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We provide administrative, IT and design support to small business. Some of our project have included▪ Zoe Ann’s Cheesecakes and All About Community: online marketing strategy and social media planning.▪ Le Cookie Monkey: reorganization and expansion planning; staffing and materials man-agement.▪ Ollin Productions: business plan development and creation of a marketing strategy.

• Evaluate, salvage, and re-launch failing international technology initiative that would standardize security protocols at production centers. (This effort required international travel for assessment and implementation.)• Use enterprise engagement and change management best practices to re-set executive expectations and grow sponsorship across all levels within a contentious political cli-mate.• Clear delivery pathway to successfully deploy minor projects within the larger scope of work.• Establish revised budget controls to identify spending leaks and protect funding.

• Defined, created, and modeled the Procurement Coordinator role within the IT Project Management Office.• Addressed scope of work and identifed handoffs within the larger framework of the PMO.• Supported enterprise hiring process by developing staffing profile and training structure for new position.• (At the completion of this work, I was asked to move into the Senior Project Manager role [above].)

▪ Drove key customer-facing technical initiatives through launch.▪ Created communication pathways across levels to stabilize implementation stream.▪ Represented complexity of work and progress to all management levels.

▪ Guided management team in oversight and evaluation of all systems, models, and tools for growing real estate company.▪ Managed financial systems, accounts payable, budget maintenance, and generation of financial reports.▪ Developed process architecture to streamline productivity through Operations.▪ Established execution pathway for automated marketing initiatives (campaign updates, collateral, distribution).

During this time CH2M HILL – Facilities Management Department deployed me onsite at PacifiCorp, as a project manager. I facilitated maintenance and construction projects at 14 client field offices throughout Oregon, two (2) of which were critical 24/7 facilities. Performance Highlights• Involved in all levels of project management and oversight of capital improvement projects.• Acted as a facilities liaison on three (3) Risk Management Committees. Providing key information for about critical sites with active participation during annual Risk Management exercises.• Performed quarterly onsite facilities inspections of field offices under my management to assess immediate and future capital improvements needed.• Coordinated with local vendors for regularly scheduled preventative maintenance and repairs of onsite assets associated with each facility.• Works closely with procurement department to ensure our maintenance agreements and project contracts were accurately and efficiently issued to our vendors.• Key contributor to process improvements and implementation roll out for CH2M HILL program at PacifiCorp.Project Highlights• Scoped, bid and executed the removal and decommissioning of six (6) field offices fueling stations in Oregon and Washington.• Energy efficiency upgrade project at the Lloyd Center Tower.• New site acquisition in Bend and new office space in Salem.• Oversight and coordination of shop expansion at Albany Service Center.• Coordination of yard resurfacing and installation of new storm drain system at Albany Service Center.• Oversight of disaster response repairs to Astoria Service Center after the 2007 Tsunami.

• Assisted 19 project bill managers, in six offices locations in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado • Reviewed, prepared and delivered monthly invoices • Developed policy and procedures manual• Served as a liaison between the client and bill manager regarding invoicing issues and resolution• Verified and adjusted invoices negotiating rates and invoicing requirements, including expense and timesheet back-up as outlined in the projects contract

During my time at OTAK, I worked as a Project Assistant in the Architecture, Federal Contracts and Planning Departments. As well as a Project Billing Coordinator in the Accounting Department.Performance HighlightsProject Assistant (2003-2005)• Coordinated various activities in support of the opening of the OTAK office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).• Created project schedules and budgets.• Documented and implemented project initiation, execution, controls and closure protocols.• Managed project action and communications between the project manager and the project teams both in the US and UAE.

• Provided department coordination• Organized travel for Executives• Processed expense reports• Ran PowerPoint presentations for Executive conferences• Requested and sent overseas by senior management to re-establish project controls and delivery processes

As a temporary employee, I was instrumental in coordinating the office move of Crawford & Crawford offices to Benefit Brokers downtown location during the acquisition period of this company's merger. I was responsible for space planning the office space to accommodate Crawford’s employees and additional staff that was added. I designed and implemented a color coded archival system that incorporated both companies’ client files into on central filing system.

I was one of 3 Assistants assigned to provide administrative support to 4 Project Managers working on various projects for the #1 rated General Contractor for the North Eastern region. I was responsible for processing, tracking and archiving of all submittals, requests for information (RFI) and general project correspondence coming into and outgoing of the company utilized ACT! and MS Excel.

• Prepared department brochures for marketing and in responses to RFP and RFQ• Key participant in company rebranding, including creating on current logo, letterhead and website

• Discovered and implemented organizational efficiencies which resulted in monetary savings equaling FTE positions• Provided project coordination to six project managers • Developed records management processes• Built databases for Legal and Quality Assurance departments