Areas Of Expertise:

• Project Management

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Management Accounting
• Diploma in Project Management
• Completed Coursework:
  • Fundamentals of Project Management
  • Project Planning and Scheduling
  • Project Risk and Issue Management

About Ellen Misador

Ellen joined Seven Consulting’s Manila team in January 2023. She has a Bachelor of Science in Management Accounting (Cum Laude) and has completed three of six courses in a Diploma Program for Project Management. She is eager to expand her knowledge and experiences in the different fields of Project Management. She is a responsible professional committed to delivering successful outcomes.

What Ellen brings

• Rigorous Analytical ability to synthesize complex information.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others to form strong positive working relationships.
• Resourcefulness to find efficient and innovative ways to overcome challenges.
• Skills and experience in various industries – retail, food logistics, banking, general accounting, and foreign exchange trading.

Key Clients:

• Invocare
• Seven Consulting
• GrabFood Cebu
• De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde (S.P.A.C.E)
• Youth for Christ

Key Achievements:

As Graduate Associate rendering bench support at Invocare, Ellen supported projects for CemCrem and the discovery piece for Fleet Telematics. In supporting the projects of CemCrem – Ellen helped in monitoring actions and emails; she assisted in updating and reconciling the financial management tracker; she also assisted in uploading Jira Epics and User Stories; and a month after her onboarding at Invocare, she started helping in updating the fortnightly status report and any other Ad-hoc tasks assigned to her by the project manager. As she also supported the discovery piece to develop a business case for Fleet Telematics – Ellen recorded and monitored RAID and Action items; uploaded key deliverables/tasks in Jira; assisted in developing the kick-off pack for the working group; set up meetings with the working group; and worked on other tasks as assigned by the project manager.

As Graduate at Seven Consulting, Ellen completed the Graduate program which is designed to enhance the core Project Management skills amongst the people who are experienced in their individual professional fields. During the Graduate program, she has gained theoretical and practical knowledge on different aspects of project management by going through different sessions and exercises with domain experts, as well as learning soft skills through discussions and role-play activities. This program has developed her skills and confidence level in using PM tools (like MS Project, JIRA, etc). Ellen also had the opportunity to work-shadow senior consultants in actual project environments where she has been exposed to risk, issues, and constraints on a project and better ways to manage them. She was able to apply in parallel the lessons she learned in the program to Project 7 where she helped organise events for 2023.

As Account Management Executive at GrabFood in Cebu, Ellen worked closely with the Project Lead, Regional Manager, and City Manager for Business and Strategy. She built and developed good working relationships with her assigned 75 merchant partners ranging from tier B to C for her to keep accurate and updated records, and to understand the account’s business need to be able to customize Grab product offerings and services to further create partnership value. She participated in various meetings, brainstorming and ideation with client, project lead and fellow account managers; and she also created reports and files relevant to both business reviews and weekly reports. In this role, she learned the value of observing industry trends, building good working relationships, and communicating effectively.

As a student at De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, Ellen presented case studies during her synchronous classes where she applied what she learned during her asynchronous classes. In her case studies, she gained experience and learning in preparing a Work Breakdown Structure, updating a risk register, optimizing a schedule through Critical Path Method, designing a Resource Management Plan and analysing cases relating to Project Management. As a student and through her case studies, she learned the importance of proper Project Management and learning the fundamentals.

As the Music Ministry Assistant Head for USC “Take Heart” Praise Conference, Ellen coordinated with the Program Head, Music Ministry Head and Worship Leader on the meetings, practices, schedule, program flow, logistics, budget, and manpower for the Music Ministry. She actively communicated to the music ministry members and Program Committee on concerns, issues, event updates and progress updates. In this role, she also learned how to schedule and update practices and rehearsals considering all the class schedules and personal circumstances of each team member. She also helped monitor practices to ensure the quality of music for the event and motivated team members when needed.

As the Competitions Committee Assistant Head for YFC South 1 “God Pro: Be a Witness” Sector Youth Conference, Ellen was assigned to delegate roles; determine and define each competition activities and regulations; appoint judges; prepare and deliver the competitions within the budget; and procure trophies and certificates. She reports to the Competitions Committee Head and Overall Program Committee on progress updates, concerns and help needed. She also coordinated and communicated with Cluster Heads on finalising participants list and cascading competition rules and schedules. In this role, she learned the value of trust, transparency, teamwork, delegation and monitoring to ensure event success.

As the Assistant Team Leader for a YFC Cluster 4 “Destined” Youth Camp, Ellen worked closely with the Team Leader, Cluster Head, and Couple coordinators in progress updates, schedules, budget needed, other concerns and foreseen issues. She coordinated with logistics head, documentation head, and other function heads and made sure materials needed, paperwork, documents and manpower were prepared, complete and accounted for. In this role she learned the value of preparing activities that align to the purpose of the event as a whole. She also learned the importance of 1:1 to sessions of key members that are significant to the success of the event.