Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
Throughout my career, I have been one of the go-to people for creative and ambitious solutions. I have learned to thrive on ambiguity and eagerly welcome challenges. Now in the field of law, I am seeking opportunities to learn and grow my legal skills and acumen.
Working in Washington County as court appointed counsel on misdemeanor crimes, probation violations, DUII etc. Also work with expunging criminal records and on other general legal work for other clients.
I hold bar licenses in Oregon and Colorado. As a contract attorney I assisted a solo criminal defense attorney with evidence analysis and trial prep for several complex cases, some involving ballot measure 11 and Jessica’s Law charges. I attended hearings, wrote motions, declarations, and proposed orders. Worked with District Attorneys to dismiss cases or reduce charges. Managed civil compromises to completion. Successfully managed contempt cases. Provided primary support on complex divorce case. Assisted with appellate process for administrative law case. Completed multiple expungements / set asides. Completed felony reductions. Handled family law case including parenting time, transfer of case to new county, revised judgments, including some contentious hearings.
Provided expertise to commercial teams during early sales process to ensure clients and SHL were aligned with expectations and deliverables. Worked with partner Human Capital Management systems and Applicant Tracking Systems to create seamless candidate and administrator experiences. Created well-structured enablement tools for sales teams and client support teams including videos, guides, PowerPoint templates, FAQs, etc.
Integrations and Innovation: Tasked with productizing our integration capabilities through product management tools and bringing the integration development team into the product management realm. Creating innovative solutions for clients to reduce time, eliminate errors, and increase ownership. Analyze and improve integration capabilities with partners to ensure best value for clients. Create and manage product development plans and resources. Key achievement: Led team of developers and implementers to a well documented and certified integration with market leading human resource management company.
Strategic initiative - Program management (4/15 to 6/17): Selected for strategic initiative to guide Americas sales team and clients through a large platform migration/upgrade. Worked with cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams to ensure successful client transition. Required to weigh immediate tactical needs against more strategic efforts when making decisions. Key achievements: Played pivotal role in reviving an unhappy, high profile account and delivering a successful transition to new platform. Instrumental in delivering our newest technology to the company’s largest account valued at over $1.5m annually. Pre-sales consulting (2/15 to 6/17): Advise and educate sales and professional services teams as they navigate a complex environment of multiple platforms, product development, and best practices. Ensure the right questions are asked early in the process to create agreement and deliver to expectations.
- Created network of International distributors in Latin America and Australia. Located distributor partners for new products. Tracked performance of distributors, visited distributor offices and clients, provided training to distributor reps. - Developed business plan and budgets. Researched and analyzed competition. - Worked in conjunction with manufacturing and engineering to ensure functional and superior product. - Launched innovative electronic agricultural product at global trade show resulting in over 100 pre-release sales. - Performed various duties as spokesperson for marketing department including developing presentations for investors, prospective partners, officers and board of directors. - Performed system installations requiring mechanical, electrical and computer knowledge. - Managed translation and compilation of database reporting software into Spanish for international use. Translated, formatted user’s software manual for database reporting software.
Prepared and maintained all financial records for the business including monthly financial statements. Wrote business plans for clients to secure loans, funding. Supported clients with various business needs including bookkeeping, consulting, taxes.