1. BRAD DOWNEY
1179 TEE STREET, OCEANSIDE CA 92057
BRADMDOWNEY@GMAIL.COM
719.349.0986
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical College of the Lowcountry, Beaufort, South Carolina August 2013 – May 2016
Fiscal Technician, TCL Business Office
 Managed financials for federal programs at school (Pell, Direct Loans, Upward Bound, etc.)
 Reconciled federal and state financial aid funds
 Processed budget transfers, performed journal entries, expenditure transfers and monitored funds
availability on all restricted and unrestricted accounts
 Calculated and prepared monthly expenditure reports and processed journal entries to correctly allocate
expenses to accounts (phone, mileage, postage, etc)
 Performed monthly G5 draw downs for federal programs
 Responsible for invoicing on state and non G5 grants (monthly and quarterly basis)
 Calculated quarterly indirect cost payment to state of SC and ensured payment was made
 Reviewed, approved, and prepared purchase requisitions and travel reimbursements
 Assisted cashier in taking payments, preparing statements for students, & settling account discrepancies
Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan April 2015 – Present
June 2011 – June 2013
Grant and Contract Specialist for the Research Development Core (RDC)
 Managed the 2016 U54 Application (59 million dollar proposal to continue NIH funding for MICHR)
 Created and maintained proposal documents, checklists, audited forms and attachments for 1765 page
proposal
 Served as liaison between Overall PI/PD of MICHR and faculty project leads for the 12 components of
the proposal
 Maintained publication database for manuscripts that were a result of NIH funding
 Assisted faculty and staff from the University of Michigan Medical School with preparation and
submission of large scale/complex proposals
 Assisted with the pre-and post-award management of MICHR's $48 million CTSA grant
 Developed and maintained database used for tracking over 350 consultation projects since 2011
 Prepared internal budgets for MICHR cores that were involved on proposals by outside departments
 Often served as project leader on RDC consultations for Principal Investigator that involved faculty,
editors, biostatisticians and other MICHR core specialists
 Developed and maintained evaluation survey sent out to MICHR's customers
 Tracked data on RDC services and prepared metrics report
 Built data dashboard used to monitor RDC service goals
 Presented on proper budgeting in research proposals during grant writing workshops
 Maintained RDC portion of MICHR's website
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut June 2010 – June 2011
Grants and Contracts Specialist
 Assisted over 28 Faculty in preparation, review, and follow-up of large scale grant proposals on a day-
to-day basis
 Managed over two hundred department accounts
 Records manager for twelve departmental purchasing cards
 Responsible for invoicing & collecting for Mass Spectrometer facility, NMR facility, and stockroom
 Conducted budget analysis on accounts to determine future spending and employment for the dept.
 Responsible for purchase requisitions for the department
 Monitored sponsored accounts and performed necessary transactions such as re-budget requests, cost
transfer request, travel requests, no cost extensions, and payroll authorizations
 Completed financial reports for grants and contracts sponsors

2. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona January 2003 – August 2005
Grant/Contract Liaison
 Assisted over 90 Faculty in preparation, review, and follow-up of grant proposals on a day-to-day basis
 Trained newly hired Grant/Contract Coordinators
 Provided instruction to support staff for other schools and departments at ASU by conducting an
overview workshop for research administration for the ASU certificate training program
 Responsible for key financial functions of proposals, grants, and contracts
 Conducted funding searches for faculty to find opportunities that aligned with the scope of research for
that particular faculty member
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Connecticut Press, Monroe, Connecticut October 2009 – June 2010
Contributing Editor
 Gathered photos for book entitled “Flying Horses: The Golden Age of American Carousel Art”
 Served as liaison between writer/publisher and owners of photographs
 Participated in development and conceptualization meetings
Crane Middle School, Yuma, Arizona August 2007 – June 2009
7th
Grade Math Teacher
 Taught 7th
Grade Math to 160 students, including honors students
 Chaired Math Department of six teachers and wrote curriculum for entire department
 Prepared and presented case for Crane to receive Gowan pilot grant program
 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year for Crane School District
Kino Junior High School, Mesa, Arizona August 2005 – May 2007
Business/Advancement Via Individual Determination Teacher
 Taught Computer Foundations, Computer Applications, Web Design, and AVID
 Technology Liaison and Webmaster for school
 Chaired pilot group that developed practice materials to prepare freshman math students for state testing
 Successfully met challenge of integrating non-English speaking students into my classroom
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Secondary Curriculum and Instruction August 2006
Arizona State University
Bachelor of Science with Concentration in Finance May 2002
Colorado State University
COMPUTER SKILLS
 ASU Research Admin. Database (Coeus)
 ASU Human Resource System
 ASU Financial Data Warehouse
 Advantage Web Reports
 Microsoft Office (Including Access)
 Dreamweaver
 UConn Financial Resources System
 Hyperion Database
 UConn Foundation Financial Database
 Community of Science Database
 InfoEd and Spin Databases
 U-M Business Objects Database
 U-M M-Pathways System
 Datatel Colleague Database
REFERENCES
Tamara Havermahl Hayes Wiser Stacey Dyer
Administrative Program Director Vice President Manager
MICHR Administrative Services Business Office
University of Michigan TCL TCL
734.763.1715 843.525.8333 843.470.8393
thaver@umich.edu hwiser@tcl.edu sdyer@tcl.edu