Lynda Blessington Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, California, United States

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Partner with the CRO, and leadership team in high-visibility role requiring cross-company collaboration. Role requires extreme attention to detail, ability to multitask, managing schedules and juggling competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Provide administrative support in a variety of functions at the C-Suite level• Maintain complex calendars and plan meetings for executives, book conference rooms, arrange catering, other event logistics• Coordinate domestic and international executive travel planning and support including air and ground transportation, hotel reservations, visas, and other travel documentation• Oversee planning and coordination for quarterly reviews• Support broader teams with event planning, external meetings, team-building activities, and community events• Work effectively with leaders at all levels, using a 'whatever it takes' attitude• Develop and maintain a broad knowledge and understanding of company operations and business objectives• Process business expense reimbursement requests, invoices, and PO management• Vette and prioritize a multitude of requests on behalf of the CRO, and members of the Leadership team

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Provided exceptional support and assistance to the President and CEO of a privately-held global company as the leader in advanced visualization and artificial intelligence solutions. • Managed the CEO’s complex and frequently changing schedule and calendar with tact, sensitivity, and efficiency. • Prioritized all incoming requests; making decisions about when to engage CEO and/or handle items directly. • Assisted and managed domestic and international travel schedules. • Handled expense reporting in the Concur system. • Monitored CEO’s emails, replied to inquiries, and RSVP’d to invitations, as necessary.• Maintained the confidentiality of highly sensitive material with tact and professionalism.• Assisted in the full life cycle of recruiting including booking interviews, liaising between the hiring team and the candidate, and coordinated onboarding of new executives.• Administrative point of contact between executives, employees and internal/external clients as needed. • Assisted Executive Team, HR, Sales, Legal and Finance Department on special projects as required. • Managed office manager, office hospitality/image, decor and professional presentation for front desk, conference rooms, key office areas for multiple offices.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Provided above and beyond executive level support to the Executive Vice President, CFO and CIO by managing complex calendars to ensure that time was maximized and allocated to the highest priorities and impact areas. Proactive in anticipating executives needs and solving challenges before they escalated.• Effectively managed the details of highly confidential and critical company projects. • Planned and organized travel with detailed itineraries, necessary visas, and preparations. • Represented the CFO and the company in a professional manner when communicating with associates, customers, board of directors, and executives. • Prepared and reviewed complex domestic and international expense reports. • Managed all logistics related to the quarterly Earnings process.• Planned, owned, and ran both internal and external executive events and meetings, (e.g., staff meeting agendas, all-hands meetings, off-sites, etc. including detailed logistics and meeting material preparation).• Served as mentor to several Executive Assistants new to the organization

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Provided senior executive level administrative support to the Senior Vice President of Technology and NC Regional Site Leader, his senior management team and a 350+ person division. • Provided extensive calendar management including scheduling and coordinating high-level meetings and events with vendors, business partners and senior executives across multiple Fidelity business units. • Coordinated logistics for complex domestic and international business travel including securing visas, creating itinerary and processing related expense reports. • Managed planning, budgets and logistics for all aspects of large-scale events, receptions, All Hands meetings, ELTs, Town Halls and employee engagement type events.

Greater Boston Area

Provided exceptional level administrative support to the Executive Vice President of Human Resources including managing the calendar, answering calls and correspondence, complex global travel arrangements. • Represented executive in a professional manner when dealing with associates, Fidelity executives and vendors. • Worked with planning and communication teams to prepare for All Hands meetings and other larger scaled meetings. • Prepared and reviewed expense reports and purchase orders. • Managed the details of highly confidential and critical projects. • Organized, prepared and managed agenda for executive’s weekly staff meeting and monthly ELT meetings.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Greater Boston Area

Greater Boston Area

Boston

Greater Boston Area

Boston

Greater Boston Area

Boston