Jennifer Conaway Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nc

As part of Lisa Sasevich's company, Extimata, I directed the strategy and all operational aspects of the 120+ person, 12 -month long Sales, Authenticity & Success Programs. As part of the Executive Team I provided input on corporate strategy and direction. As Director of the 120+ person, 12 -month long Sales, Authenticity & Success Mastermind, I developed the strategy for and drove the project to redesign the curriculum in a more user-friendly model and move all of the curriculum to a new platform. I also had the privilege to provide online and live training for the Mastermind.

Public Speaking Coaching and Business ConsultingIf you are struggling with some area of your business you have come to the right place. How you approach everything you do in your business will greatly impact your success. Process, mindset and focus are only the beginning of a successful business. We can help you grow your business and reclaim balance.• Providing professional/public speaker training and business consulting to corporations and entrepreneurs; professional speaker. • Partner with business owners and staff to develop their business, including change management, employee issues, scheduling, basic marketing, web development, product development, and customer relations. • Coach/consult with public speakers on speaking, speech development. Assist clients with editing websites, manuscripts etc. • Coach entrepreneurs in various stage of building their businesses. • Develop, deliver, and facilitate public training courses

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PM in a PMO (Project Management Office) within the operations group... (continued)Mngr & PM early 2004-late 2004•Supervised/mngd a team of up to 3 web masters—met all delivery & review metrics.•Managed project teams of up to 15 people.•Implemented strategies that increased efficiencies by 30%.•Directed the redesign of a globally utilized 10,000 page website.•Coached consultants on topics such as project management, business acumen & audience focused communication.•Identified a tool for usage in metrics tracking & reporting. Defined baseline metrics. •Managed marketing budget of $450K.•Implemented 10% cost savings in the Marketing organizations budget.•Delivered & developed training for pm's about internal project management tools & methodologies.•Delivered & developed training for web masters about basic project mgmt concepts.•Facilitated team meetings & meetings w/ cross-functional partners & stakeholders.

PM in a PMO (Project Management Office) within the operations group. Coached project managers and managers on project methodology, conflict mgmt etc. Focused on change mgmt, transition of project managers to DMAIC, creating understanding and collaboration between projects using diverse project methodologies. PM 2005–2007•Managed the transition of organization-wide project managers to DMAIC processes and methodology.•Developed organizational processes for managing release-level projects using DMAIC and SDLC.•Facilitated meetings, driving buy-in and commitment of new/redesigned processes by project managers, organizational mgmt, and stakeholder mgmt.•Managed team to meet all project deliverables on time and facilitated change mgmt processes. •Coauthored redesign of organization-wide portfolio management process.•Facilitated organization-level cross-functional committee meetings.•Delivered & developed training on internal project management tools & methodologies. •Coached management and peers on conflict resolution and business decisions.•Coached project managers on topics such as problem resolution, organizational project methodology & change management.Change Mgmt PM- Enterprise Wide Special Project late 2004–2005•Developed communication change management plan for Go Live portion.•Developed successful training schedule- including two global organizations in eight locations for more than 900 people.•Developed, administered, & analyzed studies to determine organizational readiness for project delivery.•Developed communication for organizational announcements.•Developed metrics & comms for exec. mgmt w/ the intention to influence management to make project changes to meet organizational readiness needs. •Coached project managers on problem resolution, conflict management, & critical path.

I focused primarily on updated and implementing systems and processes within Customer Service which touched all areas of quote to cash.•Developed training material for global sales training; received 4.5 (1–5 scale) satisfaction rating.•Defined and developed strategy for a new tools, templates, and methodologies program.•Researched, analyzed, identified, and recommended tools for organizational use.•Facilitated discussions with cross-functional partnerships.•Governed development of and enhancements to global website.•Identified and developed tools, templates and methodologies for an emerging 50 person organization.

•Partnered with product marketing and customer installation to train US customs brokers to properly handle equipment. It is projected that repair requests were decreased by 70%.•Trained buyers in international affiliates to correctly complete purchase orders, increasing the number of correct purchase orders received by 60%.•Managed international and global affiliate accounts.•Developed and coordinated a new billing process with cross-functional partners and customers.

Managed all office operations including hiring, purchasing and accounting responsibilities.

Managed all operations including purchasing, truck routing, and invoicing. Worked directly with the owner managing personal and business finances and strategy.