Patricia Beckman:
CLASS OF 1986
Los Altos High SchoolClass of 1986
Los altos, CA
Patricia's Story
OK - I confess to cheating a bit by borrowing my bio content from my business websites (Cybertary.com and CybertaryFranchise.com). This bio does not tell too much about me personally, but it does identify my professional path.
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Cybertary: The Short Story
Founder Patricia Beckman spent nearly twenty years in diverse office and financial management environments. Working in the corporate world provided Patricia with the training and experience in all of the latest applications and technology solutions.
In her last several years in the corporate world, Patricia juggled a heavy workload and business travels with growing family responsibilities of raising two small children with her husband Doug, who also had a demanding career. She felt strongly that there had to be an easier way to "do it all"; a way to nurture and enjoy a thriving career AND be there for her family.
During those often-hectic years, Patricia decided to design a way for highly skilled executive administrative workers to earn a professional wage while maintaining work/life balance. She wanted such a business model in her own life but also wished to make it available for many parents, caregivers and others who were having the same struggles balancing the important aspects of life and work. As a result, Mrs. Beckman founded Cybertary, thus fulfilling her personal mission to provide opportunities for career-minded professionals to leave the corporate world while enjoying the flexibility of working at home and building their own business.
Patricia has been responsible for overseeing large-scale projects to their successful implementation for most of her professional career. From 1991 through 1995, Patricia was the Controller for ...Expand for more
Kenneth Rodrigues & Associates, a high-profile architectural firm in San Jose, California. From 1995 through 1998, Patricia owned and operated her own consulting business, called "Value Added," where she provided financial leadership to small- and medium-sized businesses that required expertise and direction without the full-time commitment. During that tenure, Patricia worked with several clients in various industries simultaneously, initiating systems and documentation to set a practical and efficient trend for each company's regular staff.
In 1998, Patricia was recruited to work in the finance department at Hewlett Packard where her sole role was to lead cross-functional teams in the "Plan, Do, Check, Act" effort for new initiatives that impacted operations and finance. Patricia analyzed systems, processes and procedures to ensure efficiency, accuracy, automation and simplification.
From 2001 through 2004, Patricia worked for Nolte Engineering, in Sacramento, California, where she managed a team of financial analysts who worked all over the Western United States. Patricia traveled to all of the Nolte offices to provide support and management to their finance operations, as well as conducted training classes to teach project managers how to budget, read financial reports and plan in order to improve the financial results of engineering projects.
Patricia's most rewarding career has been as a wife and mother to her two daughters. She left Nolte to be at home with her family before founding Cybertary in September, 2005.
Patricia studied economics at the University of California, Davis. She is a certified QuickBooks® Pro Advisor, Girl Scout leader and mentor to virtual assistants nationwide.
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