Linda Cooney, M.S. Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Bethesda, Md

Provides broad range of post-award activities that support development of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's portfolio of grants and awards, which include basic research, developmental therapeutics, training and clinical care awards as well as contracts with academic institutions, hospitals, private practices, and corporations throughout the United States and abroad. Serves as a primary point of contact and knowledgeable resource for Principal Investigators and research administration staff, as well as the Program Officers, to assist with maintaining and advancing the Foundation's portfolio of grants, industry awards and agreements in support of its mission. • Reviews Detailed Budgets and Budget Justifications of incoming applications (including renewals) for administrative and regulatory compliance; follows up as necessary to resolve issues.• Provides oversight and monitoring, and performs ongoing maintenance of executed grants, awards, and contracts to meet legal auditing requirements and CFF policies.• Processes incoming invoices and reviews renewal reports and expense reports, follows up as needed to resolve issues with incomplete or incorrect reports.• Collaborates with internal departments, including Finance, Accounts Payable, Major Gifts, and Communications.• Provides training and business management assistance to Program staff, applicants and recipients.• Assists in the preparation of complex fiscal year-end budgets for the Medical Department.

Rockville, Md

Advises clients on federal government contracting principles, development of effective organizational processes and strategic solutions to successfully meet corporate growth objectives.Provides operational management, process improvement and full life-cycle contracts administration services.Provides thorough assessment of RFPs, analyzes cost and pricing strategies and performs business proposal compliance review to improve competitive bids and increase procurement success rate.Negotiates complex contracts and contract modifications and monitors contract performance in areas of scope compliance, schedule and costs.

Rockville, Md

Steered full-scope operations for successful 8(a) woman-owned small business.In tandem with CEO, advised and guided executive team in corporate, operational and management strategies pertaining to services to Government clients in HHS, DHS, DOA, DOT, NASA, USDA and GSA.Provided ongoing contracts admin, including complex contract negotiations with federal clients and subcontractors for portfolio of 25+ contracts totaling $14M+ for FY2015.Provided subcontracts management and oversaw monitoring of subcontractor’s scope, schedule and cost compliance.Directly managed and/or collaborated with 12+ corporate staff spanning HR, contracts, IT, finance, business development, and program management.Developed and deployed systems of Continuous Process Improvement policies which improved organizational efficiency.Led efforts to mature operational processes which contributed to company’s achieving CMMI-3 certification.Effectively related to Government officials, subcontractors and staff to establish immediate rapport and trust to successfully negotiate delicate issues and achieve positive outcomes.Identified and articulated contract risk factors and resolved compliance issues, provided subcontract performance evaluation, conducted cost/price analysis and interpreted terms, conditions and government regulations based on FARS.Governed management of company registration sites such as SAM, SBA Dynamic Small Business Search and PPIRS, and provided GSA schedules management using SIP and eOffer/eMOD.Mentored project managers in responding to client issues, interpreting contract requirements, and controlling funds allotted to contracts to ensure high-level fiscal accountability. Worked with BD members to produce fully compliant RFP responses.Co-authored an ISO Quality Manual to standardize processes to ensure client satisfaction and successful service delivery.Developed robust risk mitigation program by preparing comprehensive COI and risk mitigation guidelines.

Rockville, Md

As Corporate Officer, fostered, nurtured and maintained cohesive and productive relationships with Government Contracting Officers and Contracting Specialists. Prepared, negotiated and executed NDAs, TAs, consulting agreements, subcontracts and joint venture agreements exceeding $3M annually.Efficiently processed all prime contracts, subcontracts, and task orders from pre-award phase to close-out, including all contract modifications and invoicing details. Functioned as Subcontract Administration Manager & Corporate Monitor for multiple Surgeon General’s Reports on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Federal contract portfolio included customers in NIAID, NLM, HRSA and CDC.

Rockville, Md

Extensively supported preclinical research and drug development efforts in HIV and AIDS-associated opportunistic infections by providing high-impact literature surveillance, biomedical data abstraction and data management of biological and chemical data.In addition, wrote summaries of scientific meetings on topics related to basic and preclinical research on the opportunistic organisms associated with AIDS.

Rockville, Md

Provided literature surveillance and data analysis from unpublished proprietary scientific laboratory studies about biology and molecular targets of AIDS-related pathogens. Summarized proceedings of National Cooperative Drug Discovery Groups for Treatment of Opportunistic Infections meetings and NIAID workshops. Summarized Animal Model Operating Committee (AMOC) meetings on topics related to AIDS research.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Frequently consulted with Infectious Disease Department physicians and Infection Control practitioners relating to nosocomial infections as well as isolation, identification, and antibiotic susceptibility of pathogenic organisms. Wrote and presented lectures on clinical and theoretical aspects of microbiology during student didactic lecture series. Provided bench training to pathology residents, infectious disease fellows, infection control practitioners, new employees, and medical technology students.

M.S., Biotechnology

Mt(Ascp)Sm, Medical Technologist/Microbiology

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biology