A peoples' person with excellent proofreading skills
Standout competencies include writing, research, documentation and organizational skills with a sharp eye for detail (spelling, grammar, tonality) honed by working in several industries as well as running my own small business.
• Coordinated projects with cross-functional teams across differing geographies.
• Wrote several case studies for a book. Liaised with and interviewed more than a dozen founders of Indian software product companies ranging from startups to those with more than $100 million in revenue
• Lived in various cities in India, UK, and the US. This exposure has enabled me to acquire the ability to interact, listen to and get along with people from diverse origins, different cultures, dissimilar tastes and divergent views. I consider this one of my most important assets, making me a ‘Peoples’ person
• Developed customer loyalty and increased customer satisfaction through strong interpersonal communication skills while running my business
• Appreciate the importance of being deadline driven, am self-motivated, open to ideas and easy to work with as a team player
EXPERIENCE
• From Feb 2016: Presently working at OpenTech Media: True to the nature of small businesses where everyone does a little bit of everything, I don multiple hats, though my title is that of an Office Manager. OpenTech Media provides marketing and online training solutions and is based in downtown San Jose.
o Provide admin and HR support
o Create content for web and marketing for social media and email campaigns
o Create storyboards for video production
o Copyediting and proofreading deliverables
o Research and detailed documentation
o Project coordination between onshore and offshore teams
o Well-versed with Microsoft and Google suites, familiar with WordPress and a few CRM platforms
• From August '07 to January '12: Ran my own small business, a book lending library, 'Pradnya's Book Club' in Pune, India
o At a high point, I had more than 400 active members
o Besides effectively running the day-to-day operations, I successfully managed business liaisons and two employees
o Ran creative writing summer workshops for children 8 to 15
o Was one of the first libraries in the city to start a home delivery system that was linked to the cloud-based library software I used
• During the time frame of 2007 – 2009, I wrote several case studies for a book on Entrepreneurship in India, titled “From Entrepreneurs to Leaders”. The book written by Shirish Deodhar, a well-known IT entrepreneur in Pune, was published by McGraw-Hill in 2010
o Liaised with and interviewed the founders and entrepreneurs either in person or telephonically, besides doing independent research for creating content for the case studies
o My time management and multi-tasking abilities went up several notches while working on this project, as I was also running my own business at the same time
• From December '05 to June '06: Worked for an NGO (Non-Government Organization) called CASP (Community Aid and Sponsorship Project)
o Primary tasks included researching and fact-checking, editing, and proofing all their documentation
o The highpoint of this job was planning for and being the host for an International conference on elder abuse. A few hundred members from countries around the world as well as UN officials participated
• From November 2004 to June 2005: Worked at Seacom Technology Pvt. Ltd. as a Business Support Executive where I:
o Coordinated the AS/400 training program conducted there, including sourcing students
o Successfully placed graduating students by:
? Corresponding and interacting with the HR departments of various multi-national companies and scheduling tests/ interviews for our trainees accordingly
• Started my professional career in June 1995 at the Indian Express, a leading English daily in India, as the Art and Culture coordinator and Features writer
• Was an active volunteer at my kids’ High School PTSA and have designed their monthly newsletters and worked as their Historian. I make time for Kathak (an Indian Classical dance form) which I have been learning for the past 3 years
Standout competencies include writing, research, documentation and organizational skills with a sharp eye for detail (spelling, grammar, tonality) honed by working in several industries as well as running my own small business.
• Coordinated projects with cross-functional teams across differing geographies.
• Wrote several case studies for a book. Liaised with and interviewed more than a dozen founders of Indian software product companies ranging from startups to those with more than $100 million in revenue
• Lived in various cities in India, UK, and the US. This exposure has enabled me to acquire the ability to interact, listen to and get along with people from diverse origins, different cultures, dissimilar tastes and divergent views. I consider this one of my most important assets, making me a ‘Peoples’ person
• Developed customer loyalty and increased customer satisfaction through strong interpersonal communication skills while running my business
• Appreciate the importance of being deadline driven, am self-motivated, open to ideas and easy to work with as a team player
EXPERIENCE
• From Feb 2016: Presently working at OpenTech Media: True to the nature of small businesses where everyone does a little bit of everything, I don multiple hats, though my title is that of an Office Manager. OpenTech Media provides marketing and online training solutions and is based in downtown San Jose.
o Provide admin and HR support
o Create content for web and marketing for social media and email campaigns
o Create storyboards for video production
o Copyediting and proofreading deliverables
o Research and detailed documentation
o Project coordination between onshore and offshore teams
o Well-versed with Microsoft and Google suites, familiar with WordPress and a few CRM platforms
• From August '07 to January '12: Ran my own small business, a book lending library, 'Pradnya's Book Club' in Pune, India
o At a high point, I had more than 400 active members
o Besides effectively running the day-to-day operations, I successfully managed business liaisons and two employees
o Ran creative writing summer workshops for children 8 to 15
o Was one of the first libraries in the city to start a home delivery system that was linked to the cloud-based library software I used
• During the time frame of 2007 – 2009, I wrote several case studies for a book on Entrepreneurship in India, titled “From Entrepreneurs to Leaders”. The book written by Shirish Deodhar, a well-known IT entrepreneur in Pune, was published by McGraw-Hill in 2010
o Liaised with and interviewed the founders and entrepreneurs either in person or telephonically, besides doing independent research for creating content for the case studies
o My time management and multi-tasking abilities went up several notches while working on this project, as I was also running my own business at the same time
• From December '05 to June '06: Worked for an NGO (Non-Government Organization) called CASP (Community Aid and Sponsorship Project)
o Primary tasks included researching and fact-checking, editing, and proofing all their documentation
o The highpoint of this job was planning for and being the host for an International conference on elder abuse. A few hundred members from countries around the world as well as UN officials participated
• From November 2004 to June 2005: Worked at Seacom Technology Pvt. Ltd. as a Business Support Executive where I:
o Coordinated the AS/400 training program conducted there, including sourcing students
o Successfully placed graduating students by:
? Corresponding and interacting with the HR departments of various multi-national companies and scheduling tests/ interviews for our trainees accordingly
• Started my professional career in June 1995 at the Indian Express, a leading English daily in India, as the Art and Culture coordinator and Features writer
• Was an active volunteer at my kids’ High School PTSA and have designed their monthly newsletters and worked as their Historian. I make time for Kathak (an Indian Classical dance form) which I have been learning for the past 3 years