• Lead all digital inclusion initiatives for the Broadband Infrastructure Office of the NC Department of Information Technology.• Lead policy creation specialist, drafting policy recommendations for the North Carolina General Assembly and other North Carolina policymakers• Lead project manager for design and implementation of $250,000 grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services, secured in June 2018, to close the homework gap through libraries in rural NC

• Lead all the office’s research, policy and programmatic efforts and partnerships designed to address digital equity and inclusion and close the digital divide in North Carolina• Lead researcher, writer, editor, and project manager for Connecting North Carolina State Broadband Plan, a policy document with 80 policy and program recommendations to ensure all North Carolinians have affordable access to broadband by 2021• Leading overall implementation of State Broadband… Show more • Lead all the office’s research, policy and programmatic efforts and partnerships designed to address digital equity and inclusion and close the digital divide in North Carolina• Lead researcher, writer, editor, and project manager for Connecting North Carolina State Broadband Plan, a policy document with 80 policy and program recommendations to ensure all North Carolinians have affordable access to broadband by 2021• Leading overall implementation of State Broadband Plan • Lead project manager for development of a toolkit to support North Carolina communities as they plan for expanding broadband access and use in their communities• Lead researcher, writer, and project manager for development of a statewide index to measure the health of broadband in North Carolina counties Show less

• I offer freelance writing and consulting services to organizations focused on building North Carolina's startup ecosystem. Past and current clients include WRALTechWire, ExitEvent, and American Underground. • I enjoy writing about the innovation economy, startup companies, trends, and movers and shakers impacting North Carolina's startup community.• I've contributed over 80 articles to tech-focused news sites like WRAL TechWire and ExitEvent and interviewed over 70… Show more • I offer freelance writing and consulting services to organizations focused on building North Carolina's startup ecosystem. Past and current clients include WRALTechWire, ExitEvent, and American Underground. • I enjoy writing about the innovation economy, startup companies, trends, and movers and shakers impacting North Carolina's startup community.• I've contributed over 80 articles to tech-focused news sites like WRAL TechWire and ExitEvent and interviewed over 70 entrepreneurs and subject matter experts including established entrepreneurs like AOL co-founder, Steve Case and MongoDB Founder, Dwight Merriman. I also enjoy writing about local early-stage startups and their innovative and often disruptive technologies and companies.• Consulting services include: writing and editing, data collection, data aggregation and analysis, survey development and deployment, strategic planning, and other specialized services. Show less

• Primary author and researcher for annual report to GoldenLEAF and report detailing, NC LITE-UP, NC Broadband’s broadband adoption research study • Develop performance measures, design and monitor performance reporting database, and develop reports to measure NC Broadband’s community-level impact• Project manager for various research projects developed to better understand the status of broadband availability, use, and its impact on North Carolina• Plan, organize… Show more • Primary author and researcher for annual report to GoldenLEAF and report detailing, NC LITE-UP, NC Broadband’s broadband adoption research study • Develop performance measures, design and monitor performance reporting database, and develop reports to measure NC Broadband’s community-level impact• Project manager for various research projects developed to better understand the status of broadband availability, use, and its impact on North Carolina• Plan, organize, implement and analyze results from research projects in collaboration with internal and external researchers, to better understand the status of broadband availability, adoption, utilization and its impact on North Carolina citizens and businesses • Create and edit digital communication materials for distribution to community stakeholders and partners• Assist in management of organization's website and social media presence Show less

• Collect, organize and analyze broadband data to evaluate its effectiveness in North Carolina for a $1,000,000 Golden Leaf funded evaluation.• Assisted with research, analysis and editing of academic article, “To Post or Not to Post: Employee Rights and Social Media” and other ongoing research projects.• Assist in facilitating collaboration between at least 25 organizations to build web portal commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor, for North Carolina students.

• Surveyed over 100 public service agencies to define “response time to emergencies”• Researched performance measures used in over 40 local government to update the textbook, Municipal Benchmarks

• Maintained resource requisitioning and registration databases for over 200 annual courses and over 200 meetings and one-time events• Represented the Registration Office on multiple committees, collaborating with other divisions to promote the School of Government’s mission