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Fairfax, Virginia

Applied a broad range of skills and domain experience to assist clients in solving business problems, frequently involving enabling improved business processes by the strategic application of technology. Projects have included facilitation, strategic planning, business planning, business process re-engineering, enterprise architecture, requirements development, proposal management, proposal writing, change management, application development, testing, and training. Particular specialties and areas of interest include content management systems (e.g., Joomla!), nonprofits, disability programs, and in general, making a difference.

Greater Boston Area

Provide website consulting to support the important cause of this law office, bringing child sexual predators to justice. http://www.garabedianlaw.com

Washington, Dc

Provide proposal management, proposal writing, and website strategy and development. Supported numerous winning proposal efforts, including Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and civilian agency bids as JMA has quadrupled in employees and revenue.In 2010, converted prior website from ColdFusion to the Joomla! content management system. Provide technical support to in-house website team. Leading website refresh team.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Proposal development, website design and development.

Springfield, Virginia

Support the activities of this nonprofit organization providing the opportunity for high school students to compete in the First Tech Challenge robotics competition. Currently sending two teams to competition. Teams develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition as for well as for community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments. Also supporting fundraising and the Coyote Robotics website.

Developed Joomla! website for the Guild, including affiliate members directory, members-only resources including registration and payment for events, mobile access, access control, form to request tour guides, easy updating by tour guides, including photo rotator, tour site information, etc. SEO. See www.washingtondctourguides.com.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Co-founder and secretary of the Northern Virginia Joomla! Users Group. Obtained 501(c)(6) nonprofit status for the group. One of the organizers of the first JoomlaDayDC conference, with three tracks of presentations and more than 115 attendees.

Under my leadership, my condo association won Community Association of the Year 2010 (mid-sized) for the Washington, DC Area from the Community Associations Institute (Washington Metro Chapter)! See: See: http://annandaleva.blogspot.com/2011/04/talltree-south-condos-honored-for.html

Supporting planning for and implementation of acquisition of case management software.

Arlington, Va

In support of the Enterprise Business Transformation (EBT) within Programs and Resources of the U. S. Marine Corps, Ursa Major developed an analysis of thirty-eight Management Touch Points (MTPs). This work was done through Catapult Consultants and Catoctin Consulting.These MTPs are Federal, Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Navy (DON), and Marine Corps guidance documents, organizations, objectives, and standards that govern the management of enterprise architectures (EA), systems, and data across the Marine Corps. The MTPs were analyzed across the solutions life cycle, to identify gaps and potential duplications and create a resource providing insight into this important area.This work involved knowledge of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF-II), Federal guidance, the DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF), DoD guidance, DON EA guidance and organization, and Marine Corps EA Guidance and organization. Lifecycle frameworks, including the Business Capability Lifecycle (BCL) and the Joint Capability Integration and development System (JCIDS) were also analyzed, as were the requirements for interoperability and supportability of IT and national security systems (NSS). The MTPs were mapped to the solutions and investment life cycle.Gaps and overlaps were identified, and additional MTPs were proposed to fill the gaps. MTP overlaps are not redundancies, but instead require a roadmap to determine the most appropriate or mandated path for a given effort. There is recent and continuing work to update the management of DoD, DON, and Marine Corps EA and systems investments. Additional actions were recommended to leverage these improvements. Overall, it was a very interesting and well-received project.

Supported Virginia Industries for the Blind (VIB) in developing their strategic plan and action plans. Interviewed numerous VIB employees and stakeholders, planned and facilitated workshops, obtained concurrence, and produced a refined strategic plan for communication throughout VIB and beyond. VIB provides a wide array of employment options for people who are blind or visually impaired. It is somewhat unique in that it is a state agency but is self-funded, so is very entrepreneurial. This plan incorporates the visions of VIB workers and management to transform to capitalize on evolving opportunities, achieve their desired level of employment, and improve the quality of work environments. See http://www.vibonline.org/

Mclean, Virginia

Strategic planning, business planning, quality work environment planning support. Many different projects. Developed the original prototype Joomla! website for the Institute for Enterprise Empowerment.www.sourceamerica.org

Strategic consulting, including business planning, customer segmentation, sales strategy consulting, and website assessment.

Automation and change management consultant. Supporting new SOA/web service-based system for interacting with the government agency overseeing the AbilityOne program.

Requirements development for enterprise systems

B.S., Linguistics, German, Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Cum Laude

Accounting And Finance