SUSAN A. RUBY
abjdwh@r.postjobfree.com
Walnut Creek, California 94598
OBJECTIVE
Human Resources Assistant.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
o Completed Master of Business Administration in June 2010, John F.
Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, CA.
o 15 years architectural drafting and clerical duties.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
09/08-06/10, MBA Student
John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, CA
o Completed a Master of Business Administration degree program.
o GPA 3.98
09/06-03/08, Project Coordinator
David Babcock and Associates, Lafayette, CA
o Coordinated an average of 15 emails and 20 telephone messages daily for
ten outside consultants (electrical, plumbing, mechanical, structural
and civil engineers) to complete 25 projects over the course of one and
a half years.
o Performed clerical duties, including typing an average of ten documents
that included transmittals, application forms for city and county
agencies and landscape specifications. Maintained one large format
printer, one 8 x 11 printer and one fax machine.
o Liaison and advisor for 25 Costco projects ranging in value from
$65,000 to $1,000,000 This entailed daily contact and coordination for
design directives and drawing file transfers.
o Advised management on change initiatives to improve logistics of thirty
landscape design projects. This resulted in a more streamlined drafting
process and reduced project production time by 20 percent.
o Improved organization documentation by organizing 500 electronic
drawing file folders and contents for easier access based on naming
convention, logical locations, and ensured ease of use by entire staff
of seven employees using these files daily.
09/05-08/06, Senior Drafter
Designers Collective, Lafayette, CA
o Coordinated an average of 15 emails and 20 telephone messages daily for
seven outside consultants (electrical, plumbing, mechanical, structural
and civil engineers) to complete 15 projects over the course of one
year.
o Prepared an average of five planning submittal packages weekly
including application forms to city and county agencies, drawings, and
letters of transmittal for eight retail projects which included an 89
acre site with big box, retail, restaurants, recreation and offices,
one luxury condominium project and various service station projects.
o Liaison and advisor for 8 retail, luxury condominiums and service
station projects ranging in value from $50,000 to $1,000,000. This
entailed daily contact and coordination for design directives and
drawing file transfers.
04/04-09/05, Project Coordinator
Maple, Dell + McClelland, Walnut Creek, CA
o Coordinated an average of 10 emails and 15 telephone messages daily for
five outside consultants (electrical, plumbing, mechanical, structural
and civil engineers) to complete 30 projects over the course of one
year and a half.
o Trained five employees on office drafting policies ane how to improve
their drafting and AutoCad skills.
o Liaison and advisor for 25 Starbuck's locations ranging in value from
$50,000 to $50,000. This entailed daily contact and coordination for
design directives, drawing file transfers, and weekly conference calls
to discuss project progress.
06/98-03/04, Project Designer
Tait and Associates, Concord, CA
o Assisted Regional Manager in interviewing 10 prospective drafters.
o Trained six fellow employees on how to complete piping drawings for
service stations.
o Worked with 25 different city and county agencies, weekly researching
application fees and submittal requirements. via the Internet and
telephone calls.
o Performed clerical duties, including typing up to an average of ten
documents per day that included transmittals, application forms for
city and county agencies and gas station specifications. Maintained
two large format printers, one 8 " x 11" printer, two 11"x17"printers,
10 computer workstations, and maintained Novell server backup system by
checking error logs, changing tapes and maintaining backup logs.
o Prepared an average of five planning submittal packages daily including
application forms to city and county agencies, drawings, and letters of
transmittal for 100 retail projects which included Starbucks, and ARCO
Service stations over the course of six years.
o Improved organizational documentation for organizing 1000 electronic
drawing file folders and contents for easier access based on naming
convention, logical locations and ensured ease of use by entire staff
of 12 employees using these files daily.
EDUCATION
John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, California
o Master of Business Administration, Leadership concentration.
o GPA: 3.98
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
o Certificate in Engineering Technology / Drafting.
o GPA 3.8
Cal Poly (California Polytechnic State University), San Luis Obispo,
California
o Bachelor of Science, Dietetics and Food Administration.
o GPA 3.0
TECHNICAL AND COMPUTER SKILLS
Computer Packages: Adobe Acrobat Distiller, AutoCad 11-14, 2007, 2004, and
2002, Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, Open Office Calc, Open
Office Write, BST (time tracking), Quickbooks (data entry)
Operating Systems: Windows XP, 2000, NT, 98, Mac OS X, Novell Netware,
Ubuntu Linux, SuSE Linux
Plotters: HP 5500, HP 1050C, HP 5000, HP 1215, HP 7475A, HP 755C, Configure
and maintain plotters, set up plotter .PC3 files.
Drafting: Board drafting and CAD, including Architectural, Mechanical,
Surveying, Piping, Structural, and Civil Engineering.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS
o Society for Human Resource Management