Catherine Mira Kohar

  Email: [email protected]

OBJECTIVE

Seeking position as Administrative Assistant  

 

PROFILE

 

skills and qualifications  

 v   Programming/ application courses taken: Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Access 2000, Project 2000, HTML, and Front Page 2000

 v   Information Systems courses taken: Software Design, Database Development, Structured Systems Analysis, Technical Writing, Data Communication Concepts, TCP/IP

 v   Business courses taken: International Finance, International Management, International Marketing, Business Policy, Business Law, Basic Accounting, as well as taking Japanese Business class in Japan

 v   Work in Windows 98, 2000, NT, ME environments and use Microsoft Office regularly

 v   Have experience in writing installation guides as well as business memos

 v   Type 70 words per minute

 

Education

Ψ      Associate of Applied Science in Computer Information System, Portland Community College, Oregon, December 2001

Ψ      Bachelor of Arts in International Business/ Japanese minor, Linfield College, Oregon, June 1998

 

Work Experience

Alcatel Submarine Networks, Inc.                  IT Support                     May 2000 – June 2001

(Portland, Oregon)

•  Provide computer support to management and 300 employees, onsite and for Global Crossing stations

•  Create accounts and emails for new employees as well as deleting old accounts and profiles

•  Type application manuals and installation guides, maintain Client Access Licenses and other licenses

 

Nordstrom                                                 Store Associate                    Sept. 1998 (part-time)

(Tigard, Oregon)

•  Assist customers with purchases

•  Clean up dressing rooms and restock merchandise

 

First Consumer National Bank                   Finance Clerk                  Oct. 1998 – Dec. 1998

(Beaverton, Oregon)

•  Manage 2,000 delinquent accounts monthly

•  Write monthly report on delinquent accounts

•  Process customers’ credit card payments

           

First Consumer National Bank             Project Manager Administrator            Jan. 1999 - June 1999

(Beaverton, Oregon.  Position is in Project and Planning Management Group)

•  Assistant for Director of Planning, 6 managers and 11 planning staffs who oversee bank operations

•  Maintain and update confidential files such as budget reports and performance reviews

•  Work with meeting minutes, meeting and travel arrangements

•  Assist Strategic Manager with updates on bank’s strategic projects

 

Linfield College                                       Conference Staff                    June 1996 and June 1997

(McMinnville, Oregon)

•  Work with 50 other students in a work crew

•  Fix and maintain dormitories for summer camp

•  Help organize the 1996 and the 1997’s Pinot Noir festivals

 

International Programs Office            Programs Assistant                   Sept. 1996 - May 1998

(Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon)

•  Write articles and create international newsletters and mass mailings (invitations, flyers, etc.)

•  Co-organize events such as the Cultural Awareness Week, the International Festival, and the Japanese Club Open House

Honors & School Activities

      1999             Recipient of Tektronix Scholarship, member of IEEE and ACM

      1997-1998    Vice President, Japanese Club

      1994-1998    Member, Alpha Lambda Delta (Freshman Honor Society) and Delta Mu Delta

      1996-1998    Recipient of International Student Scholarships and CIHU Student Aid Fund

     1994-1996    Dean’s List; Recipient of International Student Scholarships