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Washington, DC, US

Mclean, VA, US

Mclean, VA, US

Washington, DC, US

GenInsights has provided pro bono genealogical research services since 1983 with integrity and care – and since 2017 has had the power and insights of data science behind it. In an age where about 85% of records are still not online, GenInsights provides a wide variety of research, probate, inheritance and translation services; additionally, they will take.

Hanover, MD, US

• Contracting with Freddie Mac (July 2020 to June 2021)
• Successfully delivered enhancements to mission-critical Big Data Analysis Platform (BDAP)
• BDAP is data lake used for analytics by data scientists and for reporting by business teams
• As Sr. Project Manager: planned, executed all projects on schedule, cost
• As Scrum Master: motivated, tracked team delivering 10 major releases in five months, including
• Disaster analytics, file transfer automation for FEMA

Chantilly, Virginia, US

• Managed BPM (business process management) and digital automation software platform
• Wrote 1-yr start-up engineering plan; implemented 80% of 50+ recommendations
• Mentored multinational team of 8 software engineers, some who graduated to PM roles
• Served as senior PM for 15 software deployment projects, both customer-hosted and SaaS (AWS)
• Contributed significantly to writing responses to RFPs with multi-million dollar contract valueUsed PHP,.NET, TeamSite, vex-JS, GitHub, MySQL, Win Server / AWS technology stacks

• Created initial project management infrastructure; evaluated and chose software tools for data management, task management, reporting, communication; established standards
• Acted as program manager for small start-up firm servicing needs of medical and pharmaceutical clients in Mid-Atlantic region, as well as national telemedicine partner
• Served as construction project manager for acquisition, design, and build-out of state-of-the-art pharmaceutical testing laboratory and 503B-compliant drug production facility
• Acquired new company office space and managed move-in plan to completion
• Gathered stakeholder data needs; completed structured task entry into PM system
• Managed software development and operational activities of team of five

Washington, DC, US

• Chose technical advisory group of vendors and strategic partners to recommend API for online career portfolio tool data sharing between AAMC application services and external third party applications that choose to.
• Managed SaaS vendor’s Agile DB and web app user interface development. Coordinated in-house development supporting AAMC enterprise efforts (SSO, application data sharing).
• Created product visibility by planning and managing strategic roadmap and Agile development of online career portfolio tool for medical students and professionals with total annual budget of $2M; all deliveries on-time.
• Strategically planned 2016-2018 improvement roadmaps for high-stakes MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test) suite of applications for aspiring medical students.
• Delivered two critical MCAT security improvements which provided medical school officers access to admission test score information on minority and disadvantaged students.
• Assured project quality by overseeing on-site and off-shore QA activities.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• In AIR’s Education Assessment program, Computer and Statistical Science Center (CSSC):
• Provided roughly 20 million students, parents, and teachers scores for online and paper standardized tests. Led team of eight architects, developers, and testers supporting data storage and software controlling scales.
• Managed operational (Waterfall) and developmental (Agile) projects with total contract worth > $100 million; planned and coordinated with test content developers and psychometricians; analyzed functional, technical.
• Made testing cutting-edge and relevant by managing projects that created online assessment and data mining tools, and supported adaptive testing psychometric studies.
• Contributed significantly to enterprise process mapping, streamlining, and training initiatives for the CSSC PMO. Shepherded Agile adoption via Sr. PM committee.Used.Net / Java (Spring), Oracle, Redhat Linux technology.

US

• PMP certified in December 2008.
• Ran enterprise architecture planning in areas of GIS and data warehousing. As result of my recommendations, FHWA elected to incorporate GIS and warehouse functionality in the National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
• Developed reputation as go-to person on accessibility, compliance, and documentation standards for PMO and Quality Committee.
• Led team of 11 developers maintaining mission-critical NBI system from 2002 to 2012 – used by FHWA, 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico, as well as by other federal organizations, including DHS. Delivered new NBI web app.
• Assured NBI compliance with engineering specifications by consulting with AASHTO.
• Kept FHWA ready by producing and maintaining DR and COOP plans.

S. B., Mathematics And Physics

M.A., Astronomy

Ph.D., Astronomy