Project Manager Management

Trisha Fritz, Ph.D.

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IT Project Manager

Accomplished in coordinating and leading teams of engineers, researchers,

government agencies, and educational institutions to deliver on-time

project completion. Approachable, inclusive leader skilled in transcending

personal opinion, making sound decisions, and building consensus among

multidisciplinary project teams of culturally diverse professionals.

Technically astute with proven ability to communicate software issues and

change requests from nontechnical professionals to programmers.

o Developed and led system-wide research project to retain high school

seniors in state colleges. Coordinated project with administrators

from institutions statewide. Project resulted in tuition waivers and

4,500 scholarship awards to state colleges in 2008.

o Managed design and development of $1.5M project to build educational

portals for state school districts, providing administrators and

teachers with web-based access to resources and student data.

o Spearheaded website accessibility research project to determine

feasibility of distance education degree programs from three

universities, resulting in ~70% increase in rural resident enrollment.

Authored white paper and presented findings at international diversity

and distance education conference.

o Led program evaluation project that contributed to Bachelor of

Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) degree's ranking as second highest

enrolled degree at Arizona State University.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Lifecycle Project Management ( Project Development & Coordination ( Project

Team Leadership

Strategic Planning ( Internet & Policy Research ( Website Authoring (

Editing ( Grant Writing ( eLearning

Consensus Building ( Networking ( Interview & Focus Group Facilitation (

Training & Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Alternative Learning Technologies Institute - Scottsdale, AZ 2010 -

Present

Design Consultant

Joined products and services technology provider to develop professional

development courses and blogs for science teachers.

o Enabled Arizona State University to fulfill contract with Arizona

Department of Education and foundations funding project by creating

monthly blog to support and assist in professional development of

Arizona's science teachers.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Princess Anne, MD 2009 - 2010

Planning Analyst

Supported institutional effectiveness and planning initiatives through

report planning, analysis, and preparation.

o Played key role in project to develop strategic plan for University of

Maryland system by coordinating data collection and analysis from

divisions, departments, and units; submitting supporting data to

Strategic Plan Advisory Committee; reporting on trends in higher

education.

Estrella Mountain Community College - Avondale, AZ 2005 - 2009

Seasonal Adjunct Professor, College of Social Sciences

Instructed classes of 20-30 students each in social sciences courses. Used

blended instructional design to teach these courses covering fundamental

concepts of social organization, culture, socialization, social

institutions, social change, and gender and society.

o Recognized by students as one of their best instructors throughout

their entire academic careers due to success in applying concepts to

daily life and in encouraging students to interact with course

materials.

Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ 2003 - 2006

Project Manager, Digital Media ( 2005 -2006

Coordinated and managed on schedule, legally compliant research and

technology projects. Led project teams comprised of engineers, educational

technology researchers, and graduate students.

o Led several project teams to create QA/FAQ manuals and web pages for

education software, IDEAL, used by school districts state-wide.

o Promoted ASU software to school districts by writing press releases on

behalf of Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction.

U.S. Department of Education Grant Associate ( 2003 -2005

Collaborated with research team to determine needs of educational

leadership that arose due to new federal and state education policies. Led

summer institutes and facilitated workshops for school faculty.

o Led project to research four urban school districts and develop

comprehensive mentoring system to support teacher and leadership

development.

o Played key role on Learner Centered Leadership grant project funded by

U.S. Department of Education as active member of project management

team. Identified logistics, timeline, and potential issues. Conducted

interviews and focus groups with education leaders to support Learner

Centered Leadership model.

o Recognized for outstanding efforts with university and department

awards.

Arizona Board of Regents and Arizona State University - Phoenix, AZ 1998 -

2003

Policy Analyst/Consultant and Research Associate

Recruited to conduct research projects and lead team to disseminate

findings to testing companies, state legislature, and committees. Delivered

presentations to Board of Regents. Served on faculty review panel to

evaluate grant proposals.

o Piloted and contributed to development of Honors Endorsement Project

to create state scholarship to state universities. Led team with

members from three in-state universities, Arizona Department of

Education, and national/international testing companies.

o Managed needs analysis project that enabled sound decision-making

concerning new federal education law requiring teacher use of distance

education. Led team of university faculty and staff to facilitate

focus groups and interviews with teachers across state.

o Researched best practices in learner centered education and authored

website, "Learner Centered Education," to raise awareness of this

instructional methodology.

o Played key role in $3.5M total funding award decision by evaluating

grant proposals.

Additional Experience:

Applications Consultant, Client Implementation Team, with Meditech, Inc. in

Westwood, MA

Online Assessment Evaluator at Pearson Digital Education in Mesa, AZ

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies ( Arizona State

University in Tempe, AZ

Master of Arts in Sociology and Research Methods ( Arizona State University

in Tempe, AZ

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Minor in Psychology ( Gordon College in

Wenham, MA

Study Abroad Program ( Butler University and Murdoch University in Perth,

Australia

Leadership Study Abroad Program ( England, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and

Former Soviet Union

AFFILIATIONS

Member, Project Management Institute (PMI)

Volunteer, Phoenix Children's Hospital

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