Wendy Vasquez, M.B.A.
***** ******* **** **********, ** 20871 ( 240-***-**** (
acn3sl@r.postjobfree.com
Demonstrated success record in:
. Managing and developing productive healthcare and project management
teams.
. Motivating staff to peak performance levels.
. Proven record of initiative and success in management, C-level
relationship development, writing, and project management within
environments from small non-profit to large-scale government projects.
CORE COMPETENCIES
( Project Management (Bilingual English/Spanish (
Operations/Program Mgmt.
( Budgeting/Forecasting ( Microsoft 10, XP Professional,
Visio ( Inventory Management/Procurement
( Staff Development/Training ( Sharepoint Server 2010, MS Project
( Logistics event planner
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NIH-Occupational Medical Service 2/2014-
Present
Program Manager Concentric Methods
LLC
. Serve as the program manager for the National Institutes of Health
Occupational Medical Services, budgeting and staffing of a $36 million
dollar sole sourced government contract.
. Oversee and manage day to day operations for high containment, medical
service clinics and an Employee Assistance program.
. Provide supervision, perform performance appraisals, approve timesheets
and continuing education on approximately 45 employees.
. Act as the point of contact and technical representative, approve billing
for subcontractors and government consultants.
. Analyze billing invoices and ensure timely payment for contract vendors.
. Provide quarterly, annual, and clinic statitics reports for review.
. Manage operations, staffing, budgeting, technical requirements and
logistics for yearly "Foil the Flu" program that vaccinates approximately
14,000 NIH staff and contractors.
. Coordinate program management decisions with clinical medical and nursing
staff.
. Design and update spreadsheets to track budget expenditures for contracts
and vendors.
. Responsible for timely completion of project deliverables, OMS Procedure
Manual.
. Monitoring and reporting of all surveillance programs Animal Exposure,
Biosurety, International Travel, Safety Glasses.
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10/2013-
2/2014
Project Manager IFos Managing
Consultants
. Serve as the project manager for complex contracts and working with the
Government Contracting Officer (CO), Government Technical Representative
(COR) and Government Technical Monitor (TOM), government management
personnel and customer agency representatives. Responsible for the overall
management of the specific task order(s) and insuring that the projects and
schedules in the task order are implemented in a timely manner
. Manage performance evaluations, time keeping and payroll submissions for
38 administrative employees.
perform project development from inception to deployment, management and
control of funds and resources using complex reporting mechanisms,
demonstrated capability in managing multi-task contracts of various types
and complexity.
. Analyze government client needs to determine functional requirements and
allocation of human resources for various divisions within the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
. Brief executive level staff on all aspects of assigned projects; and
provide guidance for interim, phase, milestone, and final project reviews;
identify project documentation requirements and procedures.
. Oversee all schedules and timelines, change control procedures, resource
estimation and management and project maintenance procedures.
. Coordinate and participate in meetings, conferences, training sessions
and other forums to facilitate communication and coordination with all
stakeholders.
. Support communication of transformational initiatives to include
milestone briefings. Identify additional opportunities and potential
project barriers and risks.
. Develop site specific project plans, initiation reports and orientation
manuals and procedures for administrative staff.
NINDS-NIH Bethesda, MD 8/2012-
8/2013
Program Coordinator-Office of Translational Research
Health Care Resource Network
. Plan, coordinate, evaluate and report on all aspects of two complex
research programs Counter-ACT and ASP Anticonvulsant Screening Program
. Advise Contracting/Grant officer on administering contract approvals.
. Attend organizational program meetings and create action items for staff
implementation and follow up
. Act as the sharepoint site administrator for the Counter ACT and ASP
teams.
. Coordinate program management decisions.
. Manage external relationships and communication with external scientific
community submitting compounds to the ASP program.
. Analyze billing invoices submitted by contractors for accuracy and
submission to the grant office for payment.
. Design and update spreadsheets to track budget expenditures for contracts
and grants; integrate into budget reports as requested
. Coordinate with NIH logistic contractors and other NIH administrative
staff to organize meetings involving external participants, contractor
site visits, and project site visits
. Track deadlines for projects tasks and contract deliverables; alert
program leaders when there is a risk that a deadline will not be met.
MedImmune Frederick, MD 01/2012-
7/2012
Project Management Coordinator
Aerotek Scientific
. Updated and maintain site resource projects models.
. Assisted in creating FTE capacity planning and resource modeling for
functional managers, supervisors and directors
. Created and compile project update presentation information for site
leadership team meetings
. Maintained notes for drug development team meetings, metrics and status
updates
. Created quality assurance reports for drug batch lot disposition testing
data
. Maintained and updated project management team share point site weekly,
monthly and quarterly
. Collaborated with project management team on project resourcing and
forecasting
. Managed and complete insight complete functional requests for time
reporting data
. Managed resources and forecasting capacity planning and resources
modeling for 34 project drug development portfolio
National Institutes of Health /NIH Bethesda, MD
08/2007-1/2012
Project Management
Kelly Government Solutions
. Initiate, develop, implement, manage and evaluate a plan for enhancing
recruitment, training and development of graduate students and post
doctoral fellows in the Division of Intramural Research (DIR).
. Provided a range of administrative and technical functions related to
outreach activities and programs for training and education in biomedical
research, including managing projects identifying and tracking graduate
students and post doctoral fellows.
. Create draft program policies, procedures and guidelines.
. Serve as an advisor to graduate students and post doctoral fellows,
playing and instrumental role in their career development.
. Collaborate with various government offices and agencies to make program
management recommendations.
. Reconciled and tracked office expenditures.
. Managed, updated and edited scientific publications for internal and
external NCI websites.
. Assist with planning, organizing and executing meetings, trainings and
conferences.
. Planned and approved travel for scientific and non -scientific staff.
. Provided program analysis for review of internal and external policies,
procedure and regulatory compliance.
. Managed day to day operations for National Cancer Institute Office of
Advocacy Relations.
. Provided budget/forecasting for federal fiscal year operational budgeting
compliance.
. Ensured compliance with federal regulations on acquisitions and
procurements projects.
. Reconciled and tracked office expenditures.
. Managed, updated and edited scientific publications for internal and
external NCI websites.
. Updated and developed content for websites.
. Planned and approved travel for scientific and non -scientific staff.
. Initiated training on new administrative personnel.
. Provided program analysis for review of internal and external policies,
procedure and regulatory compliance.
. Executed project management tools and directed teams in developing data
tracking personnel database.
. Assessed, prioritize and distribute work among staff to ensure project
deliverables.
. Provide budget/forecasting for federal fiscal year operational budgeting
compliance.
. Design and maintain security measures for confidential government
documents and disposal thereof.
. Work closely with government clients to identify needs, challenges and
provide solutions-oriented project timeline development.
. Establish project management tools, for tracking project input, outcome
data and alignment with NHLBI Training Strategic planning team.
. Maintained inventory management and assess government procurement needs.
. Increased the number of research program applications through internet
target marketing.
. Developed scientific trainee database for marketing to research
candidates. Create marketing packages for scientific communities and
conferences.
. Developed 508 compliant documents, database creation and updating of
statistical information.
. Assisted director of translation research program in project deliverables
and setting of project schedules. Maintained project calendars and
followed up with other departments on existing projects. Prepared
documents for grant reviews and council meetings.
. Organized drug development committee meetings with project officers.
. Managed relationships between government and university research staff.
. Acted as logistics lead for scientific conferences, meeting planning and
travel arrangements.
NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD
6/2005-8/2007
Administrative Manager, Government Contractor
Sobran Inc
. Managed and supervised four administrative staff.
. Effectively managed work relationship between contractors and government
staff.
. Tracked animal research inventory for scientific projects.
. Communicated monthly animal project status to research investigators and
program managers through statistical reporting and tracking. In addition,
reported adverse finding in animal inventory for correction by program
managers, research investigators and facility management.
. Decreased discrepancy in data reporting through maintenance and timely
updating of research database for 7000 shared animal facility cages.
. Reviewed ongoing research protocols for adherence to government policies
and procedures.
Planned Parenthood, Washington, DC
2005-2005
Operations and Clinic Manager
. Managed and supervised 37 administrative and clinical staff. Responsible
for hiring and termination of staff.
. Delivered increase in clinic revenue through management of clinic expense
budget.
. Developed quality assurance programs for clientele retention. Maximized
insurance reimbursement through appropriate CPT code billing.
. Reconciled patient account receivable/payables for bank deposits.
Responsible for employee payroll submission.
. Trained and developed incoming staff.
. Developed fiscal year budget for operations and clinic expenses.
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, NY, NY
6/00- 1/05
Administrator of Duty
. Managed clinical and administrative staff. Operations manager for 406 bed
medical and mental health facility.
. Created adverse finding and statistical reports for 23 inpatient and
outpatient follow up by executive and directorial staff.
. Increased revenue in the managed care department through community
outreach efforts for pediatric patients requiring immunization within a
specified period of time.
. Ensured medical and administrative staff compliance with policies and
procedures set forth.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY
6/00-1/03
Session Assistant/Phlebotomist
. Compiled medical history and demographic information for patient charts.
Maintained research databases and contacted patients for follow up
medical appointments with physicians.
. Teamed with epidemiologist to create outreach material targeted to follow
up patients previously diagnosed with genetic mutations.
FEGS Manhattan Counseling Center, NY, NY
5/98-6/00
Sr. Admissions Counselor
Sisters Hospital
Patient Care Technician
9/ 94-9/97
HONORS
NIH/NCI Award for Combined Federal Campaign 2011
Combined Federal Campaign, March 2011
. In recognition of helping the NIH to raise $6 million in funds to donate
to area non-profit agencies that help to serve underserved populations.
STAR Award 2010
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Office of Research Training and
Minority Health, August 2010
. Received for administration excellence in setting up a successful MD-PHD
physician scientist training conference at the NIH
NIH Directors Award Dr. Francis Collins
2010
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, VPEP Program, July 2010
. In recognition for exhibiting superior performance or special efforts
significantly beyond the regular duties of their position, after creating
opportunities for NIH non-professional/non-scientific staff to improve
their communication skills through the Volunteer Program for English
Proficiency.
NIH/NHLBI Award for Combined Federal Campaign
2010
Combined Federal Campaign, March 2010
. In recognition of helping the NIH to raise $6 million in funds to donate
to area non-profit agencies that help to serve underserved populations.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, SUNY College at Buffalo, 1997
Masters of Business Administration in Marketing, University of Phoenix,
2006
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
VPEP Adult Literacy Program/ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2009-Present
ESL Teacher
Student National Medical Association/Arise and Walk Ministries, Port Au
Prince, Haiti 2010
Medical Missionary
Combined Federal Campaign/ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD
2009-2010
Key Campaign Worker
A to Z Tutoring, Washington DC
2007-2008
Tutor
LEADERSHIP
National Society of Hispanic MBA's, Washington, DC
2010-2011
VP of Compliance DC Chapter
. Act as the Vice President of Compliance for the Washington DC chapter.
. Ensure that policies, rules and regulations are followed for all chapter
events and meetings.
. Act as logistics and project manager for area and National events.
. Conference with fortune 500 companies in order to increase opportunities
for Latino/a's in professional and workforce development.