Resume organization

Most hiring managers review dozens of resumes and do not have time to go through multiple pages to determine if you are a good fit for their position. It is critical that you get across who you are and what you can do within the top half of the first page of your resume. I accomplished this by describing myself in detail within a Qualification section followed by a list of skills and experiences that were relevant to the posted position. I also listed my technical skills up front on the first page prior to listing my professional experience.

Stephen Matteson

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Mattesonsp@gmail.com

Qualification SUMMARY

Over twenty years of experience supporting clinical development operations and reporting as a Customer Engagement Manager, Technical Team Lead, and Senior SAS Programmer within the Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Health with a proven track record of delivery and customer service. I am seeking SAS programming opportunities that can leverage my knowledge and experience within the Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry.

20+years programming in SAS TLG generic code development that can be applied across clinical trial designs Parameter and data driven macro procedures Regulatory reporting of Clinical Safety and Protocol Registry data General Efficacy – Change from baseline, Behavioral and Functional Scales Clinical AR, CSR, IB, NDA Reporting Types Integrated Summary of Safety (ISS) and Efficacy (ISE) Clinical Medical Dictionaries: MedDRA, ICD9, Whodrug

Familiar working with Oracle Clinical Tables, Views and RXA_DES meta-data files ETL processing of clinical data using Pfizer Data Standards which is based on the CDISC/STDM Industry Standard Developed applications and reporting system that are 21 CFR Part 11 compliant Enterprise Life Cycle Experience Customer Engagement Manager / Business Analysis / Project Management/ Technical Team Lead & People Manager

Technical Skills:

Office Productivity: Microsoft Office Suite Programming: SAS, SQL, Perl Collaboration Tools: Livelink, SharePoint, Mind Manager, Enterprise Architect Software Engineering Tools: Source Forge, CVS, RCS Database / Tools: Oracle, PIMS, Quest Toad & SQL Navigator Operating Systems: Solaris UNIX, Windows XP Visualization Tools: Spotfire

Professional Experience

Company Name, City, State (Start Date – End Date)

Description of role

OTHER POSITIONS HELD

List of companies and date if they exceed 15 years

EDUCATION

Degree, Major, University, City, State (Date Graduated)

Made it out of the unemployed wilderness

In February of 2009 I was informed that my position was being eliminated. I could have reapplied to other positions or take a generous severance after 17 years in a job and for a company that I loved. I spent many sleepless nights and countless hours discussing my options with my wife and we decided to take the severance package and explore new employment opportunities. My employment ended 10 months later after being asked to help in the completion of a critical project. After my decision to leave, I immediately began investigating into preparing for my departure and formulate my thoughts around my past experience and what I want to do next. During this time I posted my resume to every known online job board and spoke with recruiters on a daily bases without a single viable lead. Over time I fine tuned my resume and job search, developed an interview strategy, and have been offered 3 positions since the beginning of this year. I am not a professional recruiter, but I have real life experience and lessons learned that I do think could be of value to you.

Areas I think I can help:

· Resume organization

· Navigating the online job sites

· Working with professional recruiters

· Leveraging Linkedin

· Prepping for the Interview

· Understand the full compensation package

If you are a technical professional interested in exploring new employment opportunities please do not hesitate to drop me a line at mattesonsp@gmail.com. Many people have helped me along the way and I would be glad to help as best I can.