Engineer Administrative Assistant

Eliza G. Sivo

San Diego, CA ***** • 858-***-**** • *******@*****.***

SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST

Online Marketing & Business Processes

Rising, versatile professional with diverse experience contributing to critical strategic initiatives &

driving enterprise growth through procedural efficiency, enhanced visibility & corporate governance for

an innovative wireless carrier. A keen sense of self & direction with a chameleon like ability to

situationally call on both introverted & extroverted tendencies. Pursuing the next career juncture based on

a passion for creativity, especially in writing, & an interest in social media

Demonstrated success in:

Assuming increased responsibility, embracing new challenges & overcoming obstacles

Adopting a leadership role as a guide, mentor & committee co chair

Ad hoc & long term project management & collaboration to meet deadlines & deliver results

Brand promotion as an unofficial ambassador actively engaging in company sponsored

extracurricular events (team building, community outreach, culture driven)

Motivating team to peak performance levels with a positive & energetic disposition

Building strong business relationships with internal & external customers

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Creative Thinking • Multi media Savvy • Business Acumen

• Research/Analytics • Competitive/Strategic Planning • Budgeting/ Forecasting

• Customer Focused • Time Management • Communication

HIGHLIGHTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

Generated Positive Financial Impact – Helped save almost $80M over two years

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Lead Role in Organizational Transformation & Evolution – Helped streamline & solidify

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current department practices & integrate with the rest of the business

Participated in “Extracurricular” Activities Coordinated &/or partook in events such as Relay

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for Life, Father Joe’s Donation Drive, Daffodil Days, & a golf charity event.

• Maintained a Creative Outlet Sought outside, passion projects like personal blogging &

freelance writing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cricket Communications, San Diego, CA Oct. 2009 – Present

Eliza G. Sivo

Imaginative Business Professional

Procurement Analyst, Engineering & Operations, 9/2010 to present

• Contributed to the team surpassing savings goals of $39M in 2010 ($16.8M OPEX, $18.6M

CAPEX, & $4.2M Cost Avoidance/Revenue Generating), & $40.1M 2011 YTD ($13.6M OPEX,

$6.4M CAPEX & $20.1 M Cost Avoidance/Revenue Generating)

• Managed the Sourcing effort, as part of an elite, cross functional team, in the due diligence, &

transition phases of an outsourcing strategy with targeted OIBDA savings of $4M per quarter

• System Administrator for our contract management tool (implementation/data migration, UAT

testing, training, troubleshooting, electronic notifications & approval delegations)

• Perform market analytics & research for the Network category

• Assist with all phases of the strategic sourcing process, ie. NDA initiation, requirements

gathering, RFI/RFP process, contract administration & execution process

• Aid with Post contract award processes, ie. Supplier Management Program

• Analyze & prepare metrics, reports & provide system & program administration support

• Jointing lead weekly staff meetings: create & present agenda, follow up on action items, act as the

liaison for all team reports, projects &/or program roll outs

• Trained & mentored fellow analyst & intern

Contract Administrator, Contract Management & Administration, 7/2009 to 8/2010

• Lead role in overseeing all team efforts, including document tracking & retention, required

reporting, validations/approvals/signatures & overall tools

• Go to person for peers & internal stakeholders seeking department’s statistics, updates & overall

achievements

• Generated monthly status reports & distributed to Executive Level Management & their teams

• Created & maintained department portal & its components: contract activity database, process &

procedure documentation,

Department Coordinator/Administrative Assistant, 10/2008 to 6/2009

• Department support in all administrative & organizational capacities

Boston Magazine, Boston, MA June 2007 Aug. 2007

Editorial Intern

• Assisted with research, fact checking, copy writing & publication planning

• Wrote & had published local business write ups, contributor biographies & two articles for

Boston Home & Garden

LifeBound, Denver, CO Nov. 2007 Apr. 2008

Publicity & Editorial Intern

• Pitched story ideas to national parenting, educational & teen magazine editors

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Eliza G. Sivo

Imaginative Business Professional

Assisted in the authoring of Junior Guide to Senior Success

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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Vermont, 2008

Accomplishments include Cynic staff writer, graduating Cum Laude with department honors, successive

Dean’s List recipient & a member of several Honor Societies

CERTIFICATIONS/ASSOCIATTIONS

Member of the Association of Strategic Marketing

Applied Project Management Certification (currently enrolled with Villanova U)

REFERENCES TO FOLLOW

Todd Norman

Director of Procurement, Network

Cricket Communications, Inc.

www.mycricket.com

**********@*********************.***

5887 Copley Drive

San Diego, CA 92111

858. 882. 9210 office

858-***-**** mobile

Todd is my current manager and we have worked closely together on a highly sensitive, confidential project for the past two

months.

Alex Rogers

Engineer Interconnect, Engineering & Operations

Cricket Communications, Inc.

www.mycricket.com

*******@*********************.***

5887 Copley Drive

San Diego, CA 92111

615-***-**** office/mobile

Alex was a co worker in the Procurement organization for about one (1) year.

Kyle Murphy

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Eliza G. Sivo

Imaginative Business Professional

Engineer Tools & Reporting, Operations Support Systems

Cricket Communications, Inc.

www.mycricket.com

********@*****.***

5887 Copley Drive

San Diego, CA 92111

858-***-**** office

513-***-**** mobile

I have known Kyle personally and professionally for about one (1) year.

Shekhar Deshpande

President & Consultant

Telecommunications, Inc. (TCI)

***********@*********************.***

10669 Ambergiades Lane

San Diego, CA 92130

858-***-**** mobile/ office

Shekhar is an external business customer and consultant for Cricket.

Jessica Penaloza

Specialist, Safety & Security

Cricket Communications, Inc.

www.mycricket.com

*********@*********************.***

5887 Copley Drive

San Diego, CA 92111

858-***-**** office

619-***-**** mobile

I trained and worked closely with Jessica when she temporarily joined our team over the 2010 holidays.

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