Vivian Samson Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Reporting to the President of Joslin Diabetes Center, I serve in a Chief of Staff role encompassing three primary areas of responsibility:- Lead Board of Trustees support and lead Governance (Governance / Nominating Committee)- Presidential communications and senior leadership business planning- Project management of executive-sponsored special projects / initiatives including strategic planning and prioritization, DEI goals, and organization-wide changesSkills: - Ability to synthesize information rapidly and sequence events to execute quickly and effectively- Work cross-functionally with Senior Leadership, develop close partnerships with the CFO, COO, Philanthropy Lead, Marcomm Lead and EA to the President- Navigate and collaborate with the larger Beth Israel Lahey Health system to achieve mutual goals- Detail-oriented, reliable and driven to execute flawlessly - Anticipate a leader's needs and prepares in advance

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Promoted to a newly-created role designed to drive efficiencies, cost-savings and maximize revenue to serve more clients in need. I am responsible for an array of strategic and operational projects spanning across Operations, IT, HR, Facilities/Office Management and strategic agency-wide initiatives. Examples of projects include:- Design and implementation of a new IT Help Desk system and other service help desks using Jira Service Management.- Implementation of a new VOIP telephony system- Vendor consolidation and workflow redesign for distributed supply purchasing, driving over 10% savings- Streamlined HR onboarding and offboarding process-Staffing model capacity planning and redesign

Waltham, Ma

- Manages the Office of the CEO: Maximizes CEO impact by creating efficiencies and executing special projects with speed and confidentiality. Optimizes the Board of Directors' experience.- Supports the Chief Advancement Officer and Development team through the coordination of special projects, donor research, analysis for growth strategies and administration.- Owns Volunteer Services operations including database management, background checks and customized reports as well as a volunteer events support and onboarding as needed.

Boston, Ma

Provides freelance consulting services in the areas of program management, marketing / partnering strategy, and content management:- Delivered web-based copywriting assignments with tight deadlines, online community content creation, and demand-generation/awareness webinars.- Managed vendor selection process for a nonprofit organization's online giving platform.- Researched, proposed and executed social media platform expansions resulting in incremental reach and brand awareness.

Waltham, Ma

• Responsible for executing co-marketing deliverables for corporate partner initiatives.• Managed all levels of non-profit organizational marketing and operations including collateral and website design, email communication, program guides and management of workforce recruitment and deployment.• Executed the organization’s largest annual revenue-generating initiative with top 20 strategic partners.

Burlington, Ma

• Managed the team of Systems (Hardware) Partner Business development specialists for North America Alliances & Channels. Drove net-new revenue opportunities, demand-creation programs through commercial and public sector VARs, federal and commercial System Integrators (SIs).• Managed creation and deployment of offshore business development team in Bangalore, India. • Coordinated cross-functional internal resources to drive partner enablement, end-user promotions, and executive visibility/communication

Burlington, Ma

• Provided national alliance sales coverage to Deloitte. Maintained executive relations and end-user customer satisfaction during yearlong transition to Oracle. Overachieved sales plan.• Led the creation of joint offerings/teaming around digital media framework, healthcare portals, and rapid solutions development for Oracle products on Sun systems.• Designed all internal messaging, collateral, sales kits, FAQs, demo reference architecture and internal awareness campaigns to direct sales teams.

Burlington, Ma

• Led various global partner offerings with top strategic partners.• Designed internal deal registration system and accompanying incentives plan for SI sales reps.

Burlington, Ma

• Working cross-functionally with Product Management/Marketing, designed and implemented Sun’s worldwide RFID (radio frequency identification) partner program. Includes Industry Solution Architectures, partner program offerings, customized contracts, reference architectures and proof-of-concepts.

Burlington, Ma

• Developed customized joint offerings with Systems Integrators. Fostered executive support, built the business plan and revenue projection model, secured and allocated budget, negotiated contracts. Prepared sales kit, press release and communication material. • Co-authored Sun’s preferred methodology for partner offering design and deployment ‘PRISM: Partner Ready Initiative Solution Methodology.’

Burlington, Ma