Chondra Wright

• Acted as liaison between developers and NAVAIR product stakeholders; supported Agile and DevOps implementation activities.
• Elicited functional requirements for the development of from scratch web application.
• Created requirements documentation in the form of feature files that double as test scripts for automatic testing using GitLab and Gherkin Cucumber syntax.
• Monitored risks to the project and provide monthly summary reports.
• Managed product backlog within the Jira agile project management tool.
• Documented and tracked project lifecycle and progression in Jira and by utilizing user stories, use cases, process modeling, wireframes, etc.
• Orchestrated and led discussions with stakeholders after conducting in-depth analysis leading to investigative stakeholder questioning.
• Provided creative solutions to meet the needs of the customer; fill in blanks and offer suggestions wherever there is uncertainty.
• Provided periodic demonstrations of application development progress to ensure accurate interpretation and implementation of requirements.

• Combined existing data, requirements, and clinical trial information to be entered into a central database and deployed for query availability after application upgrades.
• Interacted with IT software development team to complete end-user portions of web application and module enhancement.
• Determined user requirements and functional specifications for web applications in compliance with the National Institutes of Health and FDA regulations.
• Performed user acceptance testing following updates and enhancements to web applications.
• Reported technical issues and bugs to the development team and create Jira tickets to track progress.
• Developed relationships with key stakeholders and user community to determine requirements for study information output displayed to the lay public.

▪ Engaged in data migration tasks to assemble and organize new patient and donor information databases in electronic notebooks and donor tracking software.

▪ Gathered requirements, developed stories, and corresponded with programmers to design and create solutions to address business needs within Laboratory Medicine, Transfusion Services, Quality Assurance, and Blood Donor Center

▪ Created and managed project plans while providing status updates to management.

▪ Worked with laboratory staff to identify and convey problems with electronic lab notebooks to developers and to find solutions.

▪ Resolved violations found during past external audits conducted by outside vendors and reduced the number of violations found during current audits by implementing solutions and fail-safe plans made visible through workflow diagrams created in Visio.

• Translated technical information into a lay language to outline user requirements, design, and layout intent of the LIMS software, functional specifications, and technical functions.
• Served as the subject matter expert and liaison between LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) clinical project team and IT developers to complete end-user portions of SDLC processes in support of new LIMS system development and customization.
• Coordinated, maintained, and presented weekly agendas for the establishment of Novavax’s new clinical immunology department; created workflow diagrams using MS Visio to outline steps to transfer previously outsourced testing and data analysis to an in-house functionality of the company.
• Analyzed elaborate and obscure clinical data to enter results into new LIMS database; migrated data from legacy systems to new target LIMS database for further analysis.
• Worked closely with the off-site Scrum team to complete ongoing sprints within a 7-10 day timeframe; performed user acceptance testing and provided feedback.
• Analyzed and presented outcomes, documented unexpected results and problems encountered during regular usage of the new LIMS interface; created Jira tickets for errors and unexpected results.
• Monitored clinical study execution and submitted weekly status reports.
• Defined, documented, and tracked all phases of projects including preliminary research, setting timelines, gathering and analyzing data, developing and qualifying experiments, and making technical recommendations to improve clinical testing and study execution.
• Organized, monitored, and managed ongoing data analysis of testing results from studies; presented findings through detailed PowerPoint presentations and technical reports.

• Gathered requirements needed for development of sample acquisition and data analysis software to customize functionality specific for the types of experiments conducted.
• Performed user acceptance testing during 1-2 week long sprints to determine proper software performance and data output and to determine necessary modifications.
• Gave input as the subject matter expert for the creation of user stories of software functionalities to support clinical testing.
• Created database of trial run sample testing and subject results.
• Evaluated risks related to requirements implementation, testing procedures, and sample procurement; recommended alternative and creative resources needed to complete projects and saved the company over $20,000.
• Monitored study execution and submitted weekly status reports on projects and studies.
• Defined, documented and tracked all phases of projects including research, setting timelines, gathering and analyzing data, qualifying, developing, and validating experiments, and making technical recommendations to improve clinical programs and projects.

• Functioned as a liaison between key stakeholders, clients, and principle scientists; provided expertise when gathering requirements to devise initial pilot studies prior to project initiation and to give status reports of projects and studies.
• Facilitated monthly or weekly meetings with clients to document additional requirements and to offer possible solutions to complex technical problems arising during testing.
• Engaged clients to collect requirements and/or preferences for output of information generated from software to be configured specifically to the client’s study.
• Interacted with software developers to convey client requests for the layout of data generated during sample analysis.
• Drafted client’s business requirements to align them with functional and technical requirements to determine the feasibility.
• Developed and managed budgets, cost summaries, and inventory necessities for proposals of current and/or potential studies, projects, programs, and pilot studies.
• Defined scopes, maintained budgets, and tracked schedules for all phases of projects; set timelines for gathering and analyzing data, experiment qualification, and development.
• Monitored studies from initiation to completion; submitted weekly status reports on projects.
• Enhanced departmental/business development by convincing company officials to accept and implement system modifications to improve clinical projects and study effectiveness.

• Liaised directly between lab staff and software developers and attended meetings to provide technical advice regarding software customization for sample acquisition and data analysis.
• Performed user acceptance testing as the subject matter expert, defined problems, and reported unwanted results to developers.
• Managed study schedules, and budgets, and tracked the progression of the evaluation phases of two longitudinal clinical vaccine trials and two pre-clinical animal studies.
• Visited testing sites to ensure procedural execution according to contract, renew and revise documentation.
• Created and organized databases of sample test results.
• Oversaw procurement of reagents, consumables, and lab equipment maintenance contracts.
• Created agendas and gave monthly presentations to fellow colleagues and team members exhibiting information and experimental support for new projects, policies, and procedures.
• Defined and executed steps to monitor study progression; made recommendations to improve the productivity of processes throughout the laboratory and to meet established goals and objectives.