Diane Abela has over 15 years of experience in project management, administration, and research coordination. Her background includes roles managing membership programs, events, and fundraising for the NYSSCPA, coordinating an IT data integration project for Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and serving as a project manager for telecommunications projects at Orange Business Services. She also has experience as a research coordinator for Columbia-Presbyterian Taub Institute, where she organized research projects, conducted data analysis, and produced multiple publications. Abela has an interdisciplinary science degree from the University of South Florida and additional business studies from Columbia University School of Continuing Education.

1. Diane Abela
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2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
NYSSCPA - Project Administrator March 2012 – present
Manages membership campaigns and programs, pre-professional outreach programs and scholarship
endowments including the online application design/coding, affinity product development and design of the
online store, fundraising, web content management, special projects, event planning, and committee coordination
Independent Project Management (contracted)
Ninos de la Amazonia - Project Manager Feb 2011 – September 2011
Event and donor management involving a Smithsonian Institution exhibit with visiting Amazonian children from
Peru; sponsored by the Rainforest Foundation, including a fundraiser at AMNH by Sting and Trudie Styler
Albert Einstein School of Medicine - Project Coordinator Aug 2010 – Nov 2010
IT data integration project for updating multiple systems i.e. billing, established an Access database of
hardware/software inventory, recommended upgrades/solutions, generated SOP for each Services dept
Weil, Gotshal and Manges – Web Content Manager Dec 2007 – Mar 2008
Website launch; content management within the web team including graphics designers and the hosting site
vendor; research for IS trouble tickets; information systems maintenance of the marketing dept
Office Manager/Project Coordinator
EME Group, Engineering Consultants - New York, NY May 2008 – Aug 2009
•Presales RFP/RFQ drafting/editing, media kits, web administrator, NYSERDA project coordination
•Vendor management, time and expense database reporting, event planning, equipment pricing
Project Manager
Orange Business Services/France Telecom - New York, NY Jan 2006 – Jan 2008
•Coordinated telecommunications projects of 12+ accounts, executive assistant to NAM PM director
•Status reporting, risk and issues management, project plan tracking and scheduling, preparation of project
documentation, customer presentations of project metrics, client communications and administration
•Projects included: 5 site LAM IPVPN upgrade for Merrill Lynch; AXA messaging migration of 12,000+ users
to MS 2003 Outlook; network implementation for Bank of New York, Fidelity and Panasonic
•Integral part of RFP presales and pricing teams for bids involving 3M - 40M in projects
•Received 3 quarter PC awards, one for exceeded revenue; received sales team recognition award

3. Research Coordinator
Columbia-Presbyterian Taub Institute - New York, NY July 2001 – Jan 2006
•Organized research and data acquisition, and conducted data analysis of multiple fMRI projects
•Trained subjects on research protocol, edited research papers, reviewed and processed grants
•Achieved four times the throughput of studies performed in previous years, quadrupling productivity
•Produced relevant findings with the completion of each protocol; 3 noteworthy publications, 2nd-3rd author
Business Services Administrator
TechHealth, Inc. - Tampa, FL Mar 2000 - May 2001
•Generated presentations; maintained database; coordinated board meetings and travel; CEO support
•Established administrative management and operations for e-commerce: www.techhealth.com
General Manager
Ard Ri, Inc. - Tampa, FL Mar 1997 - Mar 2000
•Managed promotional event/travel planning, marketing, operations of this start-up in restaurant design
•Opened the James Joyce Irish Pub on March 1998, in the Ybor City area of Tampa, FL
Radiochemistry Analyst
Severn Trent Laboratories, Inc. - Tampa, FL Aug 1993 - Jan 1995
•Analysis of radionuclides: alpha, beta, Radium 226, Radium 228, and tritium
•Promoted from metals wet chemistry preparation to radiochemistry analyst in less than 4 months
EDUCATION: Columbia University - New York, NY
School of Continuing Education - Elective Program, business concentration
University of South Florida - Tampa, FL
BA - Interdisciplinary Natural Science/Chemistry, Aug. 2000

4. NOTABLE ACTIVITIES / ACHIEVEMENTS:
2014 Student Pilot at Sky River Helicopters; Member of HAI Business Management Committee;
aviation scholarship recipient of the 99s North Jersey Chapter; AOPA member
2011 iReports vetted by CNN; published in CNN online
2010 Guinness World Record on pointe; Choreographer, Webster Hall QAS and Moving Beauty
2009 Principal at the Sokolow Modern Dance Co; 60x60 production
2008 National Delegate for Congressional District 15 NY State, MET museum & WCS member
2007 PMP training, PMI member, CISCO IPT Implementation and Synergy Project
Management Methodology Certification
2006 Publications:
‘Age-Related Changes in Brain Activation During a Delayed Item
Recognition Task,' E. Zarahn, B. Rakitin, D. Abela, J. Flynn, Y. Stern, Neurobiology of
Aging, Volume 28, Issue 5, Pp. 784-798
‘Distinct Spatial Patterns of Brain Activity..' E Zarahn, B Rakitin, Diane Abela, et al
NeuroImage, Vol 33-2
2005 Publication:
‘Positive Evidence Against Human Medial Temporal Lobe Involvement in
Working Memory Maintenance,’ Zarahn E., Abela D., Flynn J., et al, Cerebral Cortex Mar
2005, Epub Sep 2004
SOFTWARE SKILLS: Matlab, Linux, SPM, CMS, Oracle, MS Office – Word, Outlook, Excel,
PowerPoint, Photoshop, Picasa 3, Adobe, FileZilla, MS Project, Visio, HTML, LexisNexis Interaction,
DOS, Access, Lotus Notes, Basecamp, Mac , Aptify