1. Maryann Tompkins
Grants Manager
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
4girlsndave@optonline.net - 862-432-3893
WORK EXPERIENCE
Grants Manager
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation - 2015 to Present
Conduct the first level (and second level as needed) review and management of all incoming funding
requests for US GenMeds Patient Advocacy/Relations support; coordinate the grants flow process with
IT, legal, compliance, finance and NOGE. This review will take into account compliance rules and an
understanding of the patient and other healthcare advocacy groups submitting the requests
• Develop a broad network of personal contacts with targeted organization staff to help relationship building and
enhance Novartis' external reputation; manage ongoing external communication with the groups pertaining to
the grant process; serve as primary point of contact/relationship manager for identified non-therapeutic area
specific groups as needed
• Develop, maintain and analyze "metric" reporting process which monitors progress and spend by BU/TA,
addresses key activities with each patient organization and communicate events and benefits to internal teams
as appropriate, including monthly and end of year reporting to Patient Advocacy team and leadership
• Maintain ongoing liaison with Global Advocacy and Oncology Advocacy to identify and import best practices.
Identify and leverage opportunities to enhance and streamline processes including implementation.
• Collaborate grant spend with finance on monthly budget targets and forecasts for grants and operational
spend.
• Identify and implement process improvements to grants systems based on feedback from external and
internal interactions; develop and implement training for internal staff and external stakeholders and users of
grants system, timely notify colleagues of support benefits, and develop/submit journal advertisements when
appropriate.
• Ensure all regulatory and reporting requirements are fulfilled to include: Sunshine Act, Basel transparency
reporting, ad hoc internal audits. Manage internal reporting processes and interface with Gen Meds
Compliance team and Senior Mgmt. for approval.
• Close collaboration with other departments to include: Finance, Legal, IT, Ethics & Compliance, NOGE,
State Government Affairs, Health Policy, Medical and Global to ensure relationships are built, fostered and
appropriately leveraged.
SOP Compliance Specialist
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation - 2013 to 2015
• Lead cross functional teams in a global matrix.
• Collaborate with multiple line functions in SOP development and revisions for all critical stakeholders including
all Subject Matter Experts.
• Ensure that process gaps are identified and addressed and unresolved issues are escalated for resolution.
• Conduct ad-hoc meetings to reach decision and consensus.
• Ensure continuous improvement of processes and maintain standards for uniformity.
• Provide guidance to authors in accordance with DevQA requirements.
• Collect additional requests from stakeholders and ensure they are raised at the SOP Governance Board
for review.

2. Business Planning Analyst
Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research - East Hanover, NJ - 2008 to 2013
• Responsible for all facets of negotiation of contract terms and budgets for clinical studies.
• Prepared Confidentiality Agreements, Consultancy Agreements, Task Orders, Clinical Trial Agreements and
Amendments for outsourced clinical trials.
• Collaborated with all critical internal and external stakeholders including clinical trial leaders, medical doctors,
vendors, principal investigators, and opposing counsel for clinical trial projects.
• Designed and developed Access database to track and record contract data information for large scale
contracts.
• Handled maintenance and monitoring of financial database, including creation of Macros and Queries for
report generation.
• Administered database for Citrix based Emptoris Contract Repository including Clinical Trial Agreements,
Confidentiality Agreements and Task Orders which enabled access to all Novartis Outsourcing departments.
• Administered TS contract database which enabled outside vendors to enter facility information which
Novartis associates can access in order to obtain information necessary to locate facilities for clinical trials.
• Supported multiple project initiatives.
Assistant to VP of Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research & Phase IV Group
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation - 2006 to 2008
• Provided operational support for seven (7) Therapeutic Area Heads including CVM, Respiratory, NSO, IID,
Mature Products, European Regions, LatAm and their subordinates.
• Responsible for budget planning & management for Phase IV Clinical Trials, HEOR Registries, and other
Medical Affairs studies.
• Participated in monthly Budget meetings with Project Budget Managers to reconcile budget trackers.
• Worked with Clinical Operations and Contract Resources to ensure sufficient funds were available for
milestone payments across all therapeutic areas within Phase IV group.
• Managed monthly financial targets and reviewed milestones for each contract.
• Processed purchase orders via the Ariba system including processing of invoices, receipts and approvals to
ensure timely payments to vendors and consultants.
• Monitored financial forecasts including accruals utilizing MS Excel.
• Analyzed financial entries in ARIBA and ran reports.
• Created, revised and produced presentations for various executive and project meetings including Strategic
Imperatives for each therapeutic area.
• Responsible for collection and consolidation of departmental budget information utilizing Excel.
• Interviewed and trained departmental temporary staff.
• Interfaced with various functional groups (Clinical, Marketing, Finance and various vendors) for project related
requests to ensure successful completion.
Administrative Assistant
Health Economics & Outcomes Research - 2005 to 2006
• Provided financial operational support to Directors within the Resp/Derm and ABGHI groups
• Reviewed each therapeutic Area budget with Finance Managers
• Responsible for processing, distribution and review of contracts to ensure accuracy.
• Managed Purchase Orders utilizing PAWs/Ariba systems.
FOUR SEASONS SUNROOMS, Denville, NJ
Assistant to President
KEVIN P. CAREY & ASSOCIATES, INC., Morristown, NJ

3. HR Administrator
VOORTMAN COOKIES, Ontario, Canada
Sales and Distributor - Self-Employed
NABISCO FOODS COMPANY, Parsippany, NJ
Sr. Administrative Assistant
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration in Business Administration
Centenary College - Hackettstown, NJ
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Centenary College - Hackettstown, NJ
Associate in Applied Science in Computer Science
County College of Morris - Township of Randolph, NJ
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Technical Skills
SAP, Ariba, PAWs, ClinAdmin, dEIS, BrassRing, Microsoft Outlook, Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint,
PeopleSoft, Visio, Lotus Notes, Emptoris, SharePoint, Nimbus 9.4, ESOPs