Michael Braton Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Manages the preparation, review and finalization of global investigator grant budget and payment schedule terms and conditions templates for multiple studies. Develops investigator grant budget negotiation parameters with clients, communicates client processes, procedures and negotiation parameters to local team members. Liaises and establishes effective relationships with clients and internal PPD functional teams and Contract Specialists as directed by Contract Managers.• Utilizes benchmarking tools to develop investigator grant budget grids for applicable countries in assigned studies inclusive of coordination with therapeutic and operational subject matter experts, as appropriate, to ensure proper grant development.• Drafts applicable payment terms and condition templates for investigator grant budget grids.• Coordinates internal/external approvals and feedback to investigator grant budget grids and payment schedules.• Acts as an interface and escalation contact with external clients for investigator budget development, process and negotiation parameters.• Provides approved investigator grant grids and payment schedules, process and negotiation parameters to local teams.• Acts a single point of contact for internal/external client escalations for out of parameter site level budget negotiations.• Ensures quality and correctness of quantitative functions of budget templates.• Collaborates with internal departments to ensure various site startup activities are aligned with investigator grant activities and mutually agreed upon timelines; ensures alignment of investigator budget negotiation process for sites and study are properly aligned to the critical path for site activation.• Adheres to PPD’s target cycle times for site activations.• Completes tracking and reporting as required.

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

An Eastern North Carolina native, Michael moved to Wilmington in 1997 before his freshman year in high school. In 2006, he enlisted in the US Army and became an Army Deep Sea Diver. After being medically retired from the Army due to a spinal cord injury, Michael returned to Wilmington where he attended UNCW. He then transferred to NC State University where he earned his BS in Mathematics. Upon graduation, Michael accepted a data analyst position with a small market research firm in Raleigh. His hard work and strong problem-solving abilities quickly earned him a promotion to Operations Manager. With the birth of his daughter in 2013 Michael transitioned into a more challenging and rewarding position, that of a Stay-At-Home parent. After spending time in New Hampshire and the Outer Banks of NC Michael and his family finally had the opportunity to move back home to Wilmington. Michael is committed to utilizing his superb work ethic, dedication to honesty, and passion for real estate to make buying or selling your home as easy as possible.Michael is married to his high school sweetheart and Wilmington native, Sarah Rieman Braton, CRNA. They have two wonderful children, and two dogs. In his free time, Michael enjoys surfing, fishing, and boating.

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Check reports for quality and accuracy before client delivery. Assist data analysis team with survey creation and implementation.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

*Responsible for overseeing the daily processing of call out reports, monthly and quarterly reports, processing of special project data and providing final approval before delivery to the Research Director, the VP of Client and Research Services, and the client*Manage online data collection processes, including: program online surveys, monitor status of online surveys, daily coordination with vendors regarding sample status, update and maintain online survey schedule, and maintain online survey budget*Supervise analysts in the creation of data tables and analysis, and give final approval of data tables and presentation slides before delivery to the Research Director, the VP of Client and Research Services, and the client*Maintain daily, weekly, and monthly assignments for analyst team to ensure successful completion of tasks by given deadlines*Provide training to team members on new system implementations*Set up and maintain video streaming and recording of focus groups, edit recorded video, and create DVDs for the client

Retired - Honorable Discharge, 2007Performed engineer diving operations as a scuba and surface supplied diver.