Executive Assistant Management

CINDY ALLEGRETTA

***** ***** ******, #* (***)

***-****

El Cajon, CA 92019

SUMMARY

Nine years of management and supervisory experience and eighteen years of

Executive Assistant experience in construction, corporate travel, software,

retail and tourism industries. Team player with excellent communication

skills. Highly organized and detail oriented and an innovative problem

solver. Creative with various technical software programs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

S.C. WRIGHT CONSTRUCTION June 2003 - September 2010

Executive Assistant/Scheduler

I maintained multiple calendars, including those of the President and VP of

Marketing. Responsible for booking all domestic and international travel

for employees and travel related vendor negotiations. Coordinated and

organized off-site marketing events. Opened all new job case files and

incorporated documents for project managers. I updated all databases with

current job file case information. I also answered all incoming phone

calls.

. Streamlined global calendaring process to make it more effective by

incorporating email notifications and color coding events.

. Generated travel reports for quarterly Executive Committee meetings.

. Created various Excel spreadsheets for marketing and travel.

. Negotiated travel contracts to reduce costs.

CUBIC CORPORATION June 1999 - June 2003

Supervisor of Travel Services

Managed a $7.5M T&E budget for the company. Oversaw the Travel Accounting

department with regards to travel policy compliance on expense reports.

Acted as liaison between Cubic and the four on-site travel agents. Updated

and enforced the travel policies for the five different divisions of Cubic.

I was the administrator of 1,800+ corporate credit cards and calling cards

company-wide. Responsible for all travel related vendor negotiations.

Provided various reports to division heads on a monthly basis. I was also

a member of Cubic's Crisis Management Team.

. Re-negotiated airline contracts for an increased annual savings of

~$750,000.

. Set up the London office with the same travel agency to increase travel

volume and buying power.

. Implemented global airline contracts.

. Improved internal Travel Services web site by adding all forms and

applications

on-line.

. Conducted quarterly Travel Planner meetings.

CINDY ALLEGRETTA

Page Two

QUALCOMM December 1997 - June 1999

Senior Travel Administrator

Responsible for all hotel negotiations worldwide, as well as rental car,

shuttle and limousine contracts. Performed an extensive analysis of

corporate charge cards and compiled results for senior management

presentation. Administrator of more than 2,800 corporate charge cards

company wide. Implemented corporate charge cards in foreign offices

located in China, Israel and India. Generated monthly travel reports for

the Controller and business unit heads.

. Increased our web-based hotel directory by 300%.

. Negotiated contracts with San Diego hotel vendors in 1999 that saved ~

$500,000.

. Created and implemented ways to automate routine processes to eliminate

paperwork.

. Taught the travel and expense portion of the new hire orientation on a

weekly basis.

EDUCATION

Certified Corporate Travel Executive (CCTE) Program

Cornell University, NY

Travel Agent Certification

Travel Careers International, New York, NY

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Windows 07, Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, Visio, various email

systems

ASSOCIATIONS

1997 to 2001 - Board of Directors (Treasurer) - San Diego Business Travel

Association

1997 to 2003 - Member - San Diego Business Travel Association

1997 to 2003 - Member - National Business Travel Association

Contact this candidate