Administrative Assistant Legal Secretary

IRENE A. LaTURNO

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ISO 9001 & 14001

Lead Auditor for ISO 9001 & ISO 14001

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Obtained Security Clearance since 2001. Classified as “Secret”, through the Department of Defense.

HIGHLIGHTS

Offering over twenty years of progressive experience.

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique and coordination of people and resources.

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms and other office procedures and terminology.

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, roles of composition and grammar.

SKILLS

Microsoft Office 2010: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access Outlook, Netscape & Exchange Visio WordPerfect Quicken Lotus 1-2-3 MAS90 Omnis 7 TCRS

Languages: English & Polish

Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision making.

Schedule events, programs and activities as well as the work of others.

Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize and accomplish tasks assigned to me.

Communicate with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government and other external sources. This is done in person, in writing, by telephone or e-mail.

Identify information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Enter, transcribe, record, store and maintain information in written or electronic form.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adecco, Melbourne, FL

Customer Service 2021

Checked on delivery dates

Finding missed deliveries and re-sending lost deliveries

Put in orders for customers

Aided customers in making sure their orders are correct and put in claims for missed deliveries and defective items

AECOM, Kennedy Space Center

Secretary III, Power & Protective Services 10/1/08- 4/1/19

Schedule meetings and maintain calendar for: Manager of Power & Protective Services.

Training Coordinator for over ninety personnel for Power & Protective Services and Manager.

Physicals

Training

On The Job Training

Certifications to comply with both OSHA and AECOM requirements

Monitor the progress of departmental commitments and suspense items and reports on past due projects as directed.

Maintain and manage over sixty vehicles for both departments

Space Gateway Support, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station / Kennedy Space Center

Secretary II, Facilities / KSC Power Systems and Protection Systems 12/16/03 – 9/30/08

Schedule meetings and maintain calendar for: Manager of Equipment Maintenance, Manager of Cape Facilities Systems and Manager of Roads and Grounds.

Training Coordinator for Metal Shops and managers

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Comprehensive Health Services, Kennedy Space Center 04/2002 – 12/15/03

Secretary: Industrial Health

Compose, maintain and issue all reports for this department, including meeting reports, metrics, analysis reports and correspondence to our customers.

Supported the Specialists: produced Environmental Evaluation reports and surveys. This included documentation, such as laboratory results and air evaluations. My responsibility was to place these documents as well as supporting photos into a document and then submitted them to the customers.

Superior / Lockheed Martin CCAFS (Contract Position) 02/2001 - 4/2002

Administrative Assistant: Astronautics Engineering Support Services Planning Department

Developed and maintained spreadsheets and other forms of support for the Titan and Atlas programs.

Maintained the data management file system for their Control Maintenance group and issued Production Plans.

Assisted Information Management Manager with developing financial information.

Assisted Systems Analyst with Software and Hardware inventory and files documenting data associated with this.

Interim / Northrop Grumman, Melbourne, Florida (Contract Position) 02/2000 – 02/2001

Administrative Assistant: Procurement & Administrative Services

Assistant to both the Manager of Procurement and the Manager of Small Businesses

Developed and managed all data that pertained to both managers and their respective departments. This included all incoming and outgoing correspondence, meeting notices and notes and files documenting all business activities for the department.

USSI, West Melbourne, Florida 12/1997 – 02/2000

Coordinator and Administrative Assistant

Generated all the data necessary for properly billing the customers to include maintaining records of documentation submitted by contractors.

Administrative Assistant to the department of up to 50 employees. This involved obtaining data for completing financial folders. Also supplied any assistance needed by the department for it to be kept productive.

Macho Products, Inc., Sebastian, Florida 05/1997 – 12/1997

Head of the Legal division of Research & Development

Maintained all files for the Legal Department to support any ideas, testing, etc. necessary to represent the Research & Development department.

Blockbuster’s Corporate Headquarters, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 11/1995 – 05/1997

Purchasing Coordinator.

Ordered all “Sell through” merchandise for all stores in the United States and Canada.

1.Contacted vendors to ensure products were available.

2.Confirmed proper items were being issued and spoke directly with the vendor to confirm this information.

Law Offices of Milena Christopher, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 11/1994 – 11/1995

Legal Secretary

Assisted up to six attorneys in this firm. Firm had over five thousand clients. This involved speaking with clients and obtaining information for cases handled by them

Created documents to support the clients in a court of law.

Was appointed the position of Clerk of the Court to speed up the processing of the files needed to proceed with documentation for the firm.

EDUCATION

Business Administration and Management, Broward Community College, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Economics, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, Legal Secretary, Atlantic Vocational, Coconut Creek, Fl.

AWARDS

Launching a Mission to Preserve and Conserve – issued by Environmental Management Systems for the Kennedy Space Center

5 – Golden Achievers (Awards given by the Director for work done over and above what is expected)

9 – Eye Witness Awards (Awards given by co-workers for exceptional performance

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