Project Manager

Rita Forman-House

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Avon Lake, Ohio 44012

Home: 440-***-**** / Cell: 440-***-****

Email: **********-*****@*******.***

Executive Director

Accomplished management professional with 10+ years experience in strategic

planning, program management, and product development. Well versed in

product lifecycles and excels at problem solving, organizing, coordinating,

and managing projects.

Areas of expertise include:

Planning, Building, and Managing Developing Public and Private Sector

Product Lines Partnerships

National and Large Account Implementing Best Practices to drive

Management & . .. Marketing productivity .and efficiency within

project teams

Project Management Across Multiple Budget Development

Disciplines

Within3, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio 3/2010 to Present

A first to market online enterprise community software company focused on

healthcare institutions and organizations.

Director, Community Implementation

2/2008 to Present

Report directly to the Director of Community Implementation.

Responsibilities include managing projects, preparing and presenting

presentations, and building effective client relationships.

. Lead contact with customers in community design, implementation, and

metric strategies. Develop customized presentations based on customer

needs.

. Assessed and applied new implementation process in department for

increased efficiency and product communications with internal teams as

well as external customers.

. Manage internal departmental meetings, including developing dashboard

tracking document to improve communications and product efficiencies

across departments.

ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio 9/2006 to 3/2010

An engineering and scientific society of 36,000 individual members in the

field of materials science and engineering. Annual Revenue: $14M.

Product Manager 2/2008

to Present

Report directly to the Director of Business Development. Responsibilities

include managing projects, supporting development of emerging products,

event program content, new product opportunities and teams.

. Applied project management discipline. Planned, organize, and managed

short and long term project plans, communicate status and any

variances to leadership team and Board of Trustees.

. Managed cross-functional, collaborative teams resulting in shared best

practices and accelerated product to market cycle for 6 new and

existing products and services.

. Responsible for managing entire project lifecycles for emerging online

products to generate new sales revenue with growth rates at 25%-75%.

. Meet with subject matter experts, end-users, IT, and the sales force

to define new product requirements and work with product development

to document these requirements in product specifications.

Senior Manager of Events

9/2006 to 12/2008

Report directly to the President. Responsibilities include managing

internal and external teams, development activities, research and

implementation of new products and services.

. Assessed and prioritized department infrastructure issues. Applied new

business model, hired staff and increased department productivity by

35% and added 6 new products to portfolio.

. Increased product revenue from $1.6 million to $3 million, an 87%

increase, and defined strategies and product requirements, directed

launches, and managed 16 national and international products across 5

technology markets. Events occurred over 3-5 days and attendance

ranged from 150 to 8,000 attendees.

. Recognized by ASM, Cleveland Crain's Business magazine, and Cleveland

Plain Dealer as emerging professionals for ASM.

Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, Ohio 7/2003 to 9/2006

Company manages numerous business and government business collaborations in

the aerospace industry which create economic development in Ohio and

deliver global market driven solutions.

Program Manager

Report directly to the Vice President. Responsibilities include managing

project from concept to completion: including liaise with other project

teams to coordinate interdependencies and resolve issues, overall project

implementation, project conclusion, project close-out.

. Managed projects totaling more than $350K. Staffed, organized and led

team of internal staff and subcontractors to achieve requirements, cost,

performance and schedule objectives.

. Delivered strategic direction, system gathering of requirements,

designing and/or reviewing test cases for a $2M web-based system.

Provided analysis and research for new features from business needs, user

interface requirements, to production of high quality documentation in

support of new implementation.

. Provided critical support to Vice President and Business Development

Directors on client tactical issues, including budgets (ranging from $20K

to $500K), contract extensions, estimates, and risk mitigation.

Research Analyst 8/2001 to 6/2003

Report directly to Department Director; Provide analysis and direction on

external marketing and business development initiatives across a broad

ranges of technology areas for programs.

. Conducted technical research and analytical work specific to project

goals. Specific applications include customer segmentation with a focus

on survey and project design, interpretation of analytics including

customer satisfaction, and loyalty analysis.

. Managed print and online marketing efforts for 4 state and nation-wide

programs that generated significant interest in funding and partnering

opportunities. Responsible for entire project life-cycle management

including client presentations, development plans, budget components,

systems, specs, and work plan. Negotiated efforts between company,

vendor, and client to ensure a successful launch of products. Researched

all compliancy issues.

DigiKnow, Inc., Beachwood, Ohio 10/1999 to 8/2001

Company provides marketing communications, planning, building and managing

web sites.

Sales Associate, Account Executive

Reported to Sales Manager; Acting project manager and liaison between the

client and DigiKnow's creative, technical and production teams. Managed 6

accounts.

. Oversaw planning and execution of web sites for 6 Fortune 500 and

industry projects. Managed database development, technical programming,

web site design, and daily operations. Coordinated the activities of web

site staff, including web developer and webmaster. Made process

improvements that increased efficiency by 20%.

. Defined long-range project plans for 14 clients and project teams,

including the scope of work, the budget, the time frame and the steps

necessary to achieve all. Guided online brand development and strategy.

The Benefits Group, Independence, Ohio 2/1998 to 10/1999

Company provides executive benefits, health plans, and compensation plans.

Skills

Applications Software: Expert level usage in Microsoft Office: Word,

Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Adobe Framemaker, Lotus, ACT!, Internet

search engines BullsEye, Lexis Nexis, Hoovers

Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop, Quark 4.0, Fireworks, Visio

Education

Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Communication

The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

Publications

"The Collaborator: A new way to build relationships in technology research

and development" Air Force Research Laboratory Technology Horizons, Vol. 6,

December 2005.

"A new way to partner" Air Force Information Assurance Magazine, November

2005.

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