Columbia, Tennessee, United States
Strategic and highly trusted Executive Assistant with 20 years of experience supporting CEOs, CTOs, and senior leadership teams across technology, restaurant, and franchise organizations. Currently supporting the CTO of Lytx, where I partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Business Technology leadership to help drive organizational alignment, communication flow, planning cadence, and operational execution across a global R&D organization. My experience includes executive operations, leadership communications, board coordination, organizational planning, global travel, offsites, and large-scale events in fast-paced and evolving environments. I’ve supported leadership restructures, operational initiatives, international expansion efforts, and employee recognition programs while helping executives stay focused on high-impact priorities. I’m especially passionate about the evolving future of executive support and the use of AI tools to streamline workflows, improve productivity, and elevate the strategic impact of the EA role.
Strategic partner to the CTO supporting a global R&D organization. Partner closely with executive leadership to drive operational cadence, communication flow, organizational alignment, and execution across distributed teams in a fast-paced and evolving environment. Key areas of support and impact include: • Drive planning cadence and operational coordination for CTO Staff and senior leadership through leadership meetings, organizational communications, strategic initiatives, and cross-functional collaboration • Lead planning and execution for executive leadership meetings, strategic offsites, hiring initiatives, recognition programs, and cross-functional organizational events across global teams and multiple time zones • Developed operational processes and communication frameworks that improved accountability, coordination, and executive visibility across leadership teams • Active advocate for AI adoption within executive support functions, leveraging AI tools to improve productivity, communication, and workflow efficiency • Serve as a trusted operational and strategic partner to executive leadership
Supported the CEO through executive operations, leadership coordination, board support, and high-level administrative partnership during a fast-paced period of business evolution and organizational change. Key areas of support and impact included: • Managed complex executive scheduling, strategic calendar planning, travel coordination, meeting preparation, and executive communications • Served as liaison to the Board of Directors, coordinating quarterly board meetings, executive materials, logistics, presentations, and communication workflows • Partnered closely with senior leadership teams to support organizational priorities, operational initiatives, recruiting coordination, and executive visibility • Coordinated domestic and international travel, leadership meetings, executive events, and company gatherings across multiple stakeholders and time zones • Supported preparation of executive presentations, keynote materials, internal communications, and leadership deliverables • Helped drive organization and follow-through across competing priorities in a rapidly evolving corporate environment
Supported the President and CEO of a national franchise organization while leading event strategy and execution for corporate meetings, conferences, leadership events, and operational initiatives across a growing business environment. Key areas of support and impact included: • Managed executive operations including strategic calendar management, travel coordination, leadership communications, meeting preparation, and organizational support for senior leadership • Led planning and execution for large-scale company conferences, leadership meetings, franchise events, and corporate gatherings with attendance of up to 300 participants • Directed all aspects of event management including budgeting, vendor negotiations, venue sourcing, logistics, registration, attendee experience, staging, and post-event coordination • Partnered cross-functionally with leadership teams to support operational initiatives, organizational communication, and company-wide event execution • Coordinated executive travel, recruiting activities, onboarding logistics, and internal corporate events across multiple departments and stakeholders • Managed office operations, facilities coordination, vendor relationships, and administrative processes to support day-to-day business operations
Assistant to President, Vice President, and Director of Operations, extensive domestic and international travel coordination, expense management, calendar management, coordinate office events, lead coordinator of annual users group conference, and general support.
Assistant to CEO, calendar management, travel coordination, prepare correspondence and presentations, call and visitor screening, and general support. Coordinate training sessions and network-wide software roll-outs, order, print, and deliver training materials, coordinate independently contracted trainers, meeting room setup, and client support.