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Baltimore, Maryland Area

Train and inspire a national sales team, consistently earning annual incentive trips, national recruiting and sales awards, and CEO special recognition. I leverage the international Nice & Bella brand and products to fundraise for important social causes and charities through sales, marketing, and vendor / community-based events.

Owings Mills Headquarters, Maryland

Managed the people side of change with creative stakeholder engagement strategies, strategic communications, and customized learning tools that informed executive direction and enabled business clients to empower themselves and speed results.Select accomplishments include:• Transformed an 8-hour, lecture-style project manager orientation to a practical, interactive, 3-hour course with a digital resource library available on-demand, reducing overhead training costs and increasing project manager self-sufficiency and productivity.• Developed a Project Manager Toolkit with branded job aids, informational guides, process checklists and best practices, supporting an $85M annual project portfolio. • Designed branded visual models to communicate the company's Project Management Lifecycle in relation to three Software Development Lifecycle methodologies (waterfall, interative and agile).• Created technical training guides on a new enterprise Business Intelligence software tool, minimizing employees' learning curve and maximizing adoption for zero business interruption.

Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground Md

Managed the training department for a DoD government support services contractor. Assessed staff and senior management training needs, developed and implemented a management competency model, redesigned/organized curricula, developed/delivered training to all levels of the organization, outlined compliance standards, and implemented recertification requirements. Consulted on Aberdeen Test Center’s culture-shift process. Select accomplishments include:• Designed and led a project plan that brought in-house and into compliance vehicle and equipment operator licenses for 1.1k employees. • Procured and oversaw implementation of a learning management system. Drove the quality assurance audit of existing training records, established baselines, assessed needs, closed learning gaps and tracked competency recertifications per OSHA, Army and state requirements, increasing compliance from 12% to 100%.• Planned and executed hard- and soft-skill training stand-down events for 1,100+ staff, maximizing safety and teamwork.

Towson, Maryland

Managed internal marketing and communications to constituencies (staff, physicians, Board members, medical building tenants). Advanced the medical center's corporate identity through a branding strategy that maintained a faith-based image. Produced award-winning publications and implemented effective communications solutions.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Health Education

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English

High School Diploma