Karl Schweitz

About Karl Schweitz

My diverse professional and educational profiles, with nearly 20 years\' experience in positions of increasing responsibility in the biotech industry, have enabled me to achieve success in a variety of areas, including:• Leading diverse teams and managing business partnerships through periods of change, challenge, and growth, both through direct supervision and indirect influence• Prioritizing and driving local, national, and global improvement initiatives to successful completion within specified timelines• Applying graphical, statistical, and financial analyses and personal creativity to address challenging business problems• Collaborating with internal and external customers and consultants to improve processes• Creating and implementing messaging strategies to foster healthy communication with internal and external customers• Developing and optimizing training content; facilitating small- and large-group instruction sessionsHonors & Awards:• Winner, Covance Way Award (presented annually to the top 1% of employees across the global enterprise); Covance Laboratories Inc, 2012• Co-Recipient, Orr E. Reynolds Award for best historical article; American Physiological Society, 2010

Experience

1. Manager, Training & Special Projects, Early Development Proposal Management

   Labcorp

   Jan 2022 — Present · Madison, WI, US

Education

• Six Sigma Academy

  Lean Six Sigma Gold Belt Curriculum

  2009 — 2009

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Master of Arts, Library and Information Studies

  2010 — 2013

• Luther College

  Bachelor of Arts, English (writing emphasis)

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Business Process Improvement
• Recruiting
• Life Sciences
• Relational Databases
• CRO Management
• Css
• U.s. Food and Drug Administration (Fda)
• Creative Problem Solving
• Microsoft Word
• Leadership Development
• Volunteer Leadership
• Xml
• Drug Development
• Project Management
• Business Metrics
• Six Sigma
• Xhtml
• Microsoft Access
• Minitab
• Editing
• Salesforce.com
• Web Design
• Statistics
• Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
• Strategic Communications
• Glp
• Training
• Toxicology
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Publisher
• CRO
• Mysql
• Adobe Photoshop
• Biotechnology
• People Management
• Lifesciences
• Lean Six Sigma
• Good Laboratory Practice (Glp)