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Hartford, Ct, Us

-Project Manager leading Safety Assessment development team to enable preclinical toxicology data management, SEND 3.1 format-Using Hybrid Agile Framework to manage project-daily stand up’s, expert use in JIRA management and dashboarding, refactoring workflows to facilitate complex technical workflows-Build out PMO framework for departmental support-Manage software upgrades with vendor and internal support staff-CRO data management oversight-Stakeholder communication and… Show more -Project Manager leading Safety Assessment development team to enable preclinical toxicology data management, SEND 3.1 format-Using Hybrid Agile Framework to manage project-daily stand up’s, expert use in JIRA management and dashboarding, refactoring workflows to facilitate complex technical workflows-Build out PMO framework for departmental support-Manage software upgrades with vendor and internal support staff-CRO data management oversight-Stakeholder communication and management Show less

Hands on technical Project Manager- management of multiple complex software development and configuration projects for Top 20 Biotech and Pharmaceutical companies (Biology, Chemistry and Biologics focused) ● Project Management-Analyze scope and expense to create project plans for individual projects and track timelines/milestones, risk mitigation ● Develop statements of work for new and existing customers-negotiate scope, time and cost ● Customer satisfaction and management from… Show more Hands on technical Project Manager- management of multiple complex software development and configuration projects for Top 20 Biotech and Pharmaceutical companies (Biology, Chemistry and Biologics focused) ● Project Management-Analyze scope and expense to create project plans for individual projects and track timelines/milestones, risk mitigation ● Develop statements of work for new and existing customers-negotiate scope, time and cost ● Customer satisfaction and management from presales to post sales ● Use case and requirement documentation ● Agile and Waterfall methodology ● Manage international teams of developers, and application scientists to deliver customer projects ● Track customer bugs and enhancements, coordinate resolution of issues ● Project status reporting-budget tracking, project burndown, issue tracking, decision logs on weekly basis Show less

• Project Lead for Histology IT Capital Project (3 Million dollar budget) business case development and approval, lead four work streams (Request and Inventory System, data analysis, Image Management and Analysis, and Validated Image Management). Acted as project manager, work with matrixed team on all workflows, vendor negotiation and delivery of services, budget oversight, meeting agenda and note taking. Stakeholder engagement, I work with the scientists and management closely to improve… Show more • Project Lead for Histology IT Capital Project (3 Million dollar budget) business case development and approval, lead four work streams (Request and Inventory System, data analysis, Image Management and Analysis, and Validated Image Management). Acted as project manager, work with matrixed team on all workflows, vendor negotiation and delivery of services, budget oversight, meeting agenda and note taking. Stakeholder engagement, I work with the scientists and management closely to improve workflow, and meet project deliverables and timelines• Data analysis requirements gathering, interpretation of various complex data, template design, testing, training scientists to use the templates and notebook, and reporting data in the Central Data Repository• Meet with executive level staff to align R&D IT projects with scientific strategy • Research ELN Strategy Implementation Project (6 million dollar budget) - migration of al biologist scientists to IDBS eWorkBook/BioBook for their Electronic Laboratory Notebook and data reporting tool. Communicated the project plan to each TA group, trained scientists, tracked metrics, reported progress to management, partner with off shore vendor to perform business analysis and template design, testing, and training• Support and Training for applications (IDBS eWorkBook &BioBook, HALO image analysis, eSlide Manager, Histology Request System, SpotFire Dashboard)• Business Analysis- create requirement documentation, use cases, test scripts, functional requirements, HP ALM • Change Managment- Vitalize, Remedy• Vendor Selection of IT solutions• SDLC methodology and working in Validated Environments• Ability to lead a matrixed team of software developers, architects, BA, and PM's Show less

Wallingford, Ct

● Led Microdialysis efforts - conducted rat microdialysis experiments, surgeries, HPLC instrument maintenance, developed and validated Norepinephrine, Dopamine, and Serotonin method using PCP neonatal rats, data analysis and reporting ● Developed off line Amino Acid Microdialysis - d, l Serine, GABA, Glutamate, Kynurenic Acid - higher throughput method was developed to increase output by 25%, collaborated with Chemistry and PCO for sample analysis ● Developed cGMP methodology (ELISA) in… Show more ● Led Microdialysis efforts - conducted rat microdialysis experiments, surgeries, HPLC instrument maintenance, developed and validated Norepinephrine, Dopamine, and Serotonin method using PCP neonatal rats, data analysis and reporting ● Developed off line Amino Acid Microdialysis - d, l Serine, GABA, Glutamate, Kynurenic Acid - higher throughput method was developed to increase output by 25%, collaborated with Chemistry and PCO for sample analysis ● Developed cGMP methodology (ELISA) in rat Prefrontal Cortex, Ventral and Dorsal hippocampus using microdialysis samples ● Gating Model in Rats-ePhysiology ● Histology-tissue collection, sectioning tissue, immunohistochemistry, image and data analysis● Rodent behavior models-assay validation, dosing, testing, data analysis, reporting Show less