Kristen Ready Email & Phone Number

Antioch, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California

Walnut Creek, Ca

Provided a full range of support services, in all administrative aspects of the business, for a number of Vice Presidents within Verizon Enterprise Services (previously MCI WorldCom) throughout 15 year tenure. * Managed with great efficiency executive-level calendars, including scheduling of appointments and conference calls, independently prioritizing critical meetings and commitments, communicating daily schedule to executives and often times adapting to numerous changes on a moment by moment basis.* Increased accuracy and efficiency in the preparation, reconciliation and audit of extremely intricate expense reports, with close attention paid to staying within travel and expense budgetary restrictions and guidelines.* Standardized procedures for extensive and complicated travel coordination, which resulted in more cost efficient and fluid travel for the executives.* Recognized for exceptional communication and relationship building skills with clients, peers and mentors, as well as an innate ability to team with others to find solutions.* Experienced and trusted with complex meeting coordination, onboarding of new employees, equipment and supply ordering and a wide variety of daily and weekly report tracking.* Routinely managed all customer ticket programs for both San Francisco 49ers and San Francisco Giants, with efforts resulting in usage of nearly 100%. These events were critical to customer relationship building and had a direct impact on significant revenue and business wins.

Walnut Creek, Ca

As Senior Legal Assistant to the Administrative Partner, was responsible for complete legal file management processes, from initial case receipt through closing, and held supervisory position over other Legal Assistants in the firm. Total tenure with the firm of ten years but was promoted after five years to Senior Legal Assistant. * Created new streamlined procedures for the opening of all legal files, file setup and continuing legal file organization and indexing through discovery process and eventually closing of a case. This resulted in much more efficient file handling and a significant reduction in court filing errors and missed deadlines.* Judiciously managed distribution of work among other legal support staff in the preparation, filing, service and calendaring of all pleadings and legal documentation.* Supported all critical phases of discovery, including communication and coordination with clients, opposing and co-counsel and the courts, coordination and preparation of notices of medical examinations and depositions and subpoenaing of all records.