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Asheville, Nc, Us

Remote

Hired as a consultant/ contractor to provide tactical and strategic actions for the Corporate Cyber Security (CCS) teams regarding: - Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. - Process improvement for the local project management office (PMO).Role expanded to become the overall technical delivery lead for a specific divestiture. Expanded role to provide leadership in: - Enterprise data migrations - End user computing solutions - Identity Access Management - Data Protection

Same as previous role, new company due to acquisition.• Promoted to accept new responsibilities resulting from the acquisition of Bank of the West by BMO Bank.• Built the technical decoupling process to separate banks using Kanban method, resulting in zero process drag and easy executive prioritization.• Automated the M&A finances for the project delivery portfolio ($100MM), saving 120+hrs/ month• Delivered the legal entity change for BMO Bank; 15,000+ media items across the enterprise using iterative and on-demand dev to align to OCC rules.• Facilitated the data retention and decommissioning of 30+ cybersecurity systems while maintaining network and data center integrity: used lowest- possible-risk scenarios to ensure security.

Remote

• Promoted to accept new responsibilities resulting from the acquisition of Bank of the West by BMO Bank.• Built the technical decoupling process to separate banks using Kanban method, resulting in zero process drag and easy executive prioritization.• Automated the M&A finances for the project delivery portfolio ($100MM), saving 120+hrs/ month• Delivered the legal entity change for Bank of the West: deployed 8000+ media items across the enterprise using scrum to deliver 3x faster than benchmark; secured alignment to FDIC & OCC rules.• Successfully decoupled Bank of the West from former owner (BNP Paribas).

• Established and mentored cross functional agile squads using RTE structure to improve cybersecurity, resulting in a 50% acceleration in time to delivery.• Co-Drove a security-centric agile transformation involving 250+ people.• Coached product owners and scrum masters in agile practices.• Elevated IT Governance and Risk squad using scrum agile delivery.• Installed Cyber resiliency policy and infrastructure using scrum and behavior driven dev methods.• Managed annual program budget of $20MM with 1% variance.

• Led a team of Project Managers, outperforming larger PMOs by gearing ratio (2.5:1 vs 1.2:1) and variance at completion (+8% vs -30%).• Initiated preliminary agile transformation, leading to a 50% reduction in process overhead.• Facilitated individuals' growth and team cohesion through self-selection of projects and program responsibilities.• Managed the cybersecurity sub-portfolio with an average variance of less than 5% (9-11 projects, $8MM).Prioritized annual cybersecurity efforts with C-level employees.

Remote

• Managed enterprise cybersecurity projects (SIEM deployment, data protection program, layered defense, key management system, FFIEC CAT management, others)• Delivered all projects on-budget while managing 3-6 projects simultaneously across the Security Group ($500K-$1MM and 6-18 months duration per project).• Created report automation for quality and ease of executive reporting, resulting in an 85% improvement in production time and reduced errors by 50%.

Oakland/ East Bay

Provided coaching support and developed college and career readiness programs.• Launched service expansion into a new market, achieving investment break-even in six months.• Commenced a teacher training program, customizing deliverables for the client through continuous feedback• Created custom KPIs (and tracking) based on local and state requirements.

San Francisco Bay Area

This highly competitive fellowship places master candidates with school districts and nonprofits to solve business problems in the education sector. Deliveries included:• Well-defined scope of the short-term need.• Primary data collection and analysis.• Completed graphic design, copy writing, photo editing, and layout for the new district media.• Adherence to strict delivery timeline.

China, Costa Rica, Ecuador

• Delivered high-quality and safe international service and education programs to schools traveling abroad• Oversaw programming strategy and business activities in target international destinations.• Launched the first Destination China program, developing all foreign business activities (operations, budget, partnerships, risk planning), training all in-country staff, and supervising all local subcontractors.• Delivered enterprise-wide training in the USA to 80+ team members.

Oakland, Ca

Through teaching, I learned multiple methods to explain clear expectations and advanced scientific knowledge to learners.In addition to classroom leadership, project management was used to:• Install the school’s first science laboratory (OSHA compliant)• Secure grants and donated equipment.• Track multiple data streams to make informed decisions to improve student outcomes.

San Rafael, Ca

This role worked across business units to educate adults. Priorities included individualized education and compliance with state regulations, maintaining accreditation.• Designing place-based curricula best suited to cross functional working needs.• Trained Team Supervisors in group management.• Created new credit accrual and skill-based certification tracking.• Managed AmeriCorps volunteers.• Interpreted and translated finance and H.R. issues (English - Spanish)• Presented in WASC accreditation process.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs)