JENNIFER UYEDA-ALLEN

Morgan Hill, CA *****

Tel: 408-***-**** (mobile)

PROFILE

Extensive experience in and knowledge working and interacting with all levels of teams to manage multiple projects and programs, focus on business unit team members, edit and write content to assist in sales tools documentation creation, gather and track information, create presentations, facilitate and run meetings/workshops, maintain assets, roadmaps, and deliverables for department. Facilitate discussions on key go/no-go decisions, collaborate with product management teams and other regional marketing groups, identify themes and priorities, and create and execute plans for success. Edit, produce, and publish videos for training, events, product launches, and call to action pieces, and much more. Experience in creating governance, methodology, process and procedures for large programs and working with integrated project plans to assist in course correction of a program project, if needed. Additional skills include: coaching team members on effective presentation skills; creating Lesson Learned deliverable, Program alignment deliverable, maintaining SharePoint site for Assets, Deliverables, Meeting/Decisions/Actions and Summaries and presentations. Formatting and graphics and editing text for proper brand, look and feel, and process and procedures for internal teams. Recognized for effective team building, meeting difficult deadlines, and dedicating time to corporate communications. CAREER HISTORY

ANRITSU, Morgan Hill, California 2014 – 2023

Literature Manager, Program/Project Manager

Support; maintain; edit and coordinate all marketing collateral and catalogs; create all virtual platform content; assist with webinars and Lunch and Learns; shoot, edit, produce, and publish all videos; and work with photographer for photoshoots to ensure consistency. Implement methodology, governance, policies, and procedures for tracking reviews to support the company’s brand and image within all marketing communication publications. Interact closely with all Product Marketing Managers (globally) to guide and support them on collateral publications, webinars, video productions and publications, and tradeshow events. Create a positive open relationship with all external customers and vendors to ensure that content needs and requirements are being met and fulfilled. Work closely with all regions and Technical Publications peers to produce marketing and sales collateral (i.e., white papers, application notes, quick fact sheets, product brochures, guides, presentations, catalogues, and technical documentation) for the M3US in Morgan Hill. Research and edit collateral pieces for accuracy and messaging and ensure all deadlines are met by all groups. Coordinate internal and external publication distributions. SYMANTEC, Mountain View, California 2010 – 2014

Program/Project Manager

Supported and maintained all Quote-to-Cash teams meetings and workshops. Worked closely with all 5 Track Leads and their over ten Sub Track Leads on schedules, deliverables, timelines, meeting/ workshop activities. Worked with customers and vendors to communicate and fulfill needs for external meetings and workshops. Created and implemented methodology, governance, policy, and procedures for tracking program and project Issues, Risks, Decisions, Dependencies, Entry, and Exit criteria which supported the Integrated Project Plan and Detailed Project Plan. Managed the SharePoint site for all Track Leads so that the global team members would have access to all documentation, deliverables, templates, etc. that were required to do their daily jobs. Facilitated team meetings/workshops and gathered, tracked, and followed up on outcomes, actions, issues, and risks to ensure project task bars were on schedule. Resume

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Project Manager

Supported and maintained all Commerce Lifecycle (CL) meetings and workshops. Facilitate and schedule CL and Business team members meetings/workshops. Worked with the Business (internal and external customers and vendors) to create, gather, and edit content for presentations, scheduled accommodations (audio, video, and meals), wrote and published decisions, actions, and summaries of all meetings. Maintained, created, tracked, and updated SharePoint for all assets and deliverables. Maintain calendars for upcoming events and meetings.

• Managed and developed several high visibility projects to be presented to C-Level Executives.

• Worked with Value Realization for benefits and demand management.

• Worked with Change Management for training and implementing change to the business.

• Worked with Solution Architect and Solution Forum to better align Capability Stewards.

• Worked with overall Program Management team to track deliverables.

• Updated Methodology and Governance Guidelines for final approval and implemented as processes and procedures.

• Managed all CL schedules and meeting/workshop cadence across all internal groups. E2OPEN, Foster City/Redwood City, California 2007 – 2010 Product Marketing Manager and Proposal Manager

Maintained a library of all sales process deliverables needed to assist the Solution Engineers in the beginning of the sales process. Created sales materials: white papers, case studies, qualification documents, and solution briefs for use in the sales process, customer deliverables, and product launches. Reached out to customers to define missing requirements and/or requested information on our products and solutions to better serve our customers. Researched and gathered product information from Subject Matter Experts and Product Marketing and incorporated content into clear and concise verbiage. Managed and supported all Sales proposal efforts to produce compliant and professional proposal documents. Ensured all content was accurate and approved through a corporate / subject expert review process. Helped create and maintained a knowledge base for frequently asked proposal questions.

• Teamed with Product Marketing, R&D, Engineering, to gather most current information for marketing materials.

• Worked under tight deadlines and maintained 100% on-time submission.

• Teamed with Subject Matter Experts to provide current Sales Cycle documentation during all phases of the Sales Cycle process.

• Reduced proposal process time in half by collecting frequently asked questions and adjusting to each customer’s requirements for a more tailored and specific answer.

• Coached Business Development Managers, when requested, in presentation skills and assisted in creating effective presentation decks. Resume

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BEARINGPOINT, Mountain View, California 2005 - 2007 Senior Advisor

Managed and supported West Coast proposal and marketing efforts as a Subject Matter Expert to produce compliant proposal and product documentation. Assisted with client facing/customer meetings and oral presentations at the client site and on-site during client visits. Ensured all content was accurate and approved through corporate review process; consistent with BearingPoint’s style, messaging, and hierarchy; and posted to company internal website.

• Teamed with West Coast Leadership to provide marketing documentation, proposal, presentation, and research functions as needed to stay competitive within the business. Coached executive staff members, sales/solution engineers, and solution subject matter experts on presentation and client facing skills to assist in the sales process.

• Won 7 out of 7 proposals submitted.

KPMG CONSULTING/BEARINGPOINT, Mountain View, California 1999 - 2005 Senior Manager/Director Proposal Management

Managed and supported West Coast proposal efforts to produce compliant proposal documentation and assisted with client/customer facing meetings and oral presentations at the client site. Ensured all content was accurate and approved through corporate review process; consistent with BearingPoint’s style, messaging, and hierarchy; and posted to the company internal website for others to benefit from. Coached executive staff and sales/solution engineers for presentations at all phases of the sales process. Managed Intraspect site to track and manage documentation for knowledge sharing.

• Led team of nine proposal managers and coordinators to successfully create proposals and presentations for the Sales Force and Leadership

• Created integrated content communication plan for solutions and key initiatives for business unit.

• Assisted Marketing at various trade show booths and client facing events.

• Researched and created product marketing content and deliverables.

• Executed all content processes.

• Worked with cross-functional teams to ensure executions meet objectives and projects were delivered on schedule and within budget.

• Managed and coordinated team efforts for multiple projects under extreme deadlines.

• Assisted in the management, coordination, and communication of quarterly meetings.

• Supported proposal process from pre-proposal effort to delivery and orals presentations.

• Co-authored Executive Summaries and assisted with Cost sections.

• 92% proposal win rate within supported Industry. NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES (N.E.T.), Fremont, California 1997 – 1999 Program Manager, Corporate Proposal/Sales Training Identified needs and managed corporate proposal process, updated group charter, and created customer qualification form to establish proposal process in sales support. Attended client facing meetings and proposal orals presentations. Conducted sales training courses for external clients. Resume

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Created ISO policies and procedures for proposals and designed and implemented proposal template to maintain a professional look and consistency within the company.

• Consulted, facilitated, and coached with sales, product marketing, and engineering personnel to compile, edit, and write responses for worldwide technical proposal requests.

• Initiated FileMaker Pro development of internal proposal database/search engine and proposal web page to automate and support field sales personnel worldwide, reducing the average time to prepare and submit a customer proposal by 48 percent. TRW.ESL, Sunnyvale, California 1990 - 1997

Proposal Manager, Writer, and Editor

Project managed technical proposals and documentation for Top Secret and Secret government projects and published response documents at corporate headquarters.

• Led development of sample RFP’s, executive summaries, and product overviews, leading to a creation of government information boilerplate used for similar proposal efforts.

• Assisted with formatting, layout, and graphic support as needed. FORD AEROSPACE/LORAL SPACE & RANGE SYSTEMS, Sunnyvale, California 1985 - 1990 Proposal/Technical Writer, Technical Services

Implemented documentation standards to develop, edit, and publish various technical and training manuals, proposals, student guides, presentations, marketing literature, and data sheets. Providing editing and writing support for government proposals and analyzing customer requirements to identify editing style and format for specific customers.

• Managed projects from draft through deliverable stages to meet/exceed contractual deadlines.

• Designed, wrote, edited, and published technical news/feature stories for in-house newsletter with a worldwide circulation of 2,400 readers. Received various writing/publishing awards at corporate- wide communications conferences.

• Initiated company work program and trained interns, creating job positions for two college students. EDUCATION

MBA, Management, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA, On-hold BA, Journalism, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA Double Minor, Psychology/Radio Television Broadcasting, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA Marketing Communications Certificate, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA Technical Writing Certificate, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA Public Speaking, Dale Carnegie Graduate, Campbell, CA References available upon request.

Maintained various security clearances.

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