Manager Project

Rita Forman-House

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Avon Lake, Ohio 44012

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

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Program Manager

Accomplished management professional with 10+ years experience in strategic

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

product lifecycles and excels at relationship building, 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

ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio 9/2006 to Present

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

field of materials science and engineering.

Product Manager 2/2008

to Present

Report directly to the Director of Business Development. Responsibilities

include entire project lifecycle management, supporting development of

emerging products, event program content, and managing project teams.

. Apply project management discipline. Plan, organize, and manage short and

long term national and international project plans, communicate status

and any variances to leadership team and Board of Trustees. Help in the

reduction of the time of the production up to 17%.

. Responsible for managing entire project lifecycles for emerging products

in energy and material design to generate new sales revenue with growth

rates at 25%-75%.

. Lead and provide direction for internal/external teams developing

existing products and identifying new products to increase revenue

opportunities, stakeholder value, and securing new partnerships.

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

practices and accelerated product to market. Provided team analysis and

risk mitigation for successful team building and development.

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.

. 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.

. 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.

. 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 various 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 strategic

planning.

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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