Manager Project

Lori Crane

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Professional Experience

Cambium Wellness, LLC, Boston, MA (July 2012 to December 2012)

Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, Cambridge, MA (Nov. 2008 to March

2012)

Acceleron Pharma, Cambridge, MA (Feb. 2004 to Oct. 2007)

Genetics Institute/WYETH Cambridge, MA United States (May 1992 to Feb.

2004)

Over 18 years experience in the Life Science industry specializing in

Project Management and Operations. Experience in small and large company

environments.

CONTRACTOR, PROJECT/IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER, 07/12 - 12/12, Cambium

Wellness, LLC

Responsible for managing the implementation of wellness programs at the

onset of the client engagement. To ensure a successful establishment of

service, project plans, best practices and adoption of a new corporate

culture. Serve as part Client Service Administrator and part IT

Manager, and always the example of a healthy and energetic lifestyle.

Project Management

Validating solutions developed by pre-sales teams.

Oversees and drives all implementation activity.

Establishes client relationships at multiple levels, anticipating

client reactions and responding accordingly, managing expectations and

crises, gathering feedback, etc...

Ensure client satisfaction while maintaining overall responsibility to

Cambium's best interests.

Process and Program Development

Drive process and product improvement within Client Services and with

external departments, establishing and documenting business cases.

Act as subject matter expert within the team for specific products,

use cases, and/or features.

Work on special projects including those related to new application

development, product rollouts, and/or data cleanup or migration.

CONTRACTOR, PROJECT/OPERATIONS MANAGER, 11/08 - 3/12, Nonclinical

Development Sciences, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company

Managed Research and Development space planning needs for new and

existing hires.

Oversaw seating assignments and office and laboratory restructuring

needs.

Managed Post Doc and Summer Intern program with HR collaboration.

Managed organizational charts. Used Portfolio Tracker (a company-wide

effort and project reporting system) and provided generated pivot

table enabled excel spreadsheets.

Collaborated with the Facilities Department on office needs and Lab

Safety, equipment, and audits.

Collaborated on master space planning initiatives.

Collaborated with Finance for budget preparation, accruals, and

forecasting long and short term.

Appointed and managed ad hoc projects.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, 11/10/2006 - 10/31/2007, Discovery Operations,

Acceleron Pharma (02/2004 to 10/2007)

Provided project management and leadership to plan, prepare and

execute high quality and/or complex science program(s) for Chief

Scientific Officer for Discovery Organization.

Lead the programs towards completion of deliverables.

Monitored all program activity to ensure processes, procedures and

client commitments are being followed and achieved. Interact daily

with internal and external end users and clients to coordinate

program activity and meet deadlines.

Implemented and managed oracle-based project timeline.

Collaborated with Clinical, QA/QC, Business Development, Manufacturing,

Functional Management, Legal and Patents, and acts as liaison with

investigators.

Provided regular project updates within functional and cross functional

areas.

Business and Lab Manager, 11/14/2005 - 11/9/2006

Oversaw and managed all aspects of the laboratory inclusive of: Glass

wash and Media Prep, hazardous waste management, procurement and

tracking of capital equipment (and equipment repair and preventative

maintenance).

Prepared and maintained lab and facility capital budget and worked

closely with CFO.

. Provided animal care facility and manufacturing/clean room support.

. Implemented Quality Control Sample management tracking system.

Oversaw relationship with contract Laboratory safety organization.

Managed on line laboratory procurement account.

Business and Facilities Manager, 3/15/2004 - 11/14/2005

Managed the facility, inclusive of vendor and landlord relations,

facility build outs, and renovations.

Provided weekly updates to senior management on facility and operations

processes or needs.

Responsible for capital equipment/furniture procurement, management,

and tracking.

Managed telecommunication and oversaw remote IT interface.

Managed Lab Operations and oversight including space planning,

equipment repair, placement or removal, waste removal, media prep,

and glass wash. Liaison with safety consultant vendor.

SITE OPERATIONS MANAGER, 4/4/2003 - 2/20/2004, Discovery Research,

Genetics Institute/WYETH (05/1992 - 2/20/2004)

Senior Research Operations Analyst, 1/1/2002 - 4/3/2003

Research Operations Analyst - Predevelopment, 12/16/2000 -

12/31/2001

Editorial Associate - Preclinical R & D, 06/1996 - 01/2000

Administrative Assistant, Preclinical R&D, 05/1992-6/1996

Managed the day to day operations at the four Discovery Research sites

to ensure alignment in terms of policies, procedures, and business

practices; including the establishment of best practices at the

sites in finance and budgets, space planning and facilities and

Human Resource liaison.

Support the Therapeutic Areas in operations such as budgets, financial

planning, head count tracking, etc. Human resource issues

(organizational charts, temporary employee headcount Post Docs, and

summer interns).

Collaborated with facilities in maintaining the needs of the research

buildings (relocations, laboratory issues, equipment, etc.). Work

closely with Cambridge Research and Development Department.

Monitor the research buildings and space as required.

Represented Discovery area on site committees (e.g., Research Safety

Committee, Cambridge Master Site Planning, Proprietary Information

Planning, and Fitness Steering Committee).

Responsible for organizing major meetings (e.g. Annual R&D Meeting,

all hands meetings, etc) as well as visits and tours.

Representative for Proprietary Information Protection (PIP) initiative.

Coordinated site broadcasts and site-related communications.

Education

Salem State College, Salem, MA United States (May, 1990), Bachelor of

Science, Office Management/Accounting

Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA United States (May, 1986),

Associate of Science, Medical Assisting

Additional Skills

Laboratory Management

Space Planning/Programming and Facilities Management

Microsoft Project, Gantt Charts, Excel

GLP, GMP, GCP

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