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ProjectManager

Brooke Breighner

Project Manager
Madison,WI

Summary

Dynamic Project Manager at Epic Systems with a proven track record in risk management and team collaboration. Successfully led multi-site implementations, enhancing efficiency and user satisfaction. Expert in project planning and development, I drive results through strategic stakeholder engagement and technical support, ensuring projects meet organizational goals and timelines.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages

Work History

Project Manager

Epic Systems
07.2024 - Current

• Managed a team of 16 analysts, directing workload, priorities, and development to deliver successful multi-site projects across six hospitals.
• Directed enterprise-level system implementations and upgrades, coordinating project timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional resources while mitigating risks to ensure on-time and within-scope completion.
• Partnered with stakeholders across six hospitals to drive organizational decisions aligned with end-user needs, improving efficiency, adoption, and satisfaction.
• Served as a liaison between technical teams and operational leaders, converting complex requirements into actionable project strategies and technology solutions.
• Led testing, validation, and quality assurance efforts, safeguarding reliability, compliance, and project success.
• Facilitated cross-functional collaboration between IT, laboratory, clinical, and administrative teams, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Traveled to other client sites to deliver end-user training and solve technical issues, strengthening adoption, knowledge transfer, and client relationships.
• Directed end-to-end device procurement and implementation by gathering hardware requirements from end users, coordinating with vendors for procurement, and overseeing implementation, testing, and installation across multiple hospitals.
• Acted as the primary liaison between end users, IT, vendors, and installation teams, ensuring projects were delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with organizational goals.

Research Assistant

Virginia Tech
05.2023 - 06.2024
  • Directed and coordinated plant biology, microbiology, and sustainability research projects, including nitrogen fixation, auxin production, antifungal resistance, and food waste repurposing into high-protein livestock feed.
  • Planned, tracked, and optimized experimental and operational processes by documenting growth data, standardizing procedures, and implementing protocols to maximize efficiency, yield, and sustainability outcomes.
  • Managed resources and workflows, including data collection (SPAD, porometer, spectrophotometry), equipment, and media/solution preparation, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.

Translational Research Assitant

Virginia Tech
04.2022 - 07.2022

· Translated text projects including news articles, legal documents, graphic figures, and published articles/journals.
· Sourced and summarized articles from newspaper databases, medical journals, and reports for analysis of Russian influenza.
· Researched symptoms and statistical data of diseases in 1890 in France to verify the accuracy of identities assigned to different diseases. Work was published in a journal for the NIH.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Arts - French Language And Literature

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
05.2001 -

Skills

Project planning and development

Certification

Epic Clinical & Anatomic Pathology Training - 2024

Timeline

Project Manager

Epic Systems
07.2024 - Current

Research Assistant

Virginia Tech
05.2023 - 06.2024

Translational Research Assitant

Virginia Tech
04.2022 - 07.2022

Bachelor of Science - Biology

Virginia Tech
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Arts - French Language And Literature

Virginia Tech
05.2001 -
Brooke BreighnerProject Manager