Project Manager

Karen Wend

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Doylestown, Pa. 18902

267-***-**** or 973-***-**** (cell)

Education: Bachelor's Degree, Manufacturing Engineering

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York

M.B.A.

New York Institute of Technology

New York, New York

Core Competencies:

Fluent in Microsoft Office - PowerPoint, Word, Excel & Project

as well as Documentum, SharePoint & Visio

Project Management / Coordination

Excellent Communications skills - verbal and written

Facilitation of Teams

Technical Writing

Experience:

2/09-Present

Consultant-Project Coordinator/Project Analyst

Bristol Myers Squibb - Global Regulatory Sciences Informatics

Provide administrative and project management support to five

programs in GRSI.

. Responsible for timeline and resource tracking/monthly

reporting for all active projects.

. Responsible for maintaining Outlook calendars and

preparation of meeting agendas/meeting minutes.

. Leverage SharePoint in a project team setting for

documentation, issue and project

management purposes.

. Perform MS Excel data analysis for two programs using

Vlookup and other macros.

. Prepare monthly PowerPoint presentations to senior

management including Visio diagrams.

. Maintain all department financials.

. Responsible for on-boarding new consultants.

3/08-5/08 Consultant - Project Coordinator

Dow Jones - Newswires

Provided project support to the IT team in their move of news

bureaus worldwide to new locations. Responsible for all meeting

agendas, meeting minutes, project schedules, Excel reporting of

project metrics and shipment of computer hardware worldwide.

3/06-12/07 Consultant - Project Coordinator

Schering-Plough Corporation (Global IT)

NT4 End of Life Program - Top ten project for the corporation-$7

million-Target Completion Date 12/07

Upgrade of NT4 operating systems on critical servers worldwide

(140 sub-projects-Intl and US)

Supported the program manager by scheduling and running program

level meetings (worldwide) including preparation of meeting

agendas and meeting minutes. Tracked budget and schedule as well

as issues and escalations. Followed up with key partners to

obtain project status. Wrote/ circulated scope change documents

for signature, reviewed/circulated SOW's for signature. Created

and updated tracking scorecards and milestone targets. Prepared

monthly Powerpoint presentations to senior management. Wrote

procedures and documentation describing the process for tracking

this program. Participated in an audit of the program. Program

received a company award for best practices in the tracking of

an International program.

3/05-3/06: Sr. Manager Facilities

Wyeth Vaccines

With a staff of 30+ responsible for the oversight of all WV

facilities, including all SOP's for utility systems,

housekeeping, corrective and preventive maintenance, maintenance

planning, pest control, GMP compliance. Heavy emphasis on tenant

(customer) satisfaction. Responsible for implementation of

capital projects, preparation of capital budget, space planning

and tenant relocation during building demolition. Oversight of

vendor contracts for maintenance.

4/04-3/05: Consultant

Wyeth Corporation

Provide project engineering support to the Associate Director of

Maintenance. Performed engineering studies to close FDA

commitments, provided project management support for key

productivity improvement initiatives such as predictive

maintenance and computerized calibration management. Supervisory

responsibility for 5 consultants.

7/03-4/04: Consultant

Genesis Solutions For Schering-Plough

Genesis was hired to implement a computerized maintenance

management system (CMMS) for Schering-Plough (inventory, bill of

materials and maintenance job plans). Began the project as a

lead consultant in the reliability area and was promoted to

Project Manager in the middle of the project with direct

responsibility for 24 consultants.

1/02-7/03: Consultant

Wyeth Corporation

Member of cross-functional team responsible for reviewing and

upgrading preventive maintenance procedures for 10,000 pieces of

GMP equipment to meet technical and GMP guidelines and

consistency across three business groups.

Reviewed and re-classified all GMP equipment into functional

equipment classifications. Categorized equipment in MAXIMO

inventory and equipment modules. Reviewed MAXIMO user

documentation and assisted in generating training materials.

5/01-11/01: Consultant

Digital Hatchery

Cedar Grove, NJ

Digital Hatchery offers a broad portfolio of strategic planning

services for early-stage companies with diverse products and

services. Responsible for business development and client

services. Provided strategic planning services including the

development of business plans, operations and marketing plans.

Performed market and competitive analysis studies.

1/97-3/97: Consultant

Datascope Corporation

Consultant assigned to a project to determine the feasibility of

transitioning a startup laboratory operation into a full-scale

production operation. Working with laboratory technicians and

scientists, developed detailed process flows and timing

diagrams, wrote process validations and equipment specifications

resulting in a streamlined full-scale production operation.

Program was cancelled.

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