Iren Ganeva

Chicago, IL 773-***-****

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Project and contract management professional experienced with federal agencies and corporations

Project manager passionate about innovation, process improvement, project management efficiency, and effective team building. Contract manager focused on effective vendor management, fair contract practices, and relations building. Excellent negotiation skills, cost analysis, and cross-functional team and stakeholder management. Focused on IT project management, procurement, cybersecurity, and risk management.

Career Experience

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA 5/19 - 2/20

CONTRACT SPECIALIST

·Responsible for 12 purchase orders valued up to $750K for software and system R&D, hardware (infrastructure) R&D, professional services, and construction projects.

·Responsible for 4 multi-year contracts valued up to $10M for professional, engineering, and pilot services.

·Led and/or proactively assisted in procurement acquisition efforts on over 20 contracts.

·Led 3 major negotiations, participated in over 10 other negotiations and industry events with over 30 vendors each.

·Negotiated project continuation in a deal-breaker negotiation in a cross-functional team, between 3 organizations, on a major multi-stage contract, mediating conflict resolution and achieving price reduction.

·Led 2 construction conferences with 14 vendors.

·Helped implement more efficient and systematic contract funding tracking and reporting by using MS Excel pivot tables and SAP reports.

·Assisted in achieving the Center’s target of 15% awards to small businesses for the 3rd quarter of 2019.

·Assisted the team to achieve the target of 89% federal budget utilization through successful acquisitions for facilities and construction projects.

·Helped contracting officers conduct year-end audit of 8 active contracts in preparation for Office of Inspector General audit.

·Managed and negotiated new contracts and modifications with vendors such as Terapixel, Martin-Baker, Honeywell, GE Aviation, Lockheed Martin, USSOCOM, L3 Harris, Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.

·Led the cross-functional multi-stage procurement efforts for projects such as X59 (R&D), “Lewis & Clark” UAVs (R&D), Center Pilot Services, Center Director Suite and Conference (construction/remodeling), and SOFIA (engines overhaul).

·Completed all courses for level one FAC-C (Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting)

SAC Wireless, a Nokia company, Chicago, IL 1/18 - 5/19

SENIOR SITE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

·Delivered over 1600 projects for 5G wireless network site upgrades (conduit and fiber) for Sprint, with over 100 simultaneously managed projects.

·Improved standard project time-to-market turnaround from 6 months on average to 4 months at maximum by cutting slack time, crashing and fast-tracking tasks on the critical path.

·Trained 3 personnel on project management and construction drawings drafting and architectural design review.

·Enabled the team to meet the client’s target quota for 5G upgrades of 4500 sites for end of year 2018.

·Reviewed, corrected, and approved over 100 construction drawings a week.

·Negotiated 6 crucial landlord agreements with high priority stakeholders in NYC.

·Covered team's project update communications, agreement negotiations, and improved conflict resolution with top 10 difficult landlords and 3 tower companies.

·Created a working playbook outlining project processes, deliverable requirements, and schedule compression and tracking strategies for my team of 25.

Montway Inc., Des Plaines, IL 7/12 - 9/17

LEGAL AND RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

·Developed Privacy Shield/GDPR complaint Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy, Cybersecurity Policy, Physical Security Policy, Organizational Policy and Employee Handbook and worked towards achieving ISO 9000 and ISO 27000/1/2 company compliance.

·Facilitated the legal formation of 4 affiliate corporations in the US and the EU, along with 4 cross-licensing and service agreements.

·Facilitated change management of Montway Inc and broker-to-freight forwarder restructuring of the Auto Carrier Division.

·Founded and developed the Claims Department, Carrier Compliance Department, and Legal and Risk Management Department.

·Managed contractual agreements with over 30 vendors, partners, and owner operators. Created loan agreements for 4 owner operators.

·Improved the company’s public standing and customer ratings from low 2-star to high 4.8-star out of 5 maximum, improved conflict resolution, and reduced customer complaints to under 10%. Handled and positively resolved over 500 government and consumer protection agencies’ complaints and disputes.

·Improved operations processes which led to a cost reduction of over $500K in claims and legal costs.

·Trained, interviewed, and hired over 30 personnel for the Claims Department while simultaneously developing training materials such as employee and operations policies, guides, and templates.

·Led quarterly training of the Sales, Dispatch, Customer Service, and VIP Departments, a total of 100 personnel, in claims processes pertaining to each department’s operations and customer support

·Researched and implemented 5 new software systems, such as Smartsheet, G-Suite, MS Access, Adobe Sign and MS Excel improving project management and reporting efficiency.

·Led and supervised a team of 15 that resolved of over 20,000 claims and 1,500 legal cases.

·Led projects in legal research (over 200), risk management (7), bankruptcy litigation (1) and collection proceedings (2), errors & omissions insurance litigation (1), business self-insurance (2), accounts receivable insurance (2).

·Assisted in the mobile application development and testing for vehicle video and photo inspection, used by over 2000 contractors/owner operators, with the objective to reduce damage claims received to under 20%, damage claims paid to under 5%, lawsuits received to under 2%, and efficiently track vehicle delivery time.

Education

MBA: Leading Organizations; Business Finance (Est. graduation date: 6/21; 3.4 GPA)

Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School, Baltimore, MD

Associate in Paralegal Studies - ABA approved

Northwestern College, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science in International Business; Organizational Leadership; German

Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Certifications

Registered PMP® credential holder ID 2687256

Harvard VPAL Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age (May 2020)

Leading SAFe (5.0) Scaled Agilist Certification (April 2020)

Technical Proficiency Skills

SAP, PPS, Advanced MS Excel, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, Smartsheet, G-suite, Adobe Creative Suite – Acrobat Pro/Illustrator/Photoshop, SharePoint, Salesforce, Westlaw, LexisNexis, Mac OS/Windows system maintenance, Parallels, AnyDesk, QuickBooks, WordPress

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