Name:                   Sophia Parker（女）

Age:                               

Education:         

BS, Accounting, Strayer University, Washington, D.C., 1992

Graduate Studies, Mass Communication, Illinois State University, 1980

BA, English Literature & Language, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1979

Work Experience:

04/01/06– present, Account Manager, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC)

·        Market and develop new business for NGC within the life science; involve in the strategic marketing of Global Disease Surveillance Platform (GDSP) internationally and domestically.  Support bioinformatics projects at NIAID and NCI. 

01/05 – 01/06, Account Manager, Institute for Information Industry (III) of Taiwan

Market and develop new health care business in Taiwan. 

·        Successfully marketed and implemented Starlims for a CDC’s pilot LIMS project. 

·        Worked with Taiwanese Department of Health and National Health Insurance Bureau to launch NHII. 

·        Worked with Taipei City Hospital Group to implement Clinical data Repository (CDR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR).

·        Helped III set up international business practice and worked on multiple international projects.  Translated documents from Chinese into English.  Designed III’s English website.

05/03 –11/04t, Account Manager, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Germantown, MD 

·        Market and develop new business for SAIC within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

·        Manage financial management systems software development at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

·        Manage grants management systems development project at NCRR/NIH.

03/99– 05/03, Director of IT Services, SAIC, Bethesda, MD    

·        On-site IT Service Director for the National Institutes of Health, providing assistance to over 25,000 users.  Included desktop support, help desk services management, software development, training and network management.  Offices supported included the Center for Information Technology (CIT), the Office of Research Services (ORS), and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).

·        Interfaced with the customers and subcontractors on a daily basis. Hosted monthly briefings with customers to review project status.

·        Participated in the design, development and implementation of change control methodologies for the Software Development Group, Division of Customer Support (DCS) at CIT.

·        Managed 4 projects and supervised 45 SAIC and subcontractor personnel.  Reviewed staff performance and mentored staff for their career development.

·        Reviewed project plans and monthly financial reports; evaluated and prepared contract modifications.

·        Led a team of 7 to conduct market research and develop a strategy to promote services for ORS/NIH.

·        Designed survey instruments and conducted customer surveys for ORS/NIH.

·        Maintained excellent relationship with subcontractors and other SAIC business units to develop new business at NIH. 

03/99– 05/03, Capture and Operations Manager for National Institutes of Health, SAIC, Bethesda, MD

·        Conducted pre-marketing, conceived winning strategy, managed proposal efforts and won the following contracts:

��      $4.5 million, 5-year contract to provide help desk support for NIH/NIAMS. (Also served as Project Manager on this effort.)

��      $50 million/10year contract for NIH CIT Division of Customer Support (DCS). Contract value: $50 millions for 10 years. (Also served as Project Manager on this effort.)  This contract value had doubled in the last year due to NIH IT Outsourcing.

��      $28 million, 10-year contract for NIH Division of Network Systems & Telecommunication (DNST) Network Management. (Also served as Project Manager on this effort.)

��      $1.5 million Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Assessment contract. 

��      $200K NIH Office of Research Services (ORS) Market Research & Outreach. (Also served as Project Manager on this effort.)

05/1998-03/1999, Senior Business Analyst National Association of Security Dealers, Inc (NASD) Database Design and Support, Rockville, MD

·        Designed a financial database for this multi-million dollar contract. Database tracked all NASD application requirements and handled requests from external constituents.

·        Developed and implemented testing schedules in Microsoft Access; used Tivoli, Tandem and PL * and SQL to query database.

·        Worked with functional specialists and IT specialists to design testing requirements with all NASDQ member firms. Prepared requirements specifications and functional description documents.

·        Approved test plan specifications, oversaw testing and conducted quality assurance.

10/1996-05/1998, Systems Development/Sr. Functional Analyst, Computer Data Systems Inc. (CDSI), Rockville, MD 

·        Functional lead for the development of large, complex programs for this multi-million dollar contract.

·        Designed accounting system interfaces and Y2K remediation efforts for Federal agencies, including National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), and U.S. Courts.

·        Worked with functional specialists and IT specialists to design interface requirements i.e.FARS.  Responsible for testing and integrating i.e.FARS with procurement software for batch and online processes for the U.S. Department of Education.

·        Performed requirements analysis supporting i.e. FARS development and developed business process plan, using IEF Composer, SQL * Plus, and Oracle 7.3. 

·        Managed help desk operation for SAICON-i.e.FARS integration.

·        Designed account code structures and wrote requirements documents to modify the package for the Department of Education, Wisconsin and Nebraska Labor Departments.

·        Identified software change requests needed to modify i.e.FARS modules.

01/1995-08/1996, Business Manager, US Government Employees Association, Department of State U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan, Embassy Business Operations Upgrades.

·        Supervised 65 staff; annual budget of over $3 million.  Managed personnel and financial reporting functions.

·        Led business process re-engineering effort to improve the organization’s business operations and practices. 

·        Developed accounting procedures that streamlined daily processes, reduced costs, and increased revenue.

·        Performed cost recovery and billing analysis.

·        Led development of an automated requirements tracking system built in FoxPro.

·        Led systems development efforts to automate accounting operations for payroll, payables, billing, and internal control.

·        Designed FoxPro-based inventory and point-of-sale systems that improved inventory processing and reduced labor.

·        Served as Treasurer for the International School of Islamabad, Pakistan. Redesigned the school’s internal control structure and accounting system.

08/1993-08/1994, Chief Accountant, Financial Operations Management, White and Case Law Firm, Moscow, Russia                 

·        Managed the financial operations of the largest law firm in Moscow.

·        Automated the accounting system and implemented the internal control structure, which resulted in the reduction of the billing cycle from 2 months to 1 day.

·        Implemented an automated telephone system (SMRV) for proper client billing.

·        Designed a computer application supporting the Russian Federation Tax process.

·        Developed accounting procedures manual to streamline accounting functions.

03/1991-08/1993, Accountant, Pharmaceutical Association of America, Washington, D.C.   

·        Prepared monthly financial statements, reviewed accounts payable/receivable. Supported payroll activities and prepared electronic fund transfer requests

02/1990-02/1991, Office Manager, AEPCO, Washington, D.C.

·        Managed the daily business operations of the Rockville office.  This involved coordinating new hires, managing outside vendors, and reviewing/validating 401K and Flex account reports.

07/1988-02/199, Bookkeeper/Office Manager, Tri-M Construction, Rockville, MD

·        Managed the daily business operations for a general contractor.  Coordinated work schedule for subcontractors. 

·        Prepared billing reports and reviewed bank statements.

·        Filed various tax forms with the Federal government and local governments

·        Validated 401K and Flex account reports.

10/1986 - 07/1988-02, Administrative Assistant, U.S. Consulate Barcelona, Spain

·        Assisted Consul General.  Duties included: Preparing cables and correspondence, assigning duty officer schedule, preparing and processing travel vouchers; handling classified cables.

·        Supervised 2 local employees.

08/1983 - 08/1986, Travel Office Manager, U.S. Embassy Beijing, China; U.S. Consulate, Shengyang, China.

·        Supervised 5 local staff.

·        Conducted translating and interpreting for U.S. Officers and Chinese officials.

·        Processed all in-country travels for staffs and official visitors, assigned temporary housing for TDY’ers, and prepared travel cables.

08/1982 - 08/1983, Visa Assistant, American Institute in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan

·        Interviewed visa applicants; processed visas and reviewed travel documentation. Prepared visa clearance cables

·        Provided translation services.

·        Served as interpreter for American Consular officers (conducting interpretations to-from Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese).

1981, Translator, Taipei, China

·        As an Assistant to American lawyer in Taipei, translated numerous legal documents from English to Chinese and vice versa.

1981, Part-time lecturer, Soochow University

·        Taught English to Senior Taiwanese Government officials.

1975-1979, English Teacher, Translator

·        While attending Soochow University, Ms. Parker served as a teacher of English at a private language institute.  Also completed numerous jobs translating English to Chinese for local magazine companies.

Professional skills:

Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Washington, D.C., 1994

Certificate: Oracle 8.0, Developer/2000, and Oracle Forms, 1997

Certified PeopleSoft Implementation Specialist, 1999

Language:

Mandarin Chinese (native language), Taiwanese, Spanish.

Autobiography:

Ms. Parker is a senior executive whose talents and experience are concentrated in business development, information technology, public health, and financial systems.   Her 20+ year career includes 12 years of international experience, of which 6 were spent in China and Taiwan. 

As the Business Development Manager for SAIC and Northrop Grumman Corporation , etc., Ms. Parker was able to grow SAIC's healthcare business in bioinformatics, full life cycle software development and support at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and Food & Drug Agency (FDA).  She achieved this while simultaneously managing several projects and supervising up to 95 SAIC and subcontractor personnel.  To achieve this growth Ms. Parker used her talents in networking and client relationships as well as her ability to manage winning proposals, from theme identification to final production. Ms. Parker’s interpersonal communication skills and emphasis on understanding her customer’s needs has been a key success factor in her business development efforts.  

Ms. Parker also has 10 years of experience in managing complex IT and financial projects for the federal government, and has simultaneously managed large IT projects while serving as a capture and business development manager.  In 2005, Ms. Parker took a year of leave of Absence (LOA) from SAIC to return to Taiwan to help launch NHII.  She was able to build a successful customer base at Taiwan’s healthcare industry and won Starlims’ distribution right for Taiwan.