-Ensured team productivity, project health, and partner value for Omni Federal teams defense community-Coached and mentored team members to ensure team productivity and project success-Engaged with executive leadership at partner agencies to facilitate technical modernization efforts in their offices-Formed DevOps guild to allow developers to spread best practices across teams and project areas Result: Rapidly delivering software to government partners to ensure their mission success

Supporting mountain biking and advocating for improved trails and user experience in Colorado and along the Denver front range. Partnering with universities and government land managers to better understand how recreational infrastructure can be improved to ensure a safe, enjoyable experience for all.

-Coached and mentored 18F team members to ensure team productivity and project success-Engaged with executive leadership at partner agencies to facilitate technical modernization efforts in their offices-Co-lead effort to streamline hiring processes to better meet the demand for 18F services across government-Co-led 18F’s Project Leadership Collective to improve project leadership skills across 18F projects-Initiated the 18F Project Leadership Collective (PLC) to help spread best practices, improve documentation, and build a shared vision across 18F for successful project leadership.-Developed $2,643,000 in new business between five partner agencies for 18FResult: Improving 18F’s ability to meet the growing need for digital modernization in government by growing partnerships, sharing best practices, and developing improved hiring methods

-Served as a leader and member of diverse, multi-discipline, cross functional digital consulting teams-Provided expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to government IT leaders on a variety of consulting projects addressing critical IT issues across government-Used agile methods and user centered design (UCD) to implement digital modernization at partner agencies-Used lean methods to iteratively improve login.gov’s onboarding process -Initiated the DevOps Community of Practice to spread digital modernization best practices across government-Initiated the 18F Alumni Network community, a White House initiativeResult: Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of technology activities across the Federal government

-Led initiative on expanding the role of Business Intelligence in informing leadership & stakeholders-Led initiative on Innovative Trail development through analysis of use trends on public lands, and the crowdsourcing of geospatial data to engage the public and improve government datasets-Represented the US Forest Service brand in an extremely fun way: suiting up as Smokey Bear for USFS Region 2 events to help encourage stewardship of our public lands to young and old alike

-Led and managed a diverse staff of technical professionals including senior managers, software developers, database administrators, software testers, data model architects, applied researchers, and project managers-Provided leadership and strategic direction for a broad set of geospatial products and services-Led the adoption of Agile software development which improved the quality of software, and the communication between development staff on seven development teams and their stakeholders-Implemented Human Centered Design (HCD) methods to improve UX of software products for users-Led the migration of geospatial data, products, and services to the cloud (AWS)-Led USGS effort to adopt DevOps methods to speed deployment of software across the bureau-Led the Center in the use of Google Services to improve collaboration between developers and stakeholders -Improved Program outreach by hosting two virtual webinars that allowed 150 users of The National Map to see how USGS geospatial services could better enable their web and mobile activities-Engaged with mobile development community which dramatically increased the use of The National MapResult: Improved the efficiency, transparency, and outcomes of NGTOC’s systems development activities, as well as coordination and communication throughout the NGTOC organization

Geospatial Analyst – Systems Integration Division, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); Jan 2012-Aug 2012

-Developed and implemented strategies for growing the demand for geospatial services as a member of a multi-discipline intelligence team-Advocated the use of collaborative web based geospatial services through demonstrations and regular outreach which increased productivity throughout 6th Fleet-Increased the availability of geospatial services for planners and intel analysts aboard 6th Fleet command ship, the USS Mt. Whitney, through researching bandwidth usage of NGA capabilities and communicating findings Result: Increased 6th Fleet’s use of NGA products and service, thus improving access to critical intelligence to support humanitarian, military, and diplomatic missions

-Served as member of multi-discipline intelligence team as their subject matter expert on GIS related technical issues to support USTRANSCOMResult: Created innovative new products and capabilities while supporting USTRANSCOM

-Developed and maintained Geospatial Database to identify threats-Supervised and trained a team of four intelligence analysts-Prepared technical manual (SOP) to allow a successful turnover to the replacing unitResult: 1140th Engineer Battalion conducted over 3100 missions over 450,000 miles without loss of life