Joined executive team of a high-growth business and one of the most profitable segments of its multinational parent. Given strategic & operational oversight to develop and lead key components of a global organization supporting 8 key areas of business. Leads 50+ professional staff overall & manages an $8M+ budget.* As one of the top 25 leaders in the firm, actively engages with executive leadership, influences corporate strategy, and advances an aggressive growth agenda by delivering key products, technologies, solutions, and global expansion. Personally driving fundamental shift in initiative investment decision-making philosophy and enterprise-wide delivery model, developing and aligning resources to Objectives & Key Results (OKR) to maximize return on investment (ROI). Provides proactive Chief of Staff services to several C-level executives, ensuring strategic cohesion and integrated delivery capabilities across 50% of the organization.* Built and leads a world-class global product and technology project management organization nominated as Project Management Institute’s (PMI) “2018 PMO of the Year” and featured in corporate/government presentations. Increased throughput and cost efficiency by 15% over 9 years while significantly expanding global footprint.* Serves as the bridge across corporate, product and technology strategies to identify areas to develop business-enabling solutions, drive revenue, enhance efficiency, and create value for corporate and product stakeholders. Collaborates with product & engineering leaders to define product roadmaps, prioritize deliverables and build a highly effective 500+ person product delivery engine that launched new services generating 3X revenue potential. Driving enterprise-wide Artificial Intelligence (AI) delivery and governance roadmap to deliver external capabilities that enhance customer value and internal productivity functions to increase employee productivity.

Invited to instruct a 2-credit graduate-level program management and project leadership course. Developed curriculum, syllabus, and lectures based on industry best practices and corporate experience. Also served as Guest Speaker, 2011 – 2020.

Held business, technology and product development leadership roles while operating in a rapid-change environment. Planned/executed $50M+ of product/technology initiatives across 3 lines of business. Built/led several organizations, led up to 45 staff and 3rd party vendors, and managed $7M operating budget. * Introduced disciplined decision-making and performance management, standards-based portfolio/program management, and adaptive agile Scrum approaches that enabled world-class product/service delivery.* Created specialized product, technology and service teams supporting changing business and market demands.* Co-founded a corporate-wide program/project management Community of Practice and utilized training tools to develop 100+ organizationally distributed project management professionals.* Led a team in orchestrating an Oracle eBusiness Suite (EBS) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) “recovery” program that identified/resolved post-implementation issues, removing a prior SEC external audit weakness.* Provided technical guidance to ensure adoption of business policies, processes and systems to ensure compliance with corporate reporting (SOX), accessibility, consumer privacy and other regulatory mandates.* Secured Board/C-suite approval for product development investments comprised of turnkey technology, products and administrative tools for domestic and international B2B and B2C markets.* Led the teams that developed proprietary content, which was integrated with in-house and 3rd party solutions, to offer customers robust instruction and next generation learning management solutions.* Designed new or enhanced mobile/online solutions for 100+ public charter & private schools, school districts, and regional education agencies, directly advancing the growth of the company’s largest revenue generator. * Established robust operating platforms to support ~$10M international partnerships and online schools.

20+ years active & reserve experience in global information technology, aviation, engineering and logistics roles supervising significant personnel, operations and equipment. Selected as 2006 US Army Reserve Readiness Command Officer of the Year. Held a Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS-SCI) clearance until 2013.

Recruited to join an Internet pioneer during its heyday of growth and expansion, including the largest merger in US history at the time. Provided enterprise project/process management leadership to 30+ on/offshore staff responsible for $70M+ of initiatives across 8 lines of business. Managed $4M budget including services/solutions vendors. * Built a best-in-class cross-functional Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) and business unit-specific PMO teams that drove global continuous improvements and cost reductions through investment initiative selection & execution, prudent hiring, and global resource management.* Led agile, lifecycle software development and enterprise project management implementations including the Primavera TeamPlay suite, document management/collaboration, metrics/reporting, and Application Portfolio Management (APM).* Served on corporate taskforces for go/no-go decisions on technology investments and integration/adoption of common corporate policies and practices for 9 M&A transactions. * Consolidated/restructured teams, facilitated the closure/relocation of 4 call centers from the US to Southeast Asia and demonstrated ability to “do more with less” during corporate-mandated restructuring and cost reduction.* Identified, defined and allocated key projects to support strategic product/capability initiatives that increased revenue, opened new markets, reduced costs and improved infrastructure.* Introduced big data solutions and integrated work/time management toolsets, and supported global enterprise SAP ERP and financial system migration across the technology delivery organization.

Recruited into a nimble, entrepreneurial business to professionalize and scale the Project Support Office. Promoted to oversee the creation and management of “.biz” and “.us” top-level Internet domain registries, and support international joint venture relationships.* Led a 30+ member domain registry business team, which became a major growth engine for the firm.* Provided financial analysis and justification for international joint venture to expand operations into Asia.* Instituted repeatable project management methodologies, built a high-performance team and led 15 key initiatives across 6 lines of business. * Engaged with C-suite leaders to define key strategies, allocate $10M+ annual capital budgets and track/report on $1.5M in operating expenses.

Joined a rapid-growth business, traveled extensively and relocated to Europe to oversee M&A integration and significant client engagements. * Led a 15-member cross-functional team in the operational, financial and administrative integration of 3 acquisitions, which expanded portfolio of revenue, product/order and customer care management solutions.* Defined and implemented common business practices for accounting, quality, reporting and performance management, which standardized operations and improved efficiency across a growing, changing enterprise.* Served as a key liaison to major customers in the telecommunications, cable, and utilities sectors, and provided technology leadership for large-scale implementations.

Gained hands-on technology and project management experience in the manufacturing and government services sectors prior to attending graduate school.