Jeff Armijo
4937 Marna Lynn Avenue NW	505.450.5279
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87114	urfirst@jeffarmijo.com

Career Objective

An aggressive, results-driven, entrepreneur with exceptional ability to conceptualize and develop solutions to problems and issues in an unstructured environment and ability to work effectively with individuals in all levels and fields within and external to the organization seeking an accounting position.

Education

Master of Business Administration, University of New Mexico Expected May 2009

Bachelor of General Studies, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology May 2000

Associate in Arts, New Mexico Military Institute December 1992

Completed 30 credit hours accounting skill set, Central New Mexico Community College

Related Coursework

Financial, Managerial, Tax Accounting; Data Regression and Analysis, Combinatorics, Statistics

Areas of Expertise

Management and Leadership

· Developed business and marketing plans resulting in $1,000,000 gross sales in three years

· Initiated travel policy reforms at a major New Mexico university saving the organization over $200 per month

· Negotiated new computer reservation system contract resulting in $5,000 per year savings while obtaining net increase of new computer and network equipment

· Directed, trained and motivated a thirty-soldier platoon to perform tirelessly under stressful battlefield-simulated missions; awarded Best Platoon in 1995

Accounting and Finance

· Maintain, prepare and analyze financial statements for potential investors, shareholders, directors, financers, bankers and auditors

· Designed and maintain accounting information system in Peachtree, ensuring secure, highly available on-line access to multimillion-dollar financial statements

· Monitor all regulatory issues, corporate compliance regulations, licensing, contracts and employment laws

Customer Service

· Organized focus groups and developed customer feedback forms to gauge level of customer service

· Initiated an accounts receivable solution for customers that needed to make immediate purchases without diminishing their cash balances

· Developed customer relationship management strategy to build trust with customers that helped when correcting and mending situations

Information Technology

· Provided desktop and network support services under performance-based time constraints. For example, customer high priority requests were completed in one hour

· Developed effective set of technical tools, techniques and professional network to assist in solving the toughest of customer problems

· Developed a plan and coordinated Windows 2000 upgrades on three hundred systems both desktops and laptops with five technicians in six weeks

· Designed, built, and maintained website and computer network for Paradise Travel, spanning three offices

Work History

President, Paradise Travel, Inc., Albuquerque and Socorro NM, March 1998-Present

Veteran of the US Air Force and Army National Guard as Enlisted and Officer, August 1988-February 2006

Bureau Chief, New Mexico Commission on Public Records, July 2002-January 2004