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Dupont, Washington

I drive operational performance and financial accountability for 34 state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies nationwide by single-handedly managing analytics product line. Motivated to facilitate end user understanding of our products, I develop and implement impactful analytic operations webinars and an intensive analytics training program. • Boosted annual subscription cost 30%, increasing revenue stream 20% YOY, by building and incorporating additional services to existing product line. Secured new agencies after demonstrating potential ROI by investing in these data-related technologies. • Spearhead strategic product planning, partnering with CEO to align initiatives with company vision; uphold brand engagement and spur profit growth by developing new Analytic Products.

Dupont, Washington

I am fortunate to have collaborated with Microsoft (MS) and a talented team to develop a cost-effective, secure, and agile hosting platform on MS’ Azure government cloud. Since its inception, 90%+ of new customers select this solution. • Acted as Project Manager for a client migration from an OnPremises solution to a Hybrid-cloud solution, with accelerated timeline by 50% to meet state’s annual spend financial requirements. • Gained CTO and CEO initial buy-in to add Power BI platform as a secondary tool, bringing multiple options to agencies and increasing flexibility as an organization. Served as Power BI expert while developing training materials and products. • Reduced outstanding Change Requests by 75% and average age by 50% in three months after automating and streamlining procedures associated with organizational Change Management.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

I was promoted to serve on the Leadership team while continuing to oversee the project management function. To guide internal operations, I developed, measured, and monitored quarterly metrics/KPIs, partnering with departmental managers to identify critical operations drivers. I identified efficiency and streamlining opportunities by creating a monthly reporting package. • Improved operations related to project execution after developing and monitoring customer satisfaction surveys, gathering critical feedback to ensure clients were satisfied with the execution of work performed. • Increased resource allocation 25% and project profitability 13% by standardizing employee time allocation system to better understand resource utilization, project profitability, and staffing allocation. • Established Ardham’s Visio matrix project process flow, a key strategic initiative for this IT consulting company. Realized company reduction in risk exposure and gained efficiencies during growth phase after creating standardized project execution roadmap.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Hired to create Ardham’s Project Management Office, I spearheaded best practices for project execution, including work breakdown structures, requirements gathering, test plan creation & execution, risk management & mitigation, and budget monitoring. • Led all client-based projects, with 50+ projects completed with average profit margin of 39% in 2012 and 42% profit margin through Q1 2013. • As the Senior Project Manager, led the efforts to enhance communications, document repository, and scalability while significantly reducing operational cost for major healthcare provider by creating a Wide Area Network (WAN) for eight disparate offices throughout New Mexico.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

I coordinated the development and testing phases of the Fresh Start Program, managing six separate project streams for this Fortune 700 company. While supervising ~15-20 staff, I also boosted project projection accuracy by an estimated 80% after implementing a Project Management Office adaptation to MS Project Professional. • Captured time savings of 33% by creating departmental process that streamlined promotion of software between environments for system critical updates.

Chicago, Il

I led the collection of IT specifications and wrote system requirements for all system components of the “National Social Health and Aging Project.” • Authored system test plan and assessed overall system performance on the “Washington State Achievers” study; drove component testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing, and regression testing.

Chicago

To assist with cost and production data monitoring, I developed reports for multiple project using MS Access as front-end system to define report criteria.• Programmed the national “REACH” questionnaire and evaluated the survey’s promotion to new industry standard data collection software.

Chicago, Il

In my initial role with NORC, I managed the development and content of the organization’s first project-based internet site, allowing nationally disbursed field managers to access real-time production reports for the first time in company history.• Crafted 60-page interviewer training manual for the “Survey of Consumer Finance” study, coordinating training materials and agenda for intensive seven-day training using an interactive multimedia platform; presented two training sessions at the 2000 Field Directors & Technologies Conference.

Pullman, Wa

I administered cognitive interviews for the United States Census 2000 form to determine the usability of proposed changes from the 1990 Census form. My efforts realized a statistically significant response rate increase from 65% to 67%. • Analyzed classroom evaluation forms using mathematical analysis, including reliability testing and factor analysis, to better understand what components contribute to an enhanced learning environment for students. Results were presented at the 1997 Washington State Annual Assessment Conference for Higher Education.• Member of the Washington State University undergraduate committee which performed longitudinal assessment for universal undergraduate mathematics and language arts requirements.

Master'S Degree, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Areas of Concentration: Statistics & Survey Methodology Social PsychologyThesis: An Examination of the Primary.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Minor: Sociology