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Served as the backbone of the Marketing department by managing PPDT (people, processes, data, technology) and budget for a start-up SaaS unicorn in the social care space.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed build out of new Allergan location for ~100 employees, from blank footprint planning to execution of full open-concept layout within a record 4 months: negotiated all contracts, procured all equipment, aligned.
• Own Marketing Operations responsibilities maintaining a $550k+ AOP budget for 2019; run debarment screenings for ~1,000 HCPs, ensure compliance of all HCP engagements, manage Veeva Events
• Ensure day-to-day operational excellence for Project Moonwalker by engaging with IT, EHS, property management and Moonwalker staff. Manage Office Concierge to ensure smooth experience for all visitors and employees..
• Create office culture of collaboration and work-life balance across ventures by engaging employees' creativity and passion. Engage social accountability through charity activities, donation drives, team building.

Bridgewater, New Jersey

• Supported all administrative duties for entire C-suite. Provided high-level administrative support to Chief Financial Officer and two Vice Presidents, including very heavy calendar management and monthly expense reports
• Served as Meeting Planner for Upstream Marketing HCP engagements. Executed and managed full life cycle of 6 Innovation Councils per year, 10 HCP attendees per council, maintaining a $4.5M AOP budget
• Seamlessly coordinated complex domestic/global travel logistics; visa/passport arrangements, housing, transportation, meals and agendas; compiled documents for travel-related meetings
• Created annual operating rhythm calendar for Finance and Upstream Marketing – consisting of earnings release meetings, repeating meetings, and quarterly reviews

Branchburg, NJ

• Provided technical support for approx. 550 in-house users and approx. 220 field users; Performed hardware and software troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance
• Managed all project roll-outs; provide equipment, information, configuration, support, and testing

Stroudsburg, PA

• Quickly accelerated through the ranks based on proven work ethics, team leadership, strategic planning.
• Drove impressive improvements across the business as a result of IT implementations - increased administrative productivity by 25% by enabling a process to link two applications
• Within three months, saved the firm in excess of $78,000.00 in overall expenses using innovative solutions that increased efficiency
• Assisted to analyze, troubleshoot, determine, and worked as the service point-of-contact for all office issues
• Recommended and implemented creative and efficient programs, guidelines, methods, and procedures to enhance the workflow of the firm

Stroudsburg, PA

• Served as the head of Bankruptcy Assistants to guarantee team’s operation of excellence. Operated independently to manage and process the most challenging, emergency bankruptcy filings from new client in-take through.

Secaucus, NJ

• Provided support for Global Financial Information System applications for all Asian, European, and African E&Y offices

Saddle Brook, NJ

• Served as Project Manager for entire lifecycle of 250 working titles- defined project scope, goals & deliverables, project tasks, resource requirements, and project budget estimates

Bachelor'S Degree, Organizational Leadership

Technical Diploma, Computer Networking And Security