Allison H. Keller served in the Administrative Profession in Corporate America for over 20 years. Her career began as an Executive Assistant and ending as the General Manager, Director Of Human Resources. Through her experiences as a trusted assistant, the desire to do more in her chosen profession and to better assist in the busy lifestyles of the professionals she supported increased.
At the same time she began doing the research and laying the foundation for her dream, she discovered that a number of people were leaving Corporate America to create businesses of their own and they were in need of someone to help them get established, grow and manage their clientele and business. She knew this was the perfect time to step out; she did and soon afterward A. H. Keller Business Solutions was born. A. H. Keller Business Solutions provides nontraditional, and yet innovative, solutions for the new face of Corporate America.
She also learned that there are a number of people who chose to stay in the Corporate environment but need help in their busy life and lifestyles and so she added the service of Personal Assistance to serve them. Mrs. Keller's personal resume speaks for itself however, if you have any questions as to her personal background or about her company, A. H. Keller Professional Services, please feel free to contact her at allisonkeller@ahkeller.com PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Motivated, results-driven legal administrator with extensive executive level experience across multiple industries. Hands-on experience in multi-office locations, purchasing, human resources, marketing, operations and budgeting with a reputation for creative problem solving, and minimizing owner/partner involvement in business operations. - · Long Term Stability with over small, midsize and large prestigious law firms specializing in commercial real estate, criminal defense, business litigation, business immigration and personal injury.
- · Solid Accounting and Financial Management including preparation of financial statements, budgeting and forecasting.
- · Excellent Interpersonal Relations/Communication with all personnel, officers/partners and clients.
- · Strong Work Ethic combined with a commitment to excellence.
Business Manager – Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm (January 2006 to Present)
Manages business functions as well as the overall operations. In addition to general responsibility for financial planning and controls, personnel administration, and systems and physical facilities, identifies and plans for the changing needs of the organization, shares responsibility with the owner for strategic planning, practice management and marketing, and contributes to cost-effective management throughout the organization. General Manager, Director of Human Resources – Law Offices of Michael A. DeMayo, L.L.P. (February 2002 to December 2005)
Directed all operation functions and support systems including vendor relationships, contract negotiation, records, office services, facilities, library and information technology to include serving as Human Resource Manager. - · Facilitated the growth and transition of the law firm from 31 to 47 team members and 3 satellite locations.
- · Oversaw the build-out, negotiated the large capital acquisitions of new IP telephone-voice mail systems, T-1s for principal office and installation to satellite locations below budget and ahead of deadlines with minimal disruption of work product.
- · Recently upgraded the internal network and computers from a DOS based network to a Windows environment and customized the database to include the integration of merged documents increasing efficiency and provided network/workstation support.
- · Reduced direct personnel turnover from 28% per month to 2% by developing an in-depth candidate evaluation system, improving physical working conditions, improving management skills of supervisors and stimulating loyalty via a comprehensive communications program.
- · Assumed facility management duties in addition to operations, network and human resource management.
Director - Law Offices Of Alan S. Gordon, P.A. (September 1997 to January 2002)
Managed the finance, personnel, insurance, support services, facilities, records, library and information technology; prepare monthly financial statements and management reports, and handle all accounting functions including collections, cash flow and tax audits; anticipate and plan for future needs and formulate business plan with supporting cost projections and budgets.
- · Managed staff of 18 paralegals, clerks and telecommuting staff.
- · Developed database that offered secure, web integrated data for 3,500 Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 corporations.
- · Designed, maintained and market web site the offered an increase of exposure of 78%.
- · Managed renovation and relocation project for three office condominiums under budget.
- · Evaluated network and performed conversion from Novel to Windows NT.
- · Wrote HTML forms that offered international clients secure transfer of confidential employee information.
- · Promoted from Office Administrator to Director after 3 years with the firm..
Office Manager/Contract Administrator - Maye & Massey, Inc. (September 1995 To August 1997)
Managed office for commercial real estate leasing and property management company. Provided sales support to brokers and maintenance support to clients. Prepared commercial real estate contracts and leases. Provided property accounting, financial analyst and budgets.
- · Integrated use of three accounting packages for property owners allowing the transfer of data directly into their systems saving data entry costs.
- · Effectively marketed client’s properties to press via elaborate receptions to press for foreign investors.
- · Promoted from Office Manager to Contract Administrator after 2 years with firm
Paralegal - Law Offices Of Michael S. Scofield, (November 1994 To August 1995)
Provided paralegal support to two attorneys practicing Criminal Defense and Domestic Law. Prepared contracts, declarations, court forms and pleading composition. Reviewed discovery and prepared synopsis. Perform legal research via web and law library. Interviewed clients and witnesses for case and trial preparation. Monitored deadlines for litigation documents.
- · Conducted first appearances in lieu of attorney.
- · Performed extensive review of discovery and prepared synopsis of case.
- · Effectively interviewed clients, and if incarcerated, conducted interviews on site.
Office Administrator - Rawls & Dickinson, P.A. (January 1990 To August 1993)
Managed office operations. Provided Paralegal support to Senior Partner. Continued full-charge bookkeeping duties which included payroll, trust account, taxes, general ledger, accounts payable and receivables.
- · Converted $28M Trust Account from manual to computerized system.
- · Successfully passed random Trust Account Audit conducted by North Carolina Bar Association.
- · Effectively coordinated relocation of office.
- · Promoted from Paralegal to Senior Partner to Office Administrator after 1½ years with firm.
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, North Carolina - · Paralegal Studies (Dean’s List), 1990 to 1992
- Midlands Technical College, Columbia, South Carolina
- · Radiologic Technology (Dean’s List), 1981 to 1983
Office Management Certification (U.S.), 2002 Master Communicator Certification, 2002 Society for Human Resources Management (S.H.R.M.), 2003 to Present TECHNOLOGY SKILLS Systems analysis, operational audits, cost/benefit analysis, computer systems design, programming and systems development, information services, records management, library management, office automation, document construction systems, information storage and retrieval, telecommunications, litigation support, legal practice systems and other systems management functions.
Windows Server and Novell LAN systems administration; Installation and upgrading of PC’s, printers, scanners, backup systems and storage devices; Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Windows 95/98, Time Slips, Skyline Property Management, One Write Plus, Peach Tree Accounting, Needles Case Management, Immigration Tracker Case Management System, Matthew Bender Authority, Immigration Law Systems, Skyline Property Management, Group Wise, Ami Professional, Timberline Accounting, MRI, QuickBooks Pro, Web and Mail Marshall | |
