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Executive Assistant / Administrative Specialist

Location:
Dallas, TX
Posted:
March 25, 2026

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Nicole Pettingell

**** ****** **

Dallas, Texas *5236

E-mail: ************@*****.***

214-***-****

Summary

Training / Administrative professional with experience in a variety of settings. Strengths include excellent communication skills, people skills, adaptability, problem solving and excellent organization skills. Positive, friendly and pro-active attitude. Fluent in English, Lao and Thai Languages.

Cross-Functional Industry Experience

Proven ability to take liaison responsibility with several departments Strong research, data-mining and analytical skills Energetic team player with strong organization skills Able to perform detail-oriented work

Proven ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment Excellent communication skills

Special Reports

Travel Coordinator

Maintained Field Service Training Database

Training Audits

Data Entry

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Payroll

Compliance Training

Curriculum /Training Planning

Compliance Reporting

Meeting Planner

Professional Experience

Executive Assistant Vice President, Real Estate

Dallas Area Rapid Transit August 05, 2021 to Current

• Supports the Assistant Vice President of Real Estate in administrative and clerical duties such as scheduling meetings, organizing, maintaining files, and assisting in department communications and activities

• Ensures activities of the office of the Assistant Vice President adhere to the Agency policies, procedures, and proper protocol

• Ensures timeliness and responsiveness of matters requiring the Executive Vice Presidents approval

• Arranges travel, meetings, seminars, and other special services

• Coordinates and participates in meetings and Staff meetings, record and reproduce/transcribe Executive Staff meeting minutes, data entry

• Receives visitors and guests

• Assists with the development, preparation, and monitoring of the department budget

• Composes letters, correspondences, and memos requiring independent judgment as to content, and prepares responses to inquiries when necessary

• Utilizes word processing equipment and/or computers to create, process, and maintain a variety of documents and administrative records containing technical information and difficult formats

• Processing of work directives, invoices, and contract close-outs. Receives, controls, and routes department correspondence. Oversees and directs inquiries regarding department activities.

• Assist with Board agenda items for the department

• Maintains appointment calendars and tickler systems and department filing system

• Compiles agendas and attend staff meetings, prepare, and distribute minutes, and provide assistance in any required follow-ups

• Assists with monitoring and coordinating the Agenda Reports for the department

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Shows sensitivity to confidential matters and information

• Provides support in other areas within department, when necessary Administrative Assistant to Senior Manager

Dallas Area Rapid Transit April 20, 2020 to May 4, 2021

• Performs administrative duties, including making completing expense report, creating presentations, scheduling meetings, luncheons and special event coordination, and other duties as assigned

• Utilizes word processing equipment and/or computers to create, process

• Uploads documents in SharePoint

• Composes letters, correspondences, and memos requiring independent judgment as to content, and prepares responses to inquiries when necessary

• Maintains appointment calendars and tickler systems and department filing system

• Compiles agendas and attend staff meetings, prepare, and distribute minutes, and provide assistance in any required follow-ups

• Shows sensitivity to confidential matters and information

• Provides support in other areas within department, when necessary

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Executive Assistant to VP, Operations Safety Chief Officer Dallas Area Rapid Transit June 19, 2017-April 19, 2020

• Performs administrative duties, including making travel arrangements, completing travel expense report, creating presentations, scheduling meetings, luncheons and special event coordination, and other duties as assigned

• Uploads documents in SharePoint

• Administers various committees on behalf of the Vice President

• Composes letters, correspondences, and memos requiring independent judgment as to content, and prepares responses to inquiries when necessary

• Utilizes word processing equipment and/or computers to create, process, and maintain a variety of documents and administrative records containing technical information and difficult formats

• Processing of work directives, invoices, and contract close-outs. Receives, controls, and routes department correspondence. Oversees and directs inquiries regarding department activities

• Assists with Board agenda items for the department

• Maintains appointment calendars and tickler systems and department filing system

• Compiles agendas and attend staff meetings, prepare, and distribute minutes, and provide assistance in any required follow-ups

• Assists with monitoring and coordinating the Agenda Reports for the department

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Shows sensitivity to confidential matters and information

• Provides support in other areas within department, when necessary

• Performs other duties as assigned

Executive Assistant to AVP, Materials Management

Dallas Area Rapid Transit June 26, 2009 to June 18, 2017

• Performs administrative duties, including making travel arrangements, completing travel expense report, creating -presentations, scheduling meetings, luncheons and special event coordination, and other duties as assigned

• Uploads documents in SharePoint

• Performs day-to-day administrative support for AVP and other personnel, as assigned. Receives assignments in the form of results expected, due dates, and general procedures to be followed

• Composes, types, and edits a variety of correspondences such as letters, documents, memos, reports, or presentations

• Maintains message system to include tracking staff, answering, screening, and routing incoming calls, if necessary, taking Receives and greets visitors and guests

• Provides general administrative support by collecting, sorting, distributing mail; maintaining electronic and hard copy filing systems; making copies; and ordering supplies

• Shows sensitivity to confidential matters and information

• Provides support in other areas within department, when necessary

• Performs other duties as assigned

Administrative/Executive Assistant to Director/AVP, Transit Operations Dallas Area Rapid Transit September 29, 2008 to June 25, 2009

• Performs administrative duties, including making travel arrangements, completing travel expense report, creating presentations, scheduling meetings, luncheons and special event coordination, and other duties as assigned

• Uploads documents in SharePoint

• Maintains message system to include tracking staff, answering, screening, and routing in- coming calls,

taking messages (ensuring AVPs telephone is answered during office hours). Receives and greets visitors

and guests

• Coordination of special event, DART Annual Roadeo/State Roadeo Events

• Coordinates BOSS/ROSS and Bus Operators -Graduation Program

• Compose, type, memorandum, grievance response or reports

• Maintains division level management/scoreboard statistics, updates statistical files and plasma screen, performs data entry and generates financial reports as requested

• Collects, sorts, and distributes division mail, as well as collects and deposits mail

• Makes arrangements for travel, meetings, seminars, finances and other special services, type meeting notices, travel requests, check requests, function as department Travel Coordinator Executive Assistant to Research & Development Vice President EADS Telecom North America, Frisco, Texas 2002-2004

• Provides administrative support to VP/R&D, and Organization. Perform administrative duties, including making travel arrangements, completing travel expense report, creating presentations, scheduling meetings, luncheons and special event coordination, and other duties as assigned

• Implements and maintained the effectiveness of the quality system, Training Plan/Matrices for R&D Organization

• Compiles data and prepared Training Plan/Matrices

• Establishes process for controlling training documents and training records

• Participates in training audits; assisted managers with responses

• Implements and maintained the effectiveness of the quality system

• Collaborates with managers and supervisors to establish course requirements in training plans

• Monitors type and volume of retraining that occurs

• Generates Employees Exception Report

• Review Employees’ Exception Report for employees out of compliance

• Enters timecards for employees in R&D into the Oracle Database

• Maintains and ordered office supplies

• Shows sensitivity to confidential matters and information

• Provides support in other areas within department, when necessary

• Performs other duties as assigned



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