Maureen Boyd Godek acqlup@r.postjobfree.com

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Plainfield, Illinois 60544

815-***-****

Profile

Experienced Executive Assistant

Highlights

Merger and Acquisitions experience 20+ years

Excellent communication and composition skills

International meeting planning experience

Highly self motivated with a strong work ethic

Professional Experience

Molex Incorporated, Lisle, Il. 60532

Executive Assistant to Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions 1990 – 2014

Skills and Experience

Project Management – provided all administrative support in matters of acquisition from start to completion - due diligence, auditing requested materials, negotiating selected terms and conditions, ordering and organizing the legal documents, scheduling all trips and meetings, and finalizing all the details to complete the final purchase.

Communication skills – Used excellent communication skills with a wide spectrum of department heads and their staffs (Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, etc.) who assisted us in evaluating the potential acquisition companies. Was extremely persuasive in asking very busy people to add to their normal workloads and do important data gathering and analysis in a short time period.

Was honest, straightforward yet empathetic and set the right tone to build rapport.

Used above average writing skills to create or edit communications between Molex and external organizations.

Initiative – Used my initiative and judgment to solve problems and keep projects moving forward as the VP was required to travel frequently.

Budgeting - Assisted in the preparation, monitoring and reporting on our departmental budget.

Understanding and working with people from different cultures/nationalities – With 45 manufacturing locations in 17 countries and over 36,000 people globally, I worked with a very diverse staff as we sought business opportunities all over the world.

Seeing the big picture while staying on top of all the details - In 25 years, we completed over 50 transactions totaling over $880 million in revenue and conducted over 700 potential transaction reviews. We also completed 15 worldwide technology agreements. Seeing how all the moving parts fit together, staying abreast of the timeline and deadlines, and juggling hundreds of tiny details was necessary to insure success.

People skills - After completing an acquisition, I helped integrate key functional areas such as, Finance, Engineering, Sales/Marketing, into the larger Molex organization. I used persuasiveness, my insights into human nature and my ability to give advice and get cooperation in preparing the Molex team.

Caregiver Dec 1983 - Apr 1990

During this time I was a full time stay at home mother to my one year old daughter and caregiver to my elderly mother who suffered a debilitating stroke.

Executive Assistant to CFO, Molex Incorporated Dec 1980 - Dec 1983

Assistant to Director Marketing at Montgomery Wards Sep 1978 - Nov 1980

EDUCATION

Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Il – Bachelor’s Degree 1978