Derek Porter Koolman Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Information Risk Practice

- Supporting CISOs around the world on topics like IT risk, threat intelligence, and cybersecurity.

It Roadmap Builder™

- Supported IT Roadmap Builder™, a SaaS-based product designed to help IT leaders manage and plan their technology portfolio, and 500+ users.- Managed and customized large Roadmap datasets for clients.- Created and prepared Roadmap visuals, which were used in situations ranging from team trainings to executive presentations.- Achievements: developed the content for the IT Roadmap Builder™ website, and managed the rollout of the site; redesigned the User Guide to make the resource more user-friendly.

Government Practice

- Supported the IT functions of 80+ local, state, and federal government organizations.- Specialized in the areas of IT strategy, talent, and governance within the public sector.- Produced user-sourced research on best practices within government IT.- Regularly engaged with government leaders to talk through challenges, provide advice, and help drive mission delivery.- Achievements: created a research study on change management within government, which is the most downloaded CEB government resource to-date; created the presentation materials for two government Leadership Forums; presented on performance management best practices to 250+ government members, which received a score of 4.12/5.

- Conducted independent research and analysis on current trends in foreign policy and military developments around the world.- Specialized in research on issues relating to U.S.-Russian and U.S.-Chinese political affairs.- Achievements: produced unique, primary source assessment of a new U.S.-India defense agreement; produced primary source analysis on Georgian military strategy.

- Supervised the regular organizational and administrative functions of the office.- Trained and managed newly-hired employees.- Interacted with new clientele. - Effectively managed client relations to ensure satisfaction.

Charlottesville

- Assisted in the collecting, coding, and analysis of quantitative data on civil wars.- Conducted qualitative research using both group behavior analysis and primary sources to generate unique insights.- Achievement: completed an original research study analyzing the role of foreign sponsors in civil wars, focusing on Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Charlottesville

- Conducted extensive voter outreach and voter demographic analysis.- Engaged with prospective voters.- Assisted in event planning and campaign coordination.

Charlottesville

- Conducted voter outreach.- Assisted in office management and supervised volunteer efforts. - Conducted internal campaign research. - Co-managed the Rivanna II voting precinct in central Virginia.