Experience

Cook MyoSite

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Manager III

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Provide program and project management support for the organization’s strategic initiatives. • Managing the Facilities Readiness Program, which includes foundational projects to prepare for upcoming strategic initiatives: Cleanroom Construction; Methods and Process Transfers; Facility Upgrades; and Commissioning and Qualification of utilities, spaces, equipment, instruments, and vendor systems. • Successfully executed a planned manufacturing shutdown exercise to complete facility… Show more Provide program and project management support for the organization’s strategic initiatives. • Managing the Facilities Readiness Program, which includes foundational projects to prepare for upcoming strategic initiatives: Cleanroom Construction; Methods and Process Transfers; Facility Upgrades; and Commissioning and Qualification of utilities, spaces, equipment, instruments, and vendor systems. • Successfully executed a planned manufacturing shutdown exercise to complete facility upgrades and maintenance work. All work efforts were completed on schedule and manufacturing was restarted as originally communicated to clinical trial partners. • Managed a high visibility project to remediate identified gaps that were organized into six workstreams. Developed a methodology to streamline work efforts and realize significant progress and benefit to departments throughout the organization. • Establish project plans with deliverables and due dates. Schedule and hold meetings to work with team to complete defined work. Organize associated project documentation, including meeting notes, project plan, and various work documents. Provide monthly status updates to the executive team. • Consistently recognized by my peers and management team: Nominated for Employee of the Quarter – 4th Quarter 2021 Nominated for ‘Never Give Up’ End of Year Award – January 2022 Awarded Employee of the Quarter – 1st Quarter 2022 Nominated for ‘Lead With Possibility’ End of Year Award – January 2023 Show less



Raymond James

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Oct 2020

  Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area Provided leadership, project oversight and support for the department, firm and industry wide initiatives. Lead a team of 12 associates responsible for managing projects and data technology support.  Managed a portfolio of 75 technology and business projects across all supported business lines and associated investment products, including equity and fixed income products.  Partnered with technology on large software development project, both internally developed applications as well as… Show more Provided leadership, project oversight and support for the department, firm and industry wide initiatives. Lead a team of 12 associates responsible for managing projects and data technology support.  Managed a portfolio of 75 technology and business projects across all supported business lines and associated investment products, including equity and fixed income products.  Partnered with technology on large software development project, both internally developed applications as well as implementation of third party vendor systems. Majority of projects followed Waterfall methodology. The main internal system supported was SIS. Vendor systems included IMPACT, Shado, XSP, Smart Seg, Smart Loan and S3.  Acquired business knowledge of various products, processes, regulations in order to understand project requirements. Knowledge was gained through research, interviews with business partners, and shadowing associates. Most initiatives impacted upstream or downstream departments including Mutual Funds, Cost Basis and Tax Reporting, so it was necessary to gain insight into these processes as well.  Requested to take on responsibility for additional departments for project oversight and management due to my success.  Implemented tools to manage the capacity of each associate to undertake new initiatives as well as oversight for all projects. Tools included Confluence to track project status and Excel macros to extract data from Outlook. Several other managers recognized the value and adopted these tools for their operations.  Recognized as a high potential leader for succession planning.  Mentored supervisors as part of the firm’s Supervisor/Manager Mentorship program. Regularly asked to mentor more than one supervisor for each segment of the program.  Seamlessly transitioned team from working fully on-site to fully remote due to the COVID-19 situation. All projects met established deadlines. Implemented ongoing virtual events to keep associates engaged.

• Project Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Jul 2017

  Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area Provided project management and analytical support for department, firm and industry wide initiatives.  Responsible for all facets of the industry’s shortened settlement cycle initiative for business units across the firm. Areas of involvement include participating in industry working group meetings and workshops, conducting a firm-wide business gap analysis, preparing monthly status reports, delivering presentations to stakeholders, and preparation for testing and… Show more Provided project management and analytical support for department, firm and industry wide initiatives.  Responsible for all facets of the industry’s shortened settlement cycle initiative for business units across the firm. Areas of involvement include participating in industry working group meetings and workshops, conducting a firm-wide business gap analysis, preparing monthly status reports, delivering presentations to stakeholders, and preparation for testing and implementation.  Managed 20+ projects for back office operations to support the onboarding of an acquired firm. All assigned IT, business process, and communications projects met or exceeded established deadlines with no defects.  Provided ongoing support to Corporate Actions, Custody, Domestic Clearance, International Clearance, and Purchase & Sales for any production issue. Facilitated the reporting, resolution, testing and implementation of fixes.  Lead and managed various projects from initiation through implementation for all business lines supported. Conducted meetings including business and technology team members to determine requirements, design, build, test, and implement solutions to meet defined business needs.



JPMorgan Chase & Co.

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Sep 2012 - Oct 2014

  Tampa, FL Provided project management and analytical support to corporate clients. Supported large business areas for implementations related to OFAC sanction screening of payments, transactions, and advices.  Successfully developed and implemented a monthly release management program to streamline deployments and improve utilization of resources.  Researched complex queries from clients to determine root cause and offered potential solutions to correct or minimize impact to… Show more Provided project management and analytical support to corporate clients. Supported large business areas for implementations related to OFAC sanction screening of payments, transactions, and advices.  Successfully developed and implemented a monthly release management program to streamline deployments and improve utilization of resources.  Researched complex queries from clients to determine root cause and offered potential solutions to correct or minimize impact to business.  Completed rigorous risk assessment testing to ensure the department was in compliance with internal policies and procedures, as well as abiding by government regulations.  Facilitated global conference calls to provide project direction, discuss issues, resolve scheduling conflicts, and deliver status updates.  Managed multiple business and technology projects as well as each monthly release to ensure all initiatives were on track. Proactively escalated potential issues and follow up on outstanding items.  Created and implemented templates and tools to more effectively manage and track projects. Show less



Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

• United States
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Treasury Retail Securities Department

  • Aug 2004 - Jan 2012

  Pittsburgh, PA Operations/program manager with direct supervision of the Business Support Group comprised of 20 professional associates and the completion and oversight of all departmental projects to achieve strategic business goals. Implemented formal project management and formed project teams to focus on training, multi-media, finance/statistics, data security, risk assessments, and technical support.  Project Manager for the Savings Bonds Direct application on the Treasury’s Web Application… Show more Operations/program manager with direct supervision of the Business Support Group comprised of 20 professional associates and the completion and oversight of all departmental projects to achieve strategic business goals. Implemented formal project management and formed project teams to focus on training, multi-media, finance/statistics, data security, risk assessments, and technical support.  Project Manager for the Savings Bonds Direct application on the Treasury’s Web Application Infrastructure (TWAI). This application experienced 99.99% availability and complied with all Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements.  Planned and participated in successful relocation of operations to an off-site location during the G-20 Summit. Executed contingency plans to manage critical operational functions. 100% of expectations for processing and completion of work on a daily basis were met or exceeded.  Project team member responsible for the merger of all Savings Bonds and Treasury Direct Operations from seven to two Federal Reserve Sites. Member of management team that developed the consolidation proposal submitted for consideration. As operations between sites were consolidated, identified and implemented process improvements resulting in operational efficiencies. This project met or exceeded all objectives related to time, budget, and minimal customer impact and realized an annual savings of over $8M to the U.S. Treasury.  Responsible for learning each aspect of the savings bonds operations in order to effectively provide backup support for all other management staff and to reduce risk. One main component was the cash vault which held significant reserves in the event of a financial crisis.  Member of the Management Steering Group (MSG) for the Pittsburgh Branch, which was responsible for overall policy and direction, culture, crisis management, business continuity, and all other matters that directly impacted the branch. Show less



Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Pittsburgh Office

• Senior Supervisor, Fiscal Department

  • 2000 - 2004

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Supervised 12 professional associates to complete a multitude of projects to support both the management team and all department operations. Developed project structure and work teams to improve resource assignment and effective management of projects to increase customer satisfaction.  Responsible for development and execution of all software application testing to transition Savings Bonds processing from a mainframe environment to a client based software application, resulting in… Show more Supervised 12 professional associates to complete a multitude of projects to support both the management team and all department operations. Developed project structure and work teams to improve resource assignment and effective management of projects to increase customer satisfaction.  Responsible for development and execution of all software application testing to transition Savings Bonds processing from a mainframe environment to a client based software application, resulting in significant cost reductions and productivity gains.  Project Manager for the national business contingency team. Responsibilities included establishing annual testing requirements, conducting contingency tests, and tracking and reporting results to Federal Reserve Bank and Treasury senior management.

• Business Analyst/Senior Business Analyst

  • 1994 - 2000

  Provided analytical and project support for the department. Assigned primary responsibility for end user support for department hardware and software needs. Served as project coordinator to assist manager with all aspects of meeting management related to a large scale project to develop design requirements for a new Savings Bond processing application.

• Operations Lead

  • 1990 - 1994

  Responsible for directing the daily work flow. Ensured work was completed on a first in/first out basis and met established service level objectives. Completed and balanced the daily proofing function. Carried a full class schedule and received Bachelor’s Degree while continuing to work full time.