Experience

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  Office support services

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1998

  Business owner

  Founded and operated a successful office support services firm in Seattle for eleven years. Established company policies and procedures, managed P&L, maintained records, handled company accounting (A/P, A/R), and managed inventory and work schedules. Hired, trained and supervised staff. Business development accomplishments included negotiating contracts and closing agreements with commercial office buildings and apartment complexes to provide custodial and general office maintenance services. Operations management accomplishments included successfully applying LEAN management principles to control costs, increase annual revenues and maximize profitability. Show less

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  Siemens medical systems

  Sept 2000 - Jun 2003

  Regulatory affairs associate

  Gathered extensive amounts of data; created and maintained a web-based database that managed product registration status in foreign countries, and prepared highly technical and detailed product submissions to domestic and international agencies. Served previously in the Web Content Coordinator role, authoring content and establishing navigation for an international eCommerce website, Worked with Marketing Vice Presidents and Directors to ensure brand consistency, content relevance and regulatory compliance. Owned site testing; checked all links, and wrote/tracked tickets for resolution of technical issues. Show less

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  Farnam companies, inc

  Jul 2003 - Nov 2012

  Regulatory affairs specialist

  Managed international product registration across 68 countries, formulating a cogent registration strategy that included establishment of company policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for international product line development and registration, and trained numerous employees.Completed extensive product research and gathered data, ensuring compliance adherence in each country and region. Owned all Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for the business unit (500+ documents). Managed the MSDS database and SiteHawk MSDS database, and monitored unique product restrictions and characteristics through SAP. Communicated with FDA, EPA, NASC, and numerous international regulatory agencies—submitting drug event, incident and adverse event reports, and reviewed and edited myriad written materials in English, Spanish and French. Show less

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  Ceradyne, inc., a 3m company

  Aug 2013 - now

  Administrative assistant

  As an Administrative Assistant with Ceradyne, Inc., a 3M company, performed numerous office tasks to organize and archive hundreds of documents and folders for several plant departments including Quality, Production, EHS, Finance. Updated and maintained databases for Production and Quality. Helped plan and manage implementation of GHS labeling. Managed product shipments including all shipping paperwork, scheduling, customer communication. Responsible for finance duties including inventory, fixed assets and invoicing; received all goods into SAP; ordered and managed office/kitchen supplies; answered phones. Show less

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  Self-employed

  Aug 2016 - now

  Personal assistant