Joseph P. Henig Email & Phone Number

East Lansing, MI, US

• Served as the primary Product Owner of an entire electronic Research Administration (eRA) suite of SaaS software products and key contributor in the development of the overall eRA Product Roadmap.
• Served as a functional expert on all eRA system modules to support Pre-Award (including System-to-System proposal submission), Negotiations, Post-Award (including Subaward), IRB, IACUC, Biosafety, Conflict of Interest.
• Strategically identified customer needs and critically evaluated eRA product trends to translate into product requirements and specifications. Spearheaded development of two Research Compliance modules.
• Evaluated institutional business processes to configure and customize an eRA software solution to best meet client requirements during implementations.
• Drafted Request for Application (RFA) responses and provided software demonstrations to potential eRA system clients.
• Led Train-the-Trainer sessions to educate clients on application functionality. Advised clients on change management and how to successfully roll out modules to end users at their institutions.

• Managed all Sponsored Research Office functions to ensure efficiency and compliance with agency and institutional policies at a nonprofit research institute with 245 active grants and $111 million in annual grant.
• Managed office workflow and supervised the review of grant proposals, progress reports, and compliance documents for accurate and timely submission. Supervised the negotiation and processing of incoming awards and.
• Managed all institutional electronic Research Administration (eRA) functions. Served as System Administrator and Primary Trainer for all InfoEd modules. Provided oversight for the internal eRA/InfoEd Helpdesk and the.
• Developed and analyzed grant-related reports vital to the Executive Management decision-making process and financial forecasting.

• As Supervisor, monitored the daily work activities of office staff.
• Served as eRA Project Manager, coordinating the institute-wide implementation of the InfoEd Proposal Development module, a system-to-system solution for the electronic submission of grant proposals to the Federal.

• At the Senior Level, served as Lead Administrator and Mentor to other staff members.

• Identified and promoted appropriate funding opportunities that best matched the scientific interests of our faculty through the use of various online search utilities and notification mechanisms, including the.
• Reviewed grant proposals and progress reports, evaluating the presentation of scientific protocol, budgetary appropriateness, and conformity with agency and institutional policies to ensure acceptance and compliance..
• Coordinated the implementation of the InfoEd Proposal Tracking module, including data conversion, system setup, database expansion, and final data validation, in order to better track proposals within the Sponsored.
• Coordinated the development of an integrated interface between the InfoEd Proposal Tracking module and the institutional IFAS Financial Tracking system in order to link pre-award proposals with post-award grants.
• Designed and maintained an informative Sponsored Research Office intranet website to serve as a resource for faculty and administrative staff. Content included funding opportunities, agency news, policies and.
• Supervised 16 administrative assistants for one year. Responsible for recruiting, orientation, training, workload allocation, conflict resolution, performance evaluation, and managing the department budget. Developed a.

• Performed various administrative duties under the direction of three principal investigators:
• Prepared and assembled grant proposals, including a large NIH Program Project grant, for submission to various government and non-profit agencies
• Prepared and edited manuscripts for publication in scientific research journals
• Organized scientific meetings and governmental site visits
• Coordinated travel plans, reimbursements, and accounts payable items.

• Utilized excellent communication skills to draft and edit grant proposals, progress reports, research protocols, and scientific manuscripts.
• Planned and conducted electrophysiological experiments on laboratory animals to study the effects of various drugs, dietary supplements, and sound-conditioning on auditory sensitivity.
• Mastered a variety of modern laboratory techniques in molecular biology (DNA isolation and purification, PCR, column chromatography, gel electrophoresis, and Southern blot), cell biology (flow cytometry), and histology.

• Applied expertise in gas chromatography to analyze industrial hygiene samples for specific organic air contaminants, develop methods for non-routine analyses, draft standard operating procedures, and train associates.
• Responsible for project-specific quality control, and maintaining and troubleshooting instrumentation.

• Coordinated all aspects of a statewide program to monitor groundwater for pesticide contamination including site selection, scheduling, defining procedures for groundwater sampling and data collection, ordering and.
• Designed the structure of relational databases pertaining to groundwater monitoring. Developed computer applications for data entry, manipulation, and reporting. Responsible for computer system maintenance and data.
• Established and operated a departmental Geographic Information System, providing natural resource-based, computer-generated map products to program managers. Drafted spatial analysis protocol to estimate pesticide use.

Ms, Biomedical Sciences

Bs, Biochemistry