Franklin Pierce University

Associate Director, Operations & Facilities at X4 Pharmaceuticals

X4 Pharmaceuticals

Associate Director, Operations & Facilities

Responsible for guiding companywide location strategy domestically and internationally in partnership with Finance and Leadership as well as global operational and facility alignment.

-  Grew global footprint by more than 245%. Oversaw and managed over 300,000sqft of global commercial real estate including transactions, design, construction, and facilities. Current locations include Boston, New York, D.C., Chicago, Columbus, San Antonio, Denver, San Francisco, São Paulo, London, Paris, Madrid, Munich, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Singapore, Seoul, Japan, Minsk, Kyiv, and Sydney.
-  Designed and managed the construction of a new 128,000sqft headquarters in Boston.
-  Supported numerous acquisitions by creating an operational/facility integration plan to ensure global alignment while maintaining cultural stability.
-  Created, managed, and oversaw all vendor relationships for all global offices as they relate to daily operations and real estate.
-  Worked closely with HR and Finance on onboarding, offboarding, and hiring plans to ensure proper space planning.
-  Managed a large global team of operations & office managers to constantly ensure operational and cultural alignment.

DataRobot

Director Of Operations

Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations for a fast growing global cloud based Software Company.

-  Implemented efficient operational policies and procedures while maintaining company culture.
-  Negotiated, procured, designed, and constructed over 52,000sqft of additional office space to accommodate growth.
-  Managed all operation-based vendors including building management company, architects, contractors, VoIP, internet, furniture, supplies, and events and constantly ensures cost efficiency by researching new vendors.
-  Facilitated the move of entire New York City Headquarters (approx. 200 people) to a newly designed and built 35,000sqft office space in the New York Times Building.
-  Planed and coordinated all internal company events and created internal Culture Club to ensure company culture maintains leadership’s goals as the organization continues to grow.
-  Handled and maintained all internal finances as it relates to Operations, Sales, and Marketing.

Datadog

Operations Manager

Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of a large, growing biotech start-up.

-  Managed over 30+ vendors and constantly compared prices and services to others in order to secure the optimal solution.
-  Assisted in the securing of 15,000 square feet of additional office space to accommodate continued growth and handled the day to day logistics to ensure the space was ready on time including the purchasing of new office equipment.
-  Managed and facilitated the operational logistics of the move of over 100 employees to newly acquired office space.
-  Created an efficient new hire onboarding system and personally handled onboarding and follow-ups of all new hires including seating assignments, commuter benefits, and paperwork processing.
-  Worked closely with and assisted IT department to launch an online ticketing system and online interoffice communication program to make communication across multiple spaces more efficient. 
-  Assisted in the setup and creation of company wide events including monthly meetings, off-sites, and after hours company gatherings to ensure company culture was as positive as possible.

bluebird bio

Office Manager

Provided various support to Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Manager of Corporate Communications for this global chemical manufacturing corporation.

-  Handled and processed all of the invoicing for both Corporate Communications and Corporate Strategy departments, including the tracking and maintenance of a $2.5million signage project.
-  Created a measurement system for all social media metrics and compiled them into quarterly reports.
-  Assisted with the creation and uploading of original content for the internal global “hub” SharePoint site including internal company news, collaboration sites, training tutorials, and the reporting of metrics.
-  Supported the completion of a global rebrand project across 3 continents.
-  Managed relations with various vendors and constantly compared prices and services to others in order to secure the optimal solution. 
-  Administered calendar management, complex international and domestic travel and lodging, and meeting coordination for the Vice President of Corporate Strategy along with other C level executives.

Cabot Corporation

Senior Coordinator, Corporate Communications and Strategy

Reported directly to the CEO, responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of a large start-up company.

-  Developed, implemented, and maintained office policies, procedures, and on-boarding processes for new hires.
-  Managed the demolition and construction of over 7,500 square feet of newly acquired office space.
-  Coordinated frequent meetings and events for up to 40 local and international (Ukraine) attendees; organized all logistics, selected an internal or external site, confirmed facility arrangements; facilitated participant coordination, prepared materials and updated PowerPoint presentations.
-  Decreased office expenditures by implementing needed controls on stock / supplies and standardizing ordering procedures.
-  Created multi-budget management system to accurately track expenses.
-  Scheduled employee holidays, benchmarked employee salary increase against current standards, and performed employee performance evaluations.
-  Managed travel, lodging, and expenses for all high-level managers and employees.

Arkadium

Provided high-level administrative support to the CEO, President, and senior management.

-  Created and executed numerous projects using Excel and PowerPoint; used Excel to create office supply tracking system.
-  Scheduled and coordinated meetings, interviews, appointments, and events for senior management.
-  Developed business communications, managed schedules, fielded, prioritized, and routed incoming phone calls and performed data entry.

Jon Rovello