Seri R. Gomberg

• Provided customer service to 60 new applicants to welfare programs per month:
  • Processed applications
  • Interviewed clients
  • Explained required verifications
  • Notified clients of decisions
  • Explained benefits and reporting requirements
• Assisted other workers in researching, troubleshooting and solving issues with software, including e-Apps and Imaging.

Provided classroom training and over-the-shoulder implementation support on specialized welfare programs to county employees. Participated in six week classroom software training, resulting in effective delivery of provided curriculum.

• Delivered existing training content. Provided first-line technical support in training lab.
• Provided over-the-shoulder support to welfare workers at their desks in using the C-IV software to track their clients.

• Managed daily operations for contractor (sole-proprietor).
• Hired and trained Administrative Assistant for Landscaper. Developed job description, screened candidates, developed systems, and trained both Assistant and Landscaper.
• Screened assistants for organizational consultant.
• Tracked three construction projects to completion, performed accounts payable, purchasing, and more.
• Performed monthly website updates for various clients.
• Wrote and edited protocols for biotech & medical device companies.
• Taught adult education classes in computer skills. Developed and taught hobby classes in knitting.
• Managed accounts for cabinet maker, handled client communications.

• Managed research program. Responsibility expanded progressively from 5 to 14 employees.
• Planned and implemented restructuring to improve quality, productivity and cost-effectiveness, resulting in a 50% reduction in expenses.
• Negotiated and managed outsourcing relationships, including specialized expertise in the project.
• Member of senior management team, providing leadership and consensus building skills.

• Managed implementation of screening for over 100 oncology clinical trials in Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
• Wrote one of first CDISC file to export records from database; wrote data collection program.
• Programmed clinical trial screening to review EMR and alert physician when a patient qualified for a study.
• Programmed detailed eligibility criteria to provide automated definitive determination of eligibility.
• Programmed capture of CRF data within patient chart and maintained program written by others.

Manager, Clinical Operations

1999-2000

Karmel Medical Acoustic Technologies, Yokneam Illit, Israel (Device Start-up)

• Managed six device operators; built team and coached them to achieve company goals; created GCP compliant protocols for existing studies and monitor studies.
• Wrote SOPs and revised User's Manual.
• Represented users of innovative medical device in complaint review and design review meetings.
• Monitored incoming data for three studies, managed daily operations on two studies.

Consultant/Clinical Program Manager

1998

BRM Capital (then BRM Technologies, Ltd.), Jerusalem (Device Start-up)

• Provided 3-day needs analysis; subsequently hired to provide clinical trial expertise to identify Principal Investigator, develop study protocol, identify sites, and participate in all business meetings and decisions.
• Managed pilot study for what was then BRM Technologies, Ltd., VC, now BRM Capital.
• Designed, wrote protocol, and prepared IRB paperwork for innovative medical device.
• Planned logistics in different types of sites (hospital, site management organization).
• Negotiated with vendors and participated in all business meetings.

Grant Administrator, Breast Care Center

1994-1998

Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco

As a senior administrative analyst, managed activities for federal SPORE grant ($2.5 million/year).
• Designed, planned and coordinated projects involving 13 Principal Investigators and their support staff.
• Developed and managed the web site.
• Managed annual budget, and prepared financial and scientific reports.
• Assisted patient advocacy core develop and implement research projects.
• Independently planned and carried out four annual meetings of investigators in various locations.

Manager, Breast Care Center Clinical Research Unit

1997-1998

Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco

• Assisted the Director in planning and developing the Unit into a Phase I/II site.
• Coordinated and tracked all pre-study activities: completed questionnaires, represented the Unit during pre-study visits, established a logistical plan to perform complicated studies, and assured prompt completion of internal review, Institutional Review Board approval and contract negotiations.
• Identified and solicited new studies using Internet and other resources.
• Initiated and maintained relationships with sponsors.
• Coordinated work load of the clinical research staff.

Liaison to Chief of Hematology/Oncology Division

1994-1995

• Assisted Chairman of Breast Committee at Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) and Principal Investigator on 3,000-patient Breast Cancer clinical trial.
• Relayed questions, then answers, between Chief and study site personnel.
• Solved operational problems by streamlining processes and creating an infrastructure that allowed efficient performance of the study.

Scientific Coordinator

1989-1994

German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development, Jerusalem, Israel

• Began as off-site word processor, advanced to work in-house on database. By 1993, wrote queries and reports, handled troubleshooting and training, produced publications and assisted with large conferences.
• Assisted in developing a large relational database as user representative.
• Managed the database and provided user support.
• Located and negotiated with vendors.
• Edited and produced publication of scientific promotional material.

Israeli Defense Forces, Israel

Computer Skills

Computer proficiencies include the following, as well as several proprietary applications:

Education

VOLUNTEER WORK

• Volunteer Usher: Aurora Theatre, Berkeley, Post Street Theatre, San Francisco, and others
• Film Festival Volunteer, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival
• Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)

PUBLICATIONS

Gomberg-Malool, S., Ziv, R., Re'em, Y., Posner, I., Levitzki, A. and Orly, J. 1993. Tyrphostins inhibit follicle-stimulating hormone-mediated functions in cultured rat ovarian granulosa cells. Endocrinology. 132(1):362-370.

5 years of Successful German-Israeli Cooperation. 1994. German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development. Seri Gomberg-Malool and Erwin Asher, Co-editors.

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