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Mclean, Va, Us

Tysons, Va, Us

Leading a Military Health and VA portfolio to address emerging threats and modernize infrastructure for the Veterans Crisis Line.

Dayton, Oh, Us

• Directs new contract initiation and planning for complex projects in VA and DHA.• Leads JJR’s Veteran and Military Health organization.• Provides thought leadership on program management, governance, and service delivery.• Mentors and coaches on project planning, quality control, risk mitigation, and critical thinking to optimize program outcomes.• Acts as point of escalation for Government executive leadership and issue resolution.• Adapts cross-departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges.• Integrates strategic direction and prioritization of internal and external stakeholder issues.

Dayton, Oh, Us

• Leads JJR’s offerings in Project Management, Lean UX in Agile, Lean Six Sigma, and Advisory Consulting.• Provides thought leadership to optimize program outcomes.• Responsible for implementing standardization, policies, procedures, training, and PMO integration.

Dayton, Oh, Us

• Accountable for solutioning responses and executing task orders.• VA: AVAIL (Key Personnel); VECTOR.• National Institute of Health (NIH) Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners (CIO-SP3 SB and CIO-SP3) (Key Personnel).

Dayton, Oh, Us

Lead efforts to achieve contract requirement compliance for large, complex Government contracts.Integrate strategic direction and prioritization of issues involving internal and external stakeholders.Responsible for monitoring completion of required deliverables and meeting customer contracted expectations.Provide direct interface to Government PM Office.Adapt departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges.Maintain and lead program team integration, accountability, and prioritization of assigned activities.Ensure timely planning and completion of program level activities.Act as point of contact for internal and external issue resolution.

Dayton, Oh, Us

• Led JJR’s offerings in Lean Six Sigma and Change Management.• Developed a merged Change Management/HCD approach to increase project outcomes. • Drove creation of initial versions of Magnify (JJR SBIR IP).

Dayton, Oh, Us

Serve as primary point of contact to government.Develop core training outlines, training plans, records, and risk management reviews.Provide monthly reports, cost expenditures, training status, and equipment status.Oversee technical performance and execution.Manage subcontract.Provide programmatic and administrative support.Attend and present contract performance data at program reviews and other meetings.Establish and execute transition plan and staffing plan.

Washington, Dc, Us

•Project manager for an ORD/NIH portfolio categorization and analysis tool(similar to NIH RePORT).•Liaison and operations manager on joint VA/DoD/NIH Consortium to Alleviate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CAP).•Perform gap analysis for portfolio alignment and strategic planning.•Report directly to VA’s ORD leadership for scientific, management, andstrategic projects.•Research and respond to diverse questions related to science, engineering,administration and strategic planning.•Develop scientific writing and presentation materials.•Prioritize, problem solve, and provide innovative solutions within a fastpaced, political environment.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Contracted to provide scientific program support to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development.•Support drafting of national policies in rehabilitation engineering, clinical studies, health services, and biomedical research divisions at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development (ORD).•Project manager for an ORD/NIH portfolio categorization and analysis tool (similar to NIH RePORT).•Perform gap analysis for portfolio alignment and strategic planning.•Manage operations on joint VA/DoD Consortium to Alleviate Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder.•Program manager for the multi-disciplinary Research Information Security and Privacy Advisory Panel.•Report directly to VA’s ORD leadership for scientific, management, and strategic projects.•Research and respond to diverse questions related to science, engineering, administration and strategic planning.•Perform scientific literature reviews.•Develop scientific writing and presentation materials.•Assist in building merit review panels and edit summary statements.•Manage records management team, so far reducing server space by 21%.•Prioritize, problem solve, and provide innovative solutions within a fast paced, political environment.•Coordinate support for $1.8 billion federal budgetary submission process.•Developed forecasting tool to plan and set review panel merit meetings on predetermined schedule as part of a continuous improvement initiative.

• Educated and trained engineering students to utilize specific methods for neuronal modeling.• Performed computational modeling in Matlab to simulate the change sensory stimuli may evoke in cerebral dynamics.• Investigated underlying neurophysiological alterations in the human brain due to presence of external stimuli.• Implemented time-frequency signal processing techniques to analyze simulations and human EEG recordings.• Predicted neuronal mechanisms for future targeted treatment of psychiatric disorders.• Analyzed human intracranial recordings for evidence of predicted mechanisms.• Presented research posters.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

•Proposed a non-invasive Infra-Red blood glucose device to quickly and accurately assess patients.•Observed operations in cardiology department, emergency department, and medical intensive care unit.•Analyzed those procedures and identified engineering techniques that could enhance patient care.•Presented an advanced methodology in Cath lab for stent implantation at arterial bifurcations using bio-absorbable materials to increase successful cardiac stent procedures.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

•Programmed computational model of human cerebral cortex in Matlab. •Earned Honorable Mention in Drexel College of Medicine Research Day Poster Competition.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

· Reported to the director of the medical intensive care unit (MICU). · Gathered information from patients and their relatives for a hospital stay - quality of care study. · Obtained patient information and replenished blood drawing supplies for an ongoing sepsis study.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

• Trained individual employees and contractors to use respirators and certified them per government regulations.• Performed site-wide presentations to over 700 employees for required annual respirator training.• Tracked site's energy and emissions; calculated and presented statistical trends during site-wide meetings.• Conducted Industrial Hygiene (IH) monitoring to determine manufacturing operator exposure levels.• Interpreted IH results to guarantee compliance with corporate standard operating procedures.• Ensured proper/timely IH equipment calibration.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biomedical Engineering