Established the Cybersecurity and Privacy Strategy and Transformation practice area for Grant Thornton Public Sector – a 75 consultant team that sells/delivers client projects across the cybersecurity and privacy framework domains (e.g., identify, detect, protect, respond, recover)• Fostered trusted senior client relationships through routine engagement to discuss mission priorities, emerging needs, program delivery, and risks. Provides thought leadership and drives the development of new, differentiated capabilities and service offerings. • Oversee and lead client delivery of multiple engagements, simultaneously delivering a wide range of solutions for senior government executives (C-suite equivalents). Solutions focus on advising and collaborating with clients to establish and sustain enterprise-wide capabilities that reduce exposure to information security and privacy risks. Notable efforts include: o Designing, developing, and implementing enterprise risk management governance strategies, processes, solutions, and recommendations for key risk management challenges in the areas of cybersecurity, privacy, capital planning and investment control, and IT budget prioritization. o Leveraging NIST special publications, guides, and frameworks to develop strategies that meet the demands of the everchanging cybersecurity and privacy threat landscape, and shifts in regulatory requirements, including cybersecurity analytics and metric reporting, program maturity roadmaps, high value asset (HVA) program management, zero-trust architecture maturity and enablement, and cybersecurity and privacy resiliency and compliance.o Assessing and providing recommendations across all aspects of information security and privacy functions, even beyond technology considerations, including workforce management, organizational culture, operational effectiveness, process improvement and training.

Provided organizational change management (OCM) support – including learning management, and end-user training development and delivery – for more than 70 human resources (HR) IT applications, impacting more than 30,000 foreign and civil service staff.

Lead organizational change management (OCM) activities – including stakeholder engagement, requirements management, business process re-engineering, learning, and continuous process improvement – related to changes impacting people, processes, and technology for an enterprise-wide implementation of PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.2, impacting more than 85,000 employees• Analyze the client’s organizational context and culture; identify issues and pain points of stakeholders at every level; and determine communication needs, objectives, and measures of success• Deliver recommendations and presentations to executive leadership to guide discussions and decisions• Identify resource requirements, timelines, and tracking of project issues to resolution• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the course of the software development life cycle (SDLC) • Develop overarching roadmaps and project support documents, including change management and change readiness plans, processes and protocols, executive summaries, lessons learned, and after-action reportsMajor Accomplishments: • Directed a cross-functional team comprising 12 consultants in conducting an organization-wide stakeholder assessment to identify, segment, and prioritize stakeholders, including executives, governance bodies, functional directors, change agents, end users, and external stakeholders, from more than 30 organizations• Devised a concept of operations (CONOPs) and streamlined communications across nine human resources (HR) centers and over 25 unique divisions to shape high-trust relationships with internal and external stakeholders, build coalitions across the organization, and promote long-lasting partnerships• Planned, coordinated, and executed discovery sessions to help the client define their vision for change and determine solutions that align with digital transformation objectives, including gathering and documenting more than 5,000 functional requirements

Planned, coordinated, and executed change management and continuous process improvement activities to support technology adoption, increase productivity, and improve organizational effectiveness• Served as lead change manager for a financial management system, facilitating regular stakeholder meetings, using data to identify and analyze risks, and creating and updating the schedule, and budget• Analyzed enterprise-wide programs to identify problems, trends, and deficiency situations or areas of imbalance, and developed recommendations for corrective action as required• Coordinated with 23 departments comprising 2,755 employees to ensure 100 percent compliance across 144 unique programs, each governed by separate policies and regulations Major Accomplishments: • Devised a learning strategy for 50 subject-matter experts (SMEs) on an IT system that enabled program managers to better monitor and control the effectiveness of their organization, resulting in the closure of 4,700 outstanding audit items• Streamlined an enterprise-wide business process for requesting, reviewing, and authorizing reimbursement of business-related travel expenses, increasing efficiency and employee payout

Managed HR processes related to strategic planning, training and development, assessment and evaluation, performance management, scheduling, and operations for five distinct departments• Supervised and developed talent among an eight-member executive support and human resources office• Analyzed and reported business performance data and trends, advising executives in appropriately timed communication, and task execution for workforce planning efforts• Developed and coordinated strategic planning and execution of C-5 Galaxy missions impacting 2,755 personnel requiring extensive knowledge of world-wide C-5 air mobility operations, capabilities, and limitations• Streamlined 4,300-flying hour program; managed $3.6 billion in C-5 assets and 185 crew members Major Accomplishments:• Developed and continuously managed all operating and auditing processes for a team of 59 members • Led compliance efforts to ensure adherence to educational, physical, physiological, and medical standards to perform in flight duty for 185 personnel• Collaborated across functional teams to implement an employee recognition program that provided awards and decorations for deserving employees, increasing staff recognition by 100 percent in 12 months

Oversaw civil engineer (CE) operations for more than 300 engineers in various capacities, including wartime and peacetime missions• Planned, coordinated, and evaluated large-scale construction and renovation projects, ensuring compliance with United States Air Force (USAF) regulations• Determined quality assurance requirements and deadlines for completion of work