MARGARET MOORE
9715 Brixton Lane · Bethesda, Maryland 20817
(240) 460-7465 ·
PROJECT MANAGEMENT lEADERSHIP
Forward-thinking, versatile project management professional with demonstrated expertise in driving all phases of multiple concurrent projects, from inception to final implementation. Champion of employee development; embraces diversity and delivers leadership excellence. Effective communicator experienced in leveraging solid interpersonal skills to foster cross-functional collaboration and engage clients and staff at every level of the organization, including C-Level decision-makers. Accomplished analyst offering multifaceted business perspectives coupled with exemplary service and diplomacy skills to build consensus and mitigate conflicts. Additional areas of expertise include:
Scope Management ¨ Schedule/Time Management ¨ Team Building & Leadership ¨ Cross-Functional Collaboration ¨ Group Facilitation
Cost Savings ¨ Resource & Risk Management ¨ Project Integration ¨ Procurement ¨ Quality Initiatives¨ Stakeholder Relationships
Process & Standards Development ¨ Vision & Planning ¨ Strategy ¨ Project Management Methodologies ¨ Requirements Gathering
— PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE —
Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland · 1999 – Present
Provider of technical, research, and program management services to government and private sector clients.
Senior Project Manager/Division Leader
Serve in dual roles: Senior Project Manager and Division Leader. Provide leadership for software development projects (Federal government contracts). Ensure timely and on-target delivery in support of 3 contracts and 5 projects. Supervise and mentor Project Managers. Manage 5 Senior Developers with oversight of ~20 developers. Interact with clients directly. Map out project work plans. Keep track of staff performance and budgets. Partner with the division’s Senior VP to define strategic goals, develop new business, and author winning proposals. Leverage numerous technologies for projects, including Delphi, MS SQL Server, Classic ASP, ASP.NET, and ACCESS.
Summary of Projects: Led high-level projects involving Windows, Web systems, and SAS. Sample projects: Biomedical Research Support Administrative Database; Investigating the Use of Child Support Administrative Data for Research Purposes; and websites for the Association of Public Policy Management and NIH (Undergraduate Scholarship & Office of Loan Repayment), among others.
Selected Project Highlights – National Institutes of Health: Directed the initiative to build a website that publicized and makes available for download and analysis, Proteomics data from 7 geographically dispersed research centers (vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics to counter lethal bacterial agents).
· Drove a 5-year, $8.7 million contract and ensured the delivery of all contract requirements serving in the role of Principal Investigator.
· Spearheaded the development of customized management systems, which combines client server and web infrastructures.
· Secured beneficial partnerships, contributed to the development of proposal writing, and oversaw the work effort of subcontractors.
· Led a 10-member team from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Georgetown University, Protein Information Resource.
Additional Contributions:
· Identified, hired, and retained top talent for most web development projects: 20 staff out of a total of 90. Promoted the use of on-line job boards to find and recruit candidates.
· Coordinated training for the entire company, including bringing in speakers, facilitating the Professional Development Committee, and making arrangements for staff to attend courses, among other tactics.
· Honored with the Exceptional Achievement Award, as a result of winning key Proteomics contract, which enabled the company to surpass its projected business goals.
· Played a pivotal role in high-level decision-making through proactive participation at leadership meetings; chosen to serve as Center Leader, overseeing project managers and keeping tight controls on project budgets.
Excalibur Technologies (now Convera), Vienna, Virginia · 1997 – 1998
Search technology developer; the company was formed by the merger of Excalibur Technologies and the Interactive Services division at Intel.
Senior Technical Trainer
Planned and delivered comprehensive training at diverse levels of complexity. Taught basic users, software administrators, and C developers on the effective use of the company’s flagship document search software product for enterprises. Traveled to sites in the US and Europe to conduct training.
Additional positions included Senior Programmer Analyst/Applications Manager with The Urban Institute, Washington, DC. Other previous roles included Math Teacher at the middle school/high school level and Programmer (Navy simulation models). Details on request.
— EDUCATION —
Bachelor of Mathematics (Magna Cum Laude)
Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia