Christopher J. Maltby, MBA
Project Manager

Leadership • Development • Communication

Empowering, facilitative manager with the ability to develop collaborative work models, successfully initiate system improvements and streamline communication. Work effectively with a wide variety of personalities and styles. Creative and versatile. 

415-583-0511
San Francisco, California
Professional Experience
Actor/Director/Playwright/Steering Committee Member/Board Member
Left Coast Theatre Co., San Francisco, CA2012-present
  • Performed in numerous productions of LCTC, a small Bay Area theater company that specializes in producing collections of original short one-act plays. 

  • Wrote many of the short plays included in these collections. 

  • Co-wrote the first full-length play developed in-house at LCTC – Come Here Often? 

    Directed many of our short plays as well as Come Here Often? and Dog Sees God.
  • Conduct LCTC’s ongoing Writers Workshops, which are aimed at fostering new playwrighting talent as well as developing new works for our future anthologies. 

  • As a member of both the LCTC Steering Committee and the Board of Directors of Left Coast Arts, work with the other members to plan LCTC’s schedule of performances, raise funds, bring new playwrights, actors, and directors into the company, and recruit new members to company management. 

Grants Analyst/Research Administrator
University of California, Berkeley, CA2013 - 2020
  • Liaise with Principal Investigators (PIs), the Berkeley Sponsored Projects Office and sponsoring organizations in creating contract and grant proposals including reviewing requests for proposals supervising budget development and drafting summaries of content, gathering data and responding to requests for information.
  • Organize, plan, establish and monitor budgets for contracts and grants administration, gifts, endowments and privately funded projects for faculty research programs.
  • Ensure complete and accurate collection of research administration at all stages of the contract and grant life cycle. Provide standard financial reports and projections.
  • Research and compile information required for proposal budgets.
  • Prepare support documentation as required by proposal guidelines and coordinate proposal submissions with Sponsored Projects Office.
  • Analyze transactions and expenditures. Identify and resolve discrepancies. Create financial and inventory reports.
  • Manage non-competing continuations, supplements and other award/agreement amendments. Inform higher-level RAs of potential overdrafts and recommend routine action to resolve and prevent overdrafts going forward.
  • Teach popular course in customer service for Research Administrator Professional Development Program (RAPDP)
  • Collaborate on development of training materials for RAPDP.
  • Built and maintain Access database to better manage fund and Principal Investigator information and to create custom reports as needed.
Manager. Human Resources and Special Projects
Bio Ventures For Global Health, San Francisco, CA2009-2012
  • Human Resources Generalist: Managed all human resources functions including recruiting, compensation, payroll and performance appraisal and coordinated the work of external consultants.
  • Initiated BVGH's first formal employee performance program including procedures, documents and online forms.
  • Oversaw the process and production of BVGH's first employee handbook.
  • Built and managed Access databases and tracking systems for recruitment efforts, program and project milestones, and staff information which helped senior management minimize costs and facilitate future planning.
  • Led project to create 2011 report to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the use of their funds by BVGH. Worked with four department heads to gather necessary information, then wrote and 
  • submitted document. The result was praised by our program manager at the Gates Foundation as more than fulfilling their requirements.
  • Directed logistics of 2011 Partnering for Global Health Forum (PGH) both in San Francisco and at the conference site in Washington, DC to ensure that all aspects of the conference ran smoothly and that the conference was a success. PGH was conducted in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Biotechnology Industry Organization. Its purpose was both to increase awareness of global health issues within the biotech community and to encourage biotech companies to do expand their research and development to neglected diseases of the developing world.
  • Supervised successful cross-country workforce relocation of primary BVGH office from Washington, DC to San Francisco, CA.
Business Development Associate
The Path Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, Md.2007-2009
  • Built MVI's first all-program database which facilitated work planning and made it possible to generate a number of internal reports as well as to easily extract information for our donors.
  • Designed New Opportunity Assessment Process with the Director of Business Development. This process streamlined and standardized the evaluation of new projects for investment.
  • Planned and managed all special functions including staff retreats and client organization receptions
  • Managed leads for potential new projects, sharing key information with appropriate MVI staff and managing follow-up activities
  • Supervised creation of presentation materials for Business Development, Scientific and Project Management teams.
  • Screened incoming requests for proposal on new projects to ensure they adhered to PATH standards.
Assistant to the Director
The Path Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Seattle, WA2003-2007
  • Provided administrative support to director of international health program.
  • Directed construction, decoration and furnishing of new office space, delivering project within budget.
  • Planned and managed multiple successful staff retreats for 30+ employees, conferences, workshops and meetings completing each at or under budget. 
  • Planned, coordinated and prepared production and distribution of complex materials including presentations, tables, graphics and reports, using various software programs.
Areas of Expertise
Human Resources Generalist
Employee Performance
Technical Writing
Project Management
Public Speaking
Strategic Problem Solving
Event Planning
Presentation
Database Management
Education
MBA, Human Resources, International Business, Finance

University of Washington, Seattle

MBA Exchange Program

Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield, UK

BA, Radio/TV Communications and Speech Communications

University of Washington, Seattle

Training
Facilitative Leadership
Results Curve
Project Management Made Simple
Six Sigma Green Belt Business Process Improvement