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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..
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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..
• 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.

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.