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Atlanta Metropolitan Area

• Developing strong lines of communication with customers with the goal of creating longstanding relationships.• Oversee the daily business and administrative operations. • Establish and maintain business legal documents and registrations.• Assess operations and make necessary adjustments for efficiency.• Maintain company financials. • Establish policies and standard operating procedures. • Evaluate company performance, research strategies, make and implement recommendations to improve results.• Collaborate with management on business expansion opportunities, and short and long term goal implementation.• Chair monthly meetings to discuss goals, training and company performance. • Create project management strategies for clients

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

In addition to the responsibilities performed as RPA:• Reviewed and approved protocol submissions.• Managed and mentored a team of junior level staff.• Participated on committees to improve internal processes.• Updated curriculum and facilitated a training class for staff seeking IRB certifications.• Served as liaison between the IRB and external departments / teams.• Researched policies and created Standard Operating Procedural manuals.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Reviewed research protocols to ensure compliance with federal regulations on human subjects research.• Facilitated IRB committee meetings including drafting of minutes. • Served as a liaison between study teams and reviewers. • Advised investigators on how to update their submissions to meet compliance standards. • Managed all aspects of the protocol submission process. • Heavily communicated with the research community to ensure that customer expectations were met, while also staying in line with company policies and federal regulations.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

In compliance with IRB policies and procedures: • Conducted pre-reviews of all correspondence.• Processed and assigned protocol submissions.• Sent out approval, deferral, and pending protocol activity notifications to PI’s and study staff. • Processed external IRB applications. • Assisted in setting up of weekly committee meetings.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Oversaw grant processing for the department.• Dealt extensively with NIH and HRSA federal grant applications. • Maintained a strong educational relationship with research administration to instruct faculty about requirements.• Created training programs for staff.

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Graphic And Web Design

Activities and Societies: AIGA memberSkills Graphic Design: logo and concept development branding and identity collateral design.

Bachelors, Computer Information Systems / Business Administration

Business degree, heavily geared toward marketing and computer programming for business. Achieved experience with multiple coding languages.