CHERIE BRIGHT resume

EDUCATION

  • Double Major – Computer Science, B.A., Communication, B.A., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1990 – 1995, Graduated 1995, 3.18 GPA
  • College Classes: SQL & Statistics, South Arkansas College, Fall 2023, 4.0 GPA
  • Workshop, Rock RMS Master Class, Rock RMS and BEMA Services, The Woodlands, Texas, November 2017  
  • Certificate of Completion, Google Gemini Complete Course: Learn Generative AI with Gemini, udemy.com, May 2024

WORK

  • Inventory Assistant, Murphy Pitard Jewelry, El Dorado, Arkansas, April 2022 – May 2023, June 2025- Present                                                                    
    • Receive and enter merchandise into inventory management system.
    • Review inventory for quality assurance.
    • Take weights, measurements and counts for gemstone and jewelry.
    • Receiving and returns.
    • Creation training manual for inventory position.
    • Minor reorganization of inventory management system, such as addition of fields and field tags, updates of tag labels, reordering and updates of lists.
    • Database cleanup, organization and prep work for new website linkage.
  • Membership & Development Manager, El Dorado Festivals and Events, El Dorado, Arkansas, October 2024 – January 2025
    • Cultivation, retention, and stewardship of Murphy Arts District membership and donors.
  • Information Technology Support, Tri-State Valve Incorporated (TVI), El Dorado, Arkansas, October 2021 – May 2022
    • Create SharePoint pages for Intra-web use.
  • Academic Support Assistant, South Arkansas Community College, El Dorado, Arkansas, September 2020 – April 2021
    • Create training webpages in Joomla for faculty for BlackBoard Ultra upgrade.
    • Create technology help FAQ and training webpages for students in Joomla.
    • Create branding within upgrade of BlackBoard Ultra.
    • Create Quicklinks module for students in BlackBoard Ultra.  
    • Helpdesk for students and faculty.
    • Create and maintain SouthArk Library module within BlackBoard.
    • Collect and send all documents from SouthArk to the Arkansas Repository at the Arkansas State Library.
    • Create SouthArk Library Staff Handbook.
  • Clerk, Antoon’s Jewelry, El Dorado, Arkansas, October 2018 – April 2019, November 2019- January 2020                                            
    • Assist and check out customers.
    • Increase sales.
    • Maintain stock book. 
    • Maintain vendor payment ledger.
    • Stage merchandise.
    • General store upkeep.
    • Open and close store.
    • Follow all security protocols.
  • Member Relations Director, El Dorado Golf & Country Club, El Dorado, Arkansas, September 2019 – November 2019
    • Create content for new website and communicate with website provider on organization and design of new website, which would include club branding.
    • Membership database management: update all membership records and member fields, separate families for better billing management, load all paper data into system, move all emailing into the database, add custom fields for better filtering and reporting.
    • Create annual calendar to drive event scheduling.
    • Social Media: creation of new Instagram account, utilize Facebook with scheduled posts and regular daily posting.
    • Creation of updated by-laws sent to board for review.
    • Creation of weekly membership e-mails and quarterly newsletter.
    • Updated membership application and all new membership marketing.
    • Assist in the creation of a new club social committee and a new club membership committee.
    • Give tours and field membership questions.
    • Switchboard service.    
  • Database Coordinator, The Woodlands United Methodist Church, The Woodlands, Texas, June 2015- May 2018
    • The Woodlands United Methodist Church had over 400 employees, not including contracted staff. Over 125+ employees used the Shelby/Rock RMS database system, as well as the 12K+ membership using the kiosk check in stations daily, and the online registrations and payment system. The database department consisted originally of just me, but grew to three employees and six volunteers.
    • Shelby V.5 database (Pre-Migration)
      • Membership database cleanup: Prepare the Shelby v.5 database for upgrade, through updating demographic and contact information, contacting members for correct information, consolidation of duplicate information, removal of old organization and profiles codes, creating new organizational structure within the old system to prepare for upgrade. The Woodlands United Methodist Church had records of 12K+ membership, but over 65K records of members & prospects within the Shelby v.5 database. After clean up of records and migration into Rock RMS, the church membership had grown to 13K+, and a reduction was made of duplicate and obsolete records to 56K records.
      • Database migration preparation: Interview all ministries and worship teams within the church for understanding of workflow, data collection, data dissemination, and data reporting.  Assisting with design of future data workflow.
      • Database Systems Team member: assess all software systems of the church and make recommendations. Moving from 24 individual data collection points to a shared main data collection system with strong workflow and reporting tools to be used by all in church.
      • Training and help desk for volunteers on data entry into Shelby V.5. Six weekly volunteers in database department.
      • Help desk for all Shelby v.5 questions.
    • Rock RMS database (Migration/ Post-Migration)
      • Database Advisory Team member: On team to review recommendations by the database systems team and access the impact on all ministries of the church, which was taken to church trustees for approval.
      • Post-migration, manual clean up of all record comments, updating known relationships and reconnecting family profiles, updating all fields as needed. Assist bringing over all family photos manually. Cleaning all information, both manually and through bulk updates.   
      • Creation and design of structure of categories and fields within Rock RMS.
      • Customizing Rock RMS to fit the needs of the program ministries and worship teams through customized categories and fields and organizational structure within Rock RMS.
      • Creation and organization of groups, data views, reports and templates for Rock RMS.
      • Database Administrator security group, specializing in: group structure, data views and reporting, merge templates, attendance module, and annual promotions. Also, main back up to Database Administrator, fully cross-trained.
      • Create, organize, and maintain all merge templates for end users including but not limited to labels, name tags, letterhead, envelopes, rosters, and group lists.
      • Instruct end users on how to utilize merge templates, and power users how to create merge templates, based off original templates.
      • Identified and created solutions for internal processes, reducing work time and maximizing efficiencies and consistency in the database as well as in output which is seen by internal staff as well as church membership.
      • Assisted with Rock RMS security settings and group security structure design.
      • Assisted and troubleshoot the Rock RMS attendance check-in systems: label printers, kiosk touchscreen set up, and i-pad set up.
      • Developed and provided Rock RMS training for new and current staff users. Gave individual specialized user training for Rock RMS.
      • Helpdesk for all Rock RMS questions. Answer questions, provide training and do troubleshooting for all database volunteers and end users, as needed.  
      • Assisted with the management of five database volunteers within Rock RMS. Assessed database volunteers’ abilities to match them with the best duties. Provided database volunteers with guidance, answered all questions, and provided training for all volunteers.
  • Membership Coordinator, The Woodlands United Methodist Church, The Woodlands, Texas, October 2016- May 2018 
    • Maintenance of membership status within records. 
    • Inactivate membership within the membership database due to death, withdrawal, transfer to another church. Mark within record, record for reporting.
    • Recording reinstatement of membership within the membership database, if needed coordinate the request for certificate of transfer with the membership volunteer, record for reporting purposes. 
    • Review of records of new members transferring into membership, updating records with transfer information. 
    • Respond to any membership status questions.
    • Work in conjunction with the Connecting Ministry by providing answers to membership status questions, research on information requested, and provide data views, reports, and templates for use.
    • Ensuring following the rules of membership status record keeping according to the UMC Code of Conduct.
    • Manage the membership volunteer and answering all questions.  Coordinate the issuing of the certificate of transfer letters with the membership volunteer.
  • TWUMC Foundation Administration, Interim Generosity Director, The Woodlands United Methodist Church, The Woodlands, Texas, December 2015- February 2017 
    • Send thank you notes to donors.
    • Send notification letters.
    • Prepare updated content for website and The Connection Point magazine.
    • Maintain donor list and prepare reports.
    • Point of contact for all questions and concerns of donations made to the foundation during the transition of a new director.
    • Answer any questions pertaining to membership records. Trouble-shoot any issues.
  • Clerk, Grace Point Bookstore at The Woodlands United Methodist Church, The Woodlands, Texas, October 2010- June 2013
    • Assist and check out customers. Doubled average daily sales.
    • Inventory. Purchase Orders. Receiving. 
    • Stage merchandise.
    • Open and close store.
    • Assist with marketing planning and implementation: Facebook, flyers, events.
  • City Council, Ward 2, Position 2, City of El Dorado, Arkansas, El Dorado, Arkansas, Term: Jan 1, 2003- Jan 1, 2005
    • Management of $7+ million budget.
    • Interview and hire personnel for city operations.
    • Create a 3-month reserve in general budget for emergency situations and paid off a large bond with a resulting saving for the city of $60,000.
    • Infrastructure improvements included the appropriation $1,200,000 in upgrades resulting in $90,000 savings for the city.
    • Implement new computer system for the police department.
  • Instructor/ Consultant, South Arkansas Community College, El Dorado, Arkansas, 1998-2000
    • Teach software application programs, such as: MS Word, MS Excel, Windows 95, MS Access, MS Outlook, and other programs to industrial clients.
  • President/Owner, Computer Training Services, El Dorado, Arkansas, 1996-1999 
    • Meet with owners and management of corporations to define computer-training needs within the company for productivity improvements and cost savings.
    • Train clients on software application programs, operating systems, file management, and Internet usage.
  • MIS Analyst, AmerCable, El Dorado, Arkansas, 1995- 1996
    • Development and installation team for new company wide business computer system, 4th Shift.  Communicate with shop floor personnel to CEO for development.  Create manual for end users of policies and procedures. Install whole system and train all end users.  
    • Wire LAN system.  Maintain LAN using Novell 3.1. 
    • Change platforms from AS/400 to PC LAN based.
    • Rebuild PC’s, installed software and hardware.  Maintained all systems.
    • Install, implement, maintain, and train all users on application and business system software.
  • Associate, System Services, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1990- 1995
    • Cleaning & maintenance of cooling towers, sump tanks and chillers.