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Winchester, VA, US

Leesburg, VA, US

• Support federal clients by overseeing complex technical projects from conception to completion.
• Combine project management practices with Agile development requirements to improve section’s project delivery performance and health, and align the organization with Agile methodologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to customize solutions and meet clients' specific needs, enhancing overall customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with customers to create and prioritize user stories and define story points, and refine / prioritize product backlog.
• Administer and manage business relationships with the project’s external consultants and third parties ensuring they meet their project obligations.
• Facilitate team meetings and other day-to-day activities as required by the team.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Implemented Agile methodologies, facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement and team productivity.Collaborated closely with product management to define.
• Administered and managed business relationships with the project’s executive leadership, external consultants, and third parties ensuring they meet their project obligations.
• Used Agile Project Management best practices to gather customer requirements, create product roadmaps, write user stories and effective acceptance criteria, in an effort to improve customer acceptance of each feature.

Worldwide, OO

• Combined project management practices with agile development requirements to improve section’s project delivery performance and health, and align the organization with Agile methodologies.
• Oversaw vendor’s management of sprints, deliverables, and milestones for multiple technical projects.
• Administered and managed business relationships with the project’s external consultants and third parties ensuring they meet their project obligations.
• Regularly reported overall project status to management and key stakeholders, escalating major issues as necessary.
• Maintained a project repository of historical and current project information.
• Facilitated team meetings and other day-to-day activities as required by the team.

Bethesda, Maryland, US

• Planned and led digital transformation project of section’s training program; created digital, self-paced content for new-hire and experienced analysts – enables newly hired analysts to become highly skilled in shorter.
• Designed and managed team SharePoint site using SharePoint Designer, HTML, and CSS capabilities.
• Assessed, designed, and conceptualized training scenarios, approaches, objectives, plans, tools, aids, curriculum, and other state of the art technologies related to training.
• Created technical guidance for software and operating systems (software user guides, software and system user manuals, training guides, jobs aids, etc.).
• Prepared training catalogs and course materials (training exercises, software and system simulations, etc.).
• Created lesson plans for 20+ courses in accordance with Bureau best practices.

Reston, VA, US

• Generated technical guidance for software applications and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Supported Program Manager and client with coordinating and completing special projects as needed.
• Used project management tools, functions, and methodology such as budget development, project planning, control and assurance methodologies, project management software concepts and practices.
• Recruited, interviewed, and recommended new employees for open positions.
• Developed technical content for business development proposals.
• Created a Workflow Forecasting Model to predict duration of projects and how many resources are required to complete a project within a specified amount of time. Used 3 points to predict: Standard department metrics.

Folsom, California, US

Herndon, Virginia, US

Graduate Certificate, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Science - Ms, Organizational Leadership