Alex Roark, Mba, Ms Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va, Us

Served in project management roles overseeing strategy consultants supporting human capital strategy engagements with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Bureau of Engraving and Printing. • Manage the client delivery team by developing project plans with initiative leads, ensuring products are delivered on time and with excellent quality, and all contract requirements are fulfilled. • Provided strategic advice to senior leaders on various organizational priorities and initiatives, including strategic planning, workforce planning, knowledge management, and data collection and analysis. • Developed workforce forecasting tools for manufacturing staff and emergency response on-call staff to ensure the clients maintain appropriate staffing levels over time through planned and unplanned changes. • Established and facilitated an advisory committee to capture strategic and operational workforce impacts and solicit customer views on the ability of the client to deliver their products and services. • Reviewed, assessed, and documented established business processes and recommended improvement actions to streamline processes.• Planed and facilitated senior level strategy sessions, including establishing goals and outcomes of the meeting, developing the meeting agenda, and capturing meeting minutes, outputs, and action items.

Chicago, Il, Us

Led a team of consultants who advised a law enforcement agency on strategy development, operational improvement, and risk management. Promoted from Senior Consultant to Manager. • Conducted an organizational review, including operational manuals, policies, human capital skill needs and gaps, and identification of improvement recommendations. • Conducted a financial and operational review of a ~$1 billion physical security program to understand projected physical security project costs and developed a new operations and maintenance fee model. • Developed funding model options for the physical security program for a House Appropriations Committee request and advised the client in its response to the Committee.• Developed and presented several strategic and tactical program briefs to agency executive leadership, external stakeholders, and industry presentation events. • Led facilitated sessions with field personnel to develop and discuss program strategy, execution, and operation to identify and implement program improvement actions. • Researched and assessed the application of AI and ML in physical security and surveillance application, identifying use cases and documenting future-state technology deployment architecture.

Chicago, Il, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Provided advisory services to the Department of Commerce and Federal Reserve Banks (FRB) to inform organizational transformation, process improvement, and governance initiatives.• Designed an Agile-based governance framework for product development, including relevant project management templates, a Platform Management Plan to detail governance procedures, and used the framework to assessment and rationalization the application portfolio. • Conducted process, governance, and operational assessments of an FRB System shared IT service office and an FRB-Department of Treasury cash reconciliation process. Provided recommendations to improve operational effectiveness and performance. • Assessed an FRB $100m technology contract to identify areas deficient in best practices, provided recommendations to improve the template contract, and developed an evaluation tool to improve FRB’s acquisition assessment methodology.Clients:• International Trade Administration – Office of Chief Information Officer – 10/2015 – 3/2017• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis – 7/2015 –10/2015• Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond – 5/2015 –7/2015, 1/2015 – 4/2015• Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago – 4/2015 – 4/2015

Washington, Dc, Us

Provided administrative support to the Chief Counsel and assisted the legal team with relevant research to ensure legal advice and opinions were well informed and in line with president and best practice. • Conducted benchmarked assessments of internal policies, process, and legal judgments of similar organizations that contributed to internal policy development and reform initiatives. • Designed, implemented, and maintain a digital record keeping system to facilitate knowledge management within the division, resulting in improved work efficiency. • Developed communications and briefings for executive and non-executive audiences

Washington, D.C., Us

Designed and developed a new business unit and social venture fund based on the client’s strategic direction, industry best practices, and industry benchmarks. Final product proposed an operating structure for the social venture fund, resource requirements, and documented alignment to the organization’s mission. • Business Strategy: Designed and developed a new business unit and social venture fund for the client, including a proposed structure of operations and operational resource requirements.• Business Research: Conducted an environmental analysis of active social venture fund, including their structure, valuation and focus.

Cd. De México, Distrito Federal, Mx

Managed social responsibility activities within communities impacted by a liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline construction to ensure positive community relations and perception of the company and project. • Developed and implemented a corporate social responsibility plan that identified community outreach opportunities, tracked external communication efforts, and programmed civic engagement efforts. • Developed and executed a social impact questionnaire to identify the population adversely impacted by a planned rerouting of a railroad track. • Conducted land valuation assessments for indemnification payments to landowners affected by construction of a natural gas pipeline.

Dallas, Texas, Us

• Cultural Diplomacy: Organize logistical support and assist visiting international dignitaries sponsored by the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program. • Database Development: Created an Excel database for more efficient organization of over 100 local partners’ relevant information.

• Knowledge Transfer: Teach martial arts to children and adults (academy size: ~150 students), requiring analysis, breakdown and mastery of the techniques in order to clearly communicate requirements to students. • Change Management: Communicate to customers the change and effects of a merger of two sister schools into one new school.• Event Management: Assist in the hosting of tournaments and physical fitness events.• Mentoring: Mentoring children and adolescences through teaching of martial arts.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business

Master'S Degree, International Development Management

Ba, International Studies, Spanish

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Studies, Spanish