Project Management

Kathia Metellus

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*** ******* **., *********, ** 11550

(516) - 410 – 4272

(516) - 385 - 1332

Experience

*/****-**/**** ***/FTI Consulting NY, NY

Web Content Production Consultant-Marketing

• Central point of contact for all CMS related issues across global marketing segments business units and corporate marketing

•Provided consulting expertise in the areas of enterprise content management, requirements management, information management, governance

and planning for extranet initiatives

•Project Management --- System Implementation WCMS

•Extranet Migration from SharePoint to CrownPeak (WCMS)

•Drafted project functional requirements and technical specifications/ Drafted Sitemap

•Maintenance of Editorial Style guide

•Edited web content in English

•Content Audit/ Inventory of Content

•Drafted Content Matrix in order to keep track of status update on Project

•Quality Assurance on Content Re: Drafted report to project sponsor and technical team

•Project management support to all business units and customers.

•Vendor Management : Handled translation for web sites

•Worked with technical team in order to create and configure business applications, including: site collections, sites, web parts, lists, libraries as

per business specification

•Manage Event Microsites (Landing Pages) -- Content Management, Created Web Templates

•Database Administration and maintenance /Workflow Management/E-mail Management

•Trained and monitored content creators, editors, approvers

•Compiled, analyzed, reported and distributed statistics regarding CrownPeak (WCMS) usage internally

•Used WCO, Content Optimizer, in order to gather metrics and draft report on company's extranet

•CMS integration with third party software

•Global website present in Europe, Asia, Latin America, USA, Canada, Brazil etc…

7/2007-7/2009 Armor Holdings NY, NY

Project Manager – Knowledge Sharing System

•Worked with Attorneys, CTO in order to establish legal best practices throughout Company. Regular interaction with chief attorney and chief

technology officer in order to identify technology need.

•Travel to various business ‘offices as required.

•Acted as central point of contact and worked with client in order to gather business requirements and specifications

•Drafted technical and functional specifications for system

•Project plan which included stakeholders, system requirements, project goals, deliverable, project schedule and future maintenance.

•Software selection which included software evaluation and cost analyses -- Vendor due diligence

•Software recommendation that responds to business needs

•Conducted business analysis on legal processes, new invention disclosure and data resources within the company

•Reengineered legal process/workflow -- Drafted new processes and procedures/E-mail Management

•Obtained approval on new processes before implementation

•Data Maintenance (Migration and content management)

•Data Analysis/Data Mapping/Data Conversion

•Headed weekly meeting with stakeholders (SMEs) and provided status update on project/created meeting minutes, project time tracking and

adm./

•Project management for the implementation of Knowledge Sharing System, ERP system, from inception

•Vendor Management which included Nerac, KSS system vendors and Serengeti vendor

•Partner with subject matter experts (SMEs) in order to deploy Knowledge Sharing System

•Managed budget for the implementation of the system

•Negotiated Software license agreement with vendors (SOW, MA, SLA)

•Used taxonomy in order to create repository database for attorneys//creation of metadata/created content groups

•Drafted training manual and provided training to end-users/Provided webex demos of KSS process and tools

11/2003-4/2006 Honeywell International, Inc. Syosset, NY

Sr. Patent Paralegal – Project Management

•Project Management: Foreign Intellectual Property Processes and Procedures -- (Process Project)

•Worked with attorney in order to identify issue and current process

•Reengineered process in order to have better control over foreign docket portfolio

•Pulling System Project --- Project won quest for excellence (Process Project)

•Worked with manufacturing and distribution within ACS in order to identify and define the issue

•Reengineered process – implementation of order intake software in order to facilitate order submission and process by staff

•Centralized order intake and delivery process

•Portal Management: Posted content on portal (e.g. Prior art search results, IP newsletter, Legal Documents from Federal Government); Local

and International rule updates /created and edited content Re: newsletter

•Performance Management System (Goals reviewed on a quarterly basis) -- Aligned department goals with company's yearly objectives

Reported directly to Chief Intellectual Property Counsel- used PeopleSoft in order to enter departmental goals and personal goals. Goals

were reviewed and approved by Chief IP Counsel and company’s general counsel.

•Participated and hosted quarterly local staff departmental meeting (KM) -- (Staff meeting statewide -- Review of processes, procedures,

technology and legal content, department standards, record retention etc.)

•Assisted IP Steering Committee monthly meeting with Chief Executive Officers Re: New Invention Disclosure -- Cross departmental meetings

addressed technology, processing, make executive decisions on new invention disclosures.

•Management of IP Repository Databases (IP Master, Wids) - Contact with IT staff in order to make sure that the systems are running property,

Contact with vendors in order to keep database updated with latest versions

•Due dilligence on all newly acquired companies - Ensured that transferred portfolio is complete and a true reflection of company's assett.

•Work with software developers in order to add features that will allow a better management of legal documents and facilitate attorneys’ access

to documents.

•Used legal database such as Lexis Nexis in order to set up alert on court ruling -- Used pulling feature on lexis in order to have update

distributed directly to attorneys and staff and kept portal updated of all changes.

•Participated in quarterly legal knowledge sharing meeting (Information on all legal activities pertaining to ACS Division)-Attorneys sharing

information on all

legal matters pertaining to ACS. Attorneys address issues within local departments (Technological, processing, procedures, new court

rulings affecting their practice (e.g. e-discovery ruling), case management etc..)

•Submission of annual budget to accounting department/Expense report to Chief IP Counsel.

7/2000-3/2003 Hedman & Costigan, P.C. NY, NY

Case Management

• Managed various projects as per attorney’s specifications Re: Patent Pharmaceutical Infringement

• Litigation case management

• Created various databases in order to ensure knowledge of documents to and from opposing parties during discovery stage as well as court

schedules and rule updates

• Created and Edited Content based on documents provided by attorneys (e.g. Deposition Digest)

• Meeting with partners and associates Re: Strategy on new cases (addressed case management, repository, staff)

• Intellectual Property Prosecution Portfolio Administration – Kept Database of all documents to and from federal office provided status

update to client, provided reports to attorneys in regards to upcoming due dates and deadlines pertaining to IP cases.

12/1997-7/2000 Debari Associates, Inc. NY, NY

Litigation Support Analyst --- Team leader Pharmaceutical, Health Care (Asbestos)

• Project Management: Creation of Database as per client's specifications using OCR based Technology - allow attorneys to access large

litigation documents using keywords. Database uploaded on

Firm's server allows the sharing of information and documents throughout the firms.

• Used legal taxonomy in order to create metadata for easy document retrieval

•Quality control of databases (QC) - Control Phase of Project ensure that project was correctly executed prior to shipping

•Training – Trained employees on company’s software, procedures and policies/Supervised staff of 10 Litigation Support Analysts

•Provided Status Update Report to Client -- Client Contact

•Travel out of state in order to work on projects that require close involvement of

attorneys and also to work on highly confidential matters (Travel to Florida and Washington D.C.)

•Weekly meetings with Sr. Managers and Executives Re: Litigation Support Projects -- Discussed managerial approach to project and Strategy

•Debari contracted with law firms and corporations

1997 Dr. Jeffrey Friedman - - Medical Office Queens, NY

Medical Office Assistant

Education

2006-2009 Columbia University NY, NY

MS Information & Digital Resource Management

Overall GPA: 3.25

1998-2002 John Jay College NY, NY

BS, Computer Information System

04/2009 The New York Academy of Science NY, NY

Technology Venture Certificate

2004 Honeywell International, Inc. Syosset, NY

Project Management Certificate: Green Belt Certified (Six Sigma )

1996 Sheridan Vocational Technical Center Sheridan, FL

Medical Office Administration Certificate

Skills: CrownPeak (WCMS), SharePoint 2007, Knowledge Sharing System, Debari App., Wiki, Extranets and Intranets, Hummingbird, C++, Java,

javascript,, HTML;CSS, XHTML, MS Office

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