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Spring Hill, Kansas, United States

Established the Requisition Start Team Program for Internal support procurements. Supervised 10 personnel/executed 11 procurements for information technology, professional, and subscription services exceeding $20.4M in FY22.● Established program metrics and processes; initiative improved services provided to program and procurement customers; exceeded established KPIs- received Commissioners Spotlight Award – RST/promoted to next grade● Championed change management initiatives for new procurement system; provided training, oversight, and feedback to foster adoption – exceeded system utilization targets metrics for FY22● Analyzed and evaluated policies and practices; worked with Office of Policy and Compliance and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer to adapt current processes to new system and provide training to workforce● Evaluated new IT system/provided customer stories and enhancement requests to engineering teams; spearheaded new user categories, routing processes, and approval tracking – promoted to next grade● Developed data migration processes/file structure requirements for $100 Billion+ contract; Established timelines, identified required system enhancements, oversaw process, and trained users; met FY22 Senior Executive Leadership Goal● Developed pricing bot in R; evaluated 28K+ individual prices/generated as-awarded pricing for 67 contractors – FY 21 ITC Shining Star Award/FY 22 Q1/Q2 FAS Commissioner’s Spotlight Award winner - STARS III Phased Awards Team● Revamped ITC Acquisitions Forecast process; worked with forecasting tool team to support innovative RPA BOT; automation testing successful – Professional Services Council named GSA “Top Agency for Publicly Available Procurements Forecasts” - recognized by competition advocate and Deputy Director for Interagency Contracts

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Led special projects for major lines of business within GSA'S Information Technology Category. Evaluated technical bids, conducted negotiations, and administered contracts with oversight by a contracting officer.● Graduated rotational leadership program; managed procurement, business development, finance, and eCommerce projects – received Administrator’s Excellence in Performance Award/5 of 5 on 2020 and 2021 appraisals/promoted to next grade● Developed and executed training course for Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program transition; 100+ attendees; course added as training resource for purchasing support during multi-stage program consolidation and transition effort● Managed 36 contracts; completed three awards valued at $11M, executed 16 contract administration actions, and completed three options valued at $74.3M● Coded analysis tool in R for new product; Automation evaluated 3.8M price points, generated 248 scatter plot, box chart, and graphs to assist in evaluations; saved 830 labor hours – received kudos and a Special Act Team Award from Laura Stanton, Assistant Commissioner, ITC● Created pricing dashboard using Tableau; ingested pricing from automated tool to produce a dynamic user interface enabling customers to research available companies and pricing for specific products – work recognized by the Office of Enterprise Strategy Management● Developed Emerging Technology snapshot for $50Bn procurement product; trained program managers on commercial practices/provided language for soliciting vendors; 1,112 contracts awarded● Conducted in-depth financial system analysis; discovered $3.9M in obligations to expired contracts; worked with procurement offices and finance to close and de-obligate funds - work recognized by the head of Information Technology Category Budget and Finance Office● Analyzed prohibitions on certain telecommunications and video surveillance equipment requirements; developed compliance suggestions; all recommendations adopted

Tokyo, Japan

Led Finance Operations’ Asia Pacific (APAC) Program Management Office (PMO). Delivered FinOps service capabilities for Accounts Payable, Payroll, and FinOps Tax supporting international AWS, Digital and Consumer expansions. • Delivered timely and optimal cross-functional, international projects serving major parts of Amazon's business; monitored and tracked launch milestones and post-launch performance; successfully delivered 10 expansions in 8 countries. • Modeled project pipeline using Excel for employee development program; ensured rotational assignments for project managers; diffused experience across team and increased capacity from 26 to 55 projects per year. • Interfaced daily with cross-functional business, finance, technical, and senior leadership teams (Director and VP Level) from multiple disciplines, lines of business, and geographies on project status, prioritization, and constraints.• Conducted analysis, drafted documents, and chaired monthly and quarterly regional business reviews for postmortem discussions; process improvements; project prioritization, project status, and post-launch reporting.• Oversaw and developed business requirements documents for FinOps Accounts Payable functions; captured requirements and coordinated technical solutions with developers; streamlined process for project prioritization and initiation.• Analyzed post-launch metrics and vendor feedback; coordinated reduced vendor issue processing time project; streamlined issue resolution function; reduced turnaround time from 10 to 2 days and FinOps processing center contacts 85%

Seattle, Washington

Drove large, complex, multi-team projects from inception to delivery on tight timelines in an ever-changing retail landscape; constantly focused on operational efficiencies, budget reduction, and workforce management process improvement• Developed complex Excel labor planning and process models; mapped launch timeline, analyzed process end-to-end, and developed proposal to reduce timeline from 3 weeks to 10 days; process adopted for all future store launches.• Created end-to-end launch guide; coordinated with subject matter experts from 23 teams; document design adopted by marketing and curation teams and utilized to train new launch managers; process implemented for all future store launches• Ensured compliance with Amazon Bookstore Team’s policies and procedures. Coordinated with training, marketing, and store design teams to ensure employees, processes, and setup completed as prescribed; 3 successful launches• Communicated status, risks, and process changes to senior management through a variety of mechanisms including monthly and quarterly business reviews, daily status reports, and postmortem project analysis meetings.• Analyzed post-mortem feedback to identify roadblocks and pain points; identified store labeling time constraint; coordinated with Amazon purchasing and a prime vendor to create launch kits; reduced launch prep time by 10 days.

Wichita Falls, Texas Area

Administered $116M to support 65 permanent teaching staff, 5 contract instructors, 64 cross-functional programs, 1,100 students and 13 courses; accountable to the executive director for maintenance training. • Implemented budget and analyzed expenditures using Microsoft Office Excel; ensured adherence to established metrics and developed forecasts and spend-lines for monthly reviews; zero discrepancies during annual audit 4 years in a row• Managed 13 course development projects; created project timelines including phase-gates, milestones and status reporting requirements; directly monitored project metrics, resulted in unprecedented 100% approval by Air University• Reported on all progress for the department; approved and audited all standard operating procedures; advised leadership on performance metrics and adjustments; implemented and evaluated work processes for stake holders. • Advised cross-functional teams on internal and external programs to alleviate process pain points; analyzed budget and capital expenditure proposals, staffing levels, course loads, facility utilization, and contract management activities. • Analyzed proposals from subordinate departments to ensure expenditure requests were authorized per funding terms and conditions and funds were available and appropriately allocated to the department.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration, 3.6

Activities and Societies: Foster School of Business MBA Association Delta Mu Delta Honor Society Seattle Japanese Language and Culture.

Bachelor Of Science In Management, Graduated With Honors, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.9 On A 4.0 Scale

Activities and Societies: Delta Mu Delta Honor Society Member, 2014Relevant Coursework: Business Communications and Critical Thinking.

Language And Economics

Attended Sophia University in Tokyo for Japanese Language intensive immersion and to study Japanese economic history. This program was.

Computer Science

Computer programming in C# Introduction to Computer Hardware and Infrastructure Pre-Calculus Adobe Photoshop