K. Chris Roby ([email protected])

Ten years of administrative assistant experience, including executive administrative support
Four years of paralegal support positions
Experience on multiple positions performing report writing, research and technical writing
Office management experience including low-level technical support work
Extensive legal and non-legal database building, maintenance and research

Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT, earlier versions of Windows. Software: Merrill Case Explorer (Discovery Navigator) v. 1.06.0029, Concordance, IPRO Publisher, Summation iBlaze v. 1.06.0029, Deltek CRM & Proposals, TimeMap v. 3.0, CaseMap v. 4.6, Visio, Lotus 1-2-3, Ami Pro, MS Word 2002 and earlier, WordPerfect 6.0 and earlier, MS Excel 2002 and earlier, Access, Lotus Notes 4.5, OpenMail, MS PowerPoint 2002 and earlier, MS Publisher 97, MS Office Binder 97, Outlook 2000 sp. 3, Macromedia Dreamweaver 3, Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Adobe Acrobat 3.01, HTML

Work Experience:
Help The People Program (2008 - Present: Assisted individuals seeking mortgage assistance in filling out forms and completing paperwork, operated the food pantry and performed database work for the organization.

Self Employed (2006 � 2008): Worked online filling out surveys for income.

Cambridge Staffing (2005 - 2006): Seyfarth Shaw, LLP (2005 - 2006): Coded documents and worked in a variety of miscellaneous positions, including some coding at Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (2005): Paralegal work in database management and research on a large construction case, supporting three attorneys and another paralegal. Performed document research in Summation iBlaze and Merrill Case Explorer database systems. Created reports, identified database performance issues and performed miscellaneous paralegal duties. Research and discovered previously unseen documents. Worked with attorneys during deposition preparation to identify relevant documents.
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP (2004 - 2005): Document coding on a large pharmaceutical patent case. Also created reports and performed database research. In 11/2004 switched to a paper industry patent case. Performed document review, internet research, database research, report writing and developed expertise on the scientific dimension of the case.

Randstad (2002 � 2004): Coding and entry work for law firms. Worked at Griffin Cochrane LLP for several months, reading and interpreting documents and inputting information about them into a legal database. Also performed database research. Additionally performed filing and cataloging of legal documents. At Troutman Sanders LLP, performed similar duties, reading case materials and summarizing information and then inputting it into the database. Also worked as an administrative support person at the Omni hotel.

J. M. Waller Associates, Inc. (2001 � 2002): Initially the Office Manager for the Atlanta office, handling all office administration. Coordinated office opening, handled timecard issues with electronic timecard system and assisted staff at other locations. Wrote materials for other staff and created deliverable materials, including graphics. After 9/01 shifted roles becoming the technical/report writer and database manager for the office, organizing contracts, writing bids for proposal, resumes, key entering Scopes of Work for electronic storage and gathered information and populated a database of contract information on Deltek CRM database. In both roles in the office, performed technical writing, editing and proofreading for staff as well as lower level IT duties, handling computer installations and removals, trouble-shooting errors and performing other technical duties.

Randstad (2000 � 2001): Performed a variety of duties, mostly involving administrative work. Performed high-level formula-driven Excel work for the Andersen Consulting personnel department.

NationsBank (1999 � 1999): Employed as an executive administrative assistant, supporting three SVPs and a staff of over sixty as well as partial support for a department of several hundred people. Performed general administrative duties, weekly and monthly report writing and meeting presentation creation, Involved in creation of reports on MS Excel 97 and MS PowerPoint 97. Also made extensive travel arrangements with our corporate travel department and created weekly and monthly reports on MS Word 97.

Adecco (1998 � 1999): Employed on a nine-month assignment as the Administrative Assistant to the Senior Vice President of the NationsBank West Model Banking Team. Responsibilities included general administrative duties, creating packages and reports on PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

Georgia Temps, Inc. (1997 �1998): Employed as a contract employee in a number of short-term assignments, mostly as a receptionist and administrative assistant.