Project Manager Management

Elizabeth Spahr, Ph.D.

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Solomons, MD 20688

Bus. 410-***-**** Cell 703-***-****

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Three research centers in Frostburg, Solomons Island and the Eastern Shore studying the Chesapeake

Bay, the Chesapeake Bay watershed and environmental problems around the world.

Associate Director, Horn Point Laboratory

Manage business office accounting, purchasing, human resources, budget preparation

and reporting, laboratory safety, grant accounting, travel, information technology,

housekeeping and library services.

Acquired new IT accounting system, adapting IT Works to HPL use with programming

modifications.

Continued objective of bringing further education to the business office and

maintenance by an all day

Saturday program at Environmental Education, biannual all day seminars on working

with others,

inviting a principal investigator to present a half hour summary of their research

activities once a month.

Reorganized business office to take advantage of new computer modules, employee

strengths and to react to new regulations.

Planned for and solicited funds to establish a business incubator at the laboratory.

Renovated Marsh House from business office to fully operational residence in ten days

to meet a housing need.

Reduced amounts of equipment in storage by more than half with a concentrated

program of working with each researcher.

Supervised renovation of Coastal Sciences Building including painting, ceiling tile

replacement, new carpet, office furniture purchase and installation.

Responsible for numerous special projects such as resolving installation problems with

IT clusters, hosting SBIR conference, writing emergency response plan for HPL,

writing proposals for technology incubator construction, representing HPL at

Chesapeake Bay Technical Center of Excellence Board of Directors meetings, hosting

high school science teachers from Ohio for one week at HPL, organizing faculty

participation in TEDCO’s Technology Showcase at Salisbury University.

Assistant Director

In 2002, adjusted the annual budget to reflect a $381,000 cut in State support without

lay-offs or furloughs as necessary at several other colleges of the University.

Took over management of the maintenance department mid-year. Reduced maintenance

expenditures to $47,000 below budget when prior year’s expenses were $100,000 over

the same budget figure.

Took over management of completion of a new research building which doubled

laboratory square footage. Responsible for completing purchasing laboratory capital

equipment and office furniture. Led the decision to build laboratory equipment at a cost

of about $2000 in materials rather than to purchase at a price near $20,000.

Developed new inventory process, greatly simplifying annual inventory.

Took over management of the Information Technology department. Created second

Interactive television teaching center while remaining within budget.

Renegotiated standing maintenance contracts with vendors saving $50,000 per year.

Managed accounting of government and private grants, funds produced by business

activities and State of Maryland accounts to the satisfaction of staff and faculty.

Created new “revolving funds” to insure that boat fleets, research joint ventures with

private industry, disposal of radioactive wastes from research performed by grants

become and remain self-supporting.

Managed to refrain from touching $ 660,000 in overhead return for current expenses,

allowing the Director to use this fund to support new faculty or other new projects.

THE ACROMATECH GROUP

A consulting, retained search and contract employee firm specializing in the Information Technology

Industry.

Chief Executive Officer 1998-2002

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN

An association of 165,000 University graduates.

Director, Administration and Finance 1993 -1998

Systematically reviewed vendor relationships, saving $100,000 per year.

Planned and executed $146,000 in renovations of elevator system including fire

safety; replaced $200,000 chiller unit at a cost of only $40,000 to organization;

upgraded interior lighting efficiency.

Completed program to bring ten employee-centered services to staff including credit

union, four-day work week option and employee assistance plan.

Updated orientation programs for new employees and rewrote the personnel policies

manual.

Directed analysis of information system needs, submission of RFP to vendors,

selection of vendor and obtained from Board $1.2 million investment in new

computer system.

Oversee investments of $80 million and have led selection of a new money manager

firm.

Achieved very successful audits and managed the preparation of operating budgets

for three corporations totaling over $17 million. Created three monthly statements

and analysis letters.

Initiated self-study assessment of finance department functions.

Modified management fees for endowed funds.

Established a position of cost/benefit analysis and strategic planning.

AMERITRUST CORPORATION 1986 - 1992

A midwestern regional bank of $12 billion in assets.

Vice President, Planning and Development

Responsible for one-time projects of significant bottom line impact.

Devised strategic plan for conversion of $100MM of real estate assets to banking

assets.

Finalized sale of 700,000 square feet of headquarter buildings following analysis of

six varied proposals.

Achieved 25 year flat rent lease and final approval rights on building features for 60

floor new office tower.

Wrote performance specifications for tenant space including HVAC, electrical,

communications, structural, shipping and receiving, elevator performance, and floor

plate size.

Represented Ameritrust as major tenant at monthly meetings in New York City with

technical consultants involved in base building construction and design.

Achieved buyer's return of 8% in sale/leaseback of 60 branch bank facilities.

Created joint venture for development of a 1,000,000 square foot office park

providing 20 years of low rent beginning at $6.50/square foot and generating $6.7

million per year income to offset headquarters occupancy costs.

Strategic projects mergers, acquisitions, positioning the insurance business and

selection of an information system for the legal department.

THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY 1973-1986

A vertically integrated company, now BP America

Manager of Special Projects 1984 - 1986

Appointed Director of Industry Emergency Supply Response Team of the International Energy

Agency, Paris, France

As Director of Emergency Response Team, served as member of six member

committee of government (Sweden, Switzerland, U.S.), and Industry (Exxon, ENI).

Committee wrote handbook governing reaction to a crisis of severity requiring

allocation of crude oil supplies in compliance with the treaty of International Energy

Agency.

Wrote manual and trained team of 18 oil industry international supply experts in

International Energy Agency allocation. Team remained on call for 2 years for

emergency alert.

Managed all allocation decisions, receipt of data, data processing, supply planning,

and communications between 21 governments and 43 oil companies throughout three

month mock crisis.

Senior Project Manager 1981 -1984

Responsible for issues cutting across more than one business line (oil, coal, chemicals,

manufactured products, etc).

Developed strategy for Alaskan natural gas liquids usage after considering options of

chemical plants in Alaska, export to Asia, sale as fuel in U.S. Gulf coast market, and

building a trans-Canadian pipeline.

Created corporate strategy for response to proposed state unitary tax legislation throughout

national system for all lines of business.

Devised relative profitability measure for marketing and refining business and competitor

marketers and refiners. Measure was later used by company to fix magnitude of managerial

bonus awards.

Manager of International Operations 1977-1981

Managed scheduling of $16 million per day in foreign crude oil shipments.

Managed several million dollars per day on crude oil trades to achieve characteristics

desired in fluctuating quality requirements and to minimize costs of raw materials.

Created crude loss control program including work with law enforcement, cargo

inspection firms, claim settlement negotiations and training of on-site personnel.

Directed solutions to logistical problems arising in worldwide in-transit system due

to weather problems, civil unrest and refinery breakdown in order to maintain 100%

refinery performance at all times.

Work experience prior to 1977 available upon request.

EDUCATION

Master's in Management Science, Case Western Reserve University - concentration in Finance

Ph. D., Case Western Reserve University

M.S., Case Western Reserve University

B.S., Case Western Reserve University

CIVIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Academic Activities

Trustee for Life, Case Western Reserve University – member of investment committee and planning

committee.

Weatherhead School of Management Visiting Committee

Case Institute of Technology Advisory Board

Chairman of Case Western Reserve University Board of Overseers ( two years)

Albion College Distinguished Professor of Management & Economics, Fall Semester of 1981

Member of Visiting Committee for Case Institute of Technology

Technology Transfer Activities

State of Ohio - Edison Program of Technology Utilization - Founding Board Member

Board Member of Case Western Reserve University Business Incubator

Volunteer Speaker for NASA linking research to relevant industry problems requiring travel across

U.S., TV programs, science fairs, community groups, conventions.

Fund Raising Activities

Past President, Cuyahoga County Hospital Foundation

National Chair for Case Western Reserve Annual Fund 1989 through 1993 – generating in excess of

$4 million/year.

Alumni Chair of Endowment Campaign, Case Western Reserve University

Member of Committee to establish Elizabeth Walker scholarship fund.

Member of six member Advisory Board establishing award-winning Encyclopedia of Cleveland

History Program

Chair of Annual Fund, Weatherhead School of Management

Community Activities

President of Trinity Day Care Center

Founded Society of Women Engineers in Cleveland

Board of Cleveland Dialysis Center

Chairman, U.S. Government Federal Women's Program

President of Altrusa Women’s Service Club

Career counseling for undergraduates at CWRU and other Cleveland colleges.

Saturday program for gifted junior high students interested in science.

YWCA Board of Directors

Awards

Who’s Who in America 2000 -20010 ; Who’s Who in the World 2000-20010; Who’s Who in Finance

and Industry

Outstanding Young Women of America

YWCA Woman of Achievement

Apollo Achievement Award

2004 Harding Hall of Fame award

NASA Federal Service Award

Cleveland Interclub Council Achievement Award

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