SHARYN HOROWITZ, PMP

Project Management Professional, 12/04

• Writing and Editing
• Requirements Analysis
• Capital Planning and Investment Control
• Microsoft Office including Project and Visio

Senior Financial Analyst, HHS

• Supporting IT Capital Planning Officer by reviewing Exhibits 300 and other project documentation
• Coordinating development of Department-wide project management requirements
• Monitoring OMB Watch List projects for adherence to remediation plans

Technical Operations Manager, FEMA

• Wrote official policy documents ("Instructions") on media sanitization and handling of security incidents
• Managed redesign of CIO's intranet site, using technical resource supplied by another contractor
• Wrote and edited technical proposals on behalf of SAIC

Project Manager/Analyst, NASA

• Managed the Science Mission Directorate website, supervising a team of nine responsible for planning, content development, design, and technical development
• Managed revision of legacy Visual C++ 4.0 application to support new NASA budget structure; despite significant obstacles the entire project was finished less than two months after we received the initial requirement
• Planned and managed development of application to manage award fee process for Jet Propulsion Laboratory contract
• Managed private and public website development for inter-agency working group on the future of land imaging, using resource supplied by another contractor as well as members of my own team.
• Developed strategic plan for IT investments in NASA's Space Science Enterprise
• Designed an animated presentation to convey the distribution of mission-related information and a strategy for integration

Web Manager, National Cancer Institute Office of Science Planning and Assessment

• Developed requirements document and information architecture for internal website to track scientific advances in the fight against cancer; moved from idea to deployment in three months
• Responsible for content and technical management of sixteen separate websites on behalf of seven different people on client staff
• Planned and performed usability testing and heuristic reviews
• Supervised redesign and usability testing of Cancer Research Initiatives site
• Assisted with design and production of print version of the Nation's Investment in Cancer Research, and launched web version concurrently with publication
• Developed and executed strategies for web site promotion
• Analyzed web site traffic

Senior Consultant, BroadVision Global Services

• Completed requirements analyses for web portals and implemented appropriate tools
• Implemented XML content management tools
• Consulted with United States Postal Service, General Services Administration as well as military and commercial clients

Lead Information Architect

• Developed architecture and design standards for public site of top professional services firm.
• Trained and wrote manual for member firm site managers from over 40 countries.
• Managed three Information Architects, one in Cleveland and two in London.
• Managed the home page and the four most trafficked areas within ey.com
• Guided business units through site development
• Wrote feature articles and a periodic newsletter for content contributors

Senior Science Exhibit Developer

Oversaw content and concept development for the new 20,000-square-foot permanent exhibition of the first health museum in the Western Hemisphere.

• Led concept development for interactive exhibits
• Supervised data collectors and managed formative evaluation of exhibit prototypes
• Designed and implemented audience surveys to inform marketing and exhibit development efforts.
• Acquired rights to photographs and existing audiovisual programs
• Wrote explanatory label copy (nearly 700 separate pieces, from major gallery introductions to photo captions)
• Authored new, updated script for signature show of the museum, and auditioned vocal and musical talent
• Bartered hand-painted anatomical models worth approximately $6000 to obtain a transparent woman model valued at $30,000
• Produced fundraising proposals, press releases, and advertisements

Director of Public Education

Managed educational opportunities for casual visitors (approximately one million visitors a year; the Zoo attracts more people than all four major Philadelphia sports teams combined).

• Wrote and edited text for animal identification signs and Talking Storybooks for a collection of 1500 animals on 42 acres
• Initiated cross-departmental supervision of animal care staff's presentations to the public.
• Trained 75 volunteers for the Zoo's first free-ranging monkey project
• Collected and analyzed data for National Science Foundation project to facilitate family science learning in informal science institutions

Exhibit Developer

Spearheaded research and concept development for all science exhibits designed by this nationally-renowned museum planning and design firm.

• Planned and wrote both an simple brochure and a complete 40-page portfolio for business development
• Wrote proposals to several institutions, including the Smithsonian Institutions, Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
• Contributed to master planning for five new museums - including the Great Lakes Science Center and Big Bone Lick State Park and wrote final reports, which the museums used to solicit funding and to guide project development
• Developed interactive exhibits and wrote over 600 labels for the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center, the first U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service site devoted to reconstructing an extinct ecosystem (14,000 square feet of indoor exhibits and 4.5 miles of trails). Exhibits include Century 19 Prairie Real Estate, in which visitors try to select the best quarter section of land to homestead.
• Developed interactive exhibits for the Health Museum of Cleveland (see above)

• BeyondGuide: Wrote scripts for audio tours of cities delivered via cell phone
• Maryland Science Center: developed educational content for a interactive database for the first national traveling exhibition on women's health; wrote labels for Inside Out, an exhibit of the Visible Human Project
• Children's Museum of Manhattan: consulted on the development of a new 4,000 square foot health exhibit
• USA Exhibits: consulted on the development of interactive exhibits for the lobby of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• CLRDesign: wrote all animal identification and interpretive signage for the Los Angeles Zoo's new chimpanzee exhibit

• Master of Arts, Science Writing, May 1991
• Bachelor of Arts, Natural Sciences, May 1991
• Note: Degrees awarded concurrently
• Louis Azrael Fellowship in Communications, 1989 - 1990
• Graduated with General Honors
• Activities:
  • Science Editor of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
  • Tutor for Baltimore schoolchildren
  • Aikido