Experience

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  Sherwood Design Engineers

  • United States
  • Civil Engineering
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Office Manager

    • Nov 2019 - Present

    I provide comprehensive on-site office management support at the firm’s headquarters and remote support of 5 satellite offices. I'm a member of a ten-person administrative support team collaborating on prioritizing, planning, and executing routine and specialized tasks to keep the company running smoothly. We collectively support all employees by supplying the processes, tools, and infrastructure necessary to perform their jobs efficiently and effectively.I deliver technical support for all office equipment and their infrastructure at each office, assisting IT with procurement and distribution logistics, hardware installation and software support. I lead teams that organized and procured meeting supplies, refreshments, and meals for in-house and off-site meetings with vendors, clients, and employees including identifying and sourcing refreshments for employees during the workday, at monthly staff meetings and biweekly company happy hours.I vetted and helped select the third party administrator for the company’s ESOP afterward being accountable for end-to-end ESOP communications, administration, and support. I coordinate the annual insurance application process and generate certificates of insurance throughout the year as needed.I manage end-to-end mail and shipment processing including safely and securely packaging high-value items for shipment, maintaining adequate packing and shipping supplies and proactively keeping senders and receivers informed of shipment status.I lead teams that plan, vet suppliers, manage logistics and execute multi-day company meetings for 15 to 40 attendees including scheduling and organizing quarterly Board of Directors’ meetings both in-house and off-site. I assist in organizing the annual company shareholder’s meeting.Along with administrative and remote team support, I helped plan, manage, and execute internal and external office moves at several offices and the company headquarters.

  • Facilities Manager

    • Nov 2019 - Jun 2022

    In addition to my Office Management duties, I identified, assessed, and helped select facilities service providers – janitorial, electrical, plumbing, HVAC – for headquarters. I also serve as primary liaison for satellite office’s facilities and their property managers.

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  Savant Investment Group, LLC

  • Oakland, CA

  • Finance and Office Manager

    • Apr 2015 - Aug 2019
    • Oakland, CA

    Following my experience as a business owner at ArtZone, I took a position where I could continue exercising my strong communication, organization and logistical skills in a new environment – a Registered Investment Advisory firm. I am now familiar with most aspects involved in providing investme...

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  ArtZone 461 Gallery

  • San Francisco, CA

  • Partner, Manager

    • Mar 2008 - Dec 2015
    • San Francisco, CA

    I was one of two owners who opened this Fine Art Gallery. We were the only full time staff and responsible for every aspect of running a brick-and-mortar operation. We designed, furnished and maintained the Gallery space while working with a stable of 15+ artists. In six years we presented ove...

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  Charles Campbell Gallery

  • San Francisco, CA

  • Office Manager

    • Mar 2006 - Mar 2008
    • San Francisco, CA

    I joined the Campbell Gallery to manage day-to-day operations as we restarted the Gallery’s exhibition schedule and recruited new artists. I managed all Gallery operations for both our exhibition space and sculpture garden. I learned the Fine Art Gallery business, everything from installing exh...

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  Hewlett-Packard

  • Palo Alto, CA

  • Software Development and Project Management

    • Jan 1990 - Mar 2006
    • Palo Alto, CA

    Hired as a programmer responsible for all phases of systems development: requirements gathering and analysis; systems and business process design; system, support and end-user documentation; unit, system and integration testing; move to production; user support. Learned several programming lang...