Linda Brown

About Linda Brown

Linda Brown is an experienced executive assistant and events planner with an intuitive…

Experience

1. Executive Assistant

   Cisco

   Feb 1996 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

   Recipient of the company\'s prestigious Nova Award for going \"above and beyond\" in 2012, nominated again in 2016- Provide high-level administrative support to Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the Sr VP of the SPG Group, including, complex calendar management, global travel, purchasing, and expense management- Executive Assistant to VP of IT, 8 years, VP of IT Sales, 4 yrs- Meeting and Events Planner for Cisco Conference Center, 2 years- Cisco Meeting and Events, 5 years, including Stratacom acquisition- Process and approve travel, purchasing and expense reimbursement requests for global team- Coordinate executive customer facing video, Telepresence, and in person meetings, including develop relationships with partners and their Executive Assistants, track attendance and action items- Executive Briefing Center Coordinator for EMEAR, Healthcare, Banking, Retail business units- Provided high-level executive administrative support to Vice President of IT Sales andInfrastructure, including complex executive calendar management, weekly staff meetings, customer briefings, international travel, purchasing and expense reconciliation- Composed and distributed weekly staff meeting minutes and managed action items- Departmental Space planning and space project management for IT hardware, software, engineering divisions and labs- Managed logistics and details of IT Quarterly All-Hands Meetings and team events for 500 global attendees in person and virtual. Responsibilities included agenda management, meeting space availability, partnered with the audio and visual equipment team, team building activities and catering- Partnered with Executive Communications Manager for Vice President for all meetings and communications- Liaison between the executive staff, employees, and customers- Proxy for Vice President regarding all approvals, including but not limited to travel, expenses, and iProcurement.

Skills

• Professional Services
• Thought Leadership
• Voip
• Partner Management
• Video Conferencing
• Cisco Technologies
• Networking
• Multi-Channel Marketing
• IT Operations
• Meeting Planning
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• System Administration
• Crm
• Event Planning
• Information Technology
• Storage
• Calendars
• Cloud Computing
• Program Management
• Lead Generation
• Expense Management
• Spreadsheets
• Expenses
• Virtualization
• Webex
• Sharepoint
• Demand Generation
• Saas
• Business Alliances
• Sales Enablement
• Office Management
• Unified Communications
• Metrics
• Communication Training
• Telepresence
• Peoplesoft
• Adobe Acrobat
• Vendor Management
• Managed Services
• Messaging