​​​​VICTOR  ARREDONDO​

Student Body Vice President of Student Affairs

Assoicated Students - Humboldt State University

May 2013 – May 2014,  Arcata, CA

• Advocated for student voices.
• Educated students on institutional policies and initiatives .
• Allocated funds for student events held on campus.
• Coordinated study halls for University Finals between three separate third parties, over 200 students participated.
• Marketed Associated Students (AS) via welcoming back BBQ event
• Networked students, faculty, and staff in multiple college mixers
• Proved to be a political voice on multiple boards to include: AS Executive Committee, AS • Campus/community Service Scholarship Committee, AS Event Funding Committee, Diversity Program Funding Committee, Student Health Center Advisory Committee, and University Center Board of Directors (ex-officio)

Higher Education Counselor

Humboldt State, Veterans Enrollment and Transitions Services

May 2012 – Present,  Arcata, CA

• Conducted Peoplesoft training for 15 work studies.
• Created best practice material (standard operating procedure) publications.
• Web development: Created Website Material for program’s website
• Coded and created website layout and materials with Adobe Dreamweaver.
• Completed ATI training.
• Created an E-book utilizing multiple programs and implemented into future migration website.
• Ensured all published materials were in sanction with ADA, Federal, State, CSU, and institutional compliance.
• Outreached V.E.T.S. program and services to incoming transfer students, veteran dependents, and non-traditional students at Spring Preview, Guaranteed Transfer Day, and HOP and HOOP.
• Provided webinars to traditional and non-traditional students for university information.
• Generated emails for student population to keep students involved in community.
• Formed marketing material, using various software, to include: flyers, brochures, and posters.
• Coordinated partnerships with Humboldt State University Residential Housing Alliance for VE.T.S. 5K run.
• Organized annual veterans outdoor summer retreat with outdoor recreation center.
• Coordinated multiple teams to make follow-up phone calls to incoming students in order to retrieve documents that were on Peoplesoft’s To Do Checklist.
• Managed a team to transfer over 200 records stored from one file system to Nolij.
• Managed Student Indicator Data – updated term data, placed student account holds, and reconciled internal manage reports.
• Coordinated with State Agencies to produce California Veterans Fee Waiver for qualified students.
• Used VA Once to certify over 300 veterans and veteran’s dependents to gain earned federal benefits.
• Registered and managed student information through Peoplesoft.
• Ensured students received financial counseling, educational counseling, and peer counseling relating to educational and personal goals.

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House Facilitator

North Coast Veterans Resource Center                                       

February 2012-May 2012,  Eureka, CA                                                                              

•General Intake for Transient Veterans via the Homeless Veterans Project and assisted with medical evaluation with visiting facility doctor, administered medical prescriptions, aided with suicide prevention, worked with homeless to gain houses through federal funded programs, and ensured no substance abuse while running additional administrative tasks.

Veterans Administrator

Department of Veterans Affairs, Vet Center,            

January 2011-December 2011,  San Jose, CA

•Outreach Coordinator: Was able to gain more than 30 clients for LCSW, MFT, and Vocational Rehabilitation counselors. Most cliental go through programs consisting of 1-2 years (including post follow-ups).Outsourced Clients to medical facilities within the Health Department of VA Palo Alto System, this was done by scheduling appointments and preparing medical case work for clients.

•Administrative Support: Maintained a file system of over 500 clients upgrading paper files into electronic files for paperless act initiative; paper system was retrograded to a higher echelon for in accordance with the Privacy Act and FOIA.

News Reporter, Broadcast Anchor, and Features Editor

La Voz Weekly

January 2010 – December 2011,  Cupertino, CA

• Followed community leads
• Reported over 15 articles
• Specialized in Investigative Journalism
• Broadcasted for La Voz News via a community network channel
• Developed multimedia projects
• Responsible for the publication's news pages.
• Formulated and assigned articles to freelance and staff reporters focusing on newsworthy events within Cupertino and its sub-communities.
• Managed a pool of reporters and their assignments to prevent printing delay due to lack of content.
• Copy-edited & fact checked submitted articles.
• Designed layout of news pages in In-Design, proof-reader for non news pages.
• Reported on newsworthy events within Cupertino and its sub-communities when needed.
• Developed Story Lines pertaining to Cultural, Entertainment, and Civic events.

Marketing/Advertisement Lead

Nextier Networks                                                  

February 2010-November 2010,  Santa Clara, CA

•Developed customer advertisement programs for sales department, coordinated cross marketing research for data breach and protection software. Produced marketing campaigns via social media, emails, info commercials, and product design which allowed substantial marginal gains over 120K and minimal losses in resources involved with time, human, and property capital.

•Supervised company network infrastructure managing access to network files, updating software for each computer, upgrading hardware, troubleshooting IT problems, and training personal to understand information assurance.

Customer Service Manager

Provide E-Commerce Pro-Flowers                        

November 2009-January 2010,  La Jolla, CA    

•Reconciled multiple types of claims to include refunds, exchanges, complaints, and account updates that subordinates could not process by utilizing management information systems. •Averaged a QA ratio of 94%, ensured a one stop call solution for phone calls, and gained multiple customer satisfactory reports.

Supply Chain Specialist

United States Marine Corps

August 2004 – October 2009 ,  Twenty-Nine Palms, CA

• Requisitioned and maintained inventories of materials necessary to meet production demands.
• Distributed vital supplies via conveys through Al Anbar Providence, providing all supply classes of materials to over 2,100 coalition members completing over 75 deliveries flawlessly.
• Coordinated over sea shipments from numerous regions of the United States, ensuring priority items expedited within one month of order to final receipt of product. This allowed supply readiness over demand.
• Reconciled general property reports with maintenance supervisors for acquisitions in high end items such as seven-ton vehicles and communication assets valued over $1.2 million dollars.
• Ordered, tracked, and traced items that were requisitioned ensuring delivery to over 1,200 customers annually utilizing a team of 10 personal.
• Embarked very sensitive and technological equipment worth over one million dollars using minimal guidance from higher authority, was able to accomplish delivery utilizing a team of 30 service members and 10 contracted drivers.
• Used prior networks to procure storage units to in an effort to upgrade warehouse supervisor’s external containment area increasing scale size an additional 50%. This allowed better organization of supplies and faster trafficking of storage and shipment.
• Managed to identify supply accounting errors from previous years while still being able to stay functional within current fiscal year. This allowed more time for supply procurement and less time for fiscal management producing budget ratio to expand 30% from $1.5 million dollars to $1.9 million dollars.
• Cross trained co-workers to effectively procure, track, and receive all materials for contingency operations in support of coalition forces. This allowed efforts to divert to property management and property maintenance with other department supervisors.