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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Most recently in February of 2022, Halliday, Watkins & Mann brought on the talented firm of Jauregui & Lindsey and now operates in Alabama and Mississippi for a total of 12 GSE no objection jurisdictions.

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Jauregui & Lindsey is an Alabama law firm was established in 2009 and specializes in the areas of Business Planning, Commercial Collections, Default Services & Creditor's Rights, Estate Planning & Probate, General Corporate Law, Litigation, Real Estate, and Family Law, representing a wide range of businesses and individuals locally and nationwide.• Holds broad general management responsibility for the full scope of operations for the legal services business including technology, contracts, vendors, financial, and HR. Manages 14-member staff and provides full support for the law firm partners.• Manages all HR and CAO/CIO functions including recruiting, training, day-to-day staff management, financial analysis & reporting, budget development & control, compensation, benefits & insurance, and payroll. Administers all insurance plans for firms including GL, Cyber, E&O, Crime Bond, Umbrella, Partner Life, and LTD.• Conducted comprehensive vendor audits, saving between $9K-$15K over a two-year period by renegotiating contracts. Cut document mailing expenses by $15K-$20K per year by automating the process and improved document tracking by integrating the iMail Tracking system. • Managed two IT vendors in integrating DoD and bankruptcy status background checks with the foreclosure process, reducing lawsuit exposure, and saving more than $10K. Drove integration of client billing in iClear and Loansphere systems, reducing time spent by 75%, saving approximately $31K annually.• Conducted detailed analysis, identifying and recovering as much as $12K per month in under-billed charges. Restructured the AR process, substantially reducing the time to pay.

Birmingham, Al

Secure Destruction Service is a Birmingham, AL-based company specializing in the certified paper and records shredding, hard drive crushing, product incineration, and electronics recycling serving the North and Central Alabama and Tennessee Valley region. Established in 1997.• Co-founded the Birmingham Division and grew operations from $0 to $600K+ in annual revenues, acquiring two box trucks and a mobile shredding truck with more than 100 clients in central AL. • Orchestrated process to earn and maintain AAA Certification through the National Association of Information Destruction. Expanded business with new lines of profitable business in hard drive destruction and product incineration.

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC is an operating company of AT&T that serves the southeastern United States. It consists of the former operations of Southern Bell and South Central Bell.• Responsible for hardware & software acquisition and providing Application & OS support and training for more than 100 end users across nine states. Served as technical liaison between end-users and application developers and desktop support for a management workgroup.• Coordinated the production of management group Intranet web sites and maintained & updated the web sites. Developed indexable electronic document library with more than 5000 document pages for the management group that managed the Union contract for BellSouth, ensuring consistency of responses during negotiations and disputes.• Planned and successfully completed the PC conversion and end-user training for management workgroup involving over 80 people in nine states. Served as in-house consultant to workgroup, providing data management solutions via Excel and Access, compiled business cases, and acquired funding.• Managed design, construction, and acceptance testing of a proposal management application used by BellSouth during the annual Bargaining project. Awarded prestigious “Department Head Award” for outstanding service to internal customers and other stakeholders.

Masters, Business Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing