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Personal Information:

Full name: Patricia Schiavone Rosenfeld
Birth date: December 21st, 1969
Age: 40
Nationality: Uruguayan
E-mail: patricia@AtoZEdit.com
Web site: www.AtoZEdit.com

Education:

Secretarial Studies:

Executive Bilingual Secretarial Course (Spanish – English). Instituto Crandon. Montevideo, Uruguay. (1987 - 1988)
Covering the following areas:
- Typing
- Shorthand (Spanish and English)
- Business writing (Spanish and English)
- Translation
- Filing
- Personnel management

English Language:

· “Certificate of Written English for Industry and Commerce, Advanced Level”, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (1994)
· “Certificate of Spoken English for Industry and Commerce, Advanced Level”, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (1994)
· “First Level Single Subjects”, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (1994)
· “Certificate of Proficiency in English”, University of Cambridge. (1993)
· “Anglo Higher”, Instituto Anglo. (1988)
· “First Certificate in English”, University of Cambridge. (1987)

Portuguese Language:

· 1 month immersion course at Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil. Advanced course specially designed for Linguistics students. (Jan. 1998)
· 2 semesters of private tuition. (1996 - 1997).
· 4 semesters. Brasil Club de Portugués. Montevideo, Uruguay. (1994 - 1995)

German Language:

· 1 semester: Grammar corresponding to 6º and 7º semester at Goethe Institut. (1997)
· 5 semesters at Goethe Institut. (1991 - 1995)

French Language:

· “Certificat”, Alliance Française de l’Uruguay. (1982 - 1986)

Linguistics:

· 13 subjects passed (equivalent to 56% of the Programme). Faculty of Education and Humanities, University of the Republic. Montevideo – Uruguay. (1996-2000)

Information Technology:

Although I have no formal IT training, I work permanently with Microsoft Office for Windows and the Internet.

Logistics:

· International Air Transport of Dangerous Goods.
Update course required by I.A.T.A. (International Air Transport Association).
Duration: 2 weeks. Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano. Montevideo, Uruguay. (2002)

· International Air Transport of Goods. Basic course. P.L.U.N.A. Airlines. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Course required by I.A.T.A. (International Air Transport Association) in order to receive IATA membership. Duration: 4 weeks.

· International Air Transport of Dangerous Goods, P.L.U.N.A. Airlines. Montevideo, Uruguay. (1991)
Course required by I.A.T.A. (International Air Transport Association) in order to receive IATA membership. Duration: 2 weeks.

IATA courses include the following aspects of Air Transport: packaging, labelling, rates and safety requirements.

· One-month training at Herzing Internationale Spedition Gmbh, Frankfurt, Germany. (1990).
This training course was offered by the Head Office of d-t-d Cargo S.A. in Frankfurt, Germany, covering seafreight, airfreight, multimodal transport, import procedures in Frankfurt airport and Hamburg seaport, packaging, inland delivery and sales.

Spanish Teaching as a Second Language:

· Certificate of Spanish Teaching as a Foreign Language. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE- LONDON Institute. Montevideo, Uruguay (2002)

English Teaching as a Second Language:

· Anglo Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. INSTITUTO ANGLO URUGUAYO. Montevideo, Uruguay (2005)

Work Experience:

(As I worked in more than one position at the same time, some dates overlap.)

. FREELANCE VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
09.01.2008 - Present

Tasks:

- Internet searches (news, data, potential clients, etc.)

- Translations (English - Spanish - English). Correspondence, catalogues, books.

- Travel arrangements (tickets, hotel & car reservations, agenda, etc.)

. EDITOR OF LITERARY TEXTS IN ENGLISH & SPANISH

09.01.2008 - Present

Edition of literary texts: spelling, grammar, syntax, title choice, etc. Copy-editing according to the Chicago Manual of Style.

· TEACHER of English and Spanish as second languages.

Year 1991 - Present

· PRIVATE HOME
Household Manager & Personal Assistant 03.07.2006 – 08.31.2008

Tasks:

Full management of the house, its personnel and personal assistance to Mrs. T.:
- Full personnel responsibility –6 employees-, including management, salaries, hiring and firing. Both in Montevideo and Punta del Este.
- Business and pleasure trips organisation.
- Organisation of events.
- Administrative tasks.

· FUNDACIÓN A GANAR
Administrative Assistant 10.10.2005 – 03.04.2006

· TRIMBLE S.A. – INVERSIONES URUGUAYAS
Personal Assistant to the President. 10.07.2003 – 10.07.2005

Inversiones Uruguayas is a Financial Consulting firm and as the Personal Assistant to the President, the scope of my activities was very wide:

- Office and Personal accounting
- Purchasing and Office Maintenance
- Filing
- Report writing and report correction
- Business and Personal Agenda
- Document translations from/into Spanish, English and Portuguese. Simple document translations from French into Spanish
- Daily news search on Internet and reporting
- Business trips organisation: agenda, airplane tickets, hotel reservations
- Public Relations

· SDV URUGUAY S.A.
Operations Manager. 12.01.2001 – 03.10.2003

My responsibilities included:
- Seafreight and Airfreight import and export operations. (Booking, documentation, coordination with national and international suppliers and clients).
- Checking, claims and follow-up of invoices from abroad.
- Managing of the Operations Department –2 employees.

Profile of the company:

SDV International Logistics is a worldwide-known-and-leading group, specialized in international freight forwarding, transportation and logistics.
Of French origin and now operating in 85 countries with 8000 employees, SDV International Logistics belongs to the Bolloré Group , which employs 30 000 people worldwide.
Specialist in all areas of transportation and logistics, SDV International Logistics provides customized solutions using the most advanced technologies.
Key figures: 85 countries, 500 stations, 7.897 employees. Position: IATA Nr. 1 in France, ranking 6 in Europe.

· FERNÁNDEZ INSÚA (URUGUAY) S.A.
Import firm of Caterpillar spare parts. My responsibilities included accounting control, handling of import operations, stock control, costs calculation, and personnel management.

Tel: (598-2) 400-0942 02.01.1998 - 07.02.1999
04.01.2001 - 09.05.2001

Profile of the company:

FERNÁNDEZ INSÚA S.A. is the biggest importer of non-original spare parts for Caterpillar machinery and Cummins engines in Argentina with 80 employees and 5 branch offices in the country.
In 1998 it decided to expand and opened a branch office in Uruguay.

· INSTITUTO CULTURAL ANGLO URUGUAYO
Teacher of Spanish as a Foreign and Second Language.
Tel: (598-2) 902-3773 (int. 147) July 2000 - March 2001

· TAHAL CONSULTING ENGINEERS - SEINCO SRL
Engineer consulting firm from Israel contracted by the Uruguayan Government for the engineering plan of the “Fifth Water Line Supply to the City of Montevideo”.
Tasks of executive secretary. Translations from different languages, organisation and editing of monthly reports. Due to being the only Uruguayan member of staff, I provided permanent support to staff from abroad.
Tel: (598-2) 916-1565 916-4463 01.20.1995 - 02.28.1998

Profile of the company:

The TAHAL Group is Israel’s largest engineering concern and ranks among the top companies of its kind in the world. TAHAL was established in the early days of the state with the aim of addressing one of Israel’s most acute problems - lack of water - and has since then played a key role in the legendary blooming of the country’s desert.
The Group has over the years evolved into a dynamic and progressive international entity, offering a wide range of engineering services, including reconnaissance studies, planning, design, construction supervision and project management.

· AMETEX UK
Sales Representative in Uruguay. Responsible for purchasing orders, quotations and import.
Bradford, England. 11.01.1995 – 02.28.1998

· AMETEX FABRICS, INC.
Sales Representative in Uruguay and Paraguay. Same responsibilities plus travelling to Paraguay.
New York, United States of America. 07.01.1991 - 02.28.1998

Profile of the company:

Ametex, a division of The Robert Allen Group, is a leading designer and marketer of fine fabrics. For more than 60 years, Ametex has created beautiful and unique textile designs.

· BRASIL CLUB DE PORTUGUÉS
Secretary. Receptionist, course sales, materials & syllabi preparation and library management.
Canelones 1722
Tel. (598-2) 408-1163 - 409-5474 08.02.1993 - 02.28.1995

Profile of the company:

Second biggest Institute of Portuguese Language in Uruguay.

· d-t-d CARGO S.A.
Executive Secretary and Logistics Manager. Operations of sea and airfreight (export and import). Responsible of freight quotations (with multimodal means of transport), booking and sales.
Mercedes 937/ 501
Tel. (598-2) 901-1942 - 902-2946 05.22.1989 - 03.27.1992

Profile of the company:

Forwarding agent company opened in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1989, as a branch office of HERZING INTERNATIONALE SPEDITION Gmbh. Number 1 in fabrics exports from Uruguay to Europe, mainly Germany and UK, using multimodal means of transport.