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Round Rock, Texas, United States

Round Rock, Texas

Develop curriculum for Business Information Management (BIM) I and II. Effectively lead students to develop application skills within MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access by collaborating and developing lessons within a shared environment.Advance students’ understanding of the business environment by utilizing lecture, cooperative learning activities, group activities, MS Office Suite simulations and arranging guest speakers. Provide opportunity for students to practice working in a business environment by creating meaningful workplace activities through word processing, presentation and spreadsheet simulations.

Austin, Texas Area

Took advantage of my summer break to work part-time at MSB Consulting as a Claims Processor. Using MS Excel, I documented the required data in order to support various Texas school districts in submitting the needed forms for Medicaid from this past school year. I specifically provided details for transportation use along with related personnel that supports students with special needs. My efforts helped to save Texas school districts both time and money in filing the required documentation for Medicaid.

Austin, Texas

Created and maintained multiple project timelines, managed Bill of Materials (BOM) and world-wide documentation as well as provided status updates to extended team members for 14+ sustaining and new development speakers, mice, keyboards, sound cards and projector projects. Led extended team members in the global deployment of new material color changes for 10+ sustaining speakers, mice and keyboards by providing a new set of Bill of Materials (BOM) and updating documentation as well as tracking schedule timelines for each device. Successfully transitioned project knowledge of speakers, keyboards, and mice peripheral development to the new Dell project management team in Shanghai, China by training their project managers to effectively maintain the projects.Key contributor to process improvements for the peripheral development team by participating in a Business Process Improvement (BPI) project and enabling our group to successfully support the ISO 9001 compliance audit requirements.Implemented a more efficient way to manage resource bandwidth on current and upcoming projects at Dell by collaborating and leading other project managers in the development of a resource allocation tool.

Austin, Texas Area

Business Educator for Business Computer Information Systems I/II, Introduction to Business, and Keyboarding/Advanced Word Processing classes at the high school level. Successfully developed curriculum and effectively taught MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and MS Publisher by collaborating and developing lessons with other business educators.Advanced students’ understanding of the business environment by utilizing lecture, cooperative learning activities, group activities, and arranging guest speakers. Provided opportunity for students to practice completing tasks similar to a business environment by creating meaningful workplace activities through word processing simulations.Trained and prepared students for Regional and State Competitions by organizing and leading monthly business meetings as the Business Professionals of America (BPA) Advisor.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), International Business

Activities and Societies: Member of Alpha Phi Omega (co-ed Service Fraternity) 1991-1993

Secondary Education Certificate (Grades: 6-12), Business Administration And Business Education