Project Manager Management

ROBIN CRAWFORD, CMP

Current: ***** ***** *****

NEW MARKET, MD 21774

cell: 240-***-****, tel: 301-***-****

email: abicme@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

As a Maryland resident for over 20 years, I am ready for a lifestyle

change. It is my serious and strong desire to move to the Summit County,

CO area before the winter season. All my plans are in place. All I need

is gainful employment. I am able to cover expenses for interview costs and

moving costs.

I am an accomplished meeting professional with more than eleven years of

meetings management experience, combined with sixteen years experience in

the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and two years of association

meetings management. I am an efficient time manager with a positive team

oriented attitude, able to work in a fast-paced environment. It is my goal

to contribute to my organization, which results in a favorable, profitable

impact for my organization, builds and retains business and personal

relationships, and meet their corporate financial and operating objectives.

I am driven to provide exceptional customer service and focus on building

and maintaining relationships through continued communication and overall

support to ensure success for my organization.

As Conference Management positions are few, my event management skills are

broad and can effectively transfer to positions such as an Executive

Assistant, Project Manager, Property and Hotel Sales, Marketing

Coordinator, or Legal Secretary. Please review my resume. I am open to

discussion regarding new opportunities in the Summit County area.

MEETINGS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

. Event / program timelines, budgets and marketing plans (meetings ranging

from 25 - 1100 attendees)

. Partnering with clients, suppliers, and meetings teams to ensure

successful execution of events

. Development of timeline and design for print matter for conferences (Call

for Papers, Preliminary Program, Exhibitor Prospectus, Final Program) and

print schedules

. Successful execution of social media and web services to promote programs

. Committee and volunteer recruitment

. RFP development and site and vendor selection

. Site and vendor inspections and interviews, as well as contract

negotiations

. Manage Meetings budgets (ranging from $10,000 to $3,000,000 meeting)

estimates, invoicing, cost savings tracking and avoidances as well as

billing reconciliation

. Exhibitor Services & Sponsorship Benefits

. Attendee recruitment, registration, confirmation

. Logistics management (manifests, room lists, audio-visual, banquet event

orders, schedules, ancillary events, offsite programs)

. Event production, speaker management, presentation preparation

. Onsite staff management (pre meetings, training, staff assignments and

schedules)

. VIP services and special requests

. Awards, promotional materials, amenities, spouse events

. Develop and deliver post- meeting summaries, surveys and meeting

transcripts

TYPES OF PROGRAMS

. Engineering conferences and congresses

. Exhibitor management

. Medical Education Programs

. Product launches and national sales meetings

. Consultant / advisory board / investigator meetings /board of directors /

key opinion leader roundtables

. Incentive award trips (domestic and international)

. Department off-site retreats and events

. Corporate events (special events, awards ceremonies, groundbreaking

ceremonies, golf tournaments, company celebrations, vendor fairs, company

picnic)

. Political and community outreach fundraising and events

AFFILIATIONS

. PCMA

. Habitat for Humanity, Frederick Maryland (ReStore volunteer)

PROFESSIONAL and EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

. CMP Conclave (Baltimore, MD July 2010)

. Currently attending Frederick Community College, earning Paralegal

Certification

. Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum (2005, 2006, 2007)

. MPI World Education Congress (2006, 2007)

. PHRMA and Sarbanes Oxley compliance

. ROI Methodology: Calculating the Return on Investments for Meetings &

Events

. Speaker Enhancement workshops

. Strategic Sourcing and contract negotiation strategies workshops

WORK HISTORY

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

September, 2008 - Present

Manager, Conferences & Meetings

As a Conference Manager with ASCE since September 2008, I have successfully

managed one Structural Engineering Congress (1,100 attendees), one

Aerospace Conference (300 attendees) and am currently planning three 2011

Conferences with more than 600 attendees each. I have also provided

management support for two Annual Conferences in the areas of exhibits,

tours, transportation, signage and onsite support.

. Collaborated with internal Institute leaders and volunteer committees in

the overall planning of engineering industry related conferences.

. Pre-conference logistics management, including the creation of the

meeting specifications and communication of conference requirements to

vendors such as a/v, catering, hotel, housing, special events, field

trips/tours, etc.

. Monitor budget, identify potential problems, and provide financial

management and reports for the conference. Recommend and implement cost

saving processes wherever possible.

. Implements marketing campaign, including working with the designer for

collateral, distribution of collateral, tracking of response rates for

each piece, etc.

. Manage sponsorships recruitment, benefits and marketing.

. Exhibitor Services management.

. ASCE staff and volunteer scheduling including coordination of committee

meetings.

. Ensure committee members, conference speakers, and program moderators are

informed about conference arrangements and have communicated their

requirements (room set-up, catering, a/v, etc.) to the Conference

Services Department.

. On-site conference management, including vendor management (a/v,

catering, housing, venue set-up, exhibits, poster sessions, meeting room

assignments, speakers' management, shipment, tours, ground

transportation, special events, etc.).

. Post conference reconciliation with vendors, speakers, etc.; prepare

final conference report; maintain conference history and archives.

. Manage one Conference Coordinator

MedImmune, Gaithersburg Maryland

September 1999 - June 2008

Sr. Planner, Meetings & Events

As a Senior Planner for MedImmune, my accomplishments are described below:

. Received CMP Accreditation in July, 2007.

. Provide key communication and liaison services with internal departments

to ensure focused meetings and events.

. Responsible for yearly meetings budget of $3 million. Consistently

remains within budget while blending compliant, appropriate, creative

ideas to provide a welcome atmosphere for attendees.

. Managed budget schedules and meeting estimates. Documented cost savings

of over $35,000 in hotel contract business in 2007, and $10,000 in 2008

based on contract negotiations and sourcing initiatives.

. Manage meetings ranging in size from 15 to 1500 attendees, both domestic

and internationally. Includes managing yearly Winter Combined Regional

meeting of 500+ persons, focusing on introducing marketing strategies for

infectious disease products. Program includes 2-day workshops and Annual

Sales Awards banquet.

. Produce and manage company's annual incentive program which includes 100

top sales performers and executive management, as well as Executive

Management hosted programs and corporate events, i.e., groundbreaking

ceremonies, Milestone celebrations, company picnics, golf tournaments.

. Onsite management of meeting planners and partner with internal teams

(i.e., medical affairs, legal, sales training, marketing, sales, business

development) to ensure program success.

. Trained in PHRMA and industry principles and guidelines relating to

pharmaceutical and biotechnology consultant and advisory board meetings.

Working knowledge of CME programs.

. Lead meeting planner for over 50 consultant meetings, per year from 2003

through 2005. After 2005, provided strategic sourcing guidance to

Marketing, Legal, medical education companies, by managing strategic and

legal compliance for regional and national consultant and advisory board

programs.

. Facilitate pre-convention meetings and supervise staff assignments for

exhibit booths and on-site programs.

. Proposed Meetings Return on Investment (ROI) strategies and initiatives

to MedImmune's Marketing and Meetings Teams, currently being utilized in

our conventions.

. Re-designed Meetings & Events internal website with corporate

communications to provide more effective accessibility to Meetings &

Events services and registration links for employees and external

attendees. The website highlighted new company policy, Strategic

sourcing initiatives and supplier partnerships.

. Collaborated with IT department to create web-based registration system

for all MedImmune meetings.

. Created database to capture and compare costs of meeting expenditures

(guest rooms, food & beverage, a/v, transportation, etc.).

. Elected Top Employee Award May 2006; nominated in 2004 and 2005 for top

performer and nominated by the company sales force in 2004 for CEO Club

Award for top Operations employee.

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