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MELISSA A. HURD

Objective

I desire a position in which I can expand skills and be challenged, but also contribute to the growth and success of my organization. I have a strong background in conference and meeting administration coordination. I am proficient in most facets of general office procedures such as mail, copies, faxing, and filing. I enjoy organizing and coordinating special projects and events. I can work independently but follow instructions well. I have been responsible for the hiring and training of new personnel and have always maintained good working relationships with most colleagues. I can both operate and maintain PC computer systems and mobile devices, and both hardware and software needs. I am able to design simple web applications and social media applications, also upload and maintain websites. I have become quite familiar with database development, both in the research and data collection; as well as storage and output. I am able to operate internal office equipment and can both operate and maintain them. I have experience in preparing government grant proposals and the planning budgets. I also am capable of negotiating contracts with outside vendors and service providers.

Experience

2003 - 2019

UNH, Crimes Against

Children Research Center

Durham, NH

Conference Administrator

Administrative duties associated with the planning of a 500 person conference. Organized and supervised a conference staff. Negotiated all vendor contracts and maintain budgets associated with government grants. Processed all registration, travel and visa application for speakers. Maintained and grew the conference database in Microsoft Access. Managed all abstract entries. Created and edited conference program book which included 250 papers, 10 invited speakers and several special events every day. Supervised all events onsite at Hotel and managed each conference day from start to finish. Worked with the program officer to write and compile information for government grant applications. Handled all emergencies onsite with invited speakers and attendees of conference.

1997 - 2003

UNH, Family Research Laboratory

Durham, NH

Information Technologist

Administrative duties associated with network management. I also maintain 37 systems within three locations and management all the software and licensing. I also built and maintain three web sites associated with the Labs work as well as built and maintained databases.

1992 – 1997

Get Ranked

Portsmouth, NH

Internet Ranking Specialist

Data entry and the maintenance of webhits for client. Also managed and created weekly reports of website traffic.

Education

1991 - 1994

American University

Cairo, Egypt

Comparative Middle Eastern Politics

Arab Language Arts

1994 -1998 University of New Hampshire Durham, NH

Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts

Information Technology

Computer Experience and Special Skills

I can operate all applications associated with the Microsoft Office Suite versions 97, 2000, millennium, XP, Windows 7 & 8. Among other software I can operate are Corel suite, Macromedia Web development tools, WordPress and Drupel. I am familiar with email applications such as Outlook and Express, Eudora, and all web based email interfaces. I am able to create and maintain all of the popular social media applications and am familiar with SEO programming. I can develop databases using the Microsoft product Access, I have four out of six certification classes completed. I am proficient using the internet as a research tool and most browsers. I can also maintain all software within any Microsoft platform dating back as far as 3.1 up to XP. I am useful when it comes to document storage scanning and converting documents to PDF. Also in data disk creating. I have do hardware experience.

Languages

Spanish is my second language and I speak, write and read conversational Arabic.

References

Furnished Upon Request