Project Manager

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SUMMARY

Highly competent Global Contracts Manager with broad commercial contracts

drafting, negotiation and management experience with domestic and

international customers and suppliers. A certified Project Management

Professional adept at overseeing all facets of multi-disciplinary project

lifecycles, including project initiation and planning, change, risk and

issue management. Skilled negotiator with a keen eye for details and the

proven ability to successfully analyze an organization's critical business

requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and

develop innovative and cost-effective solutions for enhancing

competitiveness and improving customer service offerings.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project Lifecycle Management

Master Repair Agreements

Master Product Supply/Distribution Agreements Cost/Benefit & Business Risk

Analysis

Master Services Agreement

Hardware & Software Technology Licensing Agreements

Vendor Management

Indirect Procurement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contracts Manager, BlackBerry Dallas, TX August 2008 -

Present

. Experience drafting and leading complex, high-risk, customer-facing

contract negotiations, from Request for Proposal (RFP) through contract

execution, for the distribution and outsourced repair of BlackBerry

smartphones

. Ensure adherence to contractual obligation and compliance with policies

and regulatory guidelines

. Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with critical vendors in

order to improve time-to-market and to safeguard capacity, quality, cost

and continuity in the long-term

. Negotiate new contracts with major vendors for the procurement of

software and maintenance, and renegotiate existing contracts to obtain

better terms and price points

. Provide guidance and leadership to global, cross-functional business

teams with regard to compliance and all elements of business risks

Selected Accomplishments:

. Responsible for the optimization of the vendor base into a select group

of proven high quality vendors and strategic partners relationships

. Created a contract management process and streamlined workflow for all

related functional areas resulting in life cycle improvements and

stronger, unified negotiation strategy to be applied globally

Project Manager, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Dallas, TX February 2007

- August 2008

. Convened a task force of community stakeholders to develop impact

indicators that will achieve health equity

. Produced Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement Plan for each project

ensuring primary and secondary stakeholders are identified, communicated

to appropriately and engaged when required

. Applied evidence-based public health methodologies and project management

knowledge to engage all community stakeholders

. Report project health utilizing Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule

Performance Index (SPI) along with Planned, Actual, Variance, and

Forecast values

Selected Accomplishments:

. Created a community-based initiative piloted in Washington, DC and the

Mississippi Delta region

. Created and facilitated a 2-day training for 122 Affiliates to increase

race revenues and improve grant making strategies. Exceeded goal of $50

million to achieve $68 million in total race revenue.

Vice President of Programs, Foodlink, Inc., Rochester, NY January

2005 - February 2007

The Feeding America regional food bank, which rescues and redistributes

over 11 million pounds of food annually to a network of 450 member agencies

in a 10-county area in Central and Western New York

. Managed the successful implementation and maintenance of all food service

programs

. Identified new business opportunities that aligned with the

organization's overall strategy to promote business growth and increased

revenue

Selected Accomplishments:

. Developed a marketing plan to solicit, acquire, and retain corporate

sponsorship and vended meal contracts which denoted a $17,000 weekly

revenue increase

. Increased Kids Cafe program participation 37% in six months through the

accrual of new business and increased enrollment within existing sites

. Decreased overall percent food waste from 26% to 8% in six months through

nutrition education and improved food quality

. Improved healthy behaviors among students ages 13-15 in a 6 month bi-

weekly nutrition education class by 92%

Site Coordinator, Fifth Quarter Enterprises, Pittsburgh, PA January

2003 - August 2005

. Supervised a staff of 50 tutors in 15 different Pittsburgh Public Schools

. Managed tools for project assessment and evaluation

. Increased student's proficiency level on the Pennsylvania System of

School Assessment

Selected Accomplishments:

. 77% of 4th graders scored proficient on reading exams, up from 66% in

2001

. 81% of 4th graders scored proficient on math exams, up from 61% in 2001

EDUCATION & DESIGNATIONS

Certified Professional in Supply Management, Institute for Supply

Management, In Progress

Certified Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute,

PMI #1302491

Master of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of

Public Health

BA Social Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

SKILLS

Software: Microsoft Office Professional, MS Visio, SAP, SPSS (Statistical

Package for the Social Sciences)

Hardware / Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server, UNIX,

Mac OS X

Program and Project Management Tools: Planview Enterprise PPM, Microsoft

Project 2007, Microsoft Project 2010 (White Belt), Microsoft Project Server

2010, Microsoft Enterprise Project Management, HP PPM, Microsoft SharePoint

Workspace 2010

Language: Conversational Spanish

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & HONORS

Institute for Supply Management (ISM), Member

Project Management Institute (PMI), Member

National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE), Member

National Sales Network (NSN), Member

University of Pittsburgh Scholar Athlete

University of Pittsburgh Dean's List

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