Melanie Furey Baur Email & Phone Number

Berlin, Germany

Lead the strategy and execution of client partnerships, ensuring that their evolving needs are met with tailored solutions. My role involves managing all aspects of client relationships, from offering strategic advice and sparring with clients to developing customized pitches and matching our services to their unique challenges. I handle commercial management, including contracts, rates, and negotiations, while also fostering strong, long-term business relationships across organizations.I actively promote ctrl QS within our client and partner networks, maintaining a healthy and engaged business ecosystem that fuels growth and opportunity. By taking ownership of account strategy, I ensure measurable and visible impact on client success, translating into long-term partnerships, a thriving business network, and a growing portfolio of converted pitches.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin, Germany

Berlin, Germany

Optimizing Quadriga's new digital event and learning tools and further integrating them into our workflows and productsQuality assurance: Integrate product improvements both based on participant feedback, event/learning experience, and product updatesWork cross-departmentally to integrate features of our digital event and learning tool into our products

Berlin Area, Germany

Project Lead for organizational development, the integration of Agile working tools across the company, and software acquisition. Including, serving as the go-to expert on project management tools, specifically JIRA and Confluence. Steer the digital transformation of our event products by building a stack of software solutions that allow us to deliver a top-tier digital experience for all customers.Serves as a key player developing high-tech solutions for unprecedented circumstances and co-led the digitization of Quadriga's event product portfolio.Provides support for Management Team including strategic decision-making, internal communication, budgeting, and project planning.Works to ensure successful project execution according to established objectives, timelines, and budget and costs.

Neuss, Germany

Responsibility lead for coaching and developing the student leadership team and coordinating over 180 extracurricular activities. Project management for communication strategy and leadership development. Responsible for leading recruitment process for 80 student leader positions including identifying potential candidates, developing applications, interviewing candidates, and managing and leading the selection process.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Develop, plan and execute CCWA’s speaker programs, lectures, seminars, audio/webcasts, anddiscussion groups as well as events for members, targeted audiences and the general public. -Created, managed, and executed program and project objectives, strategic goals, timelines, and budgets. -Maintained budgets, expense reports, and invoices.-Wrote successful grant proposals and managed budgets, which supported the organization’s mission and goals. -Researched, developed, and executed cohesive and comprehensive marketing strategies for CCWA’s speaker series and overall brand identity for the organization-Worked cross-departmentally to ensure that goals are reached and that programs have as large an impact as possible among CCWA members, the general public, and students. -Identified, initiated, and executed collaboration with community partners/organizations on joint programs and projects that require strategic planning, negotiation, and structured workflow.

Write research based articles on international events, foreign relations, political, and other related topics.

Political Science Department

I taught American Government (PSC 111) in the Political Science Department at Cleveland State.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Serve as Senator Voinovich’s key staff member by composing briefing documents, press releases, speeches and statements on behalf of the Senator, coordinating his schedule, coordinate and facilitate meetings, programs and special events and draft a strategic plan document outlining future research and writing plans for the Senator’s book. Complete policy research on a variety of domestic and foreign issues, and perform budgetary tasks.• The Voinovich Collections Web Digitization Project, Project Manager - Manage grant writing procedures,coordinate and run project team conference calls, plan training sessions, oversee marketing/promotion anddesign decisions.•Research Manager- Conduct research studies on topics, including the steel industry, manufacturing, education,US budget and debt and Federalism, and synthesize information on the Senator’s involvement on the topics fora variety of outlets including classroom use.• Social Media Manager- Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress- Maintain three social media accounts to help sustain Senator Voinovich’s profile and promote activities and ideas associated with the Senator’s office.

Investigated and researched government documents, election results and correspondence between political officials to analyze trends and archive paperwork in order to design ideas for a book concerning the Senator’s political career. Composed press releases, speeches and statements on behalf of the Senator. Coordinated his schedule and drafted a strategic plan document outlining future research and writing plans.

Research assistant in projects related to global issues, assignment to MAGI degree-related work involving community outreach, program development and contacting regional businesses and agencies with global concerns and assists in teaching undergraduate political science courses.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

•Researched site selection opportunities, government incentive programs, and economic development practices, for the company.

Became fluent in the use of ABRA & Sirus payroll software, account receivables and data input processing in Microsoft Excel. Created and instituted an educational program, designed preventative measures and formed attendance policies in response to the H1N1 pandemic

Learned interview techniques, gathered and analyzed data, as well as published findings in a newspaper and journal article on the impact of the current economic crisis on firms within the Tool and Machining industry in Crawford and Erie Counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Ba, Managerial Economics

Activities and Societies: Kappa Kappa Gamma

Master Of Arts (Ma), International Relations

Activities and Societies: Organization of Global Interactions-Treasurer