Danielle Mann

AECOM

Executive Assistant - November 2004 - Present

• Assistant to the CTO of a multi-billion dollar global engineering firm functioning as an operations/financial analyst with a budget of $14m and a support staff of 130 people. Duties include multi-department Budgetary and Operational analysis. Design, build and implement the department's Sharepoint collaboration pages and web content. Develop SOx compliance policies, tracking and reporting. Group and project coordination within the CTO team. Providing travel and meeting arrangements both domestically and abroad for the team and other collaboration groups.
• Key Contributions
• Help to develop key processes in monitoring of IT processes which resulted in a 50% improvement in quality service.
• Aided in determining capital rules for project setup, which aided in SOx compliance.
• Streamlined budgetary forecasting and processing, which ensured a savings of 15-20% in Information Technology, overall.
• Aided in collaboration methods and implemented practices which increased productivity among business lines.

TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Executive Assistant - March 2002 - November 2004

• Assistant to the C-Level Executives in the day-to-day operations of a medium-sized publicly-held printed circuit board manufacturer. Assisted in the development of reporting for cost, financial and operational analyses. Direct liaison for investor relations. Responsible for providing travel and meeting arrangements. Organized meetings for the Board of Directors and key analysts.
• Key Contributions
• Developed a corporate travel policy which resulted in 15% savings in costs.
• Assisted in defining more developed reporting practices which developed a 10-15% savings in time.

GREAT SCOTT TREE SERVICE

Office/Marketing Manager - October 2001 - March 2002

• Office and Marketing administration for the third largest tree service company in Southern California.
• Key Contributions:
• Developed marketing ideas and presentations to strengthen the customer base for the company, resulting in a 10% increase in contracts

Ricardo Beverly Hills

Executive Assistant - September 1999 - September 2001

• Assist the Chairman, President and CEO in all aspects of conducting business in the company and personal matters due to extensive traveling. Was the direct liaison to all factories in Asia to include Taiwan, Thailand, China, Indonesia and the Philippines. Arranged, attended and established minutes for meetings with sales associates, customers, Asian liaisons and Board of Directors. Generate statistical reporting to include pricing, defects, and sales administration.
• Key Contributions:
• Implemented basic practices and processes in the day-to-day operations of the company, resulting in 15-20% time savings.
• Streamlined data analysis reporting.
• Improved communications with Asian factories, resulting in 25-30% time savings.

University of Southern California, MBA-PM Program

Executive Assistant - January 1998 - January 1999

• Direct administrative support for the Associate Dean of the program, a world-renowned lecturer and administrator, Create curriculum guidelines. Process all budgetary matters for the program, fiscal year planning and processing of all expenditures. Supervise secretarial staff.
• Key Contributions:
• Development of data analysis and reporting procedures.
• Streamlined acceptance and denial processing procedures, to produce time savings of 15%.
• Training of new computer applications.

USC Center for Service Excellence

Senior Administrative Services Coordinator - January 1990 - January 1998

• Direct administrative support for Director of the Center, a world renowned lecturer, planning calendar, arranging speaking engagements, making travel arrangements, editing books and creating presentations. Budgetary analysis and maintenance, fiscal year planning and processing of all expenditures. Proposal generation including gathering and analyzing data. Organize and execute executive-type programs. Train faculty and staff on various computer applications. Supervise secretarial staff.
• Key Contributions:
• Increased number of programs run by the Center and developed a plan to charge outside customers resulting in an increase in revenue of the Center by 50-75%.
• Improved revenue practices in the Center.
• Developed database of prospective program participants.