Patricia Thompson
Administrative Assistant

EDUCATION:
Richland Junior College, Secretarial/Office Skills
Continuing Education Courses in Excel, Record Keeping, Business English

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
31 Years

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Ms. Thompson serves as a senior secretary and administrative assistant for Kinsman & Associates, Consulting Engineers. She is an accomplished secretary, bookkeeper, and administrative assistant to the president and vice president of our firm. Because of her administrative talent, she has also taken on technical administrative responsibilities on some of our existing contracts. In this role she routinely handles communications with analysts and engineers, energy managers, and state program managers. Ms. Thompson also keeps track of the project activities and drafts monthly and quarterly reports to our clients. She is also responsible for coordinating on-site visits and travel arrangements for our technical staff. She is available to receive and transmit messages to our project managers.

Ms. Thompson’s responsibilities also include coordination of our secretarial workload; proofing and editing of reports, specifications, and other correspondence; preparation of payroll, bookkeeping records, and federal tax payments and reports; and managing personnel and human resource activities for our firm.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
Ms. Thompson has over twenty-five years of experience in the secretary/administrative assistant field. Her experience ranges from working for a Vice President of a large communications firm with the responsibility of approximately 140 engineers to working for a single attorney for a major insurance company.

OTHER SKILLS:
Ms. Thompson’s software skills include: Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, and QuickBooks Pro.