Kristina Zerarka

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About Kristina Zerarka

Energetic and driven professional with broad successes across the research awards proposal-to-delivery lifecycle, from solicitation to business implementation, and collaborating with matrix cross-functional teams, including researchers, staff, and external partners, to achieve goals. Optimize business execution and resources through cross-functional integration. Innovative thinker accelerate project success by leveraging data-driven insights, innovation, and agile methods. Drive lasting organizational change by implementing large-scale, global programs, multimillion-dollar budgets, contracts, and products. Passion for prioritizing, multitasking, developing, and executing plans in complex, dynamic, fast-paced, and competitive environments, ensuring timely and accurate project management. Accurately manages tasks, records, data, and contracts and provides new revenue and cost improvement ideas. Qualifications • 8+ years leading project administration at SRI International. • Supervise government solicitation response, proposal workflow, financial analysis, and start-to-end project management. • Oversee financial preparation processes for 30 annual IDIQ/BPA proposals of up to $30K with diverse funding sources. • Secure proxy signature authority as a trusted delegate to the Business Manager. • Centralize project document management within the business office by establishing and deploying SharePoint filing system. • Revolutionize new project set up by collaborating with PMO and Business Office team in seamless process implementation. • Bachelor of Arts BA, Art History, University of California