Tess Chedsey
***********@*****.***
WORK EXPERIENCE
Medical Transcriptionist,
. Transcribe and edit Doctor's notes from home using a website and my
home office. Turnaround time is 24 hours.
Online Tutor
03/2003-10/2003 Springfield, Oregon
. Tutored online for an adult ESL student taking an class in Business
English
Online Scorer for grades K-12, New Jersey School System
11/2003-06/2004 CAHSEE, an academic testing company.
. Scored essays and other writing exercises for academic placement in
the New Jersey School System as part of their statewide student
achievement testing..
Microsoft Applications Instructor
10/2001-10/2/2002 Goodwill Industries, Los Angeles, CA (Vocational night
school.)
. Instructed disabled adults in Microsoft Office Applications to open up
more job opportunities for them.
. Designed curriculum for the course.
. Provided occupational counseling based on my observation of the
students strengths and weaknesses in class.
Sr. Business Systems Analyst
7/1/1993-7/2002 Walt Disney Corp., Burbank, CA
. Lead benefits analyst in the design and implementation of stock
option, 401(k) and stock purchase systems.
. Designed and developed functional specifications for implementation
and testing of new systems.
. Extensive and creative use of data analysis tools (Access 97 and Excel
97).
. Maintained all above systems fed by a data repository that was
necessary due to the diverse HR, benefits and payroll software, as
well as hardware platforms in use throughout the company's business
units.
Sr. Systems Analyst
3/1991-7/1993 Automobile Club of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
. Designed and implemented PC hardware and software solutions for the
Human Resources Division.
. Performed cost benefit analysis to determine appropriate hardware and
software to purchase for the division.
User Analyst and Manager, Payroll and Pension
9/1988-3/1991 Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles, CA
. Began as member of project team to replace home grown
payroll/personnel software with McCormack & Dodge HRIS/Payroll/Benefit
system. Also replaced aging Unisys mainframe.
. Wrote specifications including complex payroll and benefit
modifications.
. Trained all users utilizing classroom techniques as well as one-on-
one. Developed all training materials.
. Using the McCormack & Dodge software, as payroll manager, paid 1800
employees on a bi-weekly pay schedule with a staff of 2.
. Responsible for all payroll related tax reporting.
. Administered defined benefit pension plan with a manual system I
developed for the hospital using Microsoft Access and Excel..
EDUCATION
1/2000 Mt. Sierra College, Monrovia, CA
. Certification
. Certification as Microsoft MCP+SB (Webmaster).
6/1987 Cal State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
. Certification
. Certificate in Business Information Systems. Included units in
Systems Analysis, COBOL, Database Modeling, Telecommunications and
Programming Structure.
5/1982 University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
. Bachelor's Degree
. Received a BS in Human Relations and Organizational Behavior.
Essentially, this is a Business Management degree with an emphasis on
organizational development..
SKILLS
. Microsoft Office Applications
. Project Management software
. Office organization
. Visual Basic
. Front Page (for website design)
. Database management and analysis, report generation