Danielle Kennedy Email & Phone Number

Rensselaer, Ny

Albany, New York Area

Albany, New York Area

Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line managementReviews status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reportsAssesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectivesDevelops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, clients and other stakeholdersDirects all phases of programs from inception through completionResponsible for the cost, schedule and technical performance of company programs or subsystems of major programsParticipates in the negotiation of contract and contract changesCoordinates the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of contractActs as primary customer contact for program activities, leading program review sessions with customer to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performanceEstablishes design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test. Develops new business or expands the product line with the customer. Establishes milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules, identifies program problems and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specificationsDirects the work of employees assigned to the program from technical and administrative areas

Schenectady, New York

Utilized technology and analytical tools to evaluate and improve overall processesConsolidated, developed and presented data and insights in a relevant, consumable and meaningful manner to all levels of managementApplied business logic to design and implemented data mining techniques on large data setsStandardized data to ensure consistent formatting to enable sorting, query and analysisCollaborated closely with Top Issue Program Managers in all capacitiesCreated service requests for repairs to wind farms equipment, turbines, and towersCreated purchase orders, packaged parts & tracked shipmentsScheduled repairsCreated, updated, maintained, and uploaded TILs (Technical Information Letters)Supported Wind Fleet Performance Engineers regarding Root Cause Analysis (RCA) programsLead global interdepartmental meetings & teleconferencesParticipated in software integration testingStreamlined and automated the Top Issues Service Request process through the design of new GE workflowsTrained new employees and led a departmental on-the-job training weekly workshopDeveloped quarterly finance reviews with a global teamLed customer request enhancements & wrote a Product Requirements DocumentCreated, implemented and maintained interdepartmental metrics that drove systemic global team solutionsProduced ad hoc visual reports and executive presentations to support upper-level managementEstablished and managed a MS Access database containing all current and past projects using data from multiple software suitesUtilized Oracle for creating purchase orders, creating/closing invoices and procuring materials and goods

Albany, New York Area

Functioned as a liaison between global functional areas to facilitate the advancement of cross-functional CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls) projects through the pipelineProvided support to supervisor in assessing resource needs to achieve project timelines and quality milestonesCoordinated activities for writing data summaries or presentations for collaboration meetingsAssessed CMC project issues and developed solutions to meet productivity and quality milestones and objectivesDeveloped tools and mechanisms for monitoring progress and problem solving with CMC project and functional area managersDefined and documented best practices that were to be used across other CMC projects with all relevant departments to ensure that product is efficiently supplied to all non-clinical, clinical, and commercial sitesCoordinated the CMC regulatory activities required for submission of license applications, INDs, and other regulatory documents to government agencies.Prepared documents for upper-level managements using QUMASLed cross-functional teams to plan and facilitate CMC-related activities required for drug development throughout the clinical phases and into commercial approval and launchCreated and distributed spreadsheet trackers for interdepartmental use as well as with outside contractors and collaborative partners to ensure timely receipt of deliverablesManaged global shipments of documents and drug material while maintaining strict compliance to all regulatory agency requirements

Albany, New York Area

Coordinated & lead meetings with External Manufacturing using data manipulation to track & monitor drug substance and drug product globally increasing visibility to project managers as it relates to the Inventory Variance Reduction ProjectServed as a link between Supply Chain, Receiving, Procurement and Transportation departments in order to streamline the process of requiring and then setting up appointments for our incoming shipmentsWorked as part of a team to provide metrics and employ statistics to suggest proactive improvements and optimize processes Prepared, assessed and distributed key data to department leaders critical for supplier contract negotiations and relationship managementProvided any and all necessary project support interdepartmentally to all members of IOPS as well as coordinated internal meetings, wrote and distributed meeting minutes and followed up on action itemsDeveloped a template for tracking shipments for a future Kaizen event to improve the process efficiency and increase real-time movements in OracleResponsible for creating tools to track and monitor incoming shipments in order to analyze data for business optimization purposes such as increasing quality goods, reducing cost, increasing speed and timeliness as well as improving compliance

Albany, New York Area

Top salesperson for the companyStreamlined their inventory processing which included counting and reconciling furniture and locations for over $3 million in productCompiled, verified and reported information to the accounting department and managementMain Information Technology (I.T.) person for any and all software and hardware issuesDeveloped and maintained the company website and social mediaContacted customers as well as manufacturers and vendors in order to solve issues as they aroseSpearheaded the overhaul of the company’s receiving processes in order to increase quality deliverables Facilitated harmonized coordination between all levels of management to promote increased financial visibility

Albany, New York Area

Adapted lesson plans and presentations in order to meet the ability and comprehension levels of various students

Albany, New York Area

Adapted lesson plans and presentations in order to meet the ability and comprehension levels of various studentsParticipated in multiple high-level meetings with department leaders to facilitate relationships with various high schools throughout the Capital District

Master’S Degree, Education, 3.9

Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematics, 3.7