Virginia 'Ginny' Morris

Education

B.S., Information Technology

Florida State University; Tallahassee, Florida

January 2005 - April 2009

B.S., Exercise Science

Florida State University; Tallahassee, Florida

June 1998 - December 2002

Experience

Acting Executive Staff Director, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida

January 2011 - Present

• Serve as the Office Manager, Personnel Liaison, and Purchasing Agent for the Office of the State Surgeon General
• Work with the Governor's Office of External Affairs on the review of Department related proclamations
• Supervise the Administrative Secretary for the Executive Staff office
• Manage daily operations of the Office of the State Surgeon General
• Review all correspondence for the Surgeon General, Chief of Staff, and Deputy Secretary's signature
• Serve as the Master Administrator for the Department's correspondence tracking system, CorrFlow
• Train all new CorrFlow users and conduct refresher, advanced, and one-on-one training as needed
• Act as the Department's liaison to the CorrFlow software development company and work with CorrFlow on fixing issues as they arise
• Receive all correspondence sent to the Department through email and postal mail, and assign the correspondence to the appropriate office for response
• Act as the Department's liaison to the Governor's Office of Citizen Services for correspondence and phone calls received by that office
• Update and maintain the Correspondence and Reports policy, Correspondence procedure, and the DOH StyleGuide
• Serve as the primary web manager for the Department's Executive Office and liaison to the Department's Web Master team (includes management of both internal and external websites)
• Serve as the IT contact for the State Surgeon General's conference room (includes the management of video teleconferencing equipment)

Government Operations Consultant II, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida

October 2009 - Present

• Serve as the Correspondence Manager for the State Surgeon General's Office
• Review all correspondence for the Surgeon General, Chief of Staff, and Deputy Secretary's signature
• Serve as the Master Administrator for the Department's correspondence tracking system, CorrFlow
• Train all new CorrFlow users and conduct refresher, advanced, and one-on-one training as needed
• Act as the Department's liaison to the CorrFlow software development company and work with CorrFlow on fixing issues as they arise
• Receive all correspondence sent to the Department through email and postal mail, and assign the correspondence to the appropriate office for response
• Act as the Department's liaison to the Governor's Office of Citizen Services for correspondence and phone calls received by that office
• Update and maintain the Correspondence and Reports policy, Correspondence procedure, and the DOH StyleGuide
• Serve as the primary web manager for the Department's Executive Office and liaison to the Department's Web Master team (includes management of both internal and external websites)
• Serve as the IT contact for the State Surgeon General's conference room (includes the management of video teleconferencing equipment)
• Serve as a backup to the Executive Staff Director

Board Member, Lutheran Social Services of North Florida, Tallahassee, Florida

May 2009 - September 2010

• Represent Project SPARTA on the board
• Vote on funding for projects sponsored by Lutheran Social Services of North Florida
• Research and represent technology related items as it relates to the board

Systems Administrator, Lutheran Social Services of North Florida, Tallahassee, Florida

April 2008 - December 2009

• Administration of a Linux Server and Windows Server
• Maintenance of a timeclock software, which is a website using PHP
• Installation of software on the servers
• Maintenance of the file network
• Responsible for Server Security

Staff Assistant, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Tallahassee, Florida

June 2003 - October 2009

• Serve as the Personal Assistant to the Deputy Director for Operations
• Review and prepare all correspondence for the Deputy Director's signature
• Manage the Deputy Director's Calendar and coordinate meetings and conference calls for the Deputy Director
• Prepare all Personnel Paperwork for the Deputy Director's office and his direct reports
• Read all of the Deputy Director's email and act on urgent issues
• Prepare Data and Reports for distribution to Executive Management, Area Offices and the Central Office by the Deputy Director
• Take Minutes for Conference Calls held by the Deputy Director
• Serve as the Technology Liaison between the Operations Office and the IT Office. This includes servings on workgroups and assisting with the Sharepoint Forms Project
• Respond to and assign the Executive Director and website correspondence for response. Triage issues, emails, and letters that need research or assistance from Area offices
• Responsible for database creation and maintenance
• Secretarial Duties such as purchasing offices supplies and equipment, arranging travel and reimbursement documents, and office management
• Supervise Clerk Position

Administrative Assistant, Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida

July 2000 - June 2003

• Prepare travel arrangements and reimbursement documentation
• Coordinate meetings held around the state
• Collect and manipulate data and generate reports
• Performed Various Secretarial Duties
• Generate and respond to correspondence

Receptionist, Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida

January 1999 - July 2000

• Answer a multi-line phone system
• Send out mass mail-outs
• Generate mail merge documents

Co-Manager, A Touch of Christmas, Tallahassee, Florida

September 1998 - January 1999

• Schedule management for store
• Interview prospective employees
• Submit paperwork weekly to home store
• Responsible for Customer Service

Technical Skills

Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows 98, XP, Vista
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008
• Red Hat Linux Distributions
• Microsoft Office including Project and Visio

Software

• Microsoft Office including Project and Visio
• OpenOffice Suite
• MySQL
• Lotus Notes
• Microsoft Visual Web Developer
• Aptana (Web Development Software)
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Multiple Virus Scan Systems

Other Technical Skills

• Server Administration
• Server Security
• Active Directory Setup
• DNS Setup in Windows and Linux Environments
• DHCP Setup in Windows and Linux Environments
• Troubleshooting hardware and software problems
• Internal hardware installation
• Installing wireless and wired networks
• Database generation, input and management (Primarily in Microsoft Access)
• Making network cables