John J. Saez
** ******** **. ******** ** *****
Phone: 203-***-**** Email: *******@*****.***
Objective: I am currently studying for an MS in Project Management at
Northeastern University and would like to find opportunities in
Project/Product Management.
Experience
Ronin Corporation
5-2008 to 6-2009
Business Development Manager
. US Sales for one of the leading Market Research Healthcare Panel
companies.
. Manage existing US accounts to build strong relationships and
increase business.
. Proactively search for new business within the North American Market
with an expected 2 million dollar territory.
. RFP Creation, Vendor Selection, Project Overview, Budget Management.
6-2007-Currently Consulting Survey Translations LLC
Consultant
. Decided to create a small company that helps Market
Research companies with translations of materials for
international work.
. Part of the full process with my partner in the
creation of website and management of all business
related procedures.
. Setup a global network of translators in over 50
languages to work with Market Research materials.
. Client acquisition and management of projects.
5-2006 to 5-2007 Toluna
Paris and London
Senior Project Manager
. In charge of recruiting, leading, and structuring the Project
Delivery Team at Toluna's headquarters in Paris for 3 months
before performing the same task in the UK office. I lead a team of
8 people and work with clients at a global level.
. Collaborate with internal Senior Management in the recruitment and
setup of an international operation in the US.
. Working with Vendors for pricing and to setup mutual operations.
. Responsible for hiring and training new recruits into the project
delivery team.
. Directly involved with Project Management with Sample Only
projects for high level accounts.
. Responsible for delivery in the Sample Only team which accounts
for 70% of the company's revenues.
9/2005 - 4/2006 TNS Greenwich, CT, USA
Marketing Project Director
. Manage all facets of projects from initiation to final product
delivery to client.
. Monitor and insure project schedules are met and project budgets
are adhered to.
. Work with Account Executives and Operations to finish projects on
time and within budget.
. Client service work (includes category management, estimating, and
design of studies not yet in field, support of their special
needs/requests not project specific, availabilities, data analyses
after tabulation and recommendations for their final reports,
etc.)
. Quality control of materials (reviews data tables, codes, spec
check telephone/interactive studies.)
11/2003 - 9/2005 Survey Sampling International
Fairfield, CT, USA
Project Manager/Account Executive
. Participate in sales and project management for this
market research sample provider at an International
level.
. Point person for the growth and development of all
Canadian accounts. The Canadian territory represents $1.5
million in a $50 million dollar company.
. Provide consultation and guidance to new and existing
accounts. This includes costing out projects, researching
feasibilities for the development of online and telephone
research projects.
. Working with external Vendors in pricing and project
setup to deliver global service.
. Technical Production, Field Management, Global Partner
selection and coordination are also part of the role.
05/2003 - 08/2003 IPSOS-ASI Norwalk,
CT, USA
Market Research Analyst (contractual position)
. Part of the Research Analytics Group. One of four
interns, I was in charge of completing the "Lessons
Learned" project.
. The project consisted of viewing and coding variables for
past and in-development television add campaigns used by
our clients.
. Each commercial was analyzed in over 150 variables.
Variables ranged from add-metrics to product/brand
recognition.
. Prepared a report of activities and results for future
company reference.
Education
Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY,
USA
B.A. in Psychology in 2002
Language Skills
Native level English and Spanish
Computer knowledge: MS Office and Project and SPSS.