C O N T A C T
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Narragansett, RI
E D U C A T I O N
Master Business Administration
/ Project Management
Florida Institute of Technology
2017
Dual Bachelor of Science /
Biology & Anthropology
University of Massachusetts
1995
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Certified
2020
S K I L L S
• Project Management
• Project Portfolio
Management
• Leadership
• Organizational skills
• Bilingual (English and
Spanish)
• Communication
• Problem-solving
• Influencing without
Authority
• Agility & continuous
improvement
• Strategy Development
• Drug discovery &
development
• Risk management
• Financial planning,
Forecasting & variance
analysis.
• Business acumen
• Change Control Owner/QA
COMPUTER SKILLS
• MS Project, MS office, SAP-
ERP, Spotfire, TracKWise,
CDOCS, Smartsheet, Excel,
PowerPoint.
A W A R D S
• 2020 ARI Lean Six Sigma
Yellow Belt Awards (2nd
place)
• 2019 ARI Lean Waste Belt
• 2018 ARI Innovation Award
(3rd Place)
P R O F I L E
Established Project Manager with 16 years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, quality control, business development, process development, engineering, and Information technology. Proven capabilities in strategy development, project management, business acumen, risk management, leading teams, financial planning and forecasting, meeting facilitation, and presentations. Technical background resulting in increased understanding of the business and financial needs, partners, and clients. Recognized for agility, leadership, partnership, driving accountability, self- motivation, and problem solving by thinking outside the box. P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
QUALITY CONTROL SPECIALIST PROJECT MANAGER
Amgen Rhode Island 2019 - Current
Project Manager and Business manager for Quality Control
• Project Manager responsible for the planning and leading interdepartmental teams
(QC, IS, PD and F&E) responsible for the completion of projects that support Quality Control operations.
• Project Manager of cross-functional and network driven projects for new product introduction (NPI), equipment implementation, method transfers, validation, remediation, comparability studies.
• Project Manager responsible for the planning, management, and completion of transfer of incoming raw materials from Supply Chain to Quality organization project.
• Manage Quality risks for ARI Site Operational Risk Register to ensure business continuity.
• Develop and maintain Quality control project governance process, QC project portfolio management and prioritization to allow QC to be aligned with business strategies, priorities, and planning.
• Forecast and monitor Quality control budget of ~$14M for controllable expenses in partnership with finance and Quality business manager.
• Change control owner for life cycle management projects and methods revisions. PROJECT MANAGER
Amgen Rhode Island 2017 - 2019
Project Manager (external worker) for Quality Control
• Managed and implemented productivity improvements tools (Spotfire, SAP-ERP, Smartsheet) to facilitated 2,000hrs. of savings for staff redeployment.
• Delivered 5% (168K) 2020 hard savings for QC lab consumables project.
• Delivered and maintained QC project portfolio and prioritization to allow QC to be aligned with business strategies and priorities of Amgen, business continuity, planning.
BUSINESS OWNER
Catering Services Rhode Island 2013 – 2017
Ran all aspects of the catering business for four years.
• Partnered with customers to understand needs and deliver products to satisfaction.
• Estimated resources, budget and schedule needed for the event.
• Purchased materials, planed, and scheduled deliverables. PROJECT MANAGER
Bedminster Bio Energy INC. Puerto Rico 2004 – 2013
• Planned, scheduled, and tracked project timelines and milestones.
• Developed and delivered progress reports and presentations. Details of additional prior experience can be provided upon request. Yovanka Bolger
SPECIALIST PROJECT MANAGER