Resume

Kathryn Somers

Computer Experience Quilting Experience Website Design Soapmaking Personal Stuff

Experience

  Monsen Engineering Company, Inc., Fairfield, NJ
Contracts Administrator
1/2001-Present
Manage Planned/Preventive Maintenance Service Contracts, including:
•  Data/Information Management
•  Service Call Planning/Scheduling
•  Billing and Financial Management
•  Tracking Profitability
•  Reporting
•  Scheduling and Running Meetings
•  Establishing Procedures
•  Acting as Liaison to the Sales Team
 
  Invoice Administrator 1/2000-1/2001
 
Responsible for Invoicing all Service Work, Installations and Quoted Projects, including:
•  Job Costing and Parts Pricing
•  Issuing and Tracking Credits
•  Reporting and Resolving Procedural Problems
•  Maintaining Accurate Records
•  Preparing Reports
 
  Temporary Assistant 1/1993-1/2000
 
Filled in on a temporary basis for various open positions, including:
•  Administrative Assistant
•  Data/Information Management
•  Secretarial
 
  CK Airconditioning, Inc., Clifton, NJ
Temporary Assistant
1/1985-1/1993
 
Filled in on a temporary basis for various open positions, including:
•  Administrative Assistant
•  Contracts and Invoicing Administration
•  Secretarial
•  Data Management
•  Office/Procedural Management
•  Assisted in Installation and Setup of New Computer System
 
  Kathryn Leigh Shop, Allenhurst, NJ
Manager
6/1975-1/1982
 
Managed (and later ran) a family-owned Gift Shop before leaving to raise a family. Responsibilities included:
•  Day to Day Operations of a Retail Establishment
•  Buying/Inventory Management
•  Financial Accounting
•  Management of Staff

Education

  Monmouth College, Long Branch, NJ
Associates - Business Administration
Minored in Psychology.
Left 1 month short of acquiring Associates Degree due to Health Problems.
 
  Manasquan High School, Manasquan, NJ
High School - College Prep , June 1975

Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Full Tuition Scholarships (awarded but not used) included:
•  Fairleigh Dickenson College
•  Ryder College
•  Rutgers University

Skills

 
Skilled in Reporting and Resolving Procedural Problems/Issues.
Highly Skilled in Installing/Using most Computer Software, including:
•  Great Plains Accounting
•  Microsoft Office Suite (all versions)
•  Various Service Management Software
•  All Windows Operating Systems
Have extensive HTML experience (MS Frontpage, Homesite, Manual HTML Coding)

Volunteer Experience

 
1996-2006 - Founder/Manager of #QuiltChat™, an IRC chat channel on Ascends.net for quilters. To develop this internet channel, I recruited and trained Hosts and Channel Operators and closely managed the day-to-day operations, as well as managing and maintaining an extensive website. This cyberspace group has grown from a handful in May of 1996 to a large group of international quilters, many quilters of renown, who meet online to socialize and exchange tips and techniques. I also served as Server Administrator and IRC Operator for the Ascends.net IRC Network.

1994-1995 - Was Highly Successful as Chairperson of Charities Committee for Molly Pitcher Stitchers in Freehold, NJ.
Organized and Managed the Making and Donation of Quilts for Various Charities, including:
•  Designing blocks and quilts
•  Designing and producing instructional materials
•  Collecting donations of blocks and fabrics
•  Directing the assembly and completion of the quilts


** During my tenure, our annual donation of charity quilts doubled. **

1992-1993 - Coordinated Foreign Exchange Program for EF Foundation in Cambridge, Mass.
Responsibilities included:

•  Recruiting and Counseling of Host Families for large groups of Foreign High School Students
•  Overseeing ESL Education of Students, including Hiring Teachers, Acquiring Classroom Space, Assisting in Establishing Curriculum
•  Developing Itineraries for Class Trips, including Arranging Activities, Securing Reservations and Arranging Transportation
•  Coordinating Tours and Acting as Tour Guide during Airport Transfers, Daytime Field Trips and Overnight Class Trips

Hobbies/Interests

 
•  Quilting and Textile Arts
•  Computers/Networks
•  Soapmaking
•  Traveling
•  Camping (RV)
•  Reading
•  Expert Skier

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Computer Experience Quilting Experience Website Design Soapmaking Personal Stuff

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