Kela A. Ware
**** ******* ****.; Rockledge, Florida 32955
321-***-**** ****.****@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Skilled and dedicated professional offering a background in domestic and
international markets with an exceptional understanding of project support
and management.
Areas of Expertise
. Ability to demonstrate management and supervision of staff
. Excellent diplomacy and interpersonal skills
. Ability to interact with all levels of staff from senior management to
line staff
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Site Manager
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., Cape Canaveral, Florida April
2012 - Jan. 2013
. Provide day-to-day functional oversight and supervision of contract
staff
. Maintain work schedules and respond to workload surge coverage
. Manage personnel administrative functions
. Process and maintain security clearances through the security
department
. Supervise recruitment and hiring
. Oversee staff performance and coordinate development
. Demonstrate ability to organize workflow and to mobilize and deploy
staff to meet workload requirements
. Conversant with office organization and procedures
. Oversee staff training and development to ensure professionalism
. Take action to correct any performance problems to assure quality
control
. Management of projects with a value of $5.2 million plus
. Maintain a professional and responsive relationship with the customer
represent for the company as primary contact at customer interface
meetings, visits and inquiries to facilitate contract services.
. Responsible for managing contract issues and developing resolutions to
meet productivity, quality and customer satisfaction goals and
objectives.
. Used software for monitoring progress, interventions, and problem
solving with customer, functional managers, and employees.
. Support requirements for Service Contract Act conformance.
. Perform due process on contract deliverables.
. Maintain a professional and responsive relationship with the customer.
. Articulate site concerns and provide resolution to customer Point of
Contact.
. Resolve problems and/or conflicts and maintain open communications
with the customer and staff.
. Support the preparations and modifications of contract and other
documents.
. Responsible for salary planning for projects based on the SCA wage
determinations.
. Provide operational support for customer and company employees,
perform related administrative duties, and coordinate with employees.
. Coordinate efforts to fill new positions upon customer request.
Requires recruiting, on-boarding, and new hire orientation experience
for projects.
. Receives task-oriented assignments, monitors work on a daily basis,
and actively assists subordinates.
. Served as backup Program Manager under the USAID and GHSI contracts
. Site Manager/Program Manager for two (2) contracts: 99th RSCP and GSAS
VA Martinez
Project Support Specialist/Project Manager
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., Cape Canaveral, Florida
January 2009 - April 2012
. Represent the company as primary contact at customer interface
meetings, visits and inquiries to facilitate contract services.
. Responsible for managing contract issues and developing resolutions to
meet productivity, quality and customer satisfaction goals and
objectives.
. Used software for monitoring progress, interventions, and problem
solving with customer, functional managers, and employees.
. Support requirements for Service Contract Act conformance.
. Perform due process on contract deliverables.
. Maintain a professional and responsive relationship with the customer.
. Articulate site concerns and provide resolution to customer Point of
Contact.
. Resolve problems and/or conflicts and maintain open communications
with the customer and staff.
. Support the preparations and modifications of contract and other
documents.
. Responsible for salary planning for projects based on the SCA wage
determinations.
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. Provide operational support for customer and company employees,
perform related administrative duties, and coordinate with employees.
. Coordinate efforts to fill new positions upon customer request.
Requires recruiting, on-boarding, and new hire orientation experience
for projects.
. Receives task-oriented assignments, monitors work on a daily basis,
and actively assists subordinates.
Accounting Clerk III
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., Cape Canaveral, Florida January 2005
- January 2009
. Review time sheets for calculation errors, vacation time availability,
holiday hours to ensure that the hours are processed correctly.
. Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and
other financial statements according to established procedures.
. Reconciliate vendor invoices and address any invoice issue with the
vendor.
. Use computers programmed with accounting software to record, store,
and analyze information.
. Responsible for the organization of travel for employees and
management.
Data Entry Clerk
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. (Temp); Cape Canaveral, FL October 2004-
January 2005
. File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.
. Perform general office duties such as ordering supplies, maintaining
records management systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.
. Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements and
other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, and/or
presentation software.
Child Care Association
Child Care Food Program (CCFP) Technician; Cocoa, FL July 2003-
October 2004
. Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and
other financial statements according to established procedures.
. Compile statistical, financial, accounting or auditing reports and
tables pertaining to such matters as cash
receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits
and losses.
. Preformed work in support of the receipt, disbursement, examination,
deposit and custody of cash items which included handling cash items
or use of cash accountability control methods
. Post, examine, balance, compute and extract data from records to
prepare reports.
EDUCATION
Everest University; Brandon, Florida
. Master of Business Administration; with an emphasis on Management
Graduation date Jan 2014
Everest University; Brandon, Florida
. Bachelor of Science in Business, with an emphasis on Management.
2011
Everest University; Brandon, Florida
2008
. Associates of Science in Accounting
Relevant
Skills
. Microsoft Project
. Proficient in Microsoft Office
. Human Resource Information Systems: PeopleSoft, E-Verify, GIS,
HireRight; Kenexa
. Project Information Management System (PIMS)
. SCA Wage Determination
. CostPoint
. Live-Link
. Internet Explorer
. Claim-Desk
. Compass Training Center