MELINDA HOLLEY
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SUMMARY
Senior Executive Administrative Support Professional with extensive
experience in supporting corporate executives (President, Vice-President,
Program Manager, Project Manager) in the fields of sales, engineering, and
program management. Skills include excellent time management
prioritization, creation and maintenance of periodic reports, creation and
maintenance of electronic and hard copy files and databases, maintenance of
calendar/meeting support (Outlook), creation and maintenance of internal
and external contact supports.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CH2M HILL - Executive Program Assistant
2011 - 2012
. Document Control through SharePoint, eB Insight, and hard copy library
. Coordinated and scheduled meetings through Outlook
. Coordinated and tracked project log for milestones, reports, and
deliverables
. Created and coordinated weekly progress reports
. Participated in strategy and progress meetings
Contract Assignments, Wilmington DE
2007 - 2011
(Administrative Support - INA Trust, fsb; BlueCross/BlueShield; Barclays
Bank Delaware, Jamestown Painting, Christiana Care Hospital)
. Created historic log for document retrieval (INA Trust, fsb)
. Distributed financial reports (INA Trust, fsb)
. Coordinated and scheduled meetings through Outlook
(BlueCross/BlueShield)
. Participated in progress meetings (BlueCross/BlueShield)
. Customer Service Contact (Barclays Bank Delaware / Jamestown Painting)
. Assisted Department Manager (Medical Records Dept.)
LILLY ELECTRICAL SALES & ENGINEERING, INC. / LIGHTING SALES ASSOC., INC.,
1973 -2006
Executive Secretary to President/Owner
. Drafted and executed outgoing correspondence for President/Owner;
routed incoming correspondence (hard copy and electronic); received
and shipped packages.
. Assisted VP of Specifications & Sales & VP/Director of Marketing on
projects (proposals, customer service, document creation and
management)
. Assisted with bid proposals including costing, assembling
specification and submittal data for presentation to customers
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. Senior Customer Service contact on multi-million dollar projects
(Medical, Educational <University & K-12>, Commercial/Retail,
Industrial) with national and multi-national vendors on projects up to
$7 Million
. Responsible for meeting preparation of agenda and documents
. Drafted, executed, and maintained minutes of Board of Directors and
Shareholders Meetings
. Managed calendar for meetings and appointments
. Researched, created, and distributed periodic sales reports (weekly,
monthly, and yearly)
. Researched and created technical documents (specifications,
submittals, Owners & Maintenance manuals) up to 120 pages for internal
and external distribution
. Performed daily review of open projects to anticipate potential
problems and proactively react to either avert or minimize them
. Modified and maintained current and archival files (hard copy and
electronic)
. Point of contact to resolve project problems requiring expedited
service including missing or damaged material and billing
inconsistencies
. Assumed responsibility for specific projects as assigned by
President/Owner and Vice-Presidents
. Assisted with travel arrangements (domestic)
. Trained newly hired employees & oversee work of Assistants during
probationary period.
EDUCATION
Associates Degree - Business Administration (emphasis on Marketing)
American Intercontinental University, Hoffman Estates IL
Bachelor of Science Degree - Criminal Justice
American Intercontinental University, Hoffman Estates IL
Various Project Management Courses - Keller University
. Management Organizational Change
. Leadership & Organizational Behavior
. Project Management Systems
. Accounting & Finance: Managerial Use & Analysis
. Managerial Accounting
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook
Document Management: SharePoint, eB Insight
Corel WordPerfect
Specific Internal Proprietary Software for project proposals,
order entry and customer service