KIM COLOSIMO
Portland, Oregon 97239
************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Innovative, results-driven professional with ten years of administrative success. Capable of exceeding expectations with exceptional project planning and execution.
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
BANFIELD THE PET HOSPITAL, Portland, OR September 2009 – Present
Executive Assistant to Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations & Real Estate
Provided daily support with loyalty and confidentiality, composure and competence, including managing executive’s daily calendar, travel schedule and answering executive’s telephone.
• Assisted with various projects as needed.
VOLT SERVICES GROUP, Bellevue, WA January 2009 – April 2009
(Temporary) Microsoft Corporation, Executive Administrator to Office of Chief Software Architect
Partnered with the Senior Executive Business Administrator to support complex meeting and time management activities and assist in the planning and real-time coordination of all personal, family and staff travel logistics in support of bi-coastal Executive.
• Assisted with various projects as needed.
SAFECO CORPORATION, Seattle, WA 2007 – 2009
Marketing Project Assistant 2008 – January 2009
Managed distribution of more than 50,000 pieces of marketing collateral including brochures, tutorials and promotional items for more than 50 new insurance agents following acquisition.
• Developed and wrote concepts for marketing research proposal based on outcome of daylong offsite meeting with external facilitator designed to generate ideas for product differentiation.
• Co-led execution of logo transition roadmap through information gathering and interviews with stakeholders’ across the company that enabled leaders to manage timing of changing logo following acquisition.
Executive Assistant to Chief Human Resources Officer 2007 – 2008
Provided daily support with loyalty and confidentiality, composure and competence to Safeco’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Assisted with legal and human resources logistics for acquisition.
• Developed long-term strategic planning process and business rhythm to manage Vice President’s daily business operations for net gain of 10 hours per month of executive’s time.
• Led 100% user adoption of SharePoint for Human Resources at Safeco and developed Leadership site to ensure consistent messaging and enable virtual workers to share and leverage best practices.
• Led planning team for Safeco Human Resources Quarterly Kaizen, including developing SharePoint site for online collaboration developing timeline for deliverables. Managed all aspects of logistics.
• Acted as liaison to Corporate Leadership Council, Corporate Leadership Academy, Pacific Northwest Strategic Human Resources Forum.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Redmond, WA 1999 – 2007
Business Administrator, Services & IT HR 2005 – 2007
Business Administrator, World Wide Products & Delivery 1999 – 2005
Provided daily support with loyalty and confidentiality. Managed process for acquiring external vendors and maintaining multicultural client relationships, including GlobalTech, Vishwak and GenPact. Managed staffing administration process for 300 hires during first year of company-wide China Test Initiative in Beijing and Shanghai.
• Led workforce planning administration process for a 6,000-person organization at Microsoft during initiative to align full time responsibilities to full time roles for legal compliance.
• Managed team Talent Sharing Program for World Wide Products & Delivery Team, including nomination, approval process and coordination of HB-1 visas.
• Led training and coached administrative assistants on best practices for preparing leaders for multi-destination, international travel.
• Implemented Microsoft time-tracking tool (On Target) and trained 60 users obtaining 98% usage rate, an increase of 60%.
• Developed financial tools for executive to monitor current business results using Microsoft software.
• Planned and managed all aspects contractual agreements, logistics and technical requirements for 3 day off-site for 160 people from 7 countries within budget team.
• Created and managed publicity items for internal Microsoft trade shows and staffed event venues.
• Served as primary administrative contact for team of 200 in 13 countries for 5 years at Microsoft. Managed complex, international travel and provided on boarding support to expatriate hires.
FALLON & MCKINLEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Seattle, WA 1997 – 1999
Legal Administrator to Principle Attorney
• Provided daily support with loyalty and confidentiality to Fallon & McKinley’s Principle Attorney.
• Responsible for incoming calls, greeting arriving guests, clients and opposing counsel.
• Responsible for all court filings and preparing attorney for court engagements.
EDUCATION
Puccini Italian School, Language and Culture Program, Viareggio, Italy, 1999
BS, Communication and Public Relations, University of Oregon School of Journalism, Eugene, OR, 1997
Universita per Stranieri, University of Oregon Student Exchange Program, Siena, Italy, 1996
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Food Pantry / Kitchen volunteer, Saint Michael’s Church, Portland, OR, present
Childcare volunteer, Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA, 2006 – 2007
Kitchen volunteer, Saint Brigit’s Brigade, Seattle, WA 2005 – 2007
ChemoAngel volunteer, www.chemoangels.net, 2005 – 2007