Sales Representative Assistant
Resume:
Sharon D. Latham
Omaha, NE *8114
WORK EXPERIENCE:
**/**** - ******* - ****** *** Museum, Assistant to Executive Director &
CEO
- Write/Proof correspondence
- Develop and monitor budget, submit invoices, process gift checks
- Develop and monitor donor tracking system that includes tracking grant
deadlines, gifts received, outstanding pledges, filing donor information
and any open donor issues
- Maintain Executive Directors calendar
- Board of Directors Secretary
05/2007 - 08/2010 - Joslyn Art Museum, Donor Relations
- Stewardship reporting
- Grant writing
- Donor cultivation
- Special events planning
- New prospects research
- Press clippings
- Marketing
- Write/Proof correspondence
- Develop and monitor budget, submit invoices, process gift checks
- Develop and monitor donor tracking system that includes tracking grant
deadlines, gifts received, outstanding pledges, filing donor information
and any open donor issues
01/2004 - 05/2007 - Government Properties Trust, Assistant to
President/Investor Relation Manager
- Provide company information to stockbrokers and individual investors
- Host quarterly investor calls
- Maintain master calendar of events for the company
- Create conference presentations/web-casts
- Write press releases, publications
- Create marketing brochures and annual report wrap
- Create and maintain company web-site
- Provide company technical and operations support
- Liaison for the Board of Directors and General Counsel including
recording minutes at board meetings
- Assist President and CEO of company and manage an Administrative
Assistant
03/2003 - 12/2003 - Independent Communications Consultant
- Developed communication strategies and plans for a large technical
project at a local corporation
- Conducted a mass mailing campaign and created posters and newsletters for
an insurance firm
- Created and maintained a web-site to facilitate internal communications
in a large corporation
08/2002 - 03/2003 - Summitsoft Corporation, Regional Sales Representative
- Built strong relationships with major retail buyers and distributors in
order to market software products
- Maintained existing accounts
- Opened new sales channels in U.S. and Canada
- Formulated sales strategy to achieve company growth
09/2000 - 05/2002 - StrucSure Home Warranty, Marketing Representative
- Built new territory to market and sell home warranty to residential
builders
- Attended product shows and created marketing brochures and packets
- Grew customer base and maintained accounts in three state area
06/1984 - 08/2000 - Mutual of Omaha Insurance Companies
- Supervised groups of technical analysts; formulated business plans,
managed budgets, tracked project results
- Acted as Communication Specialist for several company wide technical
implementations
- Trained new employees on insurance and technical concepts
- Wrote computer specifications and programs to solve various business
problems
Education/Certification:
- B.S., Organizational Communication, Bellevue University, GPA 3.71
- A.S., Computer Programming Technology, Metro Community College, GPA 3.93
- Project Management Professional Certification - 2000
- Investor Relations Certification - 12/2005
Board of Director Positions:
- Opera Omaha Guild Board, Vice President of Membership,
- Metropolitan Builders Association Board, Membership Chairman
- Rose Theater Guild Board, Vice-Treasurer
- Living Faith United Methodist Church, Member of Leadership Committee
Training and Teaching Positions:
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June 1992 to September 1992 - Teacher, Institute of Computer Science
Instructor for Introduction to Computers and Structured COBOL Programming.
December 1993 to March 1996 - Information Systems Instructor, Mutual of
Omaha
Instructor for college-recruit training program. LAN Administration and
microcomputer desktop courses. Created courses as well as managed a
project to rewrite course materials. Supervised self-study learning
center. Evaluated and purchased hardware and software vendor packages.
Conducted technical interviews for college recruits.
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