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Arlington, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia Area

Serve as a tutor both online and in person, helping a diverse number of students from various backgrounds learn, understand, and overcome difficult concepts in various subject areas in mathematics and economics. Students ranged in grade level from elementary school up to and including graduate students.Key Accomplishments:• Individually achieved a 98 percent satisfaction rate among students.• Helped a graduate student prepare for her comprehensive exam for the MA in Economics program; effective tutoring aided in her passing the exam on her first attempt.• Recognized for effective client retention—currently have a personal client base of six students, all who are tutored on a weekly basis and have shown significant improvement since tutoring began.

Washington Dc

Serve as a cost analyst for a company known for performing various analyses to identify project risks and recommend solutions through the use of specialized models. The company is a well-known and respected industry leader that has helped in writing all applicable industry standards. Prepare cost estimates to assist the U.S. Navy in programming, budgeting, and the execution of operations and support activities and FMS. Prepare and present findings to high-ranking officials on various studies. Serve as a task leader, overseeing multiple analysts on the operations and support cost-estimate team. Key Accomplishments:• Reviewed and recommended points of negotiation and contention for a sole source contract worth ~ 3 billion dollars as the sole cost estimator• Participated in a study for the Chief of Naval Operations as the cost subject matter expert and sole cost analyst, focusing on training and concept of operations as the cost expert; study led to implementation of a new training and operating philosophy which is helping the Navy save money on expensive repairs as well as sharpening its warfighting capability.• Supported various modernization and maintenance business case analyses.• Independently designed and trained personnel to effectively use a VBA-enabled Excel model that has been adopted for Earned Value Management on all Austal built Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).• Provided an analysis for the Commander of the Navy’s Sea Systems Command, a three-star flag officer, to determine the cost-effectiveness of repairing an overseas LCS craft in various locations.• Conducted and presented a study for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, & Acquisition comparing the costs of operating LCS and guided missile destroyers (DDG), presenting a new metric which provides a more accurate cost analysis for leaders at the strategic level of naval operations planning.• Participated in multiple GAO and congressional inquiries and audits.•

Serve as a tutor, assisting a diverse number of students from various backgrounds learn, understand, and overcome difficult concepts in various subject areas in mathematics, physics, statistics, finance, and economics. Tutoring was completed both one-on-one and in group settings.Key Accomplishments:• Individually achieved a 96 percent satisfaction rate among students.

Served as an EMT (PA State EMT # 169588) in good standing with more than 450 volunteer hours. As part of a small, yet critical team, assessed, treated, and transported critical and non-critical patients. Developed quick and critical thinking skills based on situational analysis. Developed and maintained rapport with patients and families by aiding in keeping them calm during emergency situations.

University Park, Pa

• Independently designed, formatted, and edited various manufacturing process and safety documents for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).• In collaboration with a graphic designer, created vinyl labels in order to assist inspectors to comply with established processing guidelines.• Developed skills using Microsoft Vizio during this tenure.