Project Manager

Professional Background

Argonne National Laboratory – International Programs

International Program Information Systems and Outreach Administrator: Argonne, IL Oct 2013 – Oct 2014

Lead the design, development and production of the Repatriate Career Network and Career Paths and related websites and information material critical to the staffing program functions.

Advised and supported the Section`s activities related to the recruitment of U.S. citizens (AMCITS) for employment at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the area of non-safeguards through designing, developing, and producing information material and the section`s website as per the sectional communications strategy; providing advice on various outreach strategies and activities; and attending trade shows and career fairs.

Work performed under a Department of State (DOS) contract.

Brookhaven National Laboratory – Non-proliferation and National Security Department

Recruitment Specialist – International Safeguards Project Office (ISPO): Upton, NY May 2010 – Dec 2012

Provided support for AMCITS living and working in Vienna, Austria for the International Organizations at the Vienna International Center (VIC).

Researched, designed and prepared content of 5 new pages for the ISPO website that would assist the newcomer and family in Vienna.

Researched, designed and prepared content for two brochures that would assist the accompanying partner of the appointee while living in Vienna.

Revised, added content, maintained, and managed the BNL/ISPO website and the U.S. Vienna website www.usvienna.com with material pertaining to assisting Americans living and working in Vienna, Austria.

Coordinated and organized a workshop in collaboration with DOE, DOS, the U.S. Mission, ANL and BNL to assist the U.S. citizen living and working in Vienna, Austria (www.bnl.gov/aiov). Responsibilities included writing a proposal, recruiting speakers and vendors, securing the venue, hiring a videographer, managing status meetings and budgets. I planned and organized an evening reception at the home of the U.S. Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna, Glyn Davies.

Started the first American Club at the VIC for U.S. citizens working in the International Organizations www.aiovclub.org. This entailed writing statutes and organizing a committee. I became the first Club President in history.

Authored several documents after the Workshop: Lessons Learned, Workshop Summary report for the 2012 INMM annual conference, and a full report on the Workshop in accordance with a proposal and contract with ISPO and DOE. Compiled and developed a list of follow up action items from the workshop survey.

Organized continual follow-up of action items from the Workshop for the Americans, such as; social events and brown bag lunches with topics of concern.

International Atomic Energy Agency – Department of Safeguards, Division of Technical Support

Documentation Specialist-Technical Writer: Vienna, Austria Jun 2011 – Jul 2012

Coordination and organizing of the 2011 Annual General Conference for the Department of Safeguards (SG) including video interviews with Division Heads.

Implemented migration of electronic documents from the equipment information system (AIIS) to the new document management system (DM). Updated hyperlinks, reduced document size, verified usability, updated metadata and classifications, and reorganized documents in network folders.

Created a file structure in LiveLink to migrate sensitive documents from a share directory to a protected electronic environment.

Updated Wikipedia’s on the SharePoint site and managed content in the SG Portal (powered by SharePoint).

Prepared and stored documents on the SharePoint site for remote access and onsite staff.

Created new document templates with instructions, in MS Word. The templates were created for guidance and used as a pre-formatted structure for authors of papers.

Constructed 8 fillable PDF forms for authorization of equipment.

Performed gap analysis on existing equipment documentation to identify missing processes per 400 pieces of equipment.

Provided technical editing and quality management services for authors. Assisted with English grammar, punctuation and consistency.

Brookhaven National Laboratory – Information Technology Division (ITD)

Business Applications Specialist: Upton, NY Nov 2008– Feb 2010

Established best business practices and procedures for the entire Information Technology Division Office using advanced office automation tools and techniques.

Created an interactive electronic Division Office Calendar on the ITD website for viewing among staff. Posted daily.

Regularly interpreted policies and procedures and applied independent judgment to determine the best approach to completing projects and administering processes.

Created and produced high-quality exhibits for all division documents with indexing of all records in electronic format. Authorized to change or create processes to increase the efficiency of divisional administration. Wrote several procedural documents on the ITD Wikipedia.

Designated ITD Training Coordinator responsible for training plans for all ITD staff. Worked to ensure that Job Training Assessments (JTA’s) were accurate.

Provided office support (travel, guest registration, etc.) to entire ITD division.

Assistant to the Director of ITD.

Brookhaven National Laboratory - Non-proliferation and National Security Department

Senior Applications Analyst - International Safeguards Project Office (ISPO): Upton, NY Jul 1998– Nov 2008

Business analysis, requirements gathering, design, implementation and maintenance for the International Safeguards Project Office (ISPO) Website. Created use cases, data models, functional scope matrix, and wireframes.

Gathered and analyzed business requirements for the Non-proliferation and National Security Department (NNSD) Website project. Continual iterative design, development, and maintenance of the site using MS ASP, FrontPage and HTML.

Homeland Security Website – Gathered and analyzed user functional and user experience requirements. Designed and implemented the project.

Monthly reporting of expenses against the annual budget. Expense records retrieved through the PeopleSoft System.

Project manager for the conversion of ISPO reports from paper files to electronic PDF files and stored (Approx. 600 documents).

Provided Help Desk support to staff members of ISPO, and the department.

Expert for recruitment of individuals to work at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria. Presented a paper at the INMM 2006 Meeting.

Task monitor for all US funded IAEA Safeguards Department IT projects. (Ex., SPRICS and Windows 2000 Conversion to XP).

Developed a share directory and file structure for staff members of the ISPO.

Technical lead for the ISPO Information System (IIS) conversion to be utilized by external clients as well as internal and off-site staff. Gathered and documented all ISPO processes electronically. System is still in effect today.

Language Skills: Native English; working knowledge of French; and basic German.

Personal Skills: Detail oriented, well-organized, strong written and oral communication skills, interpersonal skills with great ability to work well among all levels of management, staff and outside vendors, team player, work independently, excellent problem solver, and diversity skills.

Education

Training

Volunteer / Community Service

Dowling College – Oakdale, NY

Project Management Professional Certification, preparation course completed at BNL – 2006.

Teacher, LINCT Program

B.S. in Computer Information Systems - 2005

Cornell Recruitment Class on Staffing Selection and Strategies.

Technical Skills: Expert in all MS Office products including: Access, SharePoint, Publisher, Visio, Project, Front Page and Outlook; proficient in Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator; Quick Books, Primavera, and PeopleSoft; strong internet research skills.

Computer Language Skills: HTML, COBOL, ASP.net, Visual Basic, Active Directory familiarity.

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