Founded and lead management consulting company, focusing on risk management, data-driven decision support, continuous process improvement, and cybersecurity for the public sector. Oversees/executes all corporate tasks, manages national security portfolio and provides subject matter expertise on national security issues.

Served on leadership team for boutique federal consulting firm, focusing primarily on clients in homeland security space. Client Work:Was first tasked with developing a data architecture and governance plan as the agency underwent a significant organizational restructuring. Then, shifted to leading the discussion for interagency collaborative analytic support linked to the agency’s incident response framework. Later, served as team Manager serving agency endeavors, navigating rapidly evolving client priorities in the COVID-19 environment while supporting initiatives surrounding strategic engagement, cyber strategy, risk analysis methodologies, and the use of data analysis tools to develop long-term capabilities.Corporate Leadership:Led corporate initiatives, including: brand strategy; social media; strategic planning; team building; website. Supported company benefits package; volunteering; corporate event planning; recruiting, onboarding and mobility plans.Portfolio expansion. Tasked with development of company’s data analytics practice. Sole contributor to a second line of business focused on technical writing for private sector partners in the homeland security space.Business development. Contributed to business development initiatives through authorship of RFP responses, project plans, white papers.Technical expertise. Served as company point of contact to support other projects with ad-hoc technical revisions as needed; oversaw technical training plans for staff across contracts.

Performance analysis. Managed data across more than twelve lines of business, three service areas and three jurisdictions to provide reports on performance for monthly and annual business cycles; produced forecasts for the next three years. Business Insights. Provided early looks for membership and growth, in-depth analyses of current membership to support line of business and geographic strategies, understand new member trends, member retention, voluntary termination and more.Market expansion. Conducted two market expansion opportunity assessments concurrently, identifying targets for expansion throughout region; examined feasibility studies for potential product innovations; developed competitive intelligence.Sales analytics. Produced monthly business performance reviews for executive leadership using Salesforce, Tableau and other tools; served on advisory board for national enterprise sales & account management onboarding program as Mid-Atlantic representative.Process innovation. Developed two SharePoint pages for the Strategic Market Planning division; worked with enterprise’s shared analytics team to pilot program to introduce SAS Visual Analytics suite to team; led hiring of other team members.

Process improvement. Audit various offices’ day-to-day operations to identify weaknesses; use data to make decision-making more efficient and accurate, successfully increasing revenue from graduate enrollment.Strategic analysis. Dissect large amounts of data, applying decision rules and analytical methods, producing descriptive and inferential statistics; prepare reports based on analyses for consultation with numerous stakeholders.Business analytics. Apply data mining, optimization modeling and other data analytics tools to analyze data, surface insights and make actionable recommendations.Forecasting. Analyze course schedules, student enrollment and registration for both on and off-campus data to determine utilization and revenue, forecasting trends for coming years.

The client is a logistics company that established a JV with Ghanaian conglomerate Groupe Nduom to outfit humanitarian organizations throughout West Africa with customized American-made fleets. The client requested expertise as they attempt to enter the commercial sphere, not only in West Africa but throughout the continent.I led a team of four consultants: we researched forty-four markets in detail, including the largest industries and notable companies that might serve as potential clients. We developed an outreach matrix, provided a summary presentation of lessons learned from each region, then provided an overall multi-pronged marketing strategy and a separate presentation serving as a Nigerian case study.• Leadership. Led group of 4 student consultants in weekly internal meetings and meetings with Endela Logistics company CEO based in Alexandria, VA and Groupe Nduom associates and VIPs headquartered in Elmina, Ghana.• Market sizing. Conducted research to provide market size analysis due to client desire to penetrate commercial sector for each of forty-four national markets throughout West, East and South Africa. • Target Identification. Identified over 300 notable companies across nearly 60 industries that might serve as potential clients in each market. • Solution-delivery. Developed outreach matrix, provided summary presentation of lessons learned from each region and overall multi-pronged marketing strategy.• Ad-hoc analyses. Provided separate, in-depth presentation on SONCAP serving as Nigeria-specific case study per client request.

A team of six consultants from San Diego State University, University of Miami, and George Washington University were gathered as part of a Global Business Consulting Project sponsored by their universities' CIBER centers (Center for International Business and Educational Research). We developed/delivered innovative proposals to aid Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical subsidiary, Janssen, in enhancing its relationship with one of its strategic clients and maintaining its competitive advantage in Mexico.Leadership. Lead group of six student consultants in twice-weekly internal meetings and twice-weekly meetings with Janssen Mexico in-country lead, LATAM Regional VP for Market Access, and other team members.Market research. Analyze Mexican pharmaceutical environment to determine how Janssen can maintain profitability in a region where pricing is the primary strategy. Historically there is no long-term strategic advantage.Solution-delivery. Delivered value-added services (VAS) proposal for Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical subsidiary, Janssen, and its client, the Mexican federal government’s ISSSTE health care system.Opportunity-sizing. Conducted feasibility study to evaluate feasibility of employing VAS to incentivize relationship with client while preventing drop in drug prices or foregoing revenues.Team management. Review effectiveness and VAS outcomes using an array of human capital and financial KPIs.

On a team of three consultants supporting the organization, pro-bono.The client is a nonprofit focused on raising funds for research in early detection of lung cancer, educating the public about the disease, and advocating for people with lung cancer and those at risk for lung cancer.We were brought on to develop a strategic marketing plan that would contain ideas and recommendations to help them reach the general public and educate people about lung cancer screening, with special consideration given to members of underserved communities, since they are disproportionally affected by this disease. Their goal is to find a way to reach those most in need of screening and explain the benefits of screening for lung cancer. The marketing plan needed to target both those in need of the screening along with potential donors who, while seemingly separate, in many ways over-lap. This plan would ultimately increase awareness of the client's cause and increase awareness of the screenings the client supports and finances.We were, therefore, needed for our expertise in marketing, to help formulate outreach and education programs and to help identify new distribution channels in need of financial support.Integrated marketing strategy. Produced strategic marketing plan to spread awareness of foundation’s mission and educate local communities about lung cancer; special consideration given to members of underserved communities.Solution design. Recommended fundraising tools to aid client in subsidizing screenings for those at risk.Strategy. Developed unique strategies to recruit volunteers for digital marketing and event support.

Goal-oriented - established expert-level proficiency in 8 popular real estate software productsMarketing research – analyzed competitors on a weekly basis, compiling reports to compare performance against those of competitors in surrounding neighborhoodsMarketing strategy - inspired unique strategies to promote newly-acquired apartment community, including effective marketing strategies using social media

In this role, I coordinated with the department chair, faculty, and university staff to prepare the department for each academic term. I was tasked with preparing the academic schedule, adopting textbooks, and identifying required technologies for each course offered. I became quite familiar with Linux software for the purpose of digitally processing course evaluations. I trained department staff in this software. I would assist Computer Science undergraduate students with a myriad of academic matters, including course registration issues and academic advising. I maintained inventory over various office supplies in the form of several spreadsheets. I assisted in the preparation of department colloquiums. I reviewed and analyzed school data to aid the department chairman in decision making pertaining to academic scheduling, course staffing, and assigning graduate teaching assistants. I performed a plethora of other administrative tasks as asked of me by the department chairman, our faculty, and fellow staff.

Management - organized 15+ events with VIPs, including political figures, CEOs and media correspondents. Events included GWU’s first Research Expo on Food & Nutrition, tasked by the Urban Food Task Force, with 300+ attendees and speeches from industry VIPsSupervised team of 10 student staffMaintained $85,000 budget for the Urban Food Task ForceStrategy - consulted 2 bourgeoning departments in stakeholder engagement effortsDeveloped digital & written marketing collateral, agendas, spreadsheets and presentations. Improved social media presence through development and implementation of a comprehensive marketing plan to bolster event exposure to the DC community, including expanding outreach to 7 platforms as well as websites and blogs

I was brought on to help organize GWU’s first Research Expo on Food & Nutrition, an initiative of the Urban Food Task Force. This event saw hundreds of attendees and speeches from industry VIPs. I was tasked with event promotion, marketing & outreach to GWU community and consortium universities, with emphasis on student populations. Along that vein, I developed a comprehensive social media marketing plan to bolster event exposure to GWU community. I provided content for websites and blog posts, and I utilized relationships throughout campus to market event through various listserves and other means. I also produced various forms of agendas, signage, graphics, spreadsheets, presentations, executive summaries and other marketing and general event materials. I was in charge of logistics and coordination with speakers, caterers, audio-visual techs and other vendors. Due to inclement weather, the event had to be rescheduled. I was in charge of activating our contingency plan the morning of the original event date. Finally, I was one of two leads the day of the event.After two months I received a promotion to Events & Administrative Manager. All items created as a result of this position are posted above, linked to the managerial role.

This role was multi-faceted, focusing on campus outreach, event planning and communication. I was tasked with outreach between libraries across three campuses and student body. I collaborated with university departments, institutes, and external organizations on event programming. I was in charge of social media communication on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. I also produced literature and marketing paraphernalia, both digital and in print, for a variety of events and initiatives.

This internship focused on event management for some of the world's leading companies. I organized global workshops for decision-makers from Fortune 500 companies in London, Sao Paulo, Miami, Paris, Shanghai and Singapore. I produced logistical playbooks, executive summaries and other crucial conference documents. I managed an online client SharePoint for internal use and to monitor stakeholder engagement. Finally, I generated product scorecards, which tracked utilization across all product platforms.

This role emphasized both a customer service component and an event coordination piece. Administratively, I handled client walk-ins and phone calls. As a member of the scheduling team, I scheduled events for student organizations, university departments and neighboring governmental institutions in forty-two venues. I was later tasked to manage the office's website migration from an individual webpage to a part of the university’s unified web structure. One of the projects that I most enjoyed in this role was a CAD development project, working with an external vendor to provide both new floorplans and 3-D models of our spaces. Finally, I became proficient in Microsoft Visio software, and used this skill to train our client services team to use the program.