Katherine Altman

Email: abp6vs@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ** ******* ******

City: Norwalk

State: CT

Zip: 06851

Country: USA

Phone: 203-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $95,000

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Katherine T. Altman

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SUMMARY

Office Manager/Administrative Specialist - Highly organized, detail oriented self-starter skilled at multitasking, innovative problem solving and working in cross functional environments. Skilled at supporting both internal and external customers. Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills.

EXPERIENCE

Norwalk Symphony Society, Norwalk, CT August 2010 - Present

Office Manager - Process subscription orders, work with ticketing software to set up seasonal events including individual orders, ticket printing and sales summaries, create forms for advertising, donation and ticket purchases, create corres-pondence for President, Treasurer and members of the Board of Governors, coordinate concert and rehearsal space with City Hall, coordinate volunteer activity in the office and at concert events, create season program including individual programs, biography, notes, donation and volunteer listings and advertising placement. Arrange for approximately 45-50 musicians for concerts and assorted off-site functions, distribute music, prepare contracts and establish payroll. Manage accounts receivable and accounts payable with accountant. Maintain subscriber database including donation and subscriber seasonal finances. Assist with grant-writing documents.

American Chamber Orchestra 2003 - Present

Co-Founder (2003); Concertmaster (2003-present); Personnel Manager (2008-present). Includes establishing rehearsal schedule with Music Director/Conductor and coordinating with rehearsal venue for three performances per season; gather musicians for concert based on program; prepare and distribute music; follow-up emails to group for rehearsals, etc. Provide Program Manager with selections and personnel. Approximately 55-60 musicians per performance.

Organized and managed concert tours in 2005 to Austria and The Czech Republic (10 days - 4 concerts) for 60 members including coordination with tour company, creating audience program, setting up rehearsal schedule with Music Director/Conductor, maintaining confidential information, distribution of pertinent information; 2007 to Northern Italy (10 days - 4 concerts) for 80 members; 2009 to Scotland (11 days - 3 concerts) for 28 members; 2012 to Northern Spain (11 days - 3 concerts) for 26 members.

Civic Orchestra of New Haven, CT 2009 - Present

Member of 1st Violin section; Concertmaster effective spring 2010; two concerts per season involving weekly rehearsals.

Church of Latter Day Saints, New Canaan, CT December 2012

Coordinate rehearsal schedule with Music Director for performance of Messiah, recruit musicians, distribute music and maintain communications with group. 36 musicians

Landscapers Association, New Haven, CT December 2012

Hiring manager for chamber string group

Hillhouse Opera Company, New Haven, CT Fall 2011

Personnel manager and concertmaster for November 2011 production of LaBoheme; personnel manager for December 2011 production. Included recruiting musicians, distributing music, coordinating rehearsal schedule with Director and Conductor.

Landscapers Association, New Haven, CT December 2011

Recruited and performed as member of Madison Connection

Norwalk Community Chorale, Norwalk, CT 2005 - Present

Recruit musicians, establish rehearsal schedule with Music Director, coordinate rehearsal venue, distribute music and maintain communications with members. 25-30 musicians

Troupers Light Opera Company, New Canaan, CT 2000 - Present

Member of pit orchestra for annual spring production; Personnel Manager effective 2008 including coordinating rehearsal schedule with Music Director, recruit musicians based on instrumentation required, maintain communication with members of orchestra with regard to rehearsals and schedules. 20-25 musicians

INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC., Norwalk, CT 1993 - 2009

Provider of software and market data to retailers and manufacturers in the consumer packaged goods and related industries.

Project Manager (1997-2009)

Provided highly-customized market reports to client-facing staff ranging from Product Managers to Senior Vice Presidents for ultimate distribution to external clients.

* Achieved and maintained 99%+ annual on-time and accurate delivery

* As subject matter expert, consulted with in-house managers up to the Sr. Vice President level and clients to assist in evaluating client needs and determining feasibility and methodology required to resolve specific business issues.

* Worked with corporate Product Manager, Technical Support and Senior-level management to scope out parameters to maintain and improve the data and information that could be made available to clients. This included testing programming developments for both data release and user compliance security processes in non-production system environments.

* Supported millions of dollars in annual revenue growth and increased client satisfaction by providing customized, time-critical data solutions needed to facilitate sound marketing decisions

* Saved client millions of dollars in new product launch expenses by providing relevant market data

* Assisted in update and rewrite of proprietary data extraction software training manual

* Provided training and technical support to 300+ member user community

Project Director, Sales & Retail Services (1995- 1997)

Projects included timely delivery of reporting over extended periods according to contractual arrangements.

* Supplied data and information reporting based on requests of VP's and Account Executives

* Trained client service personnel on data retrieval software

Supervisor, Promotion Management, Customer Marketing Resources Division (1993 - 1995)

Managed and coordinated scanner-based promotion verification process.

* Communicated with manufacturer representatives, retailer buyers, headquarter operations and programming groups

* Created forms to manage process, collection and input of data as well as accounting reports to track client billings and revenue

* Customized client contracts and correspondence based on information from service representatives

RICHARDSON-VICKS, U.S.A./PROCTER & GAMBLE, Shelton, CT 1973 - 1992

Manufacturer, marketer and distributor of high quality consumer health and personal care products

Sales Information Coordinator (1987 - 1992)

Supplied shipment and trend analysis information based on specific needs of the sales, marketing and finance departments using FOCUS query language via mainframe database.

* Integrated new items into product database, installed and supported software packages and maintained integrity of product and customer database attributes

* Liaison between business units and IT departments to assist in efficient completion of projects

* Provided support for an on-line reporting system for the field sales organization in response to their need for more timely and specific customer information

* Developed and wrote training manual for field sales group to explain comparisons and differences in report formats resulting from sales organization restructure and systems changeover following acquisition

Administrative Specialist/Public Relations (1981 - 1987)

Provided broad support to the Director and Assistant Director of Corporate Communications and Lobbyist/Political Action Committee administrator.

* Prepared corporate press releases, proofread and distributed corporate publications and communicated with consumers, the press and government officials in a discreet, professional manner

* Entrusted with highly sensitive and confidential materials on an ongoing basis

* Researched and maintained record of historical events including acquisitions and divestitures, personnel activity and product introductions

Administrative Specialist/Sales (1973 - 1981)

Supported Vice Presidents of Sales and Trade Relations

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Six Sigma, Beginner and Intermediate Excel; Word, PowerPoint, Basic GUTS (mainframe environment); QSData reporting system; DataServer, Analyzer, Express report-writing software; Managing Personal Growth; Insight: You and Your Style; Total Quality; Metaphor Tools; SQL (Structured Query Language)

Berkeley Secretarial School, White Plains, NY

A.L.A. (Associates in Liberal Arts), Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY

ADDITIONAL INTERESTS

Fairfield County Symphony Society, Norwalk, CT

President (2006 - Present); Concert Master (1997 - Present); Assistant Concert Master (1993-1997)

Temple Shalom, Norwalk, CT

Member since 1984; President of Sisterhood for five years; Treasurer of subsequent social organization since 2000.

Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra 1973-1986 - Assistant Principal

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