Liz Olive

Experience

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  The Hunter Family

  Sept 1990 - Sept 1991

  Nanny

  Live-in nanny/housekeeper for a family in Fort Worth, Texas. Cared for two children, ages 1 and 3. Included housekeeping, grocery shopping, cooking, and child care for two full-time working parents, a CPA, and an attorney.

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  The Container Store

  Sept 1991 - May 1992

  Retail Sales

  Worked retail at The Container Store in Fort Worth, Texas

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  The Limited

  Sept 1991 - May 1992

  Retail Sales

  Worked retail at the Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas at The Limited

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  Ruth's Diner

  May 1992 - Sept 1992

  Hostess / Server / Busser

  Worked as a hostess / server / busser

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  Emerson International Companies

  Sept 1992 - Jan 1994

  Receptionist / Executive Assistant to the COO

  Hired as the receptionist and promoted to the Executive Assistant to the COO, Larry Kocherhans, after six months. My primary role was writing RFPs and managing files related to the acquisition and management of real estate asset portfolios as a result of the Savings and Loan crisis of the 80s and 90s. Emerson managed large portfolios of property for the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). In addition, Emerson did property management for multi-family housing units all over the Wasatch Front, from Ogden to Provo, Utah. Show less

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  Prime Commercial, Inc

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  Executive Assistant

  I worked as the executive assistant to the top sales team including Tim Simonsen, Wesley Cornelison, and Greg Pavich. They specialized in retail, commercial and multi-family real estate respectively. My work primarily consisted of writing up Real Estate Purchase Contracts, doing property research, creating marketing materials for listings, and being the first point of contact for incoming client calls.

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  MWH, now part of Stantec

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Executive Assistant

  I worked as the assistant to Don Hazen, the location President, and Director, as well as his assistant, Ranae Broderick. My work consisted primarily of human resources, office management, and other basic administrative support work. I also spent some time supporting a group that was developing software that could identify and map unexploded ordinances on and under the ground using drones, thereby eliminating the need for human ordinance identifiers.

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  Prime Commercial, Inc

  Jan 1998 - May 1999

  Executive Assistant

  I worked as the executive assistant to the top sales team including Tim Simonsen, Wesley Cornelison, and Greg Pavich. They specialized in retail, commercial and multi-family real estate respectively. My work primarily consisted of writing up Real Estate Purchase Contracts, doing property research, creating marketing materials for listings, and being the first point of contact for incoming client calls.

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  National Wood Products

  Feb 2000 - Jan 2002

  Executive Assistant To Chief Operations Officer

  Executive Assistant to the Chief Operations Officer and backup assistant to the Chief Executive Officer. I worked primarily providing logistical support and scheduling transport of hardwood on flatbed trucks from the east coast to Utah. I negotiated pricing with trucking companies and independent drivers. I also made domestic travel arrangements for the COO to travel to the company's many locations throughout the west. I assisted with managing the fleet of company vehicles that were provided to many of our sales team and other employees. I was responsible for organizing the annual golf tournament. Show less

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  Delco Western

  Jan 2002 - Jun 2002

  Executive Assistant

  Part-Time Executive Assistant to the President and Sales Team. Attended Salt Lake Community College while working here.

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  Cottonwood Partners

  Jun 2002 - Oct 2004

  Executive Assistant to the Development Team

  I worked as the assistant to the Development Team under Steve Baer and James Gautier. I provided support on projects in Ogden, Utah (The Scowcroft Building), Provo, Utah (Stonegate Premier Luxury Homes), and Park City, Utah (Newpark Town Center). Some highlights were working on Utah's first LEED Certified Building in Ogden for the IRS, and using my design skills to assist in decorating the building's lobby. I attended meetings with architects and contractors, provided meeting minutes and notes for our team, as well as organized open house events at Stonegate for prospective buyers. I was able to show space to potential clients at the Cottonwood Corporate Center where our offices were housed. Show less

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  Cambric Corporation

  Jan 2007 - Apr 2009

  Assistant to the CEO / Assistant to the Sales Team

  A mechanical engineering company who did work for companies like Caterpillar and had some U.S. Government contracts, etc. They had an office and did some engineering in Draper, Utah, but the bulk of the engineering was sent off-shore to an office in Romania. I was hired as the Assistant to the CEO, Tim Hayes, and also worked as the Assistant to the Sales Director, Paul Spangler. In those roles, I did a lot of calendaring, managed the CEO's schedule, was the office manager, oversaw support staff and human resources, and did extensive international and domestic travel. It was here that I became ISO 9000 Certified. Show less

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  Canyons School District

  Apr 2009 - Jul 2022

  Executive Assistant to the IT Department, E-Rate Specialist, Wireless Device Specialist

  • Provided support to the IT Director, working with 72 IT professionals across the school district. • Successfully executed all project management responsibilities, on-boarding, managing, and off-boarding of all IT staff. • Responsible for purchasing and maintaining all inventory/department supplies. • Effectively coordinated all department training and hiring, including the student internship program. • Acted as the point person for the IT department, answering inquiries, directing, and assigning responsibilities to support staff and coordinating department meetings and leadership travel/schedules. • Operated and maintained district cellular program, including account billing, auditing, and management, troubleshooting of hardware and software issues, device replacement, inventory management and customer service. • Collaborated with the Director of IT to manage the E-rate program for the Canyons district, by facilitating communication with the FCC, completing RFP’s, audits, and necessary documentation, while adhering to strict deadlines, procuring in excess of $10M. Show less

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  Cotiviti

  Jul 2022 - now

  Technical Project Manager

  Project Manager, IT Infrastructure • Leverage Zoom and Teams to review current and upcoming projects, communicating status updates. • Spearheaded hardware installation project valued at in excess of $31M, across company data centers, identifying network, power, and cabling needs and coordinating with the appropriate teams/resources. • Migrated existing workflow/tracking from Excel to streamline project installations to JIRA providing a cleaner, more project-driven view of all activities. • Work with and influence team stakeholders to provide accurate reporting around project activity. • Review project reporting against assigned milestones to identify and ameliorate gaps in reporting/progress; communicate to stakeholders using Domo and other reporting tools. • Utilize Coupa software to report purchasing data using Excel and Jira for senior leadership reporting in Power BI and Domo reporting tools. • Proactively utilize Teams and other company tools to obtain updates for weekly stand-ups on the status of hardware installations. Show less