Amy Becker Povak Email & Phone Number

United States

Westminster, Colorado

In my current role, I work to maximize technical sales by delivering customized solutions for government & commercial customers of this space imagery and geospatial data products provider. Key Contributions:- Facilitate close collaboration among engineering and product development teams to ensure customer requirements are fully met, and bridge gaps between technical and business facets of customer engagement. - Oversee generation and delivery of tailored technical proposals, presentations, and demonstrations.- Administer project budgets, manage resource allocation, and ensure adherence to all delivery expectations.

At this time, I served as the de-facto Chief of Staff to General Manager of Commercial Business. I orchestrated Board of Directors meetings, developed town halls for 600+ attendees, and created communication plans for global workforce. Key Contributions:- Co-led Enterprise strategy refresh, which included orchestrating meetings, identifying SMEs, establishing reporting structure, and delivering presentations to Board of Directors. - Established action plan and implementation working groups to execute on commercial strategy, including forming and leading cross-functional working groups to deliver key strategic initiatives.- Conducted robust market research to develop perspectives around market size and growth, value chain dynamics, competitive landscape, customer dynamics, market trends, and potential disruptive factors. - Prepared talking points for business-critical meetings with executives at Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, and non-profit organizations such as Jane Goodall Institute.

In this role, I delivered innovative concepts that provided measurable advancement to product roadmaps or new product offerings that generated incremental revenue and drove new business growth. I developed partnering strategies with top-tier brands, with emphasis on new-space and non-traditional spectrum phenomenologies. I also led initiatives to develop 3-year innovation plans for products and services aimed at catapulting company to #1 industry leadership spot. Key Contributions:- Developed financial models and valuation scenarios for strategic initiatives, business development opportunities, and potential new strategic partnerships. - Built clear, concise global partner strategy with established alliance management governance and processes.- Introduced processes for business product planning that weighed options to build, buy, or externally partner.

Greater Denver Area

In my initial role with the company, I was charged with shaping Maxar’s Unified Platform Services (UPS) strategy to federate and scale geospatial data offerings by deploying industry-leading content management capability. I collaborated with development teams to translate technical requirements into AGILE user stories. Key Contributions:- Consulted with partners to strategize on future satellite capabilities such as emissions monitoring, and identified new revenue stream opportunities.- Developed and maintained content strategy and operations roadmap to identify links and dependences - Identified synergies with other business units to unlock capacity, tools, software, and collaborative business potential.- Partnered with Product Managers to write business cases that identified direct market competitors.

Harrogate, United Kingdom

During this time frame, I developed a five-year competitive business strategy as a vital part of my MBA program. I established the strategic position based on environmental audits, value chain analysis, and core competences. I also utilized Porter’s Five-Forces framework to identify industry players and competitors, and determined organic and inorganic growth options including M&A opportunities.Key Contributions:- Developed business strategy and marketing objectives aimed at enhancing brand awareness, increasing revenue and market share through benchmarking and stakeholder mapping.- Conducted comprehensive feasibility assessment for future growth, including projected cash flow, balance sheet, key profitability ratios, and break-even analysis.

Harrogate, United Kingdom

In this role, I updated geospatial databases relevant to Land Charges Geospatial Information System (GIS).Key Contributions:- Generated spatial data representing current & historic property boundaries of significant conservation efforts.- Developed training materials to enable Council Planners to accurately update geospatial records.

Herndon, Va Usa

In 2010, I was promoted to integrate geospatial technologies, including air, space & ground systems, into federal systems. I worked on-site at National Reconnaissance Office and served as Subject Matter Expert for data standardization of National Systems Implementation Profiles. Key Contributions: - Led team of engineers in translating end-user and stakeholder needs into satellite ground system requirements.- Trained end users, briefed high-level government administrators, and partnered with developers to ensure requirements aligned with user needs.

Herndon, Va

In this position, I led a 4-member team of analysts in developing new geospatial technologies and product improvements for federal government’s Intelligence Community end-users. I developed test plans to evaluate, verify, and validate software engineering code. I also promoted sales of software and logistics tools to special program offices within U.S. federal government. Key Contributions:- Reduced delivery timelines and facilitated efficient transition of new technology into enterprise systems through diligent coordination of developer schedules.- Honored with industry awards for outstanding achievements in science and technology in 2007, 2009 and 2010.

Herndon, Va

At McClendon, I conducted expert exploitation and analysis of national geospatial data that addressed intelligence issues involving environmental monitoring, humanitarian relief, counterterrorism, and chemical/biological weapons proliferation. I worked on-site at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.Key Contributions:- Collected and analyzed data derived from ground experiments for validation and verification of exploitation algorithms and calibration of remote sensing platforms.- Served as Subject Matter Expert with software vendors to aid in developing specialized exploitation tools.

Las Vegas, Nv

In this early career role, I served as Lead Mission Planner, charged with managing flight schedules of airborne platforms, exploiting imagery data, and generating reports for the Department of Energy.Key Contributions:- Drove design and execution of ground-truth missions for validation and characterization of space and airborne sensors.- Performed as Lead Scientific Contributor to business proposals.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Corporate Strategy, Operations Management, Global Supply Chains, Graduated With Distinction

Coursework in International Business Strategy, Sustainable Operations, Global Supply Chains, Operations Management, Corporate Finance.

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental Resource & Forest Engineering - Gis & Remote Sensing

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Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Anthropology & Archaeology

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