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Palo Alto, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Comprehensive administrative support for technology founder, board member, and institutional leader through multiple companies and roles. Self-directed, often prioritizing multiple simultaneous demands, anticipating and proactively resolving issues to ensure smooth execution and timely results.• Deliver up-to-date and accurate scheduling and travel planning through proactive calendar coordination, clear communication, interpersonal skills, resourcefulness, and problem-solving. • Created relationships, trust, and an excellent team dynamic across 5 functional administrative groups at MIT to enable my principal to make a rapid start in a new leadership role. Organized hundreds of time-sensitive and confidential meetings and provided ongoing scheduling, communication, and problem-solving to streamline executive workload.• Ensured seamless coordination between Google and external commitments by building effective working relationships and collaboration with multiple Google executive assistants. • Established the founding office, HR, and payroll for a startup within 45 days and on budget ensuring a rapid launch. Selected and managed vendor relationships. Administered HR processes for the first 20+ hires. Google acquired the company (BeBop Technologies).

San Francisco Bay Area

• Administrative Assistant and Teachers Aide, Nativity School 2016 - 2021• Teacher’s Aide, Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2014 - 2016• Marketing Assistant, Castle Insurance 2010 - 2012• Administrative and Staff Assistant, St. Charles Catholic School 2004 - 2009

San Francisco Bay Area

Assistant to the CEO (ex-Cisco CTO), and the Board Chairman (ex-Cisco SVP). Broad and varied responsibilities filling roles as needed.• Established and managed HR ensuring smooth team growth from founding through to 50+ staff. Additionally, managed HR for a 25+ staff spin-out, Vernier Networks. Hired two direct reports.• Coordinated the CEO’s calendar and travel logistics including monthly speaking engagements.• Organized and executed 3 company relocations including the founding build-out. Drove procurement for furniture, IT technology installation, and facility relocation schedules.• Planned quarterly company events including budget, vendors, venues, menus, and activities.

San Francisco Bay Area

Assistant to the CTO. Coordinated CTO administrative tasks within the CTO’s 400+ organization and with other Cisco executives’ support teams.Problem-solved administrative issues and roadblocks in a very fast-paced environment to streamline the CTO’s workload.Scheduled and organized the CTO’s calendar to minimize conflicts and smooth workflow.Organized and communicated internal processes and staffing details across functions through multiple reorganizations ensuring alignment, minimizing confusion, and facilitating transitions.Planned, organized, and managed meetings ranging from weekly team meetings to major CTO organization-wide and seasonal events. Managed a $20,000+ budget per significant event.