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Portland, Oregon, US

Portland, Oregon, US

• Provide advanced-level administrative and project support to the President/CEO and executive officers, acting as point of contact for internal and external constituencies on all matters pertaining to the CEO, including.
• Provide complex calendar management including making travel arrangements, maintaining appointment schedules, planning, and coordinating special events.
• Track progress and resolve obstacles or elevate significant issues to resolve barriers.
• Team Lead for Executive Assistants by providing subject matter guidance and determining methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Coordination of Board of Director meetings, activities and communication.
• Partner with the Lean Management Team in the creation and management of executive officer huddle board.

Dallas, Texas, US

• A Force Multiplier for my executive and leadership team, providing intuitive support to help them stay focused on strategic objectives for this Financial Technology firm.
• Platinum-level support fulfilling a significant volume of diverse tasks, activities, and full-cycle projects, including high-touch tactical projects.
• Manage and track complex calendars for leader(s), across multiple time zones, often requiring lightning-fast responsiveness to inquiries and changes that arise.
• Prepare executive expense reports on a timely basis and act as a resource for planning financial spends within the team for various projects and initiatives.
• Exceptional planning and execution of team events, meetings, off-sites and other special functions including a full range of internal and external meeting types.
• Ad hoc team support, providing assistance and direction for T&E, HR issues, tech troubleshooting.

• Provided comprehensive support to the President for all his businesses (heavy equipment rental, restaurant, gym, Tigard City events), association activities and personal interests.
• Management of calendar and schedule to maximize efficiency (personal & business).
• Maintained a log of ALL personal and travel documentation (e.g., passports, global entry, frequent flier miles, hotel memberships); prepared applications for renewals when necessary.
• Travel Coordination – Booked flights, cars and other transportation for Owner, family members, friends, staff and business contacts; prepared Owner for all travel and monitored travel on actual dates of travel.
• Planned and coordinated receptions, dinners and other events (from arranging catering/staffing to ordering rentals and ensuring proper inventory of supplies and set-up).
• Oversaw activities of business and personal properties and managed on-site repairs, security, inspections. Kept track of leases and oversaw moves and all logistics.

• Executive Assistant:Supporting the President and Senior VP’s, handled all domestic/international travel needs and ancillary details, acted as effective Gatekeeper, processed expense reports, managed multiple busy.
• Maintained multiple dashboard analyses monitoring production/shipments/overall operational and marketing data.
• Coordinated updates of all corporate collateral (company brochure, engineering manual, informational booklets, etc.).
• Organized corporate event and trade show concepts/execution including annual large scale event that required 6 months of heavy project management.
• Streamlined Vendor Creation and Insurance Process which has provided improved SOX reporting results and accountability as well as significantly streamlined these procedures.
• Created and maintained the standardization of all corporate documentation and their implementation. Produced all corporate presentations.Marketing Manager:Reporting to the President and SVP of Sales & Marketing, worked.

Plano, TX, US

• Reporting to the RVP of Midwest Operations, provided overall administrative support as well as assisting 10 District Managers and over 180 locations. Heavy project management, reporting and analytics, databases and.
• Managed multiple calendars and coordinated schedules for executive and team, arranging all flights and transportation to accommodate event requirements.
• Supported Corporate/Regional directives through comprehensive presentations and written communications involving linked charts and databases, transitions, graphics and animation.
• Partnered with District Managers and Center Supervisors to create team-building contests, projects and exercises including a mentorship program and intranet “best practices” database resource which increased.
• Collaborated closely with RVP of Sales/Marketing team on dually focused projects involving entire Midwest corporate goals, merging teams to set up cohesive project partnerships.
• Organized all event planning and execution, travel and scheduling as well as day-to-day troubleshooting with location issues.