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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

- Expanded role to now handle all certification operations, supporting the growth of the B Corp Community and enhancing the customer journey for businesses pursuing certification.- Forecast the amount of companies coming in the certification pipeline and ensure B Lab is prepared appropriately.- Forecast the revenue on an ongoing basis and present.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

- Entrusted to expand my current role to also carry out the role of leading the Recertification Team while the team lead (Associate Director) was on parental leave.- Performed two roles at once and led two teams, which required constant decision-making for prioritizing what truly matters.- Ensured re-certifying companies felt supported in what was B Lab's.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

- Lead a team of 8 analysts who are evaluating companies applying for B Corp Certification.- Meet with companies to manage relationships and convey complex information in a simple way.- Improve processes to create efficiency gains and shorter wait times while maintaining the integrity of certification.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

- Sustainability analysis: Assessed companies with revenues of $50m-1b applying for B Corp certification, which involved evaluating their environmental sustainability, ethical governance, worker benefits, supply chain, and community impact. - Account and relationship management: Managed account pipeline and project timelines for companies in the.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

- Led a team of 3 analysts to develop and implement best-practice data governance for seven programs under the government’s Net Zero Plan, which has over $1bn committed. Programs cover electric vehicles, clean technology, green hydrogen, agriculture decarbonization and business decarbonization. - Provided technical guidance to net zero program teams to.

Sydney, Australia

• Conducted analyses and used data visualization tools such as Microsoft PowerBI to curate tailored insights; topics included circular economy, energy from waste, hazardous and disaster wastes, landfill methane abatement.
• Designed, delivered and evaluated projects regarding the state's waste and recycling database to improve data quality and streamline reporting; included managing system enhancements and user acceptance testing.
• Synthesized insights in reports, executive briefings and verbal presentations to support senior executives and industry partners with strategic planning, compliance and regulation, policy-making and national reporting.
• Custodian of the waste forecast model: developed standard operating procedure and ran model quarterly. Presented results to inform decision-making around future waste flows and state revenue from the waste levy.

Sydney, Australia

• Project manager with budgets up to $80,000; consistently met target margins and timelines resulting in receiving three “encore awards” for outstanding work and project delivery.
• Liaised with stakeholders including NSW Health Infrastructure, NSW Urban Growth, project management companies such as Lendlease and PwC, building certifiers, and architecture / engineering firms to coordinate.
• Performed engineering analyses and developed reports for performance-based engineering solutions to fire safety issues in the built environment.
• Built 3D computer models of buildings to simulate fire scenarios using Computational Fluid Dynamics; analyzed results and presented findings to internal and external partners to support life safety.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Project managed numerous projects with budgets under $50,000; maintained client relationships by efficiently producing deliverables.
• Generated proposals, reports, and engineering analyses by utilizing Microsoft Office Suite on a daily basis.
• Performed property conditions assessments for a variety of facilities including business, residential, assembly, healthcare, educational, mercantile, industrial, storage, historic buildings, and high hazard facilities.
• Helped to maintain unique architectural intent by developing performance-based solutions to specific design problems that are not in compliance with construction codes.
• Provided code consulting and architectural support to develop and obtain approval for code equivalencies, variances, or alternate means and methods.

Ghana

• Improved the local junior high by bringing pertinent teaching methodology while living independently in a small, rural farming village.
• Created an opportunity connecting a villager to quality solar products to grow his small business threefold.
• Increased access to books and computers for several surrounding villages by writing a grant and opening a computer lab and library.
• Trained teachers on computers and mentored them in effectively running the village’s first lab.
• Collaborated on a grant for a small poultry farm that increased revenues of a women’s group by 65%.
• Immersed into a foreign culture by respecting and learning the area languages, while being persistent working in a challenging environment and experiencing failure.

Howard County, Maryland

• Directed the launch of an after-school program at a junior high school and supervised the program at three elementary schools.
• Collaborated with Executive Director, principals and teachers to effectively implement a new program based on empowering young students to become role models.
• Developed the capacity of 100 students as well as 6 teachers involved in the program.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Number-crunching and fire protection engineering research.

Master'S Degree, Sustainability

• High Distinction average; 3x Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance • Individual Research Capstone Project: Utilised numerous.

Bs, Fire Protection Engineering

Studied Fire Protection Engineering and was a member of the Salamander Fire Protection Engineering Honors Society. Had two study abroad.