Faruk Abolurin

Silver Spring, MD ***** 240-***-**** adbea1@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

Driven Executive Assistant adept at developing and maintaining detailed administrative and procedural processes that reduce redundancy, improve accuracy and efficiency and achieve organizational objectives. Over 8 years of experience supporting leaders in management and executive roles.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Business Administration, 2008

American University - Washington, DC

Work History

Cloudticians Inc., Upper Marlboro MD - 04/2019 – 10/2019

Volunteered as an instructor to work closely with users on proper use of Amazon Web Services

Designed state-of-the-art technical solutions (AWS) to address Customer requirements (scalability, reliability, security, and performance)

Built entire Virtual Private Clouds (VPC) from scratch, created private/public subnets, security groups and network access lists

Configured internet gateways for internet access to VPC's, network access control lists (NACL) and security groups (reducing malicious attacks - blacklisted range IP addresses)

Oversaw public/private cloud infrastructures using Amazon Web Services (Elastic Cloud Compute [EC2], Simple Storage System [S3], Cloud Front, Elastic File System, Relational Database Service [RDS], VPC, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, Cloud Formation, and Identity & Access Management [IAM] roles)

Managed Elastic Load Balancer (ELB-ALB) to avoid single point of failure of application servers and web servers

Monitored high availability, resilience standard and best practices for adopting technologies (AWS/Cloud providers)

Ayo Gbeleyi, Principal 02/2011 to 12/2018

Green & Brown Fields Ltd. – Lagos, Nigeria 06/2015 to 12/2018

Executive Assistant / Office Manager

Managed CEO's complex and frequently changing travel arrangements and coordinated pre-planning of trips

Produced accurate office files, updated spreadsheets and crafted presentations to support executives and boost team efficiency

Produced approximately 10 reports a month which included payroll reports and monthly invoices

Responded to emails and other correspondence to facilitate communication and enhance business processes

Managed administrative functions, including complex calendar management with focus on proper allocation of executive availability

Managed over 50 client calls per day

Managed ground lease renewal processes to ensure site leases were extended to prevent loss of asset

Reviewed and negotiated over 5 land lease renewals a week

Reduced office expenses by 15% by negotiating discounts with office vendors

Contributed to smooth business operations by scheduling approximately 10 meetings per week for the CEO

Worked with senior management to initiate new projects and assist in various processes

Lagos State Government - Ministry of Finance – Lagos, Nigeria 02/2011 to 05/2015

Executive Assistant to the Honorable Commissioner

Scheduled approximately 10 meetings per week for the Honorable Commissioner with prospective investors

Contributed to smooth business operations by planning and organizing meetings and conferences, including conference calls

Managed external contacts for CEO and kept track of periodic communication needed for priority contacts

Worked with senior management to initiate new projects and assist in various processes

Produced accurate office files, updated spreadsheets and crafted presentations to support executives and boost team efficiency

Promoted team productivity by keeping supplies organized and well-stocked

Project Management Intern, 04/2010 to 01/2011

Lagos State Government - Office of PPP – Lagos, Nigeria

Tracked project performance to analyze successful completion of short- and long-term goals

Drafted an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the operation & maintenance of 3 Maternal & Child Care Centers and the development of a Medical Park Facility in Lagos

Conducted traffic data analysis of the Lagos Infrastructure Project (LIP) and the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge Project

Supported project managers in managing schedules and milestones

Identified project scopes, constraints, risks and deadlines

Marketing Associate, 01/2009 to 12/2009

DirectBuy – Gaithersburg, MD

Successfully enrolled over 200 new clients in 2009 which was the second highest for the branch for the year

Identified prospective customers using lead generating methods and performing an average of 350 cold calls per day

Followed-up on leads that responded to the company's television and internet advertisements

Scheduled appointments for prospective members to attend open house events

Athletics Marketing Intern, 05/2008 to 12/2008

American University – Washington, D.C.

Solicited prospective sponsors for the university’s Athletics Department

Developed sponsorship proposals

Planned and supervised half-time events

Created recap portfolios for current sponsors at the time to reflect on their participation in the sporting events of the preceding year

Designed & edited promotional materials for the university’s Athletics Department using Adobe PhotoShop & Adobe InDesign

Skills

Accounting/Bookkeeping

Invoice Processing

Detail-Oriented

Event Planning

Excellent Verbal & Oral Communication Skills

Multi-Tasking

Team Building

Expense Reporting

Administrative Support

Project Management

Calendar Management

Advanced MS Office Suite

Human Resources Management (HRM)

Lease/Contract Negotiation

Research

Accomplishments

Played a key role in a start-up by recruiting, training & supervising up to 15 staff

Generated revenue of over 36-million Naira ($1 million equivalent) through Lease/Contract negotiations

Designed incentive-based bonus program led to improved Employee Performance

Engineered Employee Handbook revisions along with new HR policies

Led AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam Training Cohort - resulted in 35 students passing exam

Certifications

Amazon Web Services - Certified Cloud Practitioner

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