Project Manager or Program Manager

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Project Manager, Program Manager with 5 years experience looking for a Supervisor position.

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Emmanuel Opati, MBA 3313 St. Paul Street Tel: 443.554.0349 Baltimore, Md 21218 [email protected] CAREER FOCUS Become an excellent Project Manager PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE * Over 7 years experience in project management; including research, proposal wr iting, budgeting, data and financial analysis, and report writing * Experienced in business planning and development, business processes and execu tion * Experienced in conference planning, logistics management, and training facilit ation * Excellent communication and strong customer relations skills with over two yea rs of journalism experience * Proven ability to learn and adapt to new software without formal instruction * Recognized strong planning and analytical skills * Certified web and graphic designer Skilled in the following project management areas; Scope definition, WBS, critical path and Gantt chart creation, resource and dura tion estimation, activity definition and sequencing, resource planning, market a ssessments, cost estimating and budgeting, schedule development and schedule con trolling, quality planning, risk identification, risk analysis, response plannin g, risk monitoring and controlling, project communication planning, information distribution, performance reporting, and managing stakeholders. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Project Associate, Global MBA Program Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School, Baltimore, Md 2010-Present

* Carried out country and market assessments of new sites for program expansion * Planned, designed and executed (three-weeks) international consultancy residen cy projects for MBA students * Managed projects and logistics of international consultancy projects of 21 Glo bal MBA students in Kenya * Managed MBA student teams from 14 countries * Managed networks and partnerships for the Innovation for Humanity Projects and Global MBA program * Planned and Managed Thought and Discourse Seminars for the Global MBA Course * Participated in recruitment drives of Global MBA Students * Designed and implemented the risk management plan for Innovation for Humanity Project * Drafted and implement project budgets Consultant and Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University, Center for Civil Society Studies, Baltimore, Md -2010 2007

Manage 'Philanthropication through Privatization' (PtP) Project which aims at id entifying new ways of funding community development projects around the world. * Managed and coordinated teams of project researchers in twelve countries * Scheduled activities, monitored milestones and budget expenses * Prepared progress reports, activity schedule, cost estimations, performance re ports, fact sheets, and action memos for project director, partners and research

associates * Conducted baseline surveys on privatization activities around the world * Drafted field guides, MoUs, and other required documents for communication and partnership building * Built networks and managed strategic partnerships both in the United States an d around the world * Identified companies involved in bidding on privatization sales in targeted co untries * Identified, recruited, and drafted job descriptions of project researchers * Identified financial, legal, and other consulting firms that are active in pri vatization globally Grants Coordinator, Maternal and Child Health (MCH) World Relief Inc., Baltimore, Md 2008-2009 Managed MCH grants for Child Survival Projects in Burundi, Rwanda, Mozambique, M alawi, South Sudan, D.R. Congo, Indonesia, and Cambodia. * Part of a successful proposal writing team that won over $1.5 million in feder al grants * Managed grants worth $1.5 million in five countries and streamlined the grant reporting process resulting in improved tracking of project expenses * Responsible for timely submission of Federal Financial Reporting Forms (269A) and other financial reports to funders * Contributed to writing of the Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP) of the Burund i Child Survival Project (CSP), Annual Reports of Mozambique, Malawi and Cambodi a CSPs * Reviewed, approved, and monitored fund transfers to sub-grantee organizations for efficient project implementation * Identified and communicated appropriate funding opportunities to the technical units and field offices which increased contacts for funding prospects * Monitored child survival grants in Burundi, Cambodia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwan da, DR Congo and Indonesia to ensure budgetary allotments were not overspent * Centralized collection of program metrics which improved tracking of performan ce indicators and impact analysis of our programming * Coordinated World Relief staff (HQ and Field) and consultants in proposal deve lopment which resulted in the submission of high quality proposals with an 80% s uccess rate * Drafted consultant agreements for MCH sub-grantees and independent consultants * Liaised with World Relief's finance, human resources, marketing, and administr ative departments to assure compliance with USAID and other donor requirements * Served as the point person for the MCH projects * Regularly updated the MCH home page and designed picture illustrations for pro posals and picture cards for the community health education curriculum EDUCATION * University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Md. o Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2011

* Johns Hopkins University Career Institute, Baltimore, Md. o Master Certificate in Digital Multimedia and Design, 2008 * University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. o Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership and Management, 2005

* Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. o B.A., Social Science, 2002 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS * University of Maryland University College o Recognized by office of the Vice Provost and Dean for high level academic achi evement in the MBA Program and invited to apply for Presidential Management Fell owship nomination, 2010 * Johns Hopkins University, Center for Civil Society Studies o Philanthropy Research Fellow, focused on Social Justice Philanthropy, 2005-200 6 * City University of New York, Graduate Center o Research Fellow, Emerging Leaders Program, focused on the role Regional Associ ations of Grantmakers play in strengthening Community Foundations, March - May, 2005 TECHNICAL SKILLS Certifications: Certified Graphic and Web Designer Applications: Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash), Ma cromedia Dreamweaver, Final Cut, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office Suite Languages: (X)HTML, CSS PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS * * * * Project Management Institute, member since January 2010 American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), member since 2008 MBAs Without Borders, member since 2008 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), member since 2007

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