HEATHER L.

HIPP
4755 Hampton Square Drive, Johns Creek, GA 30022
Home: 678-339-9834, Cell: 770-262-6180, Email: hh94df56@westpost.net
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
* Excellent Interpersonal Skills
* Extremely well organized and self-motivated
* Intermediate to Expert levels in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Po
int, Outlook)

EMPLOYMENT
2008 - Present
(Confidential)
Shionogi Pharma, Inc. (formerly Sciele Pharma, Inc.) Atl
anta, GA
Executive Assistant
Assistant to the Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer and Vice Pr
esidents of Commercial Services and Marketing Operations. Development and maint
enance of filing systems, monthly and quarterly reports and spreadsheets. Coord
ination of off-site meetings across multiple departments and planning of events.
Maintenance of this office also includes travel arrangement (domestic & intern
ational), expense submission and heavy calendar coordination. Prepare presentat
ions for internal and external audiences. Perform some personal functions for e
xecutives, personal travel, purchases, maintenance, and appointments.

2004 - 2008
Simmons Bedding Company
Atlanta, GA
Executive Assistant
Assistant to the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Maintenan
ce of this office included arranging travel, submitting expenses for reimburseme
nt, calendar coordination, answering phones and sorting mail. Also supported 50
person Information Technology department, coordinated department meetings, subm
itted and tracked all invoices for payment and ordered office supplies. Regular
ly developed spreadsheets to track expenses for multiple projects, created prese
ntations and maintained all department files. Also developed and maintained all
organizational charts for the company's 19 locations nationwide, as well as pho
ne lists. 2007 Simmons Bedding Company Associate of the Year.
1998 - 2004
2003 -2004
Mirant Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Executive Assistant
Supported Vice President and Controller as well as a portion of his organization
consisting of 50 people. Support included maintaining Controller's office (cal
endar, correspondence, presentations, travel, etc.), all time keeping, incoming
and outgoing mail and ordering of office supplies for over 50 people. Duties al
so included setting up employee meetings for 150+ people on a regular basis with
call-in capabilities and PowerPoint presentations. Orchestrated move of 50 empl
oyees between three different floors while consolidating offices. Maintained all
organizational charts for finance and accounting, North American and Internatio
nal organizations.
2002 - 2003
Continued to support the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Also
supported the Senior Vice President of the Caribbean Business Unit, who travele
d on average three days a week throughout the Caribbean. Worked closely with Mir
ant's Caribbean offices in Jamaica, Curacao and the Bahamas.
1999 - 2002
Executive Assistant to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Se
nior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Northeast Region. Respons
ibilities included coordination of daily operations of their offices; coordinati
on of these two officers also included preparation of presentations, greeting ou
tside visitors, arranging tours of facilities and maintaining all company organi
zational charts. Also during 2002, Chief Executive Officer of Northeast Region
was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Asian operations. Coordinated all in
ternational travel for him, his wife and children and assisted in all aspects of
their move to Hong Kong.
1998 - 1999
Maintained offices of the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Market
ing. This included coordinating travel, maintaining calendars, preparing weekly
reports, expense reports and all correspondence. Also planned many events for
employees and outside guests ranging from 10 to 600 people.

1997 - 1998
BellSouth Corporation
Alpharetta, GA
Project Manager / Facilities Manager
Acted as the direct report to the Vice President of Bill Mailing. Coordinated t
he closing of four bill mailing centers in four different states. Advanced to f
acilities manager for the bill mailing operation producing 18 million bills per
month. Managed contract labor, production machinery, facility maintenance (incl
uding janitorial, trash, forklifts and general maintenance) and production stati
stics of a 106,000 sq. ft. building.

1995 - 1996
AT&T Corporation
Clearwater, FL
Administrative Assistant
Developed an engineering filing system, maintained records, status reports and r
elations with outside plant offices. Produced correct paperwork for obtaining p
ermits from the necessary municipal agencies. Provided administrative support t
o several managers.

EDUCATION
1988 - 1992 St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Laurinburg, NC
Bachelor of Arts, Business and Economics
3.5 Grade Point Average (4.00 = A+)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2002 - Present
The Reece Center for Handicapped Horsemanship Palmetto, GA
Certified Instructor / Web Master / Special Events Coordinator / Volunteer
2005 - Present
Special Olympics
Atlanta, GA
Certified Equestrian Coach / Volunteer
2003 -2005
Martial Hearts
Atlanta, GA
Volunteer Instructor - self-defense instruction for women, men, children and the
disabled.

1999 - 2000
Scottish Rite Children's Hospital
Atlanta, GA
Volunteer