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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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

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.