HARVEY E. STERN

***** ******* ****** ( Poway, CA 92064

Phone: 858-***-**** ( Email: abm52n@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

High energy professional with significant experience in medical project

management and marketing. Possess proven abilities to analyze business

processes; excellent leadership, project management, and team building

skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SCRIPPS HEALTH, SAN DIEGO, CA 9/2009 -

12/2009

Sr. Project Manager/Wireless

In this position I gained experience on the sponsor side in the management

of two cardiac device trials. Reviewed and modified the protocols and

consents. Helped provide patient data to drive protocol design. Wrote

draft CRFs, DSMB and Executive Committee Charters. Initiated CRO

contracting and bid evaluation process, RFP development. Responsible for

budgeting and financial management.

KAISER PERMANENTE, SAN DIEGO, CA 2005 -

5/2009

Sr. Project Manager/Department Manager, Oncology Research

Southern California Kaiser Permanente (KP) is an HMO with over 3.4 million

members. I managed the Adult and Pediatric Oncology Research Clinical

Trials programs for all Southern California, KP's internal Site Management

Organization (SMO) for 11 medical Centers located throughout Southern

California. Responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance, financial

management, interface with pharmaceutical companies, and management of

staff. Managed 44 research nurses and research associates, two research

pharmacists, and 70+ MD's (in their role as sub-investigators). Financial

Management of $4.5 Million Dollar budget includes development of annual

budgets for both research programs, pharmaceutical contract budgeting and

contract negotiations, as well as on going financial management of

department operations.

. Program won ASCO 2008 Clinical Participation Award

. Member, Advisory Board UCSD Oncology Clinical Trials Certificate

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO - La Jolla, CA 1996 - 2003

Director, Program and Research Development, Global Strategies 2002 -

2003

Reporting directly to the Dean, responsible for development of the

marketing strategy, international outreach opportunities, program

management of three grant programs, and worked with various economic

development groups from other regions (i.e., El Paso, TX; Philadelphia, PA;

Shanghai, China; etc.) to perform research and consult in regional

development.

Director, Information Technologies Department 1996 - 2002

Responsible for business development; supervised staff of 25, including 4

program managers, 15 administrative staff, and 6 technical staff. Bottom

line responsibility; hired, developed, motivated, evaluated, supervised all

staff; and negotiated contracts for over 300 part time instructors who

taught the more than 334 courses/quarter. Developed and supervised the

implementation of marketing plans. Established and supervised all office

procedures, processes and systems. Convened and led over 30 high-level

industry advisory boards annually.

. Principal architect of strategic and tactical plans for product,

marketing, service and systems to meet annual revenue and operating

income goals. Results:

o Increased enrollments to 12,000 annually.

o Achieved revenue growth from $1.25M/year to $6.5 M/year, over 400%.

o Increased Net Revenue to 38% ($2.5M).

o Named UCSD Extension Department of the Year in 1998.

o Largest revenue and the largest net contributor in UCSD Extension

history.

. Researched and presented business plan to develop an in-house Distance

Learning Group at UCSD Extension. Led team effort, co-authored winning

proposal for a $130K grant from NTIA, exceeding planned revenue targets.

The DL business unit now generates $500K annually -- producing positive

income generation 1 year ahead of schedule.

. Completely revamped program -- developed over 30 new Certificate

Programs, hundreds of courses.

. Invited contributor to S.D. Workforce Partnership Annual Workforce study:

San Diego's Software and Computer Services Industry Cluster: A Strategic

Workforce Development Plan 2001-2003.

. Developed and maintained positive business relationships with a number of

industry and academic organizations, establishing Joint Venture

Educational Alliances with SAIC, Mira Costa Community College, SSQA,

IEEE, AEA, and the UCSD School of Engineering.

EDUCATION & TRAINING ASSOCIATES - Poway, CA 1987 - 2005

Consultant, Management Analyst

ETA performed various consulting activities ranging from the development of

internal and external training programs for a number of academic,

government, and industrial organizations, to the analysis of business

processes, and the management of marketing and operations for a small start

up technology company.

. Analyze and advise small businesses to help them to control costs and

improve profitability

. Wrote the marketing section for several Mergers & Acquisitions for an

Orange County financial company.

. Delivered High Tech Training (Engineering and IT) for various military

and industrial clients.

. Managed the development and marketing of new web based products for

1Parkplace, a web services firm serving the Real Estate industry.

Developed and Managed the development of internal training programs (in

Wireless Engineering, IT, and Software Development) at QUALCOMM

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY - Berkeley, CA 1992 - 1996

Continuing Education Specialist (CES)

Developed and managed entire South Bay Engineering program. Responsible for

research and development of new technical courses, and supervised the

implementation of 224 courses per year.

. Generated $2.9M in gross revenues FY 1994-1995. Berkeley Extension's top

producing CES.

. Created the concept and lead the team that developed and presented the

1993 Technology Summit with high-level UCB and Stanford faculty, tech

industry CEO's, and high-level government officials including: Vice

President, Al Gore, Secretary of Defense, William Perry; Secretary of

Commerce, Ron Brown.

. Team Leader to develop interactive video-based instruction under grant

from Pacific Bell. Co-authored grant for $250K. Later, named team leader

for U.C. Berkeley Extension effort, EXTEN, in new instructional

technology, encompassing on-line instruction, video, CD-ROM, and

Worldwide Web Delivery.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE - Irvine, CA 1989 - 1992

Program Representative III

Planned, developed and administered short courses in the U.S. and Europe.

Generated revenues in excess of $1M annually; expanded in-house revenues by

a factor of 10. Member, Advisory Committee for the Competitive

Manufacturing Operations Certificate.

INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH - Beverly Hills, CA 1986 - 1987

Vice President, Program Development

Performed market analysis & forecast studies, analyzed competitive trends,

designed and wrote brochures & press releases, and developed conference

product. Responsible for budgets and bottom line. Negotiated joint ventures

with 2 associations and one trade journal. Developed highly successful

programs in Computer Security and Aircraft Finance.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Lecturer at the Milne School, State University of Albany, Albany, NY

Science Teacher Grades 9-12, Albany High School, Albany, NY

Chemist, Technical Services, Oakite Chemical Corporation, Los Angeles, CA

Manager, Marketing Technology Training Corp., Torrance, CA

EDUCATION

B.S., double major in Biochemistry and Education - State University of New

York, Albany, NY

New York State Regents Scholarship Winner.

M.A., Management - National University, Irvine, CA

C.E.S. Management Institute - University of California, Irvine, CA

Management Certificate - University of California, San Diego, CA

PUBLICATIONS / COMMITTEES

Stern, Harvey, and S. Brucker, S. Kita, M. Wilcox, "Going the Distance to

Serve Students," NUCEA

Region VI & VII Conference, Oct. 1995.

Stern, Harvey, and C. Lee, M. Walshok; "Philadelphia's High Tech Workforce

Training Capacity: A survey of Philadelphia's Continuing Education

Programs for Biotech and IT Industry Clusters," May 2003.

Stern, Harvey, and J. Cohen; "Building a Profitable Distance

Learning Capability with No Money," Web CT, Impact 2003," July, 2003.

Vice Chairman, IEEE WESCON Short Course Program, 1995.

Chairman, IEEE WESCON Short Course Program, 1997.

Co-Chair Bio-Informatics Session, Laboratory Automation Assoc. Annual

Meeting, 2000-2002.

Panelist, Prevent Cancer Foundation, 2008 Summit on Cancer Clinical Trials

Instructor, UCSD Extension, Clinical Trials Administration Certificate,

course on Patient Recruitment

Member, Software and Computer Services Industry Focus Coalition to develop

the San Diego Strategic

Workforce Development Plan, 2001-2003.

Board Member, Pomerado School Foundation, 2002-2003.

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