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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Since 2010, I have advanced through increasingly responsible leadership roles for this global, Fortune 500 provider of mission-critical infrastructure consulting and support services to private industry and government clients in 150 countries. Currently as a Senior Program Manager, I govern five major programs in Belarus, overseeing and directing project operations to ensure streamlined execution of critical processes and initiatives. I steer partnerships with stakeholders--including senior company leaders, government officials, employees, vendors, and contractors--to unite diverse groups in support of common goals. • Planned and developed complex program budgets, schedules, P&L, cash flow positions, and EBIT, ensuring optimal operations and return across multiple task orders.• Drove the execution of all task orders for an $8M Department of Energy (DoE) nuclear detection and deterrence program, propelling financial performance and growth to achieve $12M for FY20.• Earned recognition as the Department of Energy Secretary's Honor Award winner, expertly supporting the dynamic program hailed as a key positive relationship within the challenging political environment.• Catalyzed a 50% revenue increase, coauthoring and reviewing all technical and cost proposals to deliver strategic program and operations enhancements.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

As a consultant, I partner with diverse clients to lead ambitious programs and initiatives, guiding the development of contract-winning proposals, strategic project execution plans, and flexible, resilient change-focused operations. • Provide clients with the expert services of a winning team with a history of securing more than $25M USD in contracts through expert proposal writing, propelling client success.• Build client capacities, strategies, and operational efficiencies to support outstanding achievements in challenging environments.• Partner with clients to shape winning proposals, managing all proposal processes from cost estimation to execution.• Support clients through end-to-end project management, specializing in planning, scheduling, cost control, estimation, and claims, empowering clients to achieve outstanding project results for their customers and internal needs.• Empower clients to reach their long-term business goals, consulting to define vision, strategy, and capacity building frameworks in support of vision-aligned culture and training transformations.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Helmed a $293M component of the $1B AFRICAP program, directing end-to-end program operations and steering the execution of multiple internal task orders. Served as the primary Point of Contact (POC), liaising with customer to deliver to-the-minute reporting and change management, shaping and executing strategic solutions.• Ensured comprehensive compliance with all US and local laws and Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).• Partnered with diverse stakeholders, managing relationships to cultivate trust, influence, and satisfaction.• Secured leadership recognition for authoring technical proposals which earned Superior ratings.• Comprehensively redeveloped program processes and procedures, transforming workflows, communications reporting, and product deliverables to propel outstanding achievements.• Spearheaded business developments, uncovering and communicating new business opportunities to propel growth.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

During this time, I captained financial controls and operations for a complex Ethiopia-based project and program, shaping and executing budgets, cash and cost analyses, P&L, and cash flow management to optimize financial returns. Headed a three-report team, leading cross-functional collaboration and engagement with stakeholders across multiple sectors to drive project success.• Governed the project’s $27M budget, delivering tailored management, risk, logistics, procurement, and supply chain strategies.• Acting in the challenging role of a neutral party working between a rebel group and a government at war, navigated the multifaceted government, NGO, employee, vendor, and contractor environment to propel collaboration. • Executed deliverables, directing all aspects of technical and project strategy, planning, tracking, and delivery.• Directed contractual disbursement, ensuring compliance with Statements of Work (SOW) as well as financial operations, documenting end-to-end accounting process execution.• Successfully claimed 99.5% of available fees and payment from the customer, closely controlling strategic spending and fund allocation across nine distinct task orders for on-budget completion.• Grew overall profit 3% through fee percentage restructuring, effectively allocating project funding for critical operations.• Propelled a high-value scope change, expanding operations in consultation with the customer to secure additional funding and raise contract value 150%, or $1.5M, while embedding flexibility for future projected change.• Partnered in-person and remotely with teams across East Africa, maintaining a 20% travel ratio to support core events, logistics, and business development.

Takoradi, Ghana

Structured and implemented strategic procurement and supply chain procedures, governing all procurement for a $1B gas pipeline project. Mitigated project risk through tailored supply and procurement strategy, aligning processes and policies to address schedule and budget challenges.Designed core Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) database, empowering improved business and project operations.• Spearheaded the construction and launch of a $10M warehouse, driving impactful change across procurement, supply chain, and logistics functions.• Captured daily savings of $150K, a $2.1M cost reduction, a two-week critical path reduction, and early project delivery through expert governance of prime contractor shipments and shipment expediting strategy.• Eliminated major challenges and blockages within prime contractor procurement department, submitting a QA/QC Corrective Action Report (CAR) to effectively block contractor collection of a $40M milestone payment until resolution.• Slashed delivery times by 75%, securing a 10% savings across a $519K purchase budget through the identification of local vendors in collaboration with the prime contractor.

Juba, South Sudan

In this role, I project managed the $26.3M U.S. Government program, leading full contract compliance across supply chain, finance, and operational functions. Headed a 26-person team, directing operations to ensure the mitigation of potential project delays, finance and cash flow challenges, and schedule issues to propel timely, high-quality completion in demanding environment.• Expertly navigated a major project blockage, negotiating non-monetary support for a core vendor to mitigate funding issues, avoid potential project delays, reallocate funding to company needs, and deliver key materials on-time.• Integrated into the behind-schedule, 80% complete project to comprehensively revitalize operations, demolishing and rebuilding schedules, resourcing, and strategy to ultimately deliver project one month ahead of schedule and $489K under risk-budget.

Bamako, Mali / Nouakchott, Mauritania

On contract assignment to Mali / Mauritania, I directed the execution of a $4.5M Mauritania and Mali Air Force supply project, providing critical equipment and cargo aircraft repair to maintain fleet functionality. Managed end-to-end project operations, partnering with stakeholders – including the US Embassy, State Department officials, vendors, company officials, and contractors – to drive all contract development, adherence, and closeout.• Generated an additional 5.17% profit through timely execution of all project tasks and close budgetary control.• Negotiated the immediate delivery of a critically needed lost shipment of aircraft components, successfully securing the shutdown of the airport runway to ensure on-time delivery and avoid costly project delays.• Delivered a full repair of a crucial cargo plane within first day of operation, enabling stakeholder use to perform a vital medical evacuation that saved 10 lives.

Kampala, Uganda / Juba, South Sudan

Heading local procurement, negotiation, and operations strategies in this role, I governed ten distinct task orders within a $1B Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of Congo program, managing $2M in procurement budget at the helm of a three-person Procurement Specialist team.• Designed, built, and launched a high-efficiency logistical pipeline from scratch, cultivating robust local vendor partnerships and securing a 30% project savings over projected costs.• Negotiated and purchased more than $400K in materials per month, leveraging local vendor relationships to ensure optimal procurement operations.• Consulted with a specialty vendor to negotiate a 700%-below budget guard tower construction cost estimate. Prior roles:Property Manager (Contract), ANHAM, LLC, Baghdad, IraqLogistics & Property Manager (Contract), DynCorp International, Kampala, Uganda / Juba, South SudanMWR Logistics Coordinator (Contract), Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), Iraq / KuwaitSenior Client Owned Property Specialist (Contract), Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), Iraq / KuwaitSurveillance Investigator, Circus Circus Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NVComputer Repair Specialist, Banctec, Las Vegas, NVTechnical Support Supervisor, Preference Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV

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

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Business Administration