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Responsible for managing the planning and execution of projects and activities related to CEO Communications support and profile planning, as well as thought leadership and business partnerships projects. Actively manages information exchange, collateral development and communication supporting CEO Communications. Provides project leadership to project team members and partners with cross-functional teams to ensure projects deliver the expected scope and business value, complete on budget and on schedule, and deliver with quality. Plans and manages concurrent projects of various size and complexity and maintains the day-to-day task management of the CEO Communications team. Builds strong, mutually respectful partnerships with stakeholders, manages expectations, and ensures the appropriate level of communication for the audience.

Project manager for teamwide, cross-functional and company-wide projects, - Project manager for 2014 Annual Employee Meeting- Project manager for 2013 Annual Employee Meeting- Project manager for www.gatesfoundation.org website redesign- Project manager for our annual foundation-wide internal staff meeting- Project manager for two internal team transitions- Led a program-wide effort to create a needs-based solution that tracks program-wide work that is being done- Created and managed a portfolio management system for internal team

Managed a multi-million dollar team budget, coordinating with 5 team budget owners and several cross-program related functions.Managed contract invoices for the teamManaged the Communications Service Desk, a foundation wide email inbox for communications requests.Acted as liaison for the team with internal and external partners, answering questions, and routing requests appropriately. Managed complex calendar for team director.Coordinated high volume of local, national, and international meetings and events with internal and external partners.Coordinated complex national and international travel arrangements including meeting schedules during trips.Managed accurate and timely processing of team time cards, expense reports, reimbursements, and check requests. Maintained an organized system of tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks and projects.

Managed complex calendars for two Directors that worked in two different programs.Coordinated high volume of local, national, and international meetings and events with internal and external partners.Coordinated complex national and international travel arrangements including meeting schedules for the trip.Maintained an organized system of tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks and projects for Directors in two different programs.Managed accurate and timely processing of team time cards, expense reports, reimbursements, and check requests.

Managed complex calendars for up to five officers at once, including one deputy director.Managed accurate and timely processing of team time cards, expense reports, reimbursements, and check requests. Coordinated complex national and international travel arrangements including meeting schedules during trips.Coordinated high volume of local, national, and international meetings and events with internal and external partners.Maintained an organized system of tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks and projects for up to five officers.Acted as liaison for the team with internal and external partners, answering questions, and routing requests appropriately. Managed the design, creation, and maintenance of a team SharePoint site, incorporating team needs into site design.Provided communications support to ensure timely responses to media inquiries.Project manager for international conference, coordinating all logistics for the conference and 60 international participants.Project manager for employee media and message training program for almost 200 staff.Project manager for creating and maintaining a process to support the development of collateral materials for the Global Development Program.

Lead consultant responsible for all project planning, scheduling, and carryout of multi-jurisdictional/multi-state project for the Federal Highway Administration.Lead an initiative to improve the quality of federal environmental documents for an environmental management system.Performed analysis of business objectives, processes, workflow, and resources, and assisted in development of business process improvements (BPI).Assisted in the capture, validation, consolidation, and prioritization of business needs, requirements, and requests against the business objectives and long-term strategies.Worked on teams that performed business modeling to document and communicate both current “as is” and “to-be” states.Worked with development teams to translate business and functional requirements into business solutions.Identified technical and functional requirements required to create Microsoft InfoPath templates including basic SharePoint workflow.Participated in the review of conceptual designs to validate against business objectives, needs and requirements.Developed performance measurement training program including performance metrics, workshop materials and training tools.Conducted national review of best practices for quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) process, training curriculums and performance metrics.Project coordinator for multi-jurisdictional statewide management performance audit for Texas Department of Transportation.

Generated all financial statements and breakeven analysis required for the bank loan approval process. Conducted research and analysis required to create financial analysis, marketing analysis, and competitor analysis.

Coordinated the organization and review of internal marketing plan for an internationally producing lumber mill. Performed synthesis writing for marketing plan, incorporating input from various leaders, teams, and programs.

Attended to personal, mental and limited physical needs of 65 elderly residents in an independent retirement community.Performed responsibilities as cook, waitress and support staff depending on facility needs and staffing requirements.