1. LARONDA LEWIS
Los Angeles, CA, - 805 264-9847
laronda123@yahoo.com
■ Professional Business Development Summary
 Self starter in business development, planning and executing business strategies.
 Mastered developing & building relationships with managers, customers & leaders.
 Vast experience with introducing new products.
 Superb understanding of business sense and strategies.
 Self Assured, Confident and excellent multi-tasked skills
 Fifteen years proven success in achieving business goals in highly competitive markets.
Objective Statement – Desire to join a fast paced growing firm that offers a constructive
workplace to develop brand strategies, initiate strategic alliances, promote new products, and interact
with new clients in order to develop sustained business for the organization.
■ Education
 Bachelor’s degree – Cal Poly State University - San Luis Obispo, CA - Arts
 Associates Degree – Allan Hancock College – Santa Maria, CA - Liberal Studies
 Deans Honor List – Spring, Winter & Fall – Cal Poly State University - 1976 – 1977
Core Competencies
 Communication – ability to communicate verbally and in writing and effective motivator
 Pattern Recognition –ability to recognize trends and make accurate forecasts
 Problem Solving - ability to formulate creative solutions based on incomplete information
Relationship Building - structure, negotiate, manage new & ongoing relationships
 Negotiation and presentation skills - useful when persuading others to change direction
 Analytical Skills – Ability to analyze and compare firm’s product or services with competitors
 Internally Motivated –actively seek out opportunities for the company involvement
■ ProfessionalExperience
MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP/EDUCATIONAL
 Supervise 250+, volunteers, youth, military, civilians, private sector and other personnel
 $3.5M Contract negotiations, 300+, faculty & military evaluations, updates & reports
 Monitor attainment of 26% Expenditure goals and curriculums/policies and procedures
 Human Resource, Recruitment, Placement, Orientated, & train 500+ staff, & volunteers
 Wrote, Produced, Edited and Hosted Media TV Production Programs
MINORITY/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:
 Assist Minority & Women businesses with 150+ State certification and policy interpretation
 Conduct counseling, Arbitrations & Marketing workshops with 500+ clients and candidates
 Speaker/trained 200 or more Corporations, Non Profits & Small Businesses in marketing strategies

2. LOGISTIC AUDITOR
 Conducted Lockheed & Martin materials transition merger & Quad nine inventory
 Responsible for crew of 60+ and shipping & receiving staff to accomplish inventory project
 Operated computer management automated system (CMAS) for consolidation
 Coordinated with government/prime contractors on inventory conversion & replenishment
PROCUREMENT/CONTRACTING
 Review & wrote proposals, Provide resource for bid selection & expedite/closures of PO
 Conduct bid openings, contract/price negotiations and technical writing $100K or more
 Monitor supplier & Work performance of candidates, contract evaluations, desk audits
FINANCIAL/ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
 Write summaries, compile & completed data & statistical State, Government & City reports
 Coordinate $3.5M budget & financial status, budgets reported to various Executive Boards
 Prepared curriculums, Lesson Plans, military excel reports & official documents
 Operated computer databases, MS Word, H/G, Access, Excel, Power Point, PrintMaster…
■ ProfessionalOrganizations
LAUSD/LUSD/SMBSD United BGC - LA & Santa Barbara County, CA 2010 – Present
Project Dir/Educator/Child Dev Teacher - ASES Afterschool Program/Preschool
Full Of Joy – Preschool/Child Dev – Santa Maria, CA 2009 – 2010
Educational Licensed Provider/CEO/Self-Employed
Santa Maria Bonita SchoolDist/Santa Maria, Ca 2008 – 2009
Educational Director
Excel/Comcast Communication – Santa Maria, CA 2007 – 2008
Marketing Coordinator/Media
Houston Independent School Dist/Jolly Nose-it, Houston, TX 2005 – 2007
Curriculum Specialist/TV Host Educator
Office Solutions, Houston, TX 2003 – 2005
Account Manager
All Tech Systems, Inc. Houston, TX 1997 – 2003
Senior Executive Marketing Manager
University of Houston, State of Texas 1993 – 1997
Asst Dir of Purchasing/ HUB Minority Director
Lockheed Engineering & Science, NASA, JSC 1988 – 1993
Small Business Administrator/Procurement
Government/State/Private Sector Employers 1970 – 1988
Mayor’s Office, Contract Compliance City of Houston, TX
Lockheed Space Operations, Subcontract Admin VAFB, CA
US Air Force, VAFB, CA Accounting/Finance, Base Contracting
US DOD, DOB, VAFB, SB County, Federal Institute, CA

3. Notable Achievements
o Successfully organized and lead an Audit team responsible for merger of Lockheed and Martin
o Increased Academic Retention while Decreasing level of Truancy
o Increased STAR, TAS & TAK Scores and provide tutoring and mentoring
o Increased Confidence in Leadership – Recreational planned activities
o Improved/Developed Attendance Excel tracking reporting system which District adopted
ATTRIBUTES
Leadership
 As a business development and strategy manager, work well with Broad members, district
administrators, stakeholders, student, parents and other diverse organizations
 Led a professional team consisting of 4 district school sites, 3 elementary and 1 middle school with an
annual federally funded state budget of $412, 000
 Team lead for an After School Program of 26 plus employees, 300 students and program budget with
three year options
 Co-founded BRC One Stop Business resource center a non-profit program that supports private,
government and prime contracting opportunities for minority and women owned businesses.
Relationship Building
 Structure, negotiate, manage both new and ongoing relationships
 Develop external corporate relationships for recruiting and speaking events
Negotiation and presentation skills
 Very useful in persuading clients to change a process, tactic, or strategic direction
 Challenge negotiation assumptions and created new negotiating strategies
Analytical Skills
 Great at blending skills in pattern recognition and creating excel spreadsheets
Integrity Skill Sets
 Loyal, trustworthy and willing to communicate the truth, even in undesirable situation as
longs as it supports and in line with the organization’s goals
 Passion for organization and desire to better understand the economics/markets of the firm;
values, strategic constraints, trends and mission of the industry
 Strategic thinking allowing me to broadly strategize about organizational growth
 Financial project analysis on how to create situations and decisions to help with revenues,
expenses, cash flow, accounting and other financial projections.
 Transactions very comfortable sourcing, developing, and closing deals
 Interpersonal communicator excellent verbal and written communication skills.
 Versatile sales techniques: win-win attitude, accountability.
 Determined team player I take on the “work hard, play hard” approach.
 Networking Skills, presentation, multi-tasking and analytical abilities
 Energetic – Upbeat personality ALWAYS….
ProfessionalAffiliations
 Chairperson- Houston Minority Business Council Certification 2005
 Chairperson- World Youth Foundation – 2007
 Executive Ambassador of Minority Business – 2006
 White House Congressional Committee/Legislative Task Force on Small Business – 2006
 Houston Urban League Committee Member – 2005
 Who’s Who in the U.S Executive Business – 2005
ReferenceAvailable Upon Request