Experience

Dura Chemicals, Inc

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Assistant

  • Jul 2012 - 11 years 6 months

  Emeryville, CA 94608 Provide a full range of support services for the President and the management team. Schedule and coordinate meetings, maintain calendars, arrange travel, both domestic and international, purchase and maintain office supply inventories, draft correspondence, conduct online research, create presentations, plan events including annual management meetings, team building and office parties, source and purchase gifts. Contributions: • Assisted in Redesigning the Company website… Show more Provide a full range of support services for the President and the management team. Schedule and coordinate meetings, maintain calendars, arrange travel, both domestic and international, purchase and maintain office supply inventories, draft correspondence, conduct online research, create presentations, plan events including annual management meetings, team building and office parties, source and purchase gifts. Contributions: • Assisted in Redesigning the Company website. • Planned and designed the Company stationary, brochure and technical data sheets. • Handle all logistics for Tradeshows including designing artwork for the booth which would ideally be outsourced to an external agency thus saving time and money for the company. • Designed and implemented the Company Intranet Share point site for better internal and external communication as well as document storage. • Executed the Office Expansion Project efficiently and well within the timeline. Show less



Crossover Advisors Private Limited

• EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/ PERSONAL ASSISTANT

  • Mar 2007 - Mar 2012

  A Private Equity Firm Provided high level secretarial and administrative support to the CEO. Conducted research, organized data and generated reports. Arranged and coordinated meetings and functions. Responsible for calendar management and all travel-related activities. Liaised with senior management, clients and external providers. Responsible for recruiting support staff at various levels. Coordinated all website-related, conference-related and sponsorship activities. Managed the… Show more A Private Equity Firm Provided high level secretarial and administrative support to the CEO. Conducted research, organized data and generated reports. Arranged and coordinated meetings and functions. Responsible for calendar management and all travel-related activities. Liaised with senior management, clients and external providers. Responsible for recruiting support staff at various levels. Coordinated all website-related, conference-related and sponsorship activities. Managed the day-to-day running of the office. Contributions: • Handled and coordinated all logistics for the company-sponsored event at the Entrepreneurship Summit of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. • Sourced and designed interiors of rental properties for the CEO and the company. Show less



United Breweries Ltd

• GUEST RELATIONS SPECIALIST

  • Dec 1998 - Jan 2007

  Worked directly for the Chairman of the Company. Responsible for receiving guests and organizing social events hosted personally by the Chairman. Responsible for overall supervision of the Chairman’s various residential properties. Contributions: • Single-handedly organized the Art of Living Event for 300 persons at the Chairman’s residence.



Taj Group of Hotels

• RESERVATIONS COORDINATOR

  • May 1995 - Aug 1998

  Handled reservations for all the properties of the Taj Group, both in India and overseas. Assisted customers to plan their itineraries. Resolved customers’ problems and complaints. Contributions: • Successfully handled the Christmas and New Year reservations from all over the world for the Taj Group’s Goa properties for one year. It was a challenge filtering and screening around 10,000 reservation requests received whereby we could only accommodate 500.



Hotel Taj President

• Front Desk/ Guest relations Executive

  • Jun 1982 - Sep 1987

   Responsible for receiving hotel guests and ensuring total customer satisfaction.  Managed group reservations and the hotel business centre.  Coordinated services and resolved problems for hotel guests.