Barbara Ryan

2702 Tumlinson Fort Drive

Leander, TX 78641
(512) 260-5428

OBJECTIVE
To seek an administrative secretarial position that uses my present skills and p
ursues continuous on-the-job growth within the organization.
EXPERIENCE
October 2007- January 2008
PetsMart Pet Hotel
Position: Pet Care Specialist
* Day to day care of pets staying at hotel which included playing, feeding, and
general duties
April 1999 - February 2007
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Position: eMedia Coordinator/Senior Administrative Assistant/Senior Secretary
* Assisted in preparation of service agreements and other various types of contr
acts for department
* Entered invoices into accounts payable for processing and assisted outside ven
dors to find out when payment will be received
* Facilitated accurate record keeping for departmental data systems including fi
nding correct ISBN for processing of contracts, invoices and plate spreadsheets
* Account reconciliation which included searching for monies that have no specif
ic location; asking product managers if still unsure as to location of monies
* Tracked departmental expenses and assisted in budget preparation
* Assisted with company Training Fair
* Maintained departmental attendance calendars
* Scheduled appointments and maintained calendars; arranged hotel and travel as
necessary
* Assisted with overflow work such as bookmarking, of PDF files, QA work on less
on plans and other projects as requested
* Assisted with field testing which included gathering all necessary work for th
e teacher's booklet/notebook, making enough booklets for classes, sending out in
a timely fashion so teacher has time to work the field test into class schedule
* Assisted with event planning for such activities as focus groups, and advisory
boards
August 1997 - April 1999
BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions Inc.
Position: Administrative Secretary
* Formatted and typed correspondence, reports and other materials
* Established, maintained and revised files of correspondence and other electron
ic media
* Performed budgetary tasks such as tracking expenses
* Assisted in upkeep of various Access databases, created queries and reports in
MS Access
* Organized and maintained consulting agreements through entire cycle
* Part of Y2K management team
January 1990 - May 1997
Zimmer Orthopedics Inc., Austin, Texas (now based in Warsaw, IN)
Position: Senior Secretary
* Typed correspondence, reports, slide presentations, etc.
* Handled calls from the field regarding product and other information
* Assisted in preparation for quarterly sales meetings
* Assisted in budget preparation
* Assisted in preparation of annual price list
* Handled hotel/travel and meeting room arrangements
* Conducted telephone surveys
* Tracked databases on journal/subscription purchases
EDUCATION
Austin Community College, Austin, Texas, September 1992 to May 1994
Major: Office Administration, 3.0 GPA
Relevant courses completed: Introduction to Advanced Word Processing; Personal C
omputing; Introduction to Accounting; basic accounting skills; Business Writing
Skills; Business Letter Writing; Software Applications; PageMaker; Office Proced
ures; Administrative Procedures
William B. Travis High School, Austin, Texas
SKILLS
Typing - 70-80 wpm
IBM Personal Computers and compatibles - Software includes various Microsoft pro
ducts FileMakerPro; PeopleSoft; Oracle; multi-line phone (1986-1990)
Ability to learn QuickBooks or other specific software
REFERENCES
Available upon request.