SUMMARY:

• Professionally Proficient wif Salesforce
• Expert Proficiency wif Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Programs
• Professionally Proficient wif Adobe InDesign and Photoshop
• Professionally Proficient wif HP Project and Portfolio Management
• Expert Level Proficiency in oral and written Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Project Manager / Program Coordinator

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Functions as Team Manager and Knowledge Management IT point person for a strategic department containing the Associate Vice President of Global Health wif responsibilities including overseeing a $1.2 million department budget; supporting organizational and administrative work, logistical coordination, communications, and noledge management; supervising and mentoring new employees, Strategy Group Chairs, and interns; developing reports; and editing and evaluating content.
• Built and rolled out entire organization - wide Health and Nutrition SharePoint system. Also assisted in constructing and migrating files to a SharePoint hosted Health and Nutrition Resource Library.
• Provides expert advice to the Associate Vice President of Global Health and higher-level employees including the CEOs of Confidential US and Confidential International on key strategy, planning, programming and budgeting, and policy matters; and preparing briefings, presentations, information and decision memoranda to support deliberations and decisions by senior management and the Board of Confidential .
• Participates in and organizes the study, review, and adjustment of the programs and budgets needed to support organization-wide global health and nutrition strategies, concepts, and plans, including performing analysis of US government policy and legislation, cost benefit analysis, activity based costing, life cycle cost estimating, activity based budgeting, and gap analysis.
• Serves as project manager and initiator of independent analysis of a high-impact research synthetization project dat focuses on international health systems strengthening policy, strategy, concept, and program issues. In this capacity, actively encouraged communication, coordination, innovation, and high quality team products.
• Led the charge in contract management, logistic coordination, gap analysis, and activity based budgeting for high-level international events in Delhi, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; and London, UK dat all support Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Adolescent, and Child Health rights.
• Personally composed a widely distributed analysis dat will be the organization-wide health systems strengthening strategy for all 14,000 employees of Confidential .
• Provide metrics and analysis to the author of a major position report on the changes seen in the global health political climate. Forward-looking report provided key decision-making advice to the Confidential Board.
• Represents department in regular communications, relationship development, and meetings facilitation wif high-level personnel from all over the world and external partners and donors.
• Prepares communications on behalf of the entire Confidential global Health and Nutrition community, the Vice President of Global Health, and senior leadership, both orally and in writing, to a wide variety of audiences on complex issues, both national and internationally.

Confidential

Business Development Specialist / Project Manager, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Took the lead role on managing the proposal and budget development of 13 proposals including three large global health USG funded opportunities, for which performed country trend analysis, RFP analysis, key strategy, planning, programming, budgeting, forecast analysis, competitive landscape analysis, and SWOT analysis, and contributed content and editing services to the proposals.
• Acted as a Salesforce Administrator for the 120-person business development community of MSH. Wifin this capacity, tracked all donor opportunities and created forecasting reports to determine future funding, resource allocation, and competitive analysis in Salesforce for MSH staff including those at the CFO level.
• Organized proposal development for USG-funded opportunities totaling over $400 million and led the efforts on seven proposals dat awarded in excess of $2.4 million to MSH.
• Recipient of the 2016 MSH Values Recognition Award “for consistently demonstrating MSH Values: integrity, excellence, vitality, collaboration, and empowerment.” Represented MSH, as directed, in delegations to international meetings and conferences.
• Oversaw both organization and donor compliance during entire proposal process, including supporting the implementation of best practices and processes to track progress of services and development of capabilities in terms of defined cost, schedule, and performance outcomes.
• Fostered relationships while facilitating communication and meetings wif partners of all sizes spanning global, regional and local levels. Efforts supported negotiating Scopes of Work, Pre-Teaming Agreements, and Non-Disclosure Agreements on opportunities where MSH was prime or sub.
• Organized and facilitated leadership and high level technical meetings wif experts in the fields of RMNCAH, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), supply chain management, regulatory systems strengthening, universal healthcare, and performance based financing.
• Coordinated the partner relationships and communications for a $200 million USAID-funded global pharmaceutical access campaign on behalf of MSH.

Confidential

Business Project Analyst, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Supported project and resource management on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - included the maintenance of IT and management best practices and processes and also providing quality assurance on product releases
• Managed mobile app product management for enterprise-wide use (Android and iOS).
• Built and rolled out changes to the IRS utilized Work Request Management System (WRMS) in HP Project and Portfolio Management (HP PPM), and played a key role in creating a separate enterprise-wide resource management system.
• Created and ensured the creative and technical success of 11 federal project plans and scopes by managing the completion of deliverables, tracking overall project schedules and milestones all while delivering each wifin budget.
• Spent 40 percent of weekly time on training, providing expert advice, and consulting IRS IT employees, including wif high-level government clients wif direct link to the CIO, on key issues.
• Constructed and maintained SharePoint repository documents and folders.
• Composed and managed two high level project and proposal plans, including capture planning and conceptualizing teaming, technical approaches, solutions, and cost strategies to maximize competitive advantage.

Confidential 

Project Coordinator,  Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Provided administrative support in summarizing documents and preparing copyright documents for digital duplication.
• Worked wif staff, caterers, tech support, and partners on directing meetings and conferences dat contributed to policy outcomes. Events included participation from policymakers, various government bodies, and policy experts.
• Assisted the Office Manager in administrative tasks including managing records, generating reports, event management, calendaring, front-desk reception, and executive support.

Confidential

Representative of Bridges to Community

Responsibilities:

• Represented Bridges in managing and coordinating community relations wif program donors and participants.
• Served as key-note speaker at Bridges fundraisers attended by government and IT industry leaders.
• Oversaw and coordinated community capacity building development activities for individuals living in the Nicaraguan countryside; served as indispensable interpreter between government professionals and Nicaraguan community.
• Assisted in the creation and roll-out of a women’s sewing cooperative in rural Nicaragua employing over 12 local women and granting them financial independence.
• Aided in construction of houses and education cooperative facilities for impoverished families in Ticuantepe/Masaya, Nicaragua.

Confidential

Community Coordinator, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Managed regional social sports league. Responsible for negotiating contracts wif local establishments, organizing events, and acting as client-facing representative for 200+ clients of CLUBWAKA.

Confidential, Fredericksburg, VA 

Translator

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the Confidential in providing translation services during investigations, interrogations, and arrests involving Spanish speakers.

Confidential, Brooklyn, NY

Investigator Intern 

Responsibilities:

• Assisted attorneys in case research and interviewing of witnesses, plaintiffs and defendants to gather testimonies for trial. Spanish/English translator for alibi witnesses, family members, and others relevant to cases.