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• Conducted in-depth research on potential M&A targets using proprietary databases, analyzing financials, contracts, and technical capabilities to ensure alignment with corporate growth strategy.• Provided data-driven recommendations that directly influence successful acquisitions, helping the company expand its market reach and competitiveness in government contracting.• Facilitated communication and negotiations between executives and external parties during M&A processes, including NDAs, Letters of Intent, and exploratory discussions.• Streamlined M&A processes, enabling the executive team to make timely decisions while enhancing overall organizational efficiency.• Demonstrated exceptional leadership in managing cross-functional teams during fast-paced acquisition efforts, showing persistence and problem-solving skills in addressing complex challenges.

• Seamlessly managed executive calendars, travel arrangements, and high-level board and management meetings, ensuring optimal time management and organization.• Coordinated initiatives across multiple departments including HR, IT, Finance, and Sales, streamlining communication and aligning priorities.• Organized 30+ corporate events annually, including leadership retreats, board meetings, and company-wide luncheons, ensuring every detail met the needs and preferences of attendees.• Oversaw office physical security and supported high-stakes client meetings, ensuring the safety of employees and a professional company image.• Mentored administrative assistants and interns, cultivating a supportive work environment and contributing to personal and professional growth.• Fostered a positive workplace culture by coordinating personalized celebrations, recognizing achievements, and organizing team-building activities tailored to employee preferences.• Introduced creative and cost-effective solutions for corporate events, including virtual and hybrid formats, enhancing employee engagement and organizational morale.• Anticipated and proactively addressed potential challenges, ensuring the smooth operation of executive functions, during urgent business needs.• Acted as a liaison between the CEO and internal/external stakeholders, ensuring timely and effective communication for high-priority initiatives.

• Use WordPress to create blogs to publish on the company website.• Create and send out customer service, technology, and state of the industry surveys to both brokers and carriers, once a month. • Create presentations for leadership presentations to external vendors. • Create and publish monthly newsletters, using Constant Contact and Pardot for both brokers and carries. • Use Medium to publish blog posts to strategically target external audiences. • Ship all marketing collateral to conference sites. • Create Marketing project tasks using Trello for our graphic designer. • Manage marketing calendar.

• Provide support to the CEO maintaining complex calendars, scheduling meetings, coordinating events, and booking travel arrangements and submitting all expenses. • Manage heavy call volume, act as gatekeeper and maintain call log for incoming messages. • Ensure productivity of the CEO by organizing, prioritizing, and summarizing emails, meeting requests, priority requests, and meeting material. • Record weekly meeting minutes for leadership meetings and compile in a Microsoft Word-based file, uploading them to the Google Drive for easy access. • Manage office relocation, meeting with commercial realtors, finalizing location while remaining under the budget, coordinating move and furniture vendors and all other activities. • Manage all internal and external company communications. • Greet visitors entering the office, determine the nature of visit and direct them to the appropriate destination.

Mclean, Virginia, United States

• Utilized Sunglass Hut Experience tools to consistently deliver sales plan and company objectives.• Consistently executed all visual standards, store merchandising practices and inventory control activities.• Created an inspirational and motivating work environment that reflected the integrity of the brand.• Partnered with Store/Center Manager to maximize sales potential.

•Provided floor leadership and example to sales team for building daily sales plans, managing expenses, and improving customer experience. •Conducted weekly audits, routine cycle counts, and annual inventory to ensure integrity of inventory.•Coached team members in career progression and performance goals preparing them for the next level of responsibility by utilizing company tools.•Planned team schedule and assignments to ensure company objectives and expectations are met.

Reston, Virginia Neurological

•Provided Tier 1 technical support to client hospitals and to doctors; facilitate and confirm timely hand off to Tier 2 IT support. •Served as point of contact to assist Neuro and Psych consultations from facilities around the United States.•Efficiently preparing all consults for physicians, this included ensuring that CT images are uploaded from client hospitals to VidiStar, and setting up video conferencing exam-units and testing connections. •Ensured team completed needed documentation for consultations and submitted daily reports for senior management review.

Reston Town Center

•Assisted customers with fitting of clothing, shoes and accessories.•Maintained inventory count and stocking of merchandise with in section. •Participates in store selling efforts by personally assisting customers in the selection and purchase of merchandise demonstrates products, emphasizing features and benefits; answers customer questions on sales floor, email, mail, or by phone on product information, delivery information, and care of products. Leads by example setting sales pace for other sales team members.

Dulles, Virginia, United States

•Assisted customers with fitting of clothing, shoes and accessories.•Maintained inventory count and stocking of merchandise with in section. •Maintained the general and subsidiary ledgers related to accounts receivable, revenue distribution, depreciation, property, operating expenses, and insurance records.