Training Management

LINDLEY E. ELLISOR

**** **** ***** *****, ******, TX 78748 • 512-***-**** • **************@*****.***

HIGHLIGHTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

Office Management and Organization – Short term consulting contract to organize, coordinate and manage the oil and gas acquisitions department, pulling client out of chronic years of high turnover and subsequent poor performance to establish organization in the office and negotiated over $3 million in acquisitions and sales.

Corporate Training and Event Management – For over three years responsible for developing and planning the annual ERCOT Region Operations Training Seminar (OTS), a week long seminar that runs for seven consecutive weeks and is responsible for giving needed NERC Continuing Education Hours (CEH) to over 650 operators. Certified the OTS with NERC to make the program eligible for CEH’s, created the exam, administered the exam via iClicker technology, graded the exams, and assigned all exam scores to participants through NERC’s SOCCED system. Increased revenue, efficiency, quality of metrics and reduced number of employees needed to oversee the OTS from 11 to myself and 2 temps (during the event only) by implementing acceptance of credit cards through Google checkout as well as the use of iClickers for exam taking and receiving feedback from the audience. Oversaw contract negotiations and coordination of all the events details from inception to completion, developed curriculum, organized train the trainers programs, and recruited and worked one on one with the presenters to assure the highest quality presentations. Responsible for developing all print materials and press releases in conjunction with the OTS.

Effective Outreach - Experience using the systematic approach to training and Bloom’s taxonomy when designing, developing, implementing, evaluating and coordinating the Texas RE’s bi-annual Standards and Compliance Workshop for 250+ attendees and other training in response to the market’s needs (CIP Workshops, Portal Training, etc.).

Stakeholder Edification - Created and regularly developed and issued the “Texas REview”, the Texas RE’s bi-monthly newsletter with over 800 recipients throughout the ERCOT ISO region.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Bioenvironmental Science, Texas A&M University, 2003

Master of Arts in Legal Studies, Texas State University, 2007

CERTIFICATIONS

40 Hour Mediation Certification, ABA Approved Texas State University, May 2007

Paralegal Certification, ABA Approved Texas State University, May 2007

NERC Training for Auditors and Gathering Quality Evidence, May 2008

CPR and AED Certified, Red Cross, 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONSULTANT, Shreveport, Louisiana October 2011-December 2011

Oil and Gas Acquisitions Facilitator

• Developed organizational strategy for the client’s Oil and Gas Acquisitions office through management of their acquisitions cold calling team, mapping group, IT department and administrative staff

• Established, developed and implemented efficient workflow processes and procedures to assure long-term success for the client

• Created mineral database to track acquisitions, developed templates for all forms and legal documents used on a regular basis and then had them tied to the mineral database to reduce time and turnaround for drafting documents

• Scanned all documents, developed organizational structure for folders, subfolders and established document naming conventions for the share drive to make documents easy to find both on the drive and in the physical files

• Web marketing, Web-site maintenance and development, helped create and build the company’s Web sites

• Experience researching ownership including reading titles, deed documents and plat maps

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEXAS RELIABILITY ENTITY, INC., Austin, Texas February 2008 – October 2011

Training and Education Specialist

• Weekly, monthly and quarterly tracking and reporting for all Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. (“Texas RE”) violations, working with Texas RE enforcement staff and NERC to track and report all stages of each potential violation

• Weekly internal tracking and reporting for all of Texas RE’s compliance audits, spot-checks and events

• Reviewed, validated and accepted Mitigation Plans submitted in conjunction with possible violations

• Special projects supporting management, CFO, CEO and the legal team as needed including but not limited to Technical Feasibility Exception Certifications, Audits and Spot-Checks

• Developed internal compliance auditor training practices and training programs; developed documentation to facilitate the process and track all personnel training records

• Coordinated with Stakeholders to define and develop materials to test fundamental knowledge requirements for functioning in activities associated with the ERCOT Bulk Power System; chaired the working group which revised the ERCOT Fundamentals Exam used to certify operators in the ERCOT Region

• Created, wrote and edited materials for the newsletter, “The Texas REview”

• Experience developing and maintaining up to date content on the Texas RE Web site through SharePoint

• Experience using and reporting from LMS

• Procurement negotiations for approximately $250,000 worth of goods and services annually

• Served as representative for Texas RE on the following groups: NERC-Regional Entity Training and Education Group, NERC Regional Communication Group, Compliance Information Management Group

BROWN McCARROLL, L.L.C., Austin, Texas May 2005 – January 2008

Corporate Litigation Paralegal

• Paralegal support for the corporate litigation department, under partner Tom Watkins

• Administered database programs, computerized case management systems and aided in user support of litigation-related applications with the majority of the cases focusing on IP, healthcare, and environmental litigation

• Coordinated document production for large, document-intensive cases, including tracking discovery responses, depositions and exhibits and managed temps when extra hands or eyes were needed for document review/processing

• Preparation of trial notebooks, reports, tables and charts

• Large volume document briefing, analysis and review for attorneys

• Clear, helpful and thorough coordination with clients, co-counsel and opposing counsel as needed

THE MURRAYHILL COMPANY, Denver, Colorado November 2004 – May 2005

Financial Analyst- Internship

• Six-month internship; four months working in the analytics department updating database to enable statistical comparisons to be made for our clients

• Two months working as an operations analyst doing loan level analysis and managing several portfolios to limit losses to the trust

MOUNCE & ASSOCIATES, Dallas, Texas May 2004 – August 2004

Environmental Scientist- Internship

• Three months learning the EPA’s regulations and applying them when auditing our clients gaining working knowledge of RCRA, SPCC, OSHA, and DOT

• Worked with our clients to protect their best interests while maintaining professional integrity and exceeding government standards and regulations

WEST, WEBB ALBRITTON & GENTRY, College Station, Texas January 2001 – May 2004

Legal Assistant

• Worked with the partners and paralegals to complete deadline-based projects

• Specific responsibilities included indexing pleadings and discovery, deadline control, and opening new files

• Closing files integrated coordinating with an off-site storage facility as well as working with our billing department to close out final billed and zero balance cases

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