Donna Eckert Email & Phone Number

United States

New Client Specialist, Sales and Marketing, E Marketing Specialist, Software Development Support, Customer Training and Support, Credentialing Specialist, Website Support

Wall, Nj

GENERATE AND PROTECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR ZODIAC AERO EVACUATION SYSTEMS (ZAES).- Manage ZAES Patent Portfolio- Manage Patent Budget- Manage Patent Generation- Create, Implement and Manage Patent Application Review and Approval Process-.Communicate Patent Status- Perform Patent Research - Develop & Implement IP Training Plan - IP Protection, Idea Generation and Patent Process - Develop & Implement IP Communication Plan- Manage Confidential Information- Utilize Six Sigma Process Improvement Techniques and Tools

Wall Nj

ZODIAC AERO EMERGENY SYSTEM (ZAES) – 3 YRS. - CURRENTQUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) – LAB ASSISTANT• Utilize MS Word, Excel, MOVEX/M3 - (Enterprise Resource Planning software), Access and Excel database programs to process FAA Form – 8130-3 Airworthiness Approval Tags for all inflatable safety products sold to ZAES customers. • Utilize Access and Excel to capture, record and prepare 8130-3 Tag Monthly Metric data for QA Management including: Total Tags/Week/Month/Year, Total Tags per Dedicated Manufacturing Inspector (DMIR), DMIR Accuracy/Efficiency Charts, Supplier Non-Conformities for Receiving and Manufacturing. • Utilize MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint to create and edit existing Work Instructions (WI) and General Information Procedure (GIP) Manuals detailing the current 8130-3 Tag process for Management approval and publication on the ZAES intranet.• Utilize Lotus Notes email software for all internal and external communications.• Lead monthly 5S Lean Workplace Audits including: capturing and recording Action Items in MS Excel and reporting Audit findings to QA Management Team at monthly Audit Review meetings to ensure adherence to the QA 5S Lean Workplace Methodology.• Process daily Dock-to-Stock (DTS) parts/components through QA Receiving including: recording part receiving data in DTS Access database, performing FAA - First Article Inspection/Periodic Conformity inspections utilizing IDOC’s (Document Management software) and documenting results in Discus (First Article Inspection software) to ensure conformity of parts to FAA approved part spec drawings.• Interact and coordinate with personnel from Stock Room, Shipping, QA and Sales for daily issue resolution, process changes and documentation updates

Basking Ridge, Nj

PROJECT MANAGEMENT• Provided Project Management for deployment of AXENT Security Software to all internal Business Units. Duties performed: developed overall Security Project Plan (utilizing MS Project), coordinated gathering of BU Project Plan/Timelines, led weekly status meetings with all BU representatives, managed the deployment milestones and reported results to Division+. • Developed and implemented internal IT Security Program that ensured all hardware and software utilized by IT professionals adhered to the newly established Security Guidelines. Duties performed: developed overall project plan (utilizing MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint software), secured upper management and business partner's support; implemented the plan; tracked and reported progress to Division+.• Developed Business Case for External Security Module (ESM) Offer. Duties performed: evaluated external Security Software applications (ISS, Bindview, AXENT); developed Cost Model, Competitive Analysis, Offer Project Plan, Maintenance Contract and preliminary Billing requirements. Developed and presented Executive Summary to obtain Division+ buy-in utilizing (MS Powerpoint).• Provided Project Management for BU Opportunity Management (OM) Migration Plan in conjunction with user community and development team. • Provided Project Management for internal and external communications supporting the outsourcing of approximately 11,000 IT employees to IBM utilizing (MS Project and Excel software). Duties performed: provided overall coordination of all communications activities with upper management, HR, Legal and IBM.

Basking Ridge

APPLICATIONS MANAGEMENT• Coordinated with IT developers, AT&T and IBM Program Management team, to develop an Employee Information Tracking (EIT) database for employees outsourced to IBM. Reported weekly status to AT&T and IBM Program Management team. • Managed internally developed Real Estate Expense Tracking (Workbench) application supporting the Sales Branches. Duties performed: systems test, coordination of receipt of data from non-BNS organizations, developed deployment plan, and user guides, trained Sales Branch associates. • Managed and supervised the production of the Electronic Library (ELIB) application. Duties performed: Maintained approximately 300 databases (utilizing UNIX), supervised training of 11 data entry clerks. • Developed an automated process of updating numerous databases in ELIB (utilizing UNIX), which in turn saved the company thousands of dollars in man-hours. • Coordinated the migration of all CSRS databases to ELIB.• Coordinated the migration of ELIB from the Information Delivery Software (IDS) v. 4.0 to v. 5.0. • Managed the deployment of 2,500 new laptops and upgrade of 1,000 laptops to field Sales Force. Duties performed: analyzed vendor proposals, developed deployment plan and tracking procedures (utilizing MS Excel) and ensured vendor payments.

Basking Ridge Nj

REQUIREMENTS/TRAINING • Acted as the IT Business Analyst. Duties included: developed Requirements for the Global, Middle and Government Markets Strata MSO organizations for the Opportunity Management (OM) application. • Developed Test Cases, Training Classes, Users Manuals, Demos for the Opportunity Management (OM) application to the BU’s end-user community. • Developed, documented and implemented cascading Training Plan for all Sales Support applications for the Global Services, Middle and Small Market strata. • Developed and implemented Unified Global Network Training Plan for corporate-wide migration of all Business Units from XNA to TCP/IP connectivity.• Provided Project Management for the BISNet Training Plan (utilizing MS Excel).• Trained segments of the field Sales Force on the Sales Account & Assignment Results Tracking (SAART) system.

Basking Ridge, Nj

AT&T - 17 YEARSEXECUTIVE ASSISTANT - BUSINESS MARKETING (BM) VICE PRESIDENT • Provided Administrative Support to VP for BM Directorate of approx. 800 employees.• Utilized AT&T’s Open Look email software to review and process all internal communications, wrote and/or edited all outgoing email communications.• Utilized AT&T’s Open Look Calendar to review VP’s daily schedule and prepare all meeting materials.• Coordinated logistics, prepared meeting materials and communicated VP expectations for Directorate monthly Budget Reviews, Staff Meetings, Project Reviews and Employee events.• Utilized MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word to develop VP presentations which included: coordinating and gathering pertinent data from VP’s Directors, Finance, HR, Real Estate and IT organizations as necessary. • Acted as VP sponsored Liaison for the Outsourcing Applications -Architectural Development Process People Planning Implementation Board team which included: overall logistics coordination, communication and issue resolution with Legal, HR, Finance, Real Estate, IT organizations and IBM team members as necessary.

Bs, Business Administration And Management, General

Associate'S Degree, Business Computer Information Systems

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