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

Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

• M.S. (cum laude) in Biological Chemistry, 1992
• B.S. in Biology with minors in Mathematics and Computer Science, 1989

Continuing Education

• ISPI Institute, San Francisco, 2009
• Supervisory Development Lab, University of California, Berkeley, 2002
• ArsDigita Boot Camp, ArsDigita, Berkeley, 2000
• Introduction to GCP and Auditing: DIA, Jerusalem, 2000
• Introduction to Project Management, UCSF, San Francisco, 1996
• Microeconomics course, Open University, Tel Aviv, 1993
• Social Psychology course, Open University, Tel Aviv, 1993

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.

Over 10 years’ job-related experience:

• Able to interpret large, complex, contradictory information (12/2019-present; 4/2010-8/2011; 5/2003-7/2009; 12/2001-4/2003) and develop metrics (12/2017-12/2019)
• Collected, reviewed and cleansed data (12/2001-4/2003; 4/1989-1/1994)
• Developed repeatable processes (12/2019-present; 7/2013-10/2014; 12/2001-4/2003)
• Able to pay attention to details and ensure consistency (10/2014 – 12/2017)
• Able to collaborate and influence others in a matrix environment (7/2013-present)
• Able to work independently (7/2013-12/2019; 4/1989-1/1994)
• Able to plan, prioritize work to meet commitments and organizational goals (4/2010-8/2011)
• Experience with project management (8/1994-5/1998; 5/2003-7/2009)
• Experience with program management (8/1994-5/1998)
• Experience managing large volumes of work concurrently (12/2019-present; 7/2013-10/2014; 4/2010-8/2011)
• Experience working in the PG&E EOC (12/2017-present)
• Understanding of investigation concepts, methods and techniques (CAP training)
• Experience with rolling out new processes (Email retention; Documentum for TIL; 8/2009-4/2010; 12/2001-4/2003; 9/2000-9/2001; 8/1999-4/2000; 4/1989-1/1994)
• Experience working at startups (9/2000-9/2001; 8/1999-4/2000; 9/1998-12/1998)
• Provided leadership for high complexity projects: re-designed survey research study data collection process (12/2001-4/2003); led clinical research efforts – designed studies, complex staffing process and streamlined operations for medical device clinical trials (8/1999-4/2000; 9/1998-12/1998); Enterprise Continuous Improvement project to streamline data request processing (currently under way)
• Led complex projects: Split SP site into 23 sites and managed migration to SP 2013 (7/2013-12/2017); Managed 14 employees, including 10 field staff, identified impediments to project completion, designed and implemented process improvement project resulting in cutting costs by 50% (12/2001-4/2003)
• Continuous education: Continuous Improvement Practitioner I (2019); Courses in GIS (2016)
• Experience administering SharePoint sites: managed migration of large site from SP 2010 to SP 2013 (including splitting out over 25 subsites)
• Attention to detail to ensure consistency (7/2013-present)
• Develops data management guidance and practices for the broader team to implement (12/2019-present; 4/1989-1/1994)
• Develops innovative data management and technology solutions to address complex business issues. Applies advanced knowledge to wide-ranging issues. Performs analysis on highly complex data models that have cross-functional impact. Integrating disparate data sets into unified data management tools; experience managing large datasets. Seizes data management opportunities to improve work processes. (12/2019-present; 4/2010-8/2011; 12/2001-4/2003; 9/2000-9/2001; 9/1998-12/1998)
• Provides direction, leadership, consistency in how data is managed (12/2019-present)
• Works with and leverages relationships with Directors and Managers across functions within PG&E (12/2019-present)
• Excels in rapidly changing, high-energy work environments (7/2013-present; 9/1998-7/2009)
• Cool under pressure and able to balance competing priorities (8/1994-5/1998; 4/2010-8/2011)
• Experience working in the PG&E EOC (12/2017-present)
• Experience with rolling out new processes (Email retention; Documentum for TIL; SharePoint 2013; 8/2009-4/2010; 12/2001-4/2003; 9/2000-9/2001; 8/1999-4/2000; 4/1989-1/1994)
• 9 years’ experience performing financial analysis (1994-1998 and 2003-2009);
• 5 years’ experience in logistical planning, negotiations (2003-2009);
• 15 years’ experience in regulated fields: utilities, public assistance, construction, and medicine

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