SYDNEY KAPLAN

Phone: (347) 338-0374, E-mail: Sydney.H.S.Kaplan@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

Sydney Kaplan: Virtual Assistant

Virtual Assistant                                                                                                                                                   August 2024-Present

Duties

  • Business administrative services including but not limited to: Calendar management, Email filing and management, Call/Meeting scheduling and cancellation, Invoice management, Travel booking, Venue booking, Research and data entry, Follow up with clients, Social media inbox/request Management, Lead follow up, Order Tracking

  • Personal administrative services including but not limited to: Gift purchases, Personal card sending, Personal appointment setting, Vendor research, Vacation planning, Calendar management, Email filing and management, Appointment scheduling

 

Kaplan Household

Stay-at-Home Parent of two                                                                                                                            June 2020-Present

Duties

  • Manage Daily Operations: Coordinate daily activities, including meal planning, transportation to and from school, after school activities, birthday parties, playdates, and family schedules

  • Develop Organizational Systems: Create and maintain systems for household management, including chore assignments, inventory management, and household supply restocking

  • Enhance Communication Skills: Negotiate and mediate between family members, ensuring clear communication and conflict resolution, arrange conversations with teachers both ad-hoc and formally for parent teacher conferences, communicate with other parents to arrange playdates

  • Organize Events and Activities: Plan and execute various family events, educational activities, and social gatherings including playdates and birthday parties

Volunteering and Extracurricular Activities

  • Parent Grade Coordinator for Rodeph Sholom School class of 2032                                                    September 2022-June 2024

    • Organize and schedule monthly group activities for entire grade of children and parents

    • Act as liaison between parents and Parents Association

  • Class Parent for Rodeph Sholom School class of 2032 and class of 2034                                         September 2020-June 2024

    • Organize multiple annual group activities for children and parents of a select grade

  • Parents Association Volunteer at Rodeph Sholom School                                                                   September 2022-present

    • Organize events for the entire Elementary Child Division and parents

      • Responsibilities include ordering food and crafts projects, coordinating parent and teacher volunteers, and liaising with school to reserve rooms and gather necessary supplies

  • Co-head of weekly Challah distribution to school families

  • President of The Marbury Condominium Board (164 W 74th St, New York, NY)                                   January 2023-present

    • Elected by the condominium owners to analyze the needs of the condominium, lead meetings discussing issues with other members of the board and ensure needs of fellow residents are met

 

New York Police Department – Intelligence Bureau 

Lead Analyst for Analytical Programs Unit                                                                                                      September 2018-June 2020

  • Coordinate all communication and investigative activities done by the Analytical Programs Unit (APU) for the Intelligence Analysis Unit (IAU)—including subpoenas and requests for phone record analysis from IAU analysts

  • In charge of conducting activities using analytical software for financial analysis

Team Leader for Global Issues Team                                                                                                               June 2016-December 2017

  • Manage four direct reports and full analytical team casework, attend internal meetings and external meetings with other agencies, assist team members in determining how to proceed with their cases and track operational steps taken by team members

Intelligence Research Specialist, Global Issues Team and Analytical Program Unit                                             August 2009-June 2016

  • Liaison analyst between the Intelligence Analysis Unit (IAU) and the Analytical Programs Unit (APU)—serve as the Intelligence Analysis Unit coordinator for investigative activities including subpoenas and requests for phone and financial record analysis from IAU analysts

  • Provide direction to fellow analysts, members of APU and investigators from other units and precincts, with the subpoena process and assist in analysis of results and records

  • Aid detectives with multiple ongoing Intelligence Bureau investigations including forensic research, database searches and data collection

  • Conduct database lookups and produce link charts, analytical write-ups and Situational Reports of case-related information for multiple detective units

  • Brief front office and other law enforcement agencies on case developments and other topics

  • Brief other units on capabilities of the Analytical Programs Unit

  • Lead analyst on successful take-down case with positive nationwide implications

  • NYPD liaison to Western Union

  • Cleared TOP SECRET (TS)

 

National Security Agency                                                                                                                                            September 2005 – August 2007

  • Cleared TOP SECRET (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)/Special Intelligence (SI)

  • Passed Agency Special Background Investigation (SBI) and Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph (June 2005)

  • Promotions and Awards Received: Special Act or Achievement Award, August 2006, Merit-based Promotion

Training:

o    Language Enhancement Program

o    Voice Graphic Language Analyst in Training—Course of study to acquire complete fluency in reading, writing and speaking Modern Standard Arabic, training in mission related subjects and area studies

o  Arabic classes taken: Foundations in Cryptologic Arabic Grammar and their Applications, Cryptologic Arabic, Reading Comprehension, Cryptologic Arabic Transcription, Comprehensive Intermediate Cryptologic Arabic, Comprehensive Advanced Cryptologic Arabic, Colloquial Cryptologic Levantine Arabic

o    Other classes taken: Adversarial Denial and Deception Awareness, World Oil Markets, Counterterrorism Bootcamp Seminar

o    Language immersion – June 2006 – August 2006 – Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine dialect course at Berlitz Language School in an overseas location

Duties and Responsibilities:

o    Graphic Traffic Language Analyst – Translated foreign language material, performed operational tasks in support of national homeland security and counter terrorism, provided reporting to national-level customers for feedback relating to mission goals, utilized, updated, and maintained language resources and databases, used various online dictionary tools

o    Use of internet protocols, such as e-mail programs and instant messaging services

 

EDUCATION

Columbia University - Grad School of Arts and Sciences – New York, NY

MA in Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures                                                                                     February 2009

 

The University of Jordan – Language Center – Amman, Jordan

Successfully completed level six course of Modern Standard Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages                    Summer 2008

 

Cornell University - College of Arts and Sciences - Ithaca, NY

BA with Distinction, Dean’s list, Member National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Major - Near Eastern Studies, GPA: 3.64                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                        May 2005

Università di Bologna – Bologna, Italy

Courses: Intensive Italian Language course, Italian grammar course, Fascism, Egyptology; all classes done in Italian – Bologna, Italy                                                                                                                                                                                         January - June 2004

                              

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Most Recent Language Levels Attained-

  • Defense Language Proficiency test in Arabic Reading: 2+, Defense Language Proficiency test in Arabic Listening: 2+, April 2007

  • Language Performance Test/Level-2 Reading Performance Test in Hebrew: 2, Level-2 Listening Test in Hebrew: 2, February 2005

  • Language Performance Test/Level-2 Reading Performance Test in Italian: 2, Level-2 Listening Test in Italian: 2, February 2005

                            

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

  • Proficient in THREADS, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

  • Active Tennis Player, Marathon Runner and Cyclist