SEAN G. LYONS

**** ** ***** ****** *********, WA 98682

Cell 360-***-**** sg_lyons@comcast

Administrative Manager Assistant or Associate Director Customer Services Office Manager

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Solution provider for governmental entities

Producer and overseer with 12 years of management experience and consistent success in achieving cost controls,

productivity, and delivery of administrative and technical support services. Able to guide, and lead, highly skilled,

cross-functional teams providing leading-edge solutions and customer support services. Effective and efficient analyst,

problem solver, and communicator. Seeking new management position.

KEY ATTRIBUTES

Budget Planning & Administration Project Planning, Scheduling & Delegation Team Building, Mentoring &

Leadership Problem Solving & Organizational Change Federal, State & Institutional: Regulatory Compliance

Management, Quality Assurance Control/Standards Administrative & Technical Operations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Washington State University (WSU) Pullman and Vancouver, Washington 1995 Present

Administrative Manager, College of Arts and Sciences 2012 - Present

Management of personnel processing for all faculty and staff assignments: tenure-track faculty employment

appointments (permanent), clinical faculty employment appointments (three year, renewable), instructor

faculty (annually renewable), adjunct faculty (semester, renewable), civil service (permanent and project-

grant paid) employees, graduate student (research assistantship, teaching assistantship, and fellowship

stipend) and temporary hourly employees

Payroll processing, leave and time reporting are bi-monthly and monthly reporting, depending on

employment appointment type

Initiate background check requests for temporary hourly employment appointments

Administrative Manager, Science Programs 2006 2012

Promoted to WSU Vancouver Science Programs from the Pullman campus. Tasked with planning, organization,

implementation, coordination and development of administrative and instructional support services for WSU

Vancouver Science Programs.

Supervised four full-time, and seven part-time staff

Approximately 70 personnel employment appointments processed annually

Reviewed and oversaw programmatic budget management, which ranged from $2-3MM, and other fiscal

activities generated by extramural resources funded, for examples by NSF, NOAA, USGS, Harvard

University/Department of Defense, and Rutgers State University grants

Reviewed existing program, campus, WSU, State of Washington, and Federal existing policies, procedures,

and regulations - provided recommendations for change when necessary

Grant administration

Coordinated administrative functions with other departments, units and outside agencies

Provided advisory input and recommendations to the director, faculty, staff, and students and various

administrative personnel

Liaison for Science Programs at campus and system level, financial central service units, academic

department/schools, and WSU College of Arts and Sciences

Program Support Supervisor II (Office Manager) 2004 2006

Promoted within the Office of Grant Research and Development (OGRD), to direct administrative, fiscal, project

management, and personnel support services for the Research Compliance Office (RCO formerly, and Office of

Research Assurances, (ORA currently), and the Administration of Professional and Scientific Personnel

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(APSP). Managed a staff of five, oversaw budgets, staff recruitment and orientation; and implemented the

administration of intern employees at the Idaho National Lab ($2.2MM contract; INL is one of the DOE s 10 national

labs) for the APSP.

Directed personnel administration of 28 administrative/professional and civil service staff positions by

writing and updating position descriptions, recruiting, hiring, training and evaluating staff

Collaborated with the OGRD Resource Group to develop the Faculty Development Series (FDS) a

comprehensive faculty program providing training in grant proposal writing. The FDS earned over $110,000

in additional funding from the Office of Research and created two new staff positions in Fiscal Year 2005.

Oversaw personnel, travel, purchasing, and administrative policies and procedures for OGRD and RCO.

Summer 2006 - Co-Investigator providing administrative management of a $2.2MM project through the

Idaho National Laboratory: processing 150-200 summer interns through WSU s temporary employment

policies and procedures (includes wages and housing costs). Interns work at the INL in Idaho Falls, ID.

Semi-annually produced six Strategic Plan Update reports for the Director as part of compiled Research Area

reports to WSU s Provost

Administrative Coordinator 2001 2004

Advanced to develop and coordinate all aspects of training and education events sponsored by OGRD, including:

OGRD New Faculty Orientation, grant proposal workshops with invited proposal experts, video workshops and online

education programs hosted by the National Council of University Research Administrators, and the OGRD Seminar

Series (particularly curriculum development and selection of faculty presenters). Provided daily supervision to and

business training of three positions providing purchasing, travel and clerical support to the Office of Grant and

Research Development. Additionally, conducted and administered professional search committee processes. Managed

annual administrative accounts of roughly $164,000, served as primary purchasing agent and created and/or facilitated

seminars for faculty and staff.

Successfully coordinated numerous grant-writing workshops with more than 350 attendees that outlined the

grant writing process and assisted faculty and staff in securing additional resources

Wrote, edited and published The Informer Online in Macromedia Dreamweaver, a monthly newsletter for

University employees that highlighted funding opportunities from federal and non-federal sponsors, research

news, and training opportunities available to faculty

Comprehensively audited expenses, eliminating superfluous costs and reducing annual expenses by over

$10,000

EDUCATION & AFFILIATIONS

Washington State University; Pullman, Washington

B.A. in Communications with emphasis in Journalism (1992)

Fulbright Scholars Program

WSU Liaison for the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (1998 2006)

Society of Research Administrators, International

Member (2004 2006)

Washington State University s Office of Research

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Representative (2005)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2012 Higher Education Accounting Forum, Denver, CO

National Association of College and University Business Officers

2005 International Meeting, Milwaukee, WI

Society of Research Administrators, International

2004 International Meeting, Salt Lake, City, UT

Society of Research Administrators, International

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2004 Western Section Meeting, Palm Springs, CA

Society of Research Administrators, International

Business Contract/Host

2004 Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting, Spokane, WA

Society of Research Administrators, International

2003 Regions VI and VII Joint-Meeting, Denver, CO

National Council of University Research Administrators

2002 Campus Representative Training

Fulbright Scholars Program, Washington, DC

Council for the International Exchange of Scholars

2000 Merck-Merial Scholars Symposium

University of Georgia at Athens, GA

Leadership Development Series for Supervisors, WSU (Completed 2006)

COMPUTER AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Microsoft Office Professional

Macromedia- Dreamweaver

Drupal

Internet Content Management System (CMS)

WSU Administrative Information Systems (AIS)

DOS-based interface to Financial and Student Data Warehouses

Applications:

DEPPS/HEPPS (Personnel)

BALANCES (Accounts/Financials)

PAPR (Purchase Orders and Travel Reimbursement Tracking)

WSU encrypted internet portals

OGRD Gateway: Grant Proposal and Award Database Tracking System

APSP Central: Postgraduate and Intern Employment Tracking Database (INL-DOE)

RONet: Registrar s Office Portal to Student and Enrollment Data

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