David Mackie

• Oversee the operational procedures and regulatory requirements by managing, planning, directing, and monitoring all financial systems of programs within the College.

• Manage the annual budget for CESTA, its associated Departments, and the Land-Grant Programs.

• Supervise business functions in the Central State Cooperative Extension Service, Central State Agricultural Research and Development Program, 1890 Facilities Program.

• Ensure successful completion and outcomes of CESTA 1890 Land Grant human resources functions.

• Ensures applicable Federal, State, and University fiscal rules and regulations are interpreted correctly and applied consistently.

• Develops contracts and relationships with interceding parties in achieving

division/organizational goals, policies, and procedures.

• Conducts internal College audits to ensure that financial operations comply with sponsors of the grants and/or University standards.

• Ensures cross-training of staff for efficiency and competency in performing job responsibilities.

• Coaches and facilitates the enhancement of employee competencies as appropriate to the

needs of the work unit.

• Manages resources effectively to provide for employee training and growth to meet the operational goals and objectives.

Addresses quality monitoring and performance improvement issues for the CESTA and Land Grant financial and business operations

• Responsible for pre and post-award activities and departmental support withing the CFAES Office of Research Graduate Education.
• Managed the CFAES ePA-005 process.
• Oversaw the CFAES F&A Waiver Request process.
• Provided post-award support to SPO's for complex transactions and troubleshooting problematic situations.
• Lead pre-award budgetary development for high value and complex proposals leveraging extension post-award experience to ensure successful project implementation.
• Served and subject matter expert for international proposal development and project management for CFAES, OSP and across campus.
• Developed, implemented and evaluated business processes; developed and established college level policies and procedures; assessed trends and opportunities in sponsored program administration.
• Interviewed, recruited, supervised and evaluated central level post-award grant staff.
• Provided support to departmental staff and faculty on Workday Grants implementation.

Served as grants manager for the Office of International Programs in Agriculture (IPA). Office funding includes a six year, $25.5MM USAID funded collaborative research grant. Responsibilities include training, developing and managing fiscal, compliance and staffing activities and procedures for the iAGRI Project Management Unit located in Morogoro, Tanzania.

Supervises all fiscal management activity of pre and post award research grant and contract funds. Activities include: budget preparation, analysis, forecasting as well as annual, quarterly and ad hoc reporting as needed.

Disseminated funding opportunity information to appropriate faculty, interpreted RFP requirements, managed proposal development and submission.

Served as liaison to federal and non-federal grantor agencies and subcontracting institutions.

Developed and managed IPA’s annual budget.

Provided guidance on cooperative agreements, cost-share agreements, participating agreements, statements of work, interagency and intra-agency agreements, and memoranda of understanding.

Monitored all phases of award and award closeout, including assessment of technical progress and performance.

Identified and resolves grants administration issues using knowledge of laws, regulations, agency policy, precedent cases, and other requirements that affect grant program administration.

Served as a liaison with the Office of Sponsored Programs, University Development, project partners, donors, and department and college offices.  Analyzed and audits costs and expenditures and provides planning guidance to ensure award compliance.

Supported Global One Health in pre and post award grants management: •

Pre-award: created complex budget templates and justifications for multimillion-dollar, multidisciplinary research proposals including the budgeting and proposal development for GOHi, LLC, an OSU Affiliated Entity operating in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia •

Post-award: facilitated the challenged purchase of USAID funded project vehicles in Addis Ababa which had stalled for a year and half, had Buy American Act restrictions and was in jeopardy of losing sponsor funding for this essential purchase.

Member of the development team responsible for implementing The Ohio State University College of Medicine Grants Management Office (GMO).

Supervised all fiscal management activity, including budget preparation, analysis, forecasting and reporting, and closeout. Served as liaison to federal and non-federal grantor agencies and subcontracting institutions.

Identified and resolved grants administration issues using knowledge of laws, regulations, agency policy, precedent cases, and other requirements that affect grant program administration.

Participated with training of new PIs and their staff; provided economic forecasts to aid PIs with strategic planning of research programs; advised and collaborated with PIs with effort certification and DRD approval.

Managed fiscal and HR functions for multiple research groups in the Department of Physics, including faculty, professional staff members, post-doctoral researchers and students.

Responsible for all aspects of procurement and delivery of a $12MM, DOE funded research laboratory.

Responsible for pre and post award project administration. Maintained a positive working relationship with federal sponsors, corporations and national laboratory personnel providing information, documentation and problem solving as needed.