Project Manager Management

Court Ogilvie **** North Vernon Street

*****.*******@*****.*** Arlington,

Virginia 22207

www.linkedin.com/pub/court-ogilvie/6/5b0/8aa/ 571-***-****

(mobile)

OBJECTIVE

Leadership, operations, or program management position in an association or

non-profit environment that will draw from my 12+ years of operations,

program, and management experience at the Red Cross.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Digital-savvy professional with ability to work across cultures and

experience across 20+ countries. Ability to lead complex projects in

organizations ranging from start-ups to large non-profits. Strong

competency in social engagement, blogs, television, and media. Expertise

in public affairs, government affairs, fundraising, marketing,

communications, and IT.

WORK EXPERIENCE

American Red Cross, Washington, DC, USA

May 2002 to present

Vice President, Joint Account Management 10/2012 to

present

. Chosen by Red Cross CEO and Chief Development Officer to build a donor

engagement process that is now in use across all Red Cross lines of

service

. Lead a program which created $22M of revenue, 75,000 units of blood and

approximately $300K in training sales during fiscal year 2014

. Ensure that the organization's fundraising efforts are strongly

coordinated, including establishment of joint metrics, joint reporting,

etc.

. Pursue and manage grants in support of the Red Cross mission

. Direct and manage key accounts and partnerships

. Launch a new campaign to raise funds in support of Biomedical Services

Senior Director, Disaster Planning, Disaster Services 3/2011

to 10/2012

. Supervised a team of 20 people in support of planning for a

nationwide disaster relief program

. Represented Red Cross at international events and through emerging

technologies and social engagement

. Managed development of training/guidance for 60,000 disaster

volunteers

. Co-led a cost reduction effort for $26M fixed expenses operating budget,

which reduced the total spend by nearly 20% while meeting performance

goals

. Built new Change Management process that resulted in savings of > $500K

in FY12

. Oversaw revisions to disaster evaluation process that significantly

increased response rates

. Authored Congressional testimony and formal correspondence to elected

officials

. Deployed to disasters in leadership roles, including Deputy Job

Director for 2011 Joplin tornadoes

Chief of Staff, Disaster Services 2006 to

3/2011

. Developed budgets and monitored financial performance for a $45M domestic

disaster enterprise, with episodic budgets of >$100M

. Served as key advisor to SVP of Disaster Services for restructuring the

disaster program, which resulted in significant cost savings with minimal

reduction in services

. Formed the first-ever Disaster Advisory Council, a group of field

leaders that advised on key department decisions and programs

. Served in leadership roles in disasters, including program lead for

2010 Gulf Coast Oil Leak

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American Red Cross (continued)

Director, Validation and Equipment Management, Biomedical Services 2002-

2006

. Generated $600K annual cost savings through elimination of unnecessary

maintenance

. Recruited, hired, and managed a high-performing team that received 8

performance awards

. Managed implementation of asset management system with no

errors/observations

. Supervised staff of 15 in support of blood banking equipment (80,000+

devices, $2M budget)

QWEST Communications, Arlington, Virginia, USA 2001 to

2002

Senior Manager, Customer Programs

. Managed accounts for AOL and MSN (80% of department revenue)

. Directly assisted COO of Internet Division in negotiation of a $160M

services contract

. Built automated tool to manage customer billing, resulting in 20%

reduction in late bills

EYECAST Corporation, Herndon, Virginia, USA 2000 to

2001

Senior Project Manager

. Evaluated potential market share for products in development for small

technology start-up

. Managed deployment of hubs, switches, and routers required to support

video streaming

. Authored materials to position and describe a suite of products and

services

UUNET Technologies, Inc, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

1997 to 2000

Manager, International Implementation (1998-2000)

. Managed all aspects of router/hub/switch deployment in South America and

Asia-Pacific

. Negotiated international partnership agreements which decreased time to

market by 50%

. Led a team that established a training department in Amsterdam,

Netherlands

Supervisor, Technical Training (1997-1998)

. Saved more than $100K annually by converting vendor-based courses to in-

house offerings

. Researched and isolated network problems for a large high-speed internet

backbone

. Created/taught technical courses such as UNIX, TCP/IP, and Network

Management

. Consistently received highest student course evaluations

EDUCATION

B.S. Management, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Minor, Professional Writing

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

. High Impact Leadership, Columbia University Executive Education Program

. Principles of Customer Experience Design, Peer Insight

. Advanced Public Affairs Training, American Red Cross

. Integrity Selling, Integrity Solutions

. Conversational Spanish, Arlington County Department of Continuing

Education

SOFTWARE

. Strong proficiency in Salesforce, Final Cut Pro X, iMovie, MS Office,

mobile computing, wireless networking, and social media (Twitter,

Facebook, WordPress, LinkedIn, etc.)

OTHER

. Secret level Security Clearance

. Available to travel up to 50%

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