Maura Kanner, M.Sc. Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

• Owned and streamlined company-wide programs for Amazon's scientific community, resulting in a 70% increase in operational efficiency.
• Collaborated with engineering, product, and science teams to develop 50+ product features and automations, reducing opex by 50%.
• Utilized data analytics to produce communications and reporting for senior leaders, driving strategic business decisions.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to outsource publishing tasks, reducing opex by 40 hours per week and saving two full-time employees.
• Managed three contractors and mentored five team members to establish feedback loops and training timelines for high-performing teams.
• Led DEI initiatives to improve diversity in editorial boards and recruitment efforts, working closely with editorial and upper management at PLOS.

• Reviewed over 2500 articles for editorial assignment, maintaining exceptional workflow performance and author satisfaction.
• Managed and improved research program by creating flexible workflows and making data-driven decisions.
• Increased workflow efficacy by 30% and reduced cost of internal peer review processes by 50%.

• Recruited 500+ editorial board members in physical science and engineering fields, tripling PLOS's physical science and engineering editorial capacity.
• Collaborated with engineering, operations, and product teams to enhance journal's text mining algorithm, resulting in a 20% efficacy increase.

• Applied outstanding project management skills and work ethic, yielding a 4.0 GPA, two conference abstracts, presentations, one grant proposal, a final thesis dissertation, and two published papers.
• Completed projects and coursework related to climate modeling, environmental impact, data science, and ESG.

• Conducted detailed data entry and statistical analyses to deliver client reports on time.
• Utilized geology expertise to analyze mineral samples accurately.
• Collaborated with team members to ensure high-quality results for internal and external clients.

Eugene, Oregon Area

Eugene, Oregon Area

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Science, Geology, Physics

Activities and Societies: • Kappa Kappa Gamma, Camp Kessem, UO Miracle, UO Safe Ride, Environmental Leadership Program, 2015 Undergraduate.

Master Of Science - Ms, Geoscience

Thesis: The Paleoenvironmental and Astrobiological Significance of Tufa in the Santa Cruz, CA region