Joanna Paleveda
Hudson,FL
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Experience with reference questions and collection development. Proficient at leading instructional sessions in both individuals and group settings. Committed to professional development and promoting lifelong learning.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Lincoln Memorial University
03.2023 - Current
- Served as a liaison librarian for the nursing program, fostering strong relationships between the library and faculty members.
- Improved information literacy among students through targeted workshops and one-on-one consultations.
- Created subject-specific research guides that streamlined the research process for users across various disciplines.
- Enhanced research skills for students by teaching effective search strategies and database utilization.
- Provided reference services to students, faculty, and staff, promoting efficient access to information resources.
- Assisted in collection development, ensuring the availability of diverse and up-to-date resources for students and staff.
- Participated in professional development opportunities to stay current on trends in academic librarianship and pedagogy.
- Assisted patrons in locating library materials and in use of library technologies.
- Collaborated with faculty to create course-specific instruction materials, ensuring relevance and alignment with curriculum objectives.
- Catalogued and organized books, materials and other documents for proper library management.
- Instructed students on research techniques and use of online resources.
- Participated in the nursing program's accreditation interviews and site visit.
Global Business Practices Analyst
Oracle America, Inc.
01.2018 - 02.2023
- Primary focus of this role is documentation, coordination, training new analysts, monitoring compliance, and tracking movement of various contracts from inception through funding
- This role also includes submitting weekly reports to upper management on projects that are working at risk and assisting bid analysts with their workload
- Creating and maintaining an online tracking tool to monitor progress of multiple contracts simultaneously
- Updating training website for new team members within our group
- Creating training documents for on-boarding resources and leading ad hoc training sessions on the documentation needed for the approval process
- Assisting Bid Analysts and Sales Managers as needed.
Global Business Practices Manager
Oracle America, Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Primary focus of this role is to review and approve contracts
- In addition, this role requires managing a small team of four analysts
- Communication with other departments as well as division VPs is part of the daily tasks
- Reviewing scope and financial metrics of contracts and occasionally re-writing scope to provide contract clarity
- Working closely with the VP for two to three lines of business for the division to determine whether approval is appropriate for our business needs
- Assisting with escalations and seeking approval comments from outside groups such as legal, Rev Rec, HR, and Tax on non-standard contract terms
- Assisting team members when they are having issues with approvals and assembling bid packs
- Managing a dedicated team that followed contracts through our internal approvals until funding.
Bid Analyst
Oracle America, Inc.
01.2008 - 01.2016
- Primary focus of this role is to prepare, review, and submit contracts from inception through booking
- This means acting as a trusted advisor to sales and working with other departments when including any non-standard contract terms
- This role requires project management skills to juggle multiple bids while adhering to a strict deadline
- Also important for this role is to serve as a mentor/trainer for new analysts
- Training new bid analysts on documentation and process, as well as organizing training schedules and creating training documents
- Assisting in the training of new sales managers with an emphasis on the approval process and internal documents in excel and word
- Assisting sales managers with contract documents in preparation for business approvals
- Analyzing data such as profit margin and tax impact
- Calculating foreign taxes, with a focus on Latin America taxation issues and mobility issues
- Reviewing non-standard contract language and offering suggestions when appropriate
- Determining business approvals necessary for non-standard contract language requests
- Working with a variety of peers across the company including internal business reviewers, Legal, Tax, and Mobility as well as contract managers to expedite the release of contracts.
Library Assistant
CAE USA, Inc.
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Primary focus of this role is to assist head librarian, perform research, cataloging acquisitions, transferring of data between corporate libraries, and inventory items
- The role required research skills, awareness of copyright issues, customer service and computer skills
- Ensuring compliance with United States law pertaining to the transfer of sensitive/proprietary data and maintaining tracking information for certain data as prescribed by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) standards
- Providing internal customer service in a technically demanding and time sensitive environment by assisting engineers with researching, collecting, and organizing technical information for specific military projects
- Assisting in the design, creation, and management of the information architecture of stand-alone and networked databases
- Responsible for the inventory, cataloging, and maintaining of additions, revisions, and supplements to volumes of government issued documentation including military technical manuals, standards and specifications.
Legal Assistant
James Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Primary responsibilities of this role is assisting law firm partners with drafting legal documents, legal research, organizing files, and other administrative tasks as needed
- Assisting three named partners of a locally prominent law firm with day to day operational and logistic needs including drafting legal correspondence for clients, coordinating schedules and preparation of travel, arranging for court reporters, preparing expense reports
- Drafting, editing, and administering settlement and retainer agreements
- Preparing pleadings for filing with the court and electronically filing documents with various federal and state courts
- Conducting legal research in connection with various cases.
Law Clerk
Law Offices of Barkan + Neff
01.2003 - 01.2004
- Primary focus of this position is assisting attorneys prepare for court, legal research, drafting court documents and speaking with clients
- Composing and submittal of appellate court briefs based on researched Social Security case law
- Preparing district court documents and performing service of process on the parties
- Advising clients of the status of their cases and perform general office duties.
Education
MLIS -
University of South Florida
12.2022
Juris Doctorate -
St. Thomas University School of Law
12.2002
B.A. in English -
Mercer University
12.1997
Skills
- Teaching strategies
- Reference Services
- Collection development
- Writing proficiency
- Works well independently
- Team Collaboration
- Reference Research
- Group Instruction
- Project Coordination
Affiliations
- Florida Health Sciences Library Association
Hobbies
In my free time, I enjoy knitting and watching baseball.
Timeline
Reference and Instruction Librarian
Lincoln Memorial University
03.2023 - Current
Global Business Practices Analyst
Oracle America, Inc.
01.2018 - 02.2023
Global Business Practices Manager
Oracle America, Inc.
01.2016 - 01.2018
Bid Analyst
Oracle America, Inc.
01.2008 - 01.2016
Library Assistant
CAE USA, Inc.
01.2007 - 01.2008
Legal Assistant
James Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich
01.2004 - 01.2006
Law Clerk
Law Offices of Barkan + Neff
01.2003 - 01.2004
MLIS -
University of South Florida
Juris Doctorate -
St. Thomas University School of Law
B.A. in English -
Mercer University
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