Project Marketing

Milana Raber

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Glenview, Illinois 60025

847-***-**** ( ******@************.***

EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Chicago, Illinois

June 2008

Master of Business Administration, Concentrations in Marketing and

Strategic Management

. Relevant courses: Marketing Strategy, Developing New Products and

Services, Data Driven Marketing, Competitive Strategy, Strategic

Planning, Pricing Strategy

. Dean's List, Member of Marketing Group

LOYOLA UNIVERSTY, Chicago, Illinois

December

2000

Bachelor of Science, major Computer Science, minor Psychology

. Dean's List, Magna Cum Laude, GPA 3.89/4.00

. Phi Beta Kappa (among 10 juniors), Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society,

Golden Key Honor Society

EXPERIENCE

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Chicago, Illinois

January 2007 - March 2007

Management Lab Class in New Product and Strategy Development

. Selected by the Booth faculty to join a nine member team

. Interviewed key stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry to

assess latest industry trends

. Performed secondary research using an extensive list of proprietary

business intelligence sources

. Identified key factors that drove the client's overall growth

strategy

. Recommended strategic investment opportunities to head of business

development

BUSINESS LOGIC CORPORATION, Chicago, Illinois

August 2000 - December 2005

BLC is an e-finance infrastructure provider for the financial services

industry (selected clients: Fidelity Investments, US Bank, Hewitt)

Project Leader

Promoted to a Project Leader position. Managed client needs, project

planning, budgets and weekly reporting

. Led teams of 4-5 analysts through client need assessment and development

cycle resulting in successful deployments of web-based solutions for

major financial institutions

. Conducted weekly internal meetings with the CEO and CFO to assess past

performance and future project goals

. Directed client status meetings to keep project's objectives aligned with

client needs

. Reduced deliverable generation time by identifying gaps in product

requirements and resolving them early in the process

Business Analyst, Internet Application Developer

Consulted with customers' cross-functional teams to identify and document

their requests and bridge their business needs with the development

efforts. Conducted end-to-end development of financial web-based

applications

. Gathered data from disparate data sources using different tools,

performed quantitative analysis and synthesized conclusions into

actionable recommendations

. Participated in the preparation of proposals and presentations for client

meetings

. Facilitated requirements sessions for new products and product extensions

. Developed java web-based applications used to provide financial planning

and managed accounts solutions

ADDITIONAL

. US Citizen

. Fluent in Russian

. Relevant Technical Experience: SQL, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio,

Sawtooth, Minitab, Google Analytics

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