Responsible for enterprise technology infrastructure, telecommunication, technology services, and applications in support of the County mission and establishing long-term strategic direction for technology and applications in support of government functions.

• Provided leadership and best practices to establish a prioritization methodology on scoping of unplanned work and assessment of financial project closeout• Advised and collaborated with the PMO and Planning and Project Delivery Teams on IT / finance / system challenges • Identified a sustainable continuous process improvement approach for managing and completing requests (day-to-day facility requests) vs planned work (capital projects)• Developed cross-departmental relationships and resources to support the organizational vision and objective to become a high performing organization (HPO).• Co-founded and mentored the OBF / Purchasing Diversity and Inclusion core team with a focus on fostering a collaborative, supportive and respectful workplace that encourages participation and contribution of all employees• Managed a diverse portfolio of initiatives and projects for PeopleSoft (Finance / Human Capital / Enterprise Learning /Portal) and Point of Sale programs and resource management for Hennepin County (approx. 50 staff)• Provided leadership in planning and managing information technology strategic initiatives and priorities for the Office of Budget and Finance in collaboration with Enterprise IT.• Assessed and prepared a recommendation proposal to reduce the County’s security risk for a data breach / phishing attempt by implement data masking and additional logging and auditing tools

Managed IT and business process reengineering projects and enhancements for Adult Services and Juvenile Services - field and institution. *Managed 9 project managers and business analyst*Supported over 900 correctional staff, probation officers, administrative staff, unit supervisors, and managers for Hennepin County*Collaborated with other government criminal justice partners (MN Courts, County Attorney, Sheriff’s Office) and Hennepin County departments (Human Services and Public Health)

Organizational Change Management - Communications, Training, Enterprise Readiness of 81 MN State government agencies for a statewide Financial and Procurement Peoplesoft Implementation

Senior IT Consulting Project Manager

• Managed government client engagement services and solution implementations and directed the coordination of all implementation tasks involving third party vendor• Fostered customer loyalty by ensuring that clients fully utilize the value of MAXIMUS solutions and services.• Maintained the customers existing revenue spend and secured new and follow-on work of $2.3M for project management oversight services and training• Established budget, reported financials, and built short and long term profit and loss plans • Consistently managed project budgets to exceed net profit margin of financial profitability targets as well as monitored and reported on portfolio performance• Conducted Project Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Risk Assessments/Management• Delivered engagements providing expert consultancy, mentoring, formulating technical strategies and policies and acting as a “trusted advisor” to customers and internal teams

Reported on economic news releases. Wrote wire stories for Reuters and other news outlets on economic and financial news.