Expertise as Project Leader and coordinator of multi functional departments with external resources to complete key deliverables on a portfolio of projects within budget on a timely basis for over 16 years. Able to prioritize, multi-task, define and implement tactics and strategies.

Additional Skills:

• Six Sigma equivalents from graduate classes.
• Nielsen, IRI. Microsoft Office applications such as Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and Word. SharePoint. Windows, AS400, SAS, SAP, PERT, PIMS, IMPACT, Agile, SDLC and Gantt charts, Morningstar, Adobe Illustrator, PageMaker, Web design, and MAC-format design software: Quark Xpress, Illustrator, Photoshop.
• Public Speaker and advisor for Cancer and Diabetes wellness support groups at Griffin Hospital, a Yale teaching facility.

Experience

Confidential

Program Director, Project Management

Project Management Consulting with expertise as Project Leader and coordinator of multi functional departments with external resources to complete key deliverables on a portfolio of projects within budget on a timely basis. Able to prioritize, multi-task, define and implement tactics and strategies to achieve desired objectives. On a project basis integrate IT, strategic planning, sales analysis, marketing and market research in food, consumer products and clinical research in pharmaceutical industries to manage resources within budgets and time constraints.

• YourEncore Inc formerly Innovation Community Agile Project Manager for a global life science client, provided
• support to the Business Technology and Informatics Director on multiple legacy and in-flight projects, developing and
• documenting business case for capital project to deploy new security access management system, global operations
• systems audit and ensuring applications met quality guidelines and project documentation for Package Tracking System
• Aquent - Energizer Personal Care Marketing Consultant on industry leader Skintimate Women's Shave products,
• analyzed sales, Nielsen and coupon data to recommend and implement strategic plans, including forecast data.
• Developed sales analysis and forecast for communication to operations, demand planning, packaging and management.
• Coordinated large data transfers for North American compliance of packaging.
• Vascular Insights: Ensured compliance of orders/shipments for FDA audit such as FDA 21CFR Part 11. Developed
• global order and shipment software application and process for wellness and vascular products which reduced
• customer costs by 20 and ensured on-time delivery. Developed global shipment software application and process
• that reduced costs and ensured delivery on time.
• Kodak: Over two years of Digital Brand Marketing, developed and implemented sales, presentations including in-store
• training and promotions for digital imaging products that increased revenues over 10 to multi-channels including Best Buys, Wal-Marts and Staples. Implemented digital campaigns, tactics and programs.

Confidential

Thompson Reuters: Project Expert on rapid insight and viability of clinical trial compounds in oncology, hematology and cardio-vascular for Thomson Reuters, leading database vendor for business intelligence.

Confidential

program Director

• Provide Project Leader expertise to global consumer products companies, bringing innovation and turn around, cost reduction, team building with IT, up to six project managers, and SBU's and strategic planning expertise full-time, on site for clients such as Pitney Bowes, Duracell, Chemtura and
• Bristol-Myers Squibb: Actively engaged with local and global clinical trials I-III development groups and product
• management groups to ensure synchronization and awareness of all plans and day-to-day execution. Monitored
• deliverables from development ensuring smooth transition and hand off to various groups. Managed clinical trial
• strategic plans and protocol writing, partnering with European Merck KGaA studies, liaison with ImClone amd KOL's.

Results: Cut development time in half for a 1.3 billion product. Updated all project timelines.

• Established on-going communications to all partners through video teleconference, off-site meetings and events
• including risks, issues and deviations from plan. Provided full database documentation for Grand Jury inquiry.
• Incorporated new MRI software technology into protocol to measure tumor reduction in clinical trials.
• Bayer Pharmaceutical Cardio-Vascular Marketing and e-Marketing: To create e-marketing department and database,
• directed client team with Accenture Partners from project definition in selection of Web design vendors, negotiated web
• site, through post implementation of site and editorial management of database.

Results: Established product presence of brand to both consumers and B2B.

• To monitor, maintain and improve competitive status from continued analysis, negotiated three major contracts for
• Internet Best Practices market research. Defined, documented and executed technical projects, actively participating in
• all aspects of the project.

Results: benchmark status obtained vs. Best-in-Class on interactive Web site for future analysis.

Technology Project Manager

• Northeast Utilities: Directed energy conservation brands, EnergyStar, POP Lighting and TumbleWash, funded by
• Department of Energy and EPA In order to reduce energy usage, designed and developed Access database to
• record purchases of EnergyStar/TumbleWash energy efficient products by coupon and calculate energy use credits.
• Large scale data transfers used by more than 30 trade associations. Results: Exceeded year's objectives by 102 ,
• within 2 million budget.
• Prudential Annuities Center of Education PACE ---Technology Training Consultant: Developed the online training
• programs for internal customers. Developed online videos, tutorials for new product introductions. Acted
• as single point of contact for identifying critical project tasks/issues and recommending/implementing courses of
• action to expedite project objectives. Integrated training and classroom courses from merger of American Skandia and
• Prudential to facilitate licensing and compliance of internal wholesalers.

Results: Fully integrated and compliant training procedures to support increasing sales and customer service needs on

several new products.

Confidential

Director of Corporate Marketing

• Directed 11 team members for this 350MM retail grocery and bakery company with a budget of 2.5 million. As SBU
• Leader designed and implemented SAP business and operating processes to identify product opportunities. Tracked
• nine month promotion with custom software developed with IT. Laid off.
• Based on modeling and matrix management, trained product managers to analyze new products and position
• strategically. From qualitative, quantitative and supermarket intercepts research identified and introduced 50 new products to achieve 20 margin increase.

Results: doubled previous year's sales and moved break-even point to third quarter from fourth.

Confidential

Associate Brand Manager

• P L responsibility for the largest foodservice business, 680 million, and key brands on mayonnaise, salad dressings and sauces. Recruited away by Country Home Bakers.
• Led multi-divisional cost reduction team of manufacturing, purchasing, research, engineering and inventory control to
• achieve annualized savings of over 1MM on packaging through implementation of an in-line blow molding process
• and standardizing packaging sizes in the world's largest high speed mayonnaise production plant.
• Managed Kraft's new product development team of 75 and developed new formulas through outside research labs to
• introductions into multi-channels at higher margins and price.
• Developed Excel pricing program to analyze effect of seasonality on growth and pricing.

Results: increased revenues by 20 , doubled group product margins and profitability over previous year

through new product launches.