Project Manager Assistant

TIM GRAHAM

**** ***** **** ***. **** • Sacramento, CA 95834

***.******.***@*****.*** • 682-***-****

DYNAMIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT

History of seamlessly orchestrating complex installation and development projects with budgets of up to $10 million.

Proficient in building and managing client relationships for services and products, including negotiating and administering

contracts, deliverables and work statements. Reputation for exceeding corporate objectives while controlling costs and

improving efficiencies.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

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Project Leadership Budget Planning / Creative Solutions

Administration

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Production Deployment Client/Staff Training

• Client Needs Assessment

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Client Relation Management Resource Management

• Lean Production Planning

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Tactical / Strategic Planning In vitro / In vivo Techniques

• Project Lifecycle Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 2011 – present

The Jackson Laboratory, Sacramento, CA

Project Manager

Direct the execution of breeding development projects, from conception through production deployment. Provide superior

customer care, analyzed processes, developed project plans, coordinated technical resources, supervised highly effective

project teams, controlled budgets, and managed performance. Build credibility and establish rapport with academic and

pharmaceutical vendors. Develop project documentation and trained users on protocol.

KEY PROJECT SUCCESSES

Delivered solutions on time, enabling a company to immediately initiate and manage projects of up to $10 million.

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Directed an inter departmental team to meet audit accreditation requirements for pharmaceutical vendors, saving the

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company thousands of dollars in fines and potential future work.

Successfully managed key strategic accounts that helped consistently exceed departmental revenue goals.

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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX July 2008 – July 2011

Graduate Research Assistant – Neuro oncology

Department of Cancer Biology under the mentorship of Dr. Patrick Zweidler McKay and Dr. Joseph McCarty

Evaluated the importance of neurotrophin receptors (TRK) and integrin signaling in neuroblastoma (pediatric neuro

endocrine tumor) and glioblastoma (malignant glial tumor). Cell lines derived from primary patient samples as well as

primary neuronal mouse cultures were used to investigate downstream signaling pathways involved in proliferation,

anchorage dependence, and survival.

Discovered the relationship between the Src family member, Fyn, and TrkB as an important regulator of

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differentiation in neuroblastoma.

Identified alphaVbeta8 integrin expression is regulated via Ras protein expression as a novel pathway important

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for neurovascular development between neural cells and blood vessels in the CNS.

Designed a phospho flow assay to measure effects of Fyn constructs of SRC/FYN phosphorylation.

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Established and implemented an orthotopic xenograft mouse model (via intra adrenal injection) and luciferase

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based whole model imaging to assess tumor progression and metastases.

University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX May 2007 – July 2008

Graduate Research Assistant Neurodegenerative Diseases

Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy under the mentorship of Dr. Pramod Dash and Dr. Andrew Papanicolaou.

Evaluated therapeutic approaches to alleviate the memory disorders associated with both traumatic brain injuries and

stroke in a rat model as well as a human patient trial.

Created and implemented a language task to evaluate the therapeutic potential of acoustic tones of key words to

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help memory formation in pre/post stroke patients as analyzed by MEG (magnetoencephalography) imaging.

Helped direct and run a clinical trial implementing the language task for stroke patients

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Identified and analyzed specific biomarkers in the CA3 region of the hippocampus of traumatically brain injured

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rats.

Conducted Morris water maze tasks to analyze the therapeutic efficacy of drugs on the working memory of

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traumatically brain injured rats.

Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX May 2004 – May 2007

Undergraduate Research Assistant Chemical Synthesis and Tissue Engineering

Department of Chemistry under the mentorship of Dr. Tracy Hanna, Dr. Jeffery Coffer, and Dr. Robert Neilson.

Developed new catalytic methods for the synthesis of bismuth (III) akloxides and aryloxides as well as novel structures of

phosphazenes. Produced a biopolymer scaffold of polycaprolactone in combination with silica, calcium, and phosphorus

nano particles as a way to support bone growth.

Helped engineer and establish a novel technique called electro spinning to produce a biopolymer scaffold.

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Verified structure of chemical compounds with 2D NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.

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Analyzed biological activity of engineered tissues by scanning electron microscopy.

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Assembled/utilized a Schlenk line to perform catalytic reactions.

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EDUCATION

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NEUROSCIENCE

University of Texas Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences / MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOCHEMISTRY

Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Professional Development: Integrity Selling Graduate, Colony Management: Principles and Practices Workshop

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