Objective: To utilize my experience and my great work ethic to benefit an employer who requires assistance to meet their goals

Work Experience

Rolls-Royce Energy Systems Inc.Material Resource Planning Controller 2013-2014

• Continuation of MRPC role with new emphasis on Aftermarket requirements for the Energy sector worldwide.

Rolls-Royce North America Material Resource Planning Controller 2008-2013

• Supply Chain oversight of Aerospace parts for a multi-national corporation, ensuring delivery and quality goals are met globally.

• Strategic management of vendor and internal customer relationships. • Teamwork with buyer and engineers to achieve maximum performance• Reporting responsibility weekly, monthly and quarterly to management to include arrears, obsolescence,

excess inventory, forward planning etc.• Work with internal customers and manage relationships with factories and programs• Conduct Delivery Failure Investigations with suppliers• Oversee Annual Business Reviews with supply chain

Global Mobility Centre Coordinator 2006-2008

• Coordination/Management of Rolls-Royce international assignments to North America. All aspects coordinated: pre-briefing, location visit, shipping, immigration, security and medical requirements, host country orientation, fleet vehicle, medical plan enrollment, contractual expenses and continuing support throughout two to three year assignment, exit briefing/paperwork and shipping/return logistics.

• Managed RRNA International Assignee Housing and Car Programs as well as out-sourced vendor relationships.

• Managed short-term assignments to Canada and several locations in the USA, acting as liaison between the various receiving Rolls-Royce entities in North America and the sending businesses in the EU.

Iridium Satellite LLC 2001-2003

Senior Executive Assistant/Office Manager

• Assisted Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and General Counsel in a very busy corporate office.

• Performed administrative work consisting of phone coverage, expense reporting, travel/meeting coordination, calendar management, presentation and report preparation, files maintenance, event planning, in–house catering, etc. Teamwork with other assistants to support the Board of Directors and smooth running of corporate office a priority.

• Acted as Human Resources Liaison to HQ. Duties included processing personnel actions and new hire actions; orientation of new employees; benefits coordination; vacation tracking; payroll issues. Dealt with highly sensitive and confidential material, worked closely with HR Generalist and Director of HR in Arizona office.

• Acted as Finance Department Liaison to HQ. Worked closely with AP and Payroll, duties included the use of Excel to prepare and/or track internal funding requests, with oversight of content criteria and signature process through several levels of authority; corporate signature tracking through to final submission.

• Processed corporate invoices and travel authorizations.

• Office Manager-Corporate. Duties included oversight of vendor relationships ensuring excellent use of available resources through research and negotiation; oversight of Receptionist and front office; Parking and

Keys Administrator; liaison with building management; Emergency Evacuation Captain; inventory oversight; IT troubleshooter; oversight of special needs/projects such as space allocation and holiday party planning.

• One year as right hand assistant to Chief Counsel, requiring high degree of organization and diplomacy.

UUNET Technologies (a Worldcom Co) 1999-2001

Staff Specialist/Executive Assistant to CFO

• Dedicated support of the CFO and his international team.

• Using Excel tracked internal funding requests, oversight of content criteria and the signature process through several levels of authority. This work included maintenance of a webpage showing the progress of such requests.

• As department Webmaster, learned two software packages and Internet terminology to better interact with Webmaster’s office and to provide excellent and creative web pages. Successfully restored the Intranet Finance Department website, which had been neglected for one year. Due to massive company transition, overhaul of large and intricate site was required and completed; to include redesign of pages, updating of all information, repair of broken links and establishment of more sophisticated linkage. In addition, wrote and published forms and documents for the finance department.

• Served as primary support to the head of an international finance division in a position requiring a high degree of confidentiality, integrity and commitment, providing excellent phone and calendar coverage for this busy executive through careful screening and thorough interaction and teamwork with other assistants as required.

• Prepared presentations, business agendas, expense reports, etc., to ensure requested deliverables were met by assigned deadlines.

• Served as recording secretary at Global Finance Department team meetings and distributed the minutes in a timely fashion.

• Tracked action items assigned to Direct Reports and reminded them as necessary regarding due dates.

• Solved customer service/AP issues that were escalated to the CFO’s office and required intervention to find the solution to the problem, as well as protected the CFO from annoying interruptions.

• Successfully planned and coordinated all in-house catering and room preparation, off-site meetings ranging in size from small business retreats to all-hands meetings, as well as quarterly and holiday department events for up to two hundred employees.

• Planned and executed international and domestic travel arrangements, to include trips to the Asia Pacific, African and European regions.

• Responsible for the conception, development and maintenance of an electronic library for the department, including the tracking and cataloging of regularly published internal documents and reports.

• Assisted CFO and senior staff with special projects, promoting greater efficiency and saving them time.

Caterpillar Inc. 1990 –1995

Executive Assistant .

• Acted as primary support to Caterpillar’s two senior lobbyists in a position requiring a high degree of confidentiality and tact.

• Trusted as first point of contact for Public Affairs in Washington, D.C., to interact, serve and/or problem-solve for corporate VIPs, Members of Congress, high-ranking military.

• Participated in annual PAC activities.

• Prepared annual staff evaluations.

• Coordinated all arrangements for domestic/international travel and accommodations, with executive’s preferences in mind.

• Prepared expense reports.

• Arranged for in-house catering.

• Assisted with speech writing and final presentation.

• Worked with CEO’s assistant in any way requested to aid the accomplishment of HQ goals in the Washington, D.C. office.

• Planned meetings of all types, including coordination of the Illinois Capitol Hill Breakfast Series (special recognition given), small retreats, on-site meetings and holiday receptions.

• Coordinated VIP tours of Washington, D.C., accommodations and entertainment for visiting VIPs, accompanying executives and/or spouses as needed.

• Prepared quotes and contracts for Government Sales Department, as needed.

• Executed oversight of the following: office inventory management; hotel and vendor liaison, negotiating contracts as needed; office equipment maintenance; telephone system trouble-shooter and new employee trainer; and other functions of office management as requested.

Strengths Team-oriented, good ethics, flexibility, fast learner, sense of humor.Education 1969-1971 American University, Washington, D.C. - Liberal Arts

1996-1997 Trinity College, Washington, D.C. – International Studies

Overseas Experience Kenya for 2 years and The Dominican Republic for 2 yearsInterests Writing, history, art.