Syed Kesgode, Senior Administrative Assistant

Syed Kesgode

Senior Administrative Assistant

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Location
Saudi Arabia - AFIF
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

Senior Administrative Assistant at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  • Saudi Arabia - Dhahran Al Janoub
  • My current job since April 2011

Working as a Senior Administrative Assistant in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

As an Administrative and clerical assistant, I support the Dean of the College, providing assistance to the Assistant Dean, Academic Coordinator, and department supervisors with various tasks. Some of these tasks include:
• Organizing college events and coordinating with different program departments and administration units
• Solving administrative and operational issues
• Creating and sending business correspondence using Microsoft Office applications
• Providing general office support for various functions
• Handling day-to-day operation matters
• Helping the Mathematics department with exam invigilation
• Answering students queries
• Arranging field trip to Saudi Aramco for Safety Program students
• Organizing and making necessary arrangements for the guest lecturer from academia / industry professional on the subject matter expertise.
• Ongoing Project: From 2015 onward, played a pivotal role in securing full accreditation for the National Center for Academic Accreditation and Evaluation (NCAAA) over a 7-year span. Contributed significantly to the colleges accreditation process by meticulously preparing and submitting documentation to the NCAAA, ensuring thoroughness, and substantiating each claim with supporting evidence. This dedication culminated in the successful attainment of full accreditation for the institution.

Senior Process Executive at Infosys
  • India - Bengaluru
  • July 2010 to February 2011

I worked as a Senior Process Executive at Infosys, where I was part of the Change Advisory Board (CAB) domain. My main responsibilities were:
• Evaluating and approving Request for Change (RFC) based on their risk, impact, priority, resource, and authorization.
• Reviewing various documents and plans related to RFC, such as Post-Implementation reviews, Test plan and results, Business Technical and Required Documents (BTRD), Go-Live plan, Back-out plan, and Implementation plan.
• Communicating and coordinating with the change requester and the Global change manager regarding RFC details and status.
• Updating daily reports and work intake, as well as client SharePoint sites.
• Sending daily and weekly status reports with graphical representation to the managers and the client.
• Supporting the client on their Year End support freeze and other projects, such as Lean SDLC Testing and Mass mail to all the Change Management Department.
• Received appreciation mails and a Certificate of Appreciation for my quick learning and T100 Domain Certification.

Business Process Associate at First American India - FAI
  • India - Bengaluru
  • October 2007 to April 2010

stages of processing orders from the US office. My main roles were:
• Word Processor: I used the companys applications to create and edit documents and spreadsheets based on the order specifications.
• Proofer: I checked the accuracy and quality of the documents and spreadsheets before sending them to the next level.
• Screener: I reviewed the order details and assigned them to the appropriate team members.

Some of the initiatives took in the team were:
• Discovered some shortcuts and tips to speed up in level 3 (typing) and level 4 (proofing) stage and shared them with my colleagues.
• Suggested celebrating team members birthdays at the end of each month.

Customer Support Officer at Mphasis,an EDSCompany
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2006 to June 2007

• Answering inbound calls from customers in a professional and courteous manner.
• Handling technical issues related to mobile devices and escalating them to the appropriate team if needed. I was selected for this role after eight months of excellent performance.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science (BSc)
  • at University Of Mysore
  • January 2004
Diploma, Pre-university
  • at M. Krishna College
  • January 2001
High school or equivalent, English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies,
  • at Higher Secondary School
  • January 1999

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Office Suite
Administrative Assistance
Management
Administration
MICROSOFT OFFICE
BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE
COORDINATING
MICROSOFT WORD
MOBILE DEVICES
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
WORD PROCESSOR
MICROSOFT EXCEL
SPREADSHEETS
administrative

Languages

English
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Urdu
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Hindi
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