1. Key Attributes
• A team player who is action oriented. I get things done in spite of obstacles
• Strong personal communication and collaboration skills with a warm personality
• A quick learner who is hard working, consistent and adept in working with people
• Comfortable working with technology and working on technology migrations
• Can see the big picture and design the details to get a job done.
Work Experience:
2004- Present Central Parkway Eye Care Center East Orange, NJ
Part Time Practice Coordinator
• Oversee Medical Records, provide training, enhance Procedures book for Medical Records,
Front Desk, Billing and technicians
• Developed anniversary call process to reach out to patients and to systematize our missed
patient calls, implemented Monthly Birthday Card program to our 70+ year old patients
• Co-developed annual training program with our billing company on the best uses of our
database to ensure the most efficient use for all employee’s
• Spearheaded projects: PQRS, Physician Shortage, Patient Chart Purging, and others as needed
• Handle banking, accounting needs, allocations, and bookkeeping, particularly year end
• Fill in as needed
2013 – 2015 The Eye Institute Wayne, NJ
Part Time Ophthalmic Assistant
Used IO Electronic Health Record system to document HPI, Chief Complaint, patient demographics,
medical history, medications in preparation for patient to be examined by the physician in general
ophthalmology practice with a sub specialties of glaucoma and cataract management.
• Performed Refractometry, Visual Field Testing, Optical Coherence Tomography, Pachymetry,
Schirmer Tear Test and Assessed Intra ocular pressure through Applanation or Tono pen.
• Performed and recorded, papillary function, motility, confrontational visual fields, color vision,
stereopsis, amsler grid, A-Scan, auto-refraction, auto-Lensometer, CL evaluation and VA testing
in adults and children.
• Provided pre and post cataract care and education including consents and eye drop protocol
• Aided in maintaining consistent patient flow in a busy clinical environment
• Completed Ophthalmic Medical Assistant Course at Rutgers University, February, 2015.
Margaret J. Cunningham
West Orange, NJ 07052
(973) 819-7618
mj51663@yahoo.com
2. 2002-2013 Orange Board of Education,
Orange, NJ
Teacher Librarian, Orange High School 2011- 2013
• Managed a Library of over 13, 000 volumes in a school with 830 students and 125 staff members
• Taught information literacy skills, which included searching on the internet, using our school
databases, identifying valid information on the web, using MLA and APA styles Collaborated
with Departments to provide project specific research strategies and skills.
• Designed and ran the catalog project where we added over 90% of the 13,000 volume collection
to our database so that we could be a 24 hour 21st
century digital library.
• Initiated and designed presentation of Library Renovation Project, Transforming the Orange
High School Library into a 21st
Century Information Literacy Learning Center” to the Cabinet -
December 2011.
• Provided lead support to District Librarians in terms of professional development, resolving
system problems and general operations support.
Teacher Librarian, K – 7, Heywood Avenue School 2006 – 2011
• Managed a Library of over 4,000 volume collection in a school of 480 students
• Created marking period specific reading programs to increase voluntary reading of all students
• Developed and disbursed annual budget and have laid out a three year plan for the library
• Fully automated the library which had been 50% automated and integrated access to the library
for every classroom in the building, including PreK. Kept the library automated.
• Developed and collaborated with PTA to hold Monthly Family Book Club meetings
• Ran 13 Scholastic Book Fairs in a five year period
SLC Coordinator – 2010-2011 for 5th
– 7th
grades. Managed coordination and collaboration across the
curriculum of appropriate thematic units, parent teacher conferences and student interventions
1998 - 2002 Robert Half International
Paramus, NJ
Branch Manager/Division Director/Senior Staffing Manager
• Managed, moved and hired for a branch that brought in $14MM in review with a staff of 15
• Hired and managed a team of up to six staffing managers. Responsible for facilitating
weekly training sessions
• Interviewed, screened and placed candidates in accounting and administrative positions
• Developed cost benefit presentations for clients and managed corporate relationships
valued at $750,000
• Member of the $1MM Salesperson Club
1989-1997 Bankers Trust Company New York,
NY
Bankers Trust Company, New York, N.Y.
Vice President, 1993 – 1996 * Assistant Vice President, 1992-1996 * Assistant Treasurer 1989-1992
• Managed an education budget of $1.25 MM in the BT Foundation
• Designed, implemented and managed the International Matching Gifts Program
• Trained employees for outreach mentoring and math tutoring programs
• Designed and standardized marketing material for 401 (k) sales presentations
• Trained client organizations in asset allocation, mutual fund families and system features
• Developed and packaged marketing material for clients including:
o Feasibility studies on the effective use of technology
3. o Investment alternative analysis for discrete pools of excess funds
o Seminars, training booklets and cost-benefit analysis
EDUCATION
Rutgers University Newark, NJ
Ophthalmic Medical Assistant Program, February 2015 Certification Pending
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ
Master of Arts, Education Media Specialist, May 2007
Kappa Delta Pi – International Honor Society in Education 3.949 GPA
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Charlottesville, VA
Masters of Business Administration, Management and Marketing, June 1989
Douglass College, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
BA, Labor Studies with Accounting, May 1985
HER Systems:
IO
iMedicware
Other Software packages
Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher