LESLI GUGGENHEIM

P.O. Box 343

Pebble Beach, California  93953

Phone:  831.622.9470 (home), 831.238.5077 (cell)

Email:  Lesli@VirtualAssistSense.com

 

 

SKILLS

Windows including Vista and Microsoft Office Suite; excellent customer service skills, strong organizational and multi-tasking skills, initiative, and work ethic; fast learner and good troubleshooter; detail oriented; experienced in most aspects of administrative processes, operations, and machinery.  

 

EXPERIENCE

Preferred Properties – Carmel, CA                                 September 2008 through January 2009

Escrow Assistant:

Assisted busy residential real estate business with reconciling and successfully bringing to conclusion numerous bank owned property sales/escrow files and various other related duties.  Personally created an organized approach and systems to successfully close escrows and get the office running in an overall smoother manner.

 

SPCA of Monterey County Wildlife Center Monterey, CA                  April 2008 to Present

Volunteer Position:

Assist Wildlife Center Staff in the care of injured wildlife or surrendered exotic pets with maintenance of facility, critical care, rehabilitation and release back into the wild.

 

Virtual Assist Sense Pebble Beach, CA                                                        May 2007 to Present

Virtual Assistant:

Started my own home based business offering all aspects of office administration for individuals or businesses.  My strong organizational skills and versatile background allow me to address a variety of business and personal needs. 

 

Carden Academy Morgan Hill, Inc. Morgan Hill, CA              September 2002 to June 2003

Volunteer Position:                                                                      also September 2000 to December 2000

Coordinator of Fundraising/ Marketing/PR for Annual Halloween Festival, Annual Dinner Auction, and Annual Teacher Appreciation Luncheon.

 

Fox Thermal Instruments Gilroy, CA (now Marina, CA)           October 2002 to January 2003

Assisted the VP of Marketing for my husband’s company, with organizing and upgrading marketing materials and gaining more company recognition via the Internet.

 

Carden Academy Morgan Hill, Inc. Morgan Hill, CA         January 2001 to December 2001

Marketing Director/School Admissions/Operations Coordinator

Marketing duties centered on the promotion, advertising and coordination of special events for the school.  Admissions duties focused on assisting prospective families/students interested in the school from touring and testing through the enrollment process.  Operations duties involved handling confidential correspondence for school directors, keeping the common areas of the facility organized and interacting with facility landlord and property management.  Coordinated the timely completion of the new computer lab and network wiring for integration into the lab, classrooms, and administrative offices. Designed and maintained the school website.  Was responsible for implementing an identifiably consistent look for the school, and computerizing the school office administration by updating and organization of school forms, procedures, supplies and inventories.  Other daily general duties included interaction and assistance with the faculty and student body.


GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY - San Jose, CA    August 1985 to May 2000

Commercial Real Estate Services

Executive Assistant/Corporate Accounts Administrator – August 1994 to May 2000: 

Real estate administrator for large corporate accounts.  Clients included Altera, Philips (formerly VLSI), eBay, and Amdahl.  Possess a strong background in office administration; focusing on commercial real estate and corporate services, portfolio property management, customer service, accounting, lease abstraction, and document and database management.  Was involved in the Corporate Accounts program from the inception of the program, interacting extremely well with the different corporations’ facilities, real estate and accounts payable departments, as well as the individual property owners at various corporate facility locations.  Demonstrated an excellent capability to manage the various corporate real estate and accounting needs in a process driven approach. 

 

Administrative Manager - March 1992 to August 1993:  Served as the Administrative Manager (office manager) for a little over a year, then took time off to pursue motherhood.  Responsibilities ranged from commission accounting and annual budget planning, to financial reporting to Grubb & Ellis corporate headquarters.  Managed secretarial/administrative staff of 10.

 

Executive Secretary - March 1990 to March 1992:  Executive secretary to the District Manager, six Senior Vice Presidents and one Vice President.  Responsibilities included daily correspondence, Dictaphone transcription, desktop publishing, and preparation of proposals and presentation materials, technical spreadsheets and pro-formas.  Performed as key staff support person on the computer network, utilizing WordPerfect 5.1, DrawPerfect, desktop publishing, and Harvard Graphics.  Assisted Administrative Manager by preparing monthly gross and net income summaries for San Jose agents and handling many duties in her absence.  Was also responsible for support staff relief scheduling.  Coordinated office recycling program.  Was awarded "Employee of the Year" for 1990. 

 

Word Processor and Systems Manager - August 1985 to March 1990:  Provided extensive word processing support to office of ± 70 commercial real estate agents.  Responsible for coordinating/preparing marketing proposals, agents resumes, mailing lists, technical spreadsheets, and obtaining demographic and D&B information.  Special projects included preparation of slide show presentations utilizing color graphics (Harvard Graphics), containing studies of vacancy, absorption and new construction in Santa Clara County, and CALC analysis and development pro-formas.  Trained agents & staff on the Data General CEO word processing program upon installation in 1985.  Was key computer support person to the admin staff and conducted a 3-month training session in 1989 familiarizing staff members with advanced word processing techniques and other software and equipment.  Was awarded "Employee of the Year" for 1986 and 1988.

 

Morgan Resources, Inc. - Monterey, CA                                                  August 1983 to July 1985

Office Manager/Director-Investor Services:  Supervised office staff's daily procedures, quarterly revenue distributions, handled inquiries for limited partners and financial planners.  Responsibilities included maintaining, calculating, and distributing commissions and making daily bank deposits.  Processed assignments of limited partnership interest(s) and limited partnership subscriptions, and prepared daily sales reports.  Coordinated annual incentive seminars held in Monterey-California and Maui-Hawaii, which included the planning of cocktail receptions, gourmet dinners and a private luau, organizing group activities and entertainment, coordination of technical presentations, travel arrangements, lei greetings, limousine service, and hotel accommodations.

 

·         1978 -1983 – Worked for a dance studio, a Montessori preschool, 2 Monterey peninsula radio stations, and several restaurants.

·         1977-2000:  I’ve taken various courses at Santa Monica College, Pierce College, West Valley College, and Gavilan College, several week-long systems administration training sessions, and a medical assistant course through Boston Reed.  Several certificates, no degrees.

·         1977 – Graduated from Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, California.