Vivien E. Sandu has over 30 years of experience working in executive assistant and administrative roles. She has a strong educational background, including degrees from multiple universities. Her experience includes roles at financial institutions like Alliance Capital and Dean Witter Reynolds, where she supported executives and managed their schedules, reports, presentations, and travel. She also has experience working for smaller businesses and providing temporary administrative support.

1. Vivien E. Sandu
84-12 Edgerton Blvd.
Jamaica Estates, New York 11432
Tel: (347) 822-3921
EDUCATION: New York City College of Technology - Brooklyn, New York
Vision Care Technology Program August, 2010 – June, 2012
ABOC/NCLEC (National Certifications) – 2012
Experience while at New York City College of Technology - August, 2010- 2012
Responsible for patient reception, doctor assisting and technical support, prescription
analysis, prescription verification, and dispensing.
- Guided customers in selecting frames and lenses that are best suited for their
lifestyle, wardrobe, RX and price needs.
- Provided accuracy in taking and recording measurement, adjusting and fitting
eyewear, and executing all details.
- Ensured finished eyewear meets excellent standard of accuracy.
- Educated clients on importance of regular eye exams and taking care of their
eyewear/Contact Lenses.
- Inserted and removed contact lens.
Queensborough Community College – Queens, New York
Biology/Nursing Major – Dean’s List, Alpha Theta Kappa 2003 – 2005
Continuing Education - Certification in Medical Coding & Billing
Queens College - Computer Science/Biology, Queens, New York - Dean’s List
St. Johns University – Computer Science/Managerial Accounting, Queens, New
York - Dean’s List
Pace University - Computer Science, New York, New York - Deans’s List
PROFESSIONAL Columbia University – New York, New York
TRAINING: An overview of management information systems, operating systems, hardware and
architecture, programming concepts and languages, database theory, basics of
telecommunications and enterprise networks, systems analysis and design, and business
software products.
June, 2001- Present M.S. Edging Lab – Jamaica Estates, New York
Associate for a small business
Initiated international business trade for product purchases.
Created and maintained databases of clients and purchases.
Prepared letters, brochures, labels, lists, faxes.
Researched and made calls to clients to increase sales.
April, 2000 - Alliance Capital – New York, New York
June, 2001 Executive Assistant to CFO 2nd
seat/Analysts.
- Processed bills for payment.
- Scheduling/Calendar maintenance.
- Researched information from the Internet (calendar events/financials, etc.).
- Set up lunches, events, extensive travel arrangements, video conference calls, etc.
- Prepared Mutual Fund Analysis spreadsheets.
- Prepared and distributed company reports/account summaries to company officials
and clients.
- Prepared Stock Earnings Reports, Rate Changes and Spreadsheets within deadline.
- Set up and taped conference calls on individual stocks.
- Initiated correspondence/e-mails and made phone calls in response to inquiries.
- Created Power Point projects for marketing purposes.
- Created and maintained databases for commissions, etc.
- Purchased/maintained supplies via computer (E-way).
Sept., 1999- Accurate Temporary Services – New York, New York
March, 2000 Provided Executive Assistant support to the CEO, Executive Vice
Presidents/Sr. Vice Presidents, Account Executives to various departments at Aon
Insurance Company – 2 World Trade Center, New York, NY.

2. - Exposure to the insurance business with its many product lines and the use of global
internet information. Gained an insight as to how management, brokers, accountants
fit into the scheme of providing their services to attain innovative packaged products
to fit the needs of an individual company.
- Prepared various presentation packages that included executive and marketing
summaries with various insurance proposals and an in-depth analysis of the most
suitable proposal to fit the needs of each business entity.
- Used access to track companies and management commissions.
- Set up tables and worked on special projects using Excel spreadsheets that included
the current status of vessels with their concurrent premiums. Also prepared business
financials for Account Executive.
- Corrected and used templates containing forms/contracts (Applications,
Endorsements, Certificate of Insurances, etc.) to send out to clients, banks, and re-
insurance carriers.
- Set up conferences/video conference calls, arranged for car rental, hotel
accommodations and lunches off-site.
March, 1990 - Contifinancial Corporation - New York, New York
November, 1998 Executive Assistant to Managing Director in a fast-paced Investment Banking
environment.
- Created spreadsheets, and various presentation packages for clients/investors using
graphics (charts, tables, etc). Prepared memorandums/letters/financial databases.
- Researched companies for financials, etc. via the Internet, maintained an extremely
active calendar for management, processed payment requests.
- Created and updated reports, listings, coordinated meetings and outings. Handled all
aspects of NASD compliance for management from the sending out of applications,
scheduling of exams, attaining materials for study, making payments with close
follow up work to resolve any problems.
- Performed client background checks.
- Purchased and maintained CFS supplies for our securitization packages.
- Performed special projects for CEO (presentation books, slides for speeches, etc.),
and assisted in post-wire processing in conjunction with hedging department,
handled calls from clients.
- Initiated own correspondence with follow up when necessary.
- Assisted lawyers with documentation - blacklining, etc.
February, 1989 - Dean Witter Reynolds, Incorporation – New York, New York
March, 1990 Senior Secretary to two First Vice Presidents in the Research Department
- Used Lotus to update various company tables in regard to earnings.
- Electronically created and updated databases on individual stocks.
- Created and distributed weekly status reports, notes, bulletins on various industries,
handled heavy phone coverage, maintained files and vacation schedules.
March, 1979 - The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation – New York, New York
February, 1989 Assistant to Director of Employee Benefits Operations/Computer Programmer
Used Lotus to develop a three year analytical study for Retirement Department to
anticipate work trends and determine future needs.
- Documented an overview of departmental operations to show in some detail specific
functions of each department, how they related to one another and how the
department operated as a unit to serve the needs of the customer.
- Maintained petty cash, vacation schedules, and HR and telephone listings.
- Researched and furnished information on the status/location of employees as a
service to department and D&B subsidiaries upon request in the capacity of customer
representative.
- In charge of mail merge letters to specific divisions upon request as well as Profit
Sharing, Retirement and ESOP letters to individuals.
- Initiated own correspondence to company employees with follow-up, handled petty
cash and maintained listings, labels and files.

3. - Gave direction and training to new employees in areas of advance word processing
functions, used macros to expedite workload.