Kimberly LeRiche currently owns and operates JK Virtual Office Resources in a quiet country suburb just outside of the Portland Metro area. A Pacific Northwest native, she has called Oregon home for the past 19 years, and has also lived in Washington and Southeast Alaska.
Quality of life and work-life balance are important to Ms. LeRiche. Being a solo entrepreneur provides her with the ability to enjoy a family and home life that focuses on the beauty and grace of each day. It's a quality of life this isn't driven by the constraints of commuting to a typical 9 to 5 job but instead is driven by a true enjoyment and passion of what she chooses to do as a career.
Professional and Life Experience
Over the past 15 years, Ms. LeRiche's work experience has included customer service in the banking and credit industries, and as an administrative assistant and as a research analyst for the local county government. Her years of public service work included program development and evaluation of social service and criminal justice programs with her most recent research focusing on issues of minority over-representation in the juvenile justice system.
In 1993, she received her Bachelor's degree in English from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. This, along with work experience, has provided her with a solid foundation for writing, proofreading and editing. Additional college course work has included legal assistant and statistics courses. Ms. LeRiche previously had the opportunity to live and travel in South America for six months. She belives this experience provided her with a more global view of our world and a greater understanding of the diversity of people and cultures which exist outside of the United States.
As a talented professional with a diverse background, Ms. LeRiche has strong critical thinking and complex problem solving skills. She understands the administrative needs of today's business entrepreneurs. She is an expert user of many different software programs and is familiar with a wide variety of the technology currently used in today's business transactions. Additionally, she has expertise in research methods, survey design, data collection and data analysis. She is very experienced in web-related research and has a high level of computer proficiency.
Kimberly LeRiche is professional, mature and has a strong work and moral ethic. Friends and colleagues would describe her as loyal, just, responsible and trustworthy. She believes in doing a job well and doing it right.
JK Virtual Office Resources is a full-time Virtual Assistance business which offers valuable administrative and office resources to small businesses and solo entrepreneurs who have a need for skilled, professional and expert assistance but who cannot justify the expense or the hassles of hiring a full or part time employee.
Resources Used
JK Virtual Office Resources utilizes a variety of programs, software, internet resources and hardware.
Microsoft Word 2003
Excel 2003
PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft Publisher 2007
Microsoft Outlook
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0
Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0
The Logo Creator v5.0
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Adobe Acrobat
Windows Media Player
Vflyer and Postlet
Constant Contact
Survey Monkey
eFax and FaxZero
Google Online Calendar
Google Online Documents
PDF Document Conversion
Printing, Scanning and Copying Capabilities
Online Networking
Biznik
Linked In
Internet Marketing Certified Virtual Assistant Profile
Follow me on Twitter
JK Virtual Office Resources Facebook Fan Page
Alliance of Virtual Assistants