Nghi Truong
Cell phone: 408-***-****. E-mail: *********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position in where my skills will be utilized by my employer
SKILLS
. MS Excel / Word / Powerpoint
. Sharepoint; CRM; Outlook/Eudora/Nescape Mail Systems
. ORACLE (for Eng Change Orders, Purchase Requests, Bill of Materials
entries)
. Completion of Intermediate Web Page Design using DreamWeaver MX
(Mission College)
. Capable of maintaining the company external/internal websites using
Dreamweaver software
. Capable of posting Company Press Releases (including Financial PR)
using PRNewswire website
. Speak English, Vietnamese, Cantonese; read, write and understand basic
French
EXPERIENCES/ACHIEVEMENTS
KPMG (Mountain View, CA) Mar. 2011 -
Jul. 2011
Client Scheduling Support (Contract)
. Maintained and processed consultants schedules and requests in eStars
(scheduling tool)
. Updated staff schedules; prepared and distributed excel-version of
customer visits reports
. Resolved conflicts on staff schedules
CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS (is now IXIA) Feb. 2000 - Oct.
2010
Marketing Admin Assistant & Product Management Ops Admin
. Programmed, maintained and enhanced the company's (Catapult) worldwide
pricelists, related forms and procedures using advanced Excel
formulas, macros subroutines which required dedicated attention to
accuracy and details.
. Worked directly with the VP of Marketing and Product Managers to
incorporate new products and pricing models into the monthly corporate
pricelists; created Sales/Mktg Powerpoint presentations
. Maintained customer and vendor databases and sent out monthly mass
emailing of the company eNewsletter using the ACT! Customer DB
software
. Worked with S/W Mgr, Order Processing Mgr, and Manufacturing to
complete the S/W release documentation and S/W package shipping
preparations (updated customer DB, mail merge letters etc
. SOX compliance activities
. Worked with the Accounting Dept to successfully pass periodic external
audits. These audits covered the integrity and accuracy of the
corporate pricelists as well as the control processes for maintaining,
updating, testing, and distributing those pricelists. Assisted SOX
Auditors and A/R in the reconciliation of receivables against customer
orders.
Website Maintenance
. Updated and maintained company internal and external websites
. Was selected by the CFO to process highly confidential company Press
Releases to NASDAQ and Marketwire.com
. Uploaded the company Press Releases on the intranet & external website
. Fulfilled other departments' requests to post Excel spreadsheets and
Powerpoint presentations to the intranet
Duties (as Product Management Ops Admin):
. Processed all ECO's (Engg Change Orders) for Product Managers into
Oracle
. Managed new software BOMs, created new H/W & S/W part #s and updated
procedures in the BOM for Doc Control
. Verified, processed and followed up on all PCN's (Product Change
Notice)
. Published and posted all Product Management communications to the
company intranet (including promotions, EOS notices, newsflashes,
competitive update announcements)
. Worked with licensing team on setting up new licenses and entered
licensing changes to Oracle
. Created and followed up on Purchase Requisitions for all Product
Managers
. Generated Media Kit BOM spreadsheets for all SW releases
. Processed End-of-Sale products (updated EOL product master
spreadsheets; created Oracle entries and posted EOS info to the
company websites)
. Used Photoshop and Illustrator to create and update Artwork for SW CD
label and Tech Manual Front Cover
AMERICAN EXPRESS (on site CISCO SYSTEMS CAPITAL) - San Jose, CA
Mar. 1998 - Feb. 2000
Accounting Clerk II, Equipment Finance Dept.
. Generated funding worksheets and commenced billing for all finalized
leases including lease invoices for large-sized companies (e.g.,
Microsoft, John Deere, NationsBank, GTE Networking)
. Assisted Controller and Accounting Mgr in account reconciliations and
conversion of billing data to new accounting software. Applied
payments to AR system and researched unidentified checks.
. Tracked and resolved billing issues
. Generated and monitored large asset spreadsheets for customers having
multiple equipment locations. Assisted Collections in dispute
resolutions
. Generated monthly sales tax report for company tax department
EDUCATION/HONORS
Mission College - Santa Clara, CA
. A.S. in Office Administration (June 1995)
. Certificate in Business Microcomputers (June 1995)
. Certificate in Office Information Systems (June 1995)
. Dean's List on 8 consecutive semesters
Catapult Communications -- MTV, CA
Chairman's Award (2007)