{"id":225,"date":"2013-07-23T12:15:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T12:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?p=225"},"modified":"2015-09-14T10:38:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T10:38:56","slug":"fiona-mckerlie-project-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/?p=225","title":{"rendered":"Fiona McKerlie &#8211; Project Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_226\" style=\"width: 122px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-226\" title=\"Fiona McKerlie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fiona-mckerlie-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fiona McKerlie\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fiona-mckerlie-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fiona-mckerlie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/per\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fiona-mckerlie-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiona McKerlie<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fiona was the project manager on the Catalyst project. Her main role was to provide project support to the principal investigator, catalyst champion, advisory board and wider project team, and monitor progress to plan.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fiona first trained and worked as an industrial designer where her  designs secured prestigious contracts with Hambros Bank, P&amp;O Cruise  Lines, and the Royal train. She went on to become Marketing Manager in  the training directorate of Scotland&#8217;s economic development agency,  Scottish Enterprise, (Grampian) and later headed up one its flagship  training programmes.<\/p>\n<p>She moved to become Design and Innovation  adviser for Business Link, where she worked with entrepreneurs and  technology start-ups, specialising in new product development, IPR,  accessing R&amp;D grants and securing growth capital. Later she became a  generalist business adviser, managing business advice to high growth  and start-up businesses. Fiona was also co-founder and director of The  Business Investment Network; a spin out business angel company that  matched high growth businesses seeking growth capital with investors.<\/p>\n<p>Prior  to joining the Open University, Fiona was Executive Director of the  Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce where she was responsible for managing  business advisory services. She secured significant regional and  national training contracts to support SMEs and entrepreneurs in  business planning, finance and marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Fiona is currently  Research Impact Manager at the Open University and is responsible for  the impact element of the REF 2014 submission. She joined the University  in January 2010 as Executive Project Manager (Research &amp;  Enterprise), where she worked on strategic research and enterprise  projects led from the office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fiona McKerlie<\/p>\n<p>Catalyst Project Manager\/Research Impact Manager<\/p>\n<p>The Open University Research School<br \/>\nCharles Pinfold Building<br \/>\nWalton Hall<br \/>\nMilton Keynes<br \/>\nMK7 6AA<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: +44(0)1908 858415<\/p>\n<p>Email: Fiona.McKerlie@open.ac.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Role Fiona was the project manager on the Catalyst project. 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