainShare Trade Show at the Salt Palace, Developer Services wing, conducted event set up and tear down, rental and shipping of 200 computers and equipment, class documentation, instructor coordination, attendee and kiosk maintenance, product/equipment purchasing and rental  Planned/coordinated BrainShare Europe, for Developer Services in Nice, France  Planned/coordinated Developer Education Tour for 30 worldwide cities. Scheduled event locations, travel, food, documentation, web site and budget for Developer Education Tours. Compiled surveys from the tour  Maintained web site for department’s BrainShare and Developer Education Tour  Managed, hired and trained temporary and full time employees  Earned two Novell People’s Choice Awards.--------------------------------------------------1987 - 1997Position: Administrative Assistant Supervisor: David Owen, V.P., Novell Labs 12+ years administrative experience  Assistant to V.P., Directors, and Managers Microsoft and WordPerfect programs, GroupWise, Oracle, Quicken, Org Plus, etc. Maintain budgets, headcount/org charts, petty cash, purchasing and shipping  Meeting and e-calendar organization  Worked with confidential information  Arranged department and customer meetings/classes and facilitated all arrangements  Designed presentations, graphic illustrations, newsletters, posters, etc.  Made travel arrangements, took meeting minutes, and worked with telephone systems  Good communication and people skills  Earned four Employee of the Month awards.