Northridge, CA 91326
amanda AT plummer DOT org

OBJECTIVE To obtain an account management position that will allow me to utilize my professional, technical and client interaction skills.
EDUCATION University of California, San Diego B.S. Computer Engineering, June 2000
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Self motivated; able to work independently or on a team and motivate others.
Excellent technical written and oral communication skills.
Always a go-to person for system and business issues.
Outstanding decision-making capabilities and problem solving skills.
Able to quickly learn new skills with or without formal training.
Able to multi-task with attention to detail as well as organize ideas, projects and people.
Able to lead others and take initiative.
Effective client interaction, presentation and training skills.
Able to quickly establish business relationships throughout organizations.
Proficient with the Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Project.
Experience in various computer programming languages.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Platinum Specialist
Yahoo! Search Marketing
February 2005 to Present
Glendale, CA
Exceeded individual sales goals every month.
Managed a book of dedicated clients. Performed analysis to determine areas of opportunity. Optimized and grew accounts.
Provided excellent service to pooled clients by effectively responding to various account management inquiries. Managed expectations and developed creative solutions to problems and business needs.
Performed account analysis and cross-sold existing clients on products they weren't using.
Proactively contacted clients to upsell them on expanding their campaigns and to suggest optimized bidding strategies.
Director of Training & Consulting
Bruce Clay, Inc.
June 2004 to February 2005
Simi Valley, CA
Developed and delivered Search Engine Optimization certification training program.
Responsible for all aspects of the training program including cirriculum, certification test, and audits as well as sales, finance, and revenue goals.
Created marketing materials for training program and attended SES conferences to market the certification program and generate leads.
Performed analysis, generated reports and presented results to clients for all SEO consulting contracts.
Performed algorithmic ranking analysis on clients website pages and edited them to optimize their rank in the search engines' organic results.
Product Assurance Project Engineer
Six Sigma Black Belt
ITT Gilfillan
April 2003 to April 2004
Van Nuys, CA
Attended Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training. Used DMAIC process to lead process improvement projects.
Provided support to PA Project Engineering for controlling cost, schedule, and contractual quality requirements.
Performed Software Quality Assurance (SQA) duties and managed SQA budget and schedule across all programs.
Lead Factory Acceptance Tests to sell-off radar shelters to customers.
Developed and implemented DOORS requirement tracking software training program in order to improve requirements traceability among projects.
Performed ISO 9001 internal audits.
Engineer II
ITT Aerospace Communications
May 2000 to April 2003
San Diego, CA
Integrated ITT's Tactical Voice Recognition System into various Command Control military software applications.
Installed software in the field and facilitated both customer and user training. Performed demonstrations for current as well as potential customers.
Worked on several research projects dealing with new speech recognition technologies such as handling impulsive noise, shouted and whispered speech, and interactive voice response systems.
Created reports and presentations and presented them to customers for project reviews.
Used DOORS requirements system to track customer, system level and software requirements.
Performed internal auditing duties in preparation for ISO 9001 certification.
Activity coordinator: budgeted and planned annual company picnic and team building activities.
Manufacturing Test Engineer
Network Equipment Technologies
June 1999 to September 1999
Fremont, CA
Documented the manufacturing test process to use to train new test engineers.
Designed, implemented, and maintained automated tests for the "Module Burn-In" and "Hot Mock-Up" manufacturing tests, of the product.
NMS Software Engineer Intern
Network Equipment Technologies
June 1998 to September 1998
Fremont, CA
Performed tests on the main development branch of the product to ensure functionality after code merges; Used Clearcase as source control to merge and manage these branches.
Rewrote the installation scripts for the Network Management System (NMS) software.
Worked on the Y2K release of the product and resolved Y2K compliance issues. Debugged and fixed software bugs.
NMS Lab Intern
Network Equipment Technologies
June 1997 to September 1997
Newark, CA
Performed testing on the NMS software; Reported software bugs and verified fixes in order to closeout tickets.
Kept up the lab and test network environment for the engineers; Ensured all nodes were up to date with the latest engineering code release. Documented lab and product configuration procedures.
Worked with product support and test groups to work out network configuration problems.

REFERENCES Can be provided upon request.