Cover Letter:

?Dear Hiring Manager:

I am a certified project management professional (PMP) with experience in Biotechnology, Healthcare and Manufacturing Operations. Previously, I was a Project Manager at Molecular Staging, Inc., a leading clinical proteomics diagnostics company that developed advanced tests for cancer and neurological diseases. My responsibility was to plan, execute and complete complex biotechnology projects, to meet scheduled milestones and corporate commitments. Prior to that, I worked as a manager at InforMax, Inc., a molecular biology bioinformatics software development company. Our lead software product, VNTI suite, was a great success and used by more than 30,000 scientists and clinical investigators worldwide.

I am an experienced project manager, who directs efforts of multidisciplinary teams towards strategic alignment and successful completion of projects under matrix management. Unlike others, and because of my training and work experience, I can successfully blend advanced technical knowledge and science expertise with good management practices which others see as a valuable asset in timely decision making, problem identification and conflict resolution.

I have over 8 years experience in preclinical and clinical drug development working for clinical departments at major Clinical University Centers. These include Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY; Mass General Hospital in Boston, MA; Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, CA and Bellevue Hospital, NYU, in NY. I participated in clinical trials, worked with lead investigators (MDs) as well as carried out statistical analysis of clinical trials. Two drugs that I worked with successfully made it through NDA submissions into advanced phases of clinical trials. These were methylprednisone for treatment of spinal cord injury and Dextromethorphan for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and stroke. I have direct experience in interaction with clinical investigators, industry sponsors as well as Institutional Review Board in submissions of protocol amendments and deviations.

Enclosed, please find my resume. I am a US citizen fluent in several languages. I thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Nariman

Nariman Panahian

PhD, PMP

abo1w7@r.postjobfree.com

240-***-****

Resume:

?Nariman Panahian

PhD, PMP

19011 Gallop Drive Germantown, MD 20874, USA 240-***-**** (C) abo1w7@r.postjobfree.com

Project Management Biotechnology R&D Consulting Medical Devices

A Certified Project Management Professional, with a proven track record in bringing cutting-edge technology projects to fruition, works with the highest level of commitment and dedication. Essential competencies are a global mindset, professional confidence and successful proactive leadership.

SKILLS

Driven Leadership, Scope Management, Schedule & Critical Path Review, Budgeting/Earned Value Management, Risk Analysis and Mitigation, Advanced Project Tracking Tools, Quality improvements, Six Sigma QDF, Team building, Conflict Resolution & HR, Preclinical & Clinical Research, Regulatory: FDA, GxP, ICH, Experimental Lab Techniques, Life Sciences; Biomarkers, Proteomics Diagnostics, Antibody Manufacture, Robotic Platforms, Diagnostic Microarrays; Vaccine Development, Labinfo Management Systems, Advanced Statistical Problem Solving, Software testing & QA, SDLC, Data Mining & Filtering, Bioinformatics, Market Research, Competitor Analysis, Customer Relationship & Retention, Matrix Multitasking Solutions, Variance and Trend Analysis

Software and Platforms: Microsoft Office, MS Project, MS Access, MS Publisher, Visio, Windows XP, Crystal Ball, Open WorkBench, Primavera, ERP, SPSS, Splus, Statistica, SAS-Statview-JMP; Neural networks, Mathematica; VNTI v.9, GeneSpring, Spotfire, BioRS; Data Miner; MedScan, PathwayAssist, Pathblazer, Ingenuity software, Teranode, SBML, LIMS; GenePix, ImagePro, MolecularAnalyst, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator;ACHIEVEMENTS

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Led projects toward pre-established objectives during all phases of the project life cycle; completed projects on time and under budget performing assignments of increasing importance;

? Experience managing contracts and multidisciplinary projects with an approved budget in excess of $1.1 million; increased revenues and productivity through effective budgeting of projects;

? Expert knowledge in quality planning, quality assurance and quality control; carried out platform evaluations according to Six Sigma principles and saved thousands of clients? money;

? Eleven years of academic experience at 4 major US Universities; reported target validation studies in high impact peer reviewed journals; grant & award recipient, successfully carried out preclinical and clinical research and participated in clinical trials;

? Successfully managed projects in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, software bioinformatics R&D, academia and a non-profit organization; suggested technological improvements for medical devices;

PMP Consultant, contractor, NV-Consulting, Germantown, MD October 2004Present

Contractual work for corporate and academic clients in statistical analysis and management of data, laboratory techniques, bioinformatics, data mining, software validation, project design & tracking, market research, evaluation and interpretation of project/product related data, project audit; management of upstream and downstream operations. Some of my former clients are: Ariadne Genomics, Inc.; 20/20 Gene Systems, Inc., Antex Biologics, Inc., AAPM;

Molecular Staging, Inc., New Haven, CT, USA June 2002September 2004Project Manager, Proteomics Discovery; Reported to VP, Proteomics and Bioinformatics; responsible for company?s protein RCAT biotechnology microarray platform, microarray design, statistical process control (SPC) and biomarker discovery; provided dashboard reports on project performance to senior executives; led a team of 5 scientists and junior team members, evaluated team performance and made staffing recommendations. Implemented earned value management, WBS, PERT/CPM and focused on main knowledge areas according to PMBOK; increased revenue by spotting project constraints.

InforMax, Inc., Bethesda, MD, USA September 2000May 2002

Project Manager, Biosystems Analyst, Department R&D; reported to S. Director of Bioinformatics and CTO. Provided logistics integration support to programmers, biologists and annotators in validation and implementation of novel algorithms into company?s molecular biology software. Managed a team of biologists, programmers and contractual labor force with an annual budget of $1.1 million. Led advanced research unit (ARU) workgroup; core team member; coordinated multidimensional database design; provided leadership and mentoring to teams within a large matrix organization according to PMBOK. February 1999January 2005

Grant reviewer and collaborator for Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU); sponsor: Nonproliferation & International Security Division, Center for International Security Affairs, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. Collaborator: 1. STCU project # 3007 "Monitoring of ecological-epidemiological situation with respect to dangerous water-borne diseases in Ukraine"; 2. STCU project # 3039 ?Novel method of early cancer detection by immunoassay.? 3. STCU project # 801, ?Development of highly effective immunobiological preparations for treatment of infections and immunodeficiencies?

University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA November 2000October 2001Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. Biochemistry and Biophysics; scientific journal reviewer for Stroke; published acknowledgement by Editor-in-Chief appeared in December 2002 issue of Stroke;

July 1995 - September 2000Research Assistant Professor, Dept. Biochemistry; Scientist, Dept. Neurology,

Principal investigator, AHA Grant-in-Aid (#960162; 1996-1999): ?Hypoxia responsive gene therapy in the treatment of focal cerebral ischemia?; Training Grant in Geriatrics (NIA T32 AG00107-13; 1995-1997); Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Award (#91-24; 1996-1997); curator, Independent Study Programs and minority student summer research fellowships (SURF); reported organ protection by heme oxygenase-1 inducer & free radical scavenger a-Phenyl-tert-Butyl-Nitrone; described a novel protective mechanism for methyl-prednisolone in spinal cord injury by activation of glucocorticoid response element of heme oxygenase-2; demonstrated HO-1_BVR antioxidant potential in inhibition of injury mediating NADPH oxidase pathway; tested antibodies for StressGen, Inc. and in-vivo adenoviral expression vector for SangStat, Inc.; developed a model for imaging studies in 9 Tesla vertical-bore MRI for Astra Arcus, increased lab efficiency, improved safety, record keeping and supply chain; carried out ledger audits.

Mass General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA April 1993 - June 1995Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience Center, Preclinical studies of novel molecular mechanisms of stroke, hippocampal injury and pain. Studied pharmacology of 7-Nitro-indazole and demonstrated neuroprotection after deletion of the nNOS gene; responsible for acquisition of Zeiss and Leica microscopes; designed and interfaced computer cluster with laboratory information management system for data retrieval, analysis and distribution. Perfected a working model for stroke magnetic resonance imaging in 3.4 Tesla MRI machine; planned resources and schedule utilization;

Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA January 1991March 1993

Fellow in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery; Leverne K. Purcell scholarship fund, Dean?s Fellowship award (# 1HAA 234 94799) in pharmacology and electrophysiology of preclinical neuroprotection in stroke. Studied and reported on NMDA receptor mediated neuroprotective properties of noncompetitive antagonists Dextrorphan and Dextromethorphan (sponsor: Hoffman LaRoche) and competitive antagonist CGS-19755 (sponsor: Ciba-Geigy, a Novartis company). Commended for performance of statistical analyses by Department?s chairman. Operated a 1.5 Tesla GE MRI machine.

New York University Medical Center, New York, N.Y., USA September 1989November 1990Visiting Scientist, Dept Neurosurgery & Dept. Pathology; Evaluated safety of Ultrasonic Neurosurgical Scalpel (sponsor: Valleylab Inc., a Pfizer Company). Participated in preclinical evaluation of Tirilazad (Lazaroid) and Methyl Prednisolone in models of spinal cord injury and brain trauma (sponsor: Upjohn); participated in statistical analysis of clinical trials.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA December 1988May 1989

Honorary Fellow, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy; cultured pancreatic islets and hepatocytes decreasing their immunogenicity prior to transplantation, studied the role of dendritic cells in mediating immune responses in graft versus host disease;

Scientific Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia August 1987June 1989Junior Scientist; evaluated microcirculatory changes and liver regeneration after administration of galactosamine or carbon tetrachloride and treatment with synthetic enkephalin peptide Dalargin (in collaboration with Prof. V.V.Penin and Prof E.F. Maliugin).

EDUCATION

B.S. Semashko University, Moscow, Russia; Life Sciences, Statistics; Completed With Honors;

Ph.D. Pirogoff Russian State Medical University (RSMU), Moscow, Russia

Dept. of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Experimental Medicine;

Diploma Completion of postdoctoral studies at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA;

PMP Certified Project Management Professional, PMI, Newton Square, PA, USA;

COURSES

1. Courses in SixSigma, SPC and DOE with Glen Netherwood;

2. Essentials of Project Management in software technology based companies. Introduction to Product and Cycle-time Excellence (PACE). Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath consulting (PRTM.com);

3. Training in project management and tracking tools with OuterCore Professional Development LLC;

HONORS & AWARDS

Lucille P. Markey award recipient, University of Rochester, NY

Purcell Foundation Dean?s Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Stanford University, CA

Award in physiology for LIMs development:- sited at www.myneurolab.com

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP) from Project Management Institute (www.pmi.org)

The PMI Certification Program maintains ISO 9001 certification in Quality Management Systems

PMP Certification Verification: https://www.pmi.org/CertApp/Registry.aspx

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP (past and present)

AAAS; NYAS, FASEB; SFN, Bioinformatics Society, Project Management Institute

BOOK CHAPTERS

ANTIBODY CHARACTERIZATIONS

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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Author of 22 peer-reviewed publications

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Search&db=PubMed&term=Panahian

CAREER CERTIFICATION

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Professional references will be available upon request.

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