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Columbia, Md, Us

Authored value-based education development and assessment model to guide creation and evaluation of evidence-based educational solutions, leading to a 10% increase in “high” value projects year over year and a 58% reduction in development time.Redesigned operational processes for solution discovery and development, tripling department's capacity for active projects (from ~20 to over 70).Manages ~$ 2 million portfolio of digital products developed for external partners.Increased number of projects evaluating critical learning metrics by 20%, using the Learning Transfer Evaluation Model framework.Led 100% adoption of individual professional development plans across the team.Leads strategic and managerial operations of 24 person, multi-disciplinary digital education development department consisting of 4 core teams (Product Team, Instructional Design Team, Digital Media Services Team, and Extended Reality Team).Guides strategic direction of MedStar Health Simulation Training and Education Lab and supports learning governance for MedStar Health system as member senior leadership.Mentors senior technical leads on process of problem decomposition and background research necessary for developing new solutions.

Columbia, Md, Us

Launched v2 of MedStar Health InFocus, MedStar Health's patient centric educational platform, containing 100+ pieces of original content.Led multi-disciplinary team to develop 115 educational videos across 3 clinical topics, including educational and user needs analysis with patient and clinical stakeholders.Served as primary script writer for 25 videos in Cardiac Surgery education topic bundle, and as primary educational reviewer for all other content.Managed primary stakeholder relationships with VPs and department directors in support of deployed cardiac patient education across 3 hospitals.Authored MedStar Health SiTEL's approach to developing patient education.Conducted business and market analysis to support decision to convert MedStar Health's digital patient education platform from 3rd party hosted solution to internally developed solution, including design or original prototype platform.

Columbia, Md, Us

Founded digital patient education platform, MedStar Health InFocus, digital hub for all patient education in MedStar Health system.Planned, designed, and developed first bundle of 22 patient education videos for MedStar Health SiTEL's original digital patient education platform, resulting in high ratings of satisfaction from patients, doctors, and nurses.Principal investigator for design, execution, and analysis of pilot study to test patient and clinical reactions to digital-based patient education for cardiac catheterization procedures.Developed 3 animated whiteboard videos for Cardiac Catheterization education.Primary script writer for 59 educational videos in topics of Cardiac Catheterization and Diabetes.Co-investigator for AHRQ grant developing of guide outlining effective patient and family engagement interventions for ambulatory care practices.Led all product development efforts, including product ideation, deployment, and maintenance of enterprise-level digital education products for both internal and external customers.Ensured products to provided value to their end users while still meeting business needs of organization.

Washington, Dc, Us

Won $25,000 Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) CIRCLE Grant to build Pre-Matriculation Workshop for Incoming Medical Students to Support Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Success in Learning.Developed and delivered education to medical students in topics of cognitive science and human factors psychology.Provided internal consulting services to students and other professors supporting research design and analytical analysis of cognitive/behavioral science efforts.

Woburn, Ma, Us

Lead and coached 10 scientists and engineers in Advanced Cognitive Training Systems Division.Collaboratively developed and maintained strategic vision, plan, and roadmap for division of business that is centered on cognitive training and includes two separate capability sectors; Advanced Learning Management, Architectures for Learning.

Woburn, Ma, Us

Principal Investigator and Project Manager for multidisciplinary teams applying technical expertise to understand unique and difficult problems and develop innovative, tailored solutions.Scientific expert on projects integrating social science, learning, and technology to enhance human performance using literature reviews, needs analyses, knowledge elicitation, focus groups, field observation, and experimental research.Authored technical reports and led business development with external clients

Woburn, Ma, Us

Developed and executed strategic vision, plan, and road map for Performance Measurement Engine Product to guide coordination of projects and inform pursuit of future funding.Managed, with Lead Product Engineer, continuous improvement and development of t Performance Measurement (PM) Engine software through implementation of Agile product development cycle.Managed program of 7 contracts, of varying duration (6-24 months), with combined funding of ~ $1.9 mil., centered on development of software tools to measure and assess human performance of individuals and teams in variety of training environments.

Woburn, Ma, Us

Project manager and human factors scientist for research projects integrating social science, learning, and technology to enhance human performance using literature reviews, needs analyses, knowledge elicitation, focus groups, field observation, and experimental research.Authored technical reports and supported business development with external clients.

Woburn, Ma, Us

Developed and executed strategic vision, plan, and road map for Decision Skills Training and Education Capability to guide coordination of projects and inform pursuit of future funding.Managed program of 13 contracts, of varying duration (6-12 months), with combined funding of ~ $2.3 mil., centered on developing training for improving decision making in individuals and teams, including development of assessments and technology.

Woburn, Ma, Us

Human factors scientist for projects integrating social science, learning, and technology to enhance human performance using literature reviews, needs analyses, knowledge elicitation, field observation, and experimental research.

Clemson, Sc, Us

Instructor for Applied Psychophysiology undergraduate course (3 semesters)

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Phd, Human Factors Psychology

Ms, Applied Psychology

Bs, Psychology