Anna Tonkonogui
Scientific Project Manager | Cross-Functional Program Manager | Board Director and Development Chair at SoundBio Lab
- Role
- Member, Board of Directors at Soundbio Lab
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Anna Tonkonogui
I bring a rare combination of project management, operational leadership, formal biotech training, communications management, and software development. I’ve led global product release enablement and cross-company integration programs at a Fortune 500 company, written code and managed databases for startups, competed a master’s in biotechnology, and built a communications program for a first responder organization. This interdisciplinary perspective lets me translate between business, science, and tech stakeholders who often struggle to communicate, driving alignment and momentum. My superpower is bringing structure to ambiguity. I can explain complex science to lay audiences, translate vague requirements into actionable plans and a coherent roadmap, and create dashboards that display the big picture at a glance. I’m fluent in project management tools and strategies, data, metrics and capacity analysis, and am equally strong in technical writing, stakeholder-specific messaging and to-the-point executive presentations. I think in systems and ecosystems, not silos, and naturally zoom out to long-term goals, cross-team interoperability, and practical, usable solutions. I thrive in fast-paced high-stress environments and bring calm, credible leadership under pressure. At my core, I’m a systems thinker who enjoys sinking my fingers into complex, messy problems and turning them into clear, executable plans that align people, processes, and technology. I am pursuing Chief of Staff, Project Management, and Program Management opportunities with innovation-driven tech or biotech companies and am open to Seattle-based and fully remote roles. Key Skills: Project Management (PMP), Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning, Data Analysis & Visualization, and Communication Tools: Jira, Asana, Smartsheet, Power BI, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, AI productivity tools, Canva, Python, Perl, Java, HTML, XML, CSS, SQLMethodologies: Scrum, Agile, Waterfall, Lean Six Sigma, OKR
Experience
Member, Board of Directors
Nov 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Board member and Development Chair of a nonprofit biology makerspace working to expand access to hands-on, community-driven science. We provide lab space, equipment, and support for independent research projects, and run STEAM workshops, lab skills training, and outreach programs that make biology accessible to all.
Education
University of Washington
BS, Interdisciplinary Engineering
2001 — 2006
Western Governors University
BS, IT-Software
2012 — 2013
University of Washington
BA, Philosophy
2001 — 2006
North Seattle College
EMT-B
2010 — 2010
Harvard University
MLA, Biotechnology
Skills
- Protocol
- Data Analysis
- Editing
- Program Management
- Css
- Perl
- Research
- Public Speaking
- Project Management
- Hands-on Training
- E-Learning
- Technical Writing
- Html
- Social Media
- Critical Thinking
- Microsoft Office
- Instructor-Led Training
- Leadership
- Photoshop
- Training
- User Experience
- Xml
- Documentations
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