Andrea Russell

Experience

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  IBM

  Sept 1986 - Nov 1987

  Support

  Working as an administrator in the leasing department. Supporting management in the preparation of documentation used to provide finance for the purchase of IBM systems and other equipment to business users.

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  Deloitte Haskins & Sells

  Jan 1988 - Dec 1996

  Finance Assistant

  Key Achievements• supporting the office in the production of management accounts, time and expense recording and client billing. As the development of personal computers started to impact on the business I found I had a natural aptitude for IT so became the deskside support and training departmentKey Achievements• Support of the Graduate Induction Programme where I trained the new joiners in the use of the firm’s systems • Developed a training programme for the partners many of whom were reluctant users of IT• Created a presentation and introduction to ‘The Internet’ and was invited to present it to Partners and Staff in other offices across the UK• Desk-side support, vendor selection, set-up and planning of new equipment following the merger between Deloitte Haskins and Sells and Coopers & Lybrand Show less

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  Coopers & Lybrand European Executive Office

  Dec 1996 - Sept 2001

  Executive Assistant to the Director

  With the support of a determined Director, I became the first ‘none client facing’ staff member in the UK to be seconded to an international office. Located in the centre of Brussels the European Executive office, had an ever-changing international staff focused on selling to the European Parliament.Key Achievements• Daily management of International Travel, Meetings and Teleconference across EMEA for the Director and other Internationally based IT staff• Document management, research and editing of papers (often written in a second language) for dissemination to IT Directors across EMEA • Researching, drafting and editing presentations• On-site IT support of the office including office moves, sourcing equipment and vendor selection• Event management – (Annual IT Directors confer222ence of 300+) including;• Direct dealing with International Embassies to obtain visas for Eastern European delegates• Technical specifications and presentation management• Issue resolution• Following up and distribution of all materials and action points• Attending training courses to assess suitability of offerings for use in EMEA offices including spending time at Lotus Corp in Boston• Maintaining regular contact with IT staff and Directors across EMEA including social events to ensure everyone was updated and ‘felt included’• Ad-hoc administration in support of the office and The Directors to ensure the team could operate successfullyIn 1998 when Coopers & Lybrand merged with Price Waterhouse the role of the European Executive Office stepped up a gear with the creation of a highly skilled team of Project Managers tasked with the management and support of local IT implementation directives that would enable the two firms to work together in local offices. Show less

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  PwC Europe

  Sept 2001 - Dec 2004

  Project Manager

  When the funding structure for the European Executive office changed, I choose to move to the Edinburgh office to join a smaller Project Management Team who were tasked with taking the IT of the joint firm forward. Where previously we had focused on how to keep going we were now looking at making things better. I continued to travel and focused mainly on budgeting and control of several smaller projects supporting technical specialists who were usually very administratively dependent!• Management of the team travel, expenses, budgets and project plans and ad-hoc support• I became the key contact for the Lotus desk-top standards and travelled to offices to teach local staff how to use the new templates etc• I presented the new desktop standards to an audience of 300+ Directors and staff at the annual conference• Regular travel to the USA and European capitals to manage meetings and support the Directors Show less

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  PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP - Learning Technology Group

  Dec 2004 - Oct 2010

  Project Manager

  As part of a large team tasked to develop training applications in support of the client facing staff. Key Achievements• I managed a small team of developers who under took the testing of the applications throughout the life cycle of the development process• Working as liaison between the designers, developers, project managers and stake holders to ensure testing and technical issues were dealt with smoothly• Regular update meetings with PwC Partners and staff including dealing with dependencies and interdependencies between product groupsThis was a Project Management process working with Partners in the firm as sponsors and departments as stake holders. As a skilled communicator, it was my responsibility to translate the requirements to the technical teams who would create the applications and to schedule and manage the testing process Show less

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  None

  Oct 2007 - Jul 2012

  School Governor

  School Governor – Strathmore Infant and Nursery School, HitchinI joined the team of school governors at a time when the former Head Teacher had retired and the school was assessed by Ofsted as ‘Requiring Improvement.’ I took responsibility for the Special Educational Needs (SEN) children.Key Achievements• I worked with the SENCO to assess the SEN children’s achievements resulting in the employment of a ‘Reading Recovery’ teacher to support children with English as a second language. This was highlighted in Ofsted visits as being valuable• I organised an event to showcase the skills and culture of the Asian parents in the school with a view to helping them integrate and so make the support of their children easier. This event won an award and £500 for the school Show less

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  Raymond James Investment Services

  Jul 2012 - Nov 2017

  Investment Analyst / Marketing Manager

  Monitoring the stock market and researching companies with a view to the purchase of shares for clients. Monitoring the growth of assets and support of the wealth managers in the production of reports to clients.Supporting the office social media projects, webmaster and always looking for opportunities to raise the profile of our brand.

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  Pluralsight

  Nov 2017 - Nov 2018

  Sales and Marketing Coordinator

  Working directly with EMEA Senior Management in support of the Business. I undertake projects relating to the events and campaigns that ensure the international teams are fully supported in bringing our awesome product to the notice of the wider world.

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  Pluralsight

  Sept 2019 - now

  Executive Assistant | EMEA Project Management Support

  Assisting the SVP of Sales and Senior Management in EMEIA. Project Management support of the EMEIA Enterprise Sales teams and event support to Field Marketing.