Erin O'Donnell Email & Phone Number

United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Drive expanded government strategy to research and create annual stakeholder mapping and outreach priorities for federal, state, and local stakeholders and organizations to expand and diversify MxD’s ecosystem, funding opportunities, and national brand recognition.• Direct government engagement strategy and managed day-to-day activities of government team to ensure alignment with MxD’s charter principles. Successfully sought out and developed new partnerships with a diverse group of manufacturing centers within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) and Organic Industrial Base (OIB).• Overall Government Program manager and liaison to all government stakeholders, such as Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Department of Defense (DoD), government contractors, and advocacy groups.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Transformed government stakeholder requirements into actionable programs relevant to federal government, industry groups, and targeted audiences, resulting in successful Government VIP visits, workshops, and best practices that were documented and shared with the MxD team.• Provided insight into government business development strategy through research, identification, and prioritization of organization goals and stakeholder needs aligned with Institute competencies, resulting in increased government visitors and higher awareness of MxD capabilities and mission.• Primary liaison between the government and Institute, charged with program management of the government relationship to include weekly status meetings, Senior Executive preparation documents, and annual tasks required by DoD resulting in all requests being submitted on time and strengthened relationship with OSD.

• Develop and execute strategies for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors, with special focus on six and seven-figure, multi-year gifts to support the Gary Sinise Foundation and related programs.• Driver of collaboration across multi-functional program teams, increased process execution enhancements that led to increased and higher funding amounts donated.

Youngstown, Ohio Area

• Managed the Partnerships program for nonprofit organization utilizing advanced technologies and US manufacturing. Responsibilities included: P&L, strategy, business development, client / stakeholder relations, project management, budget, scheduling, proposals, policy, process improvements, change management, data analytics, operations, and crisis management. • Grew the organization’s key strategic partners from 3 to 18 including NFL, Dept of Defense, United States Air Force, National Institute of Health, FDA, Dept of Energy, NASA, Dept of Commerce, National Institutes of Standards and Technology, Northrup Grumman, State of Ohio, University of Texas, Wichita State University, and Texas A&M University. • Built key relationships with partners and secured $47M in new revenues. • Established two new satellite centers by partnering with key universities in a business development relationship. Handled selection process. Set up operations, policies, systems, and financial obligations. Managed the partnership. Results met organization’s mission and delivered local jobs creation. •Directed a cross-functional team of 30 across multiple sites and states focused on enhancing the program. Drove the revamping of all business operations. Created new processes, procedures, and systems. Established best practices. Developed training program. Built new branding relationships. Results secured an additional $320M in R&D funding. •Built relationships with local, state, and national governmental officials, US Senators, and members of the US House of Representatives.

Salem, Oh

• Established and managed all the business operations and marketing functions for startup. Responsibilities included: strategy, accounting, billing, sales, marketing, public relations, communications, scheduling, website creation, hiring, and community outreach. • Developed a new website, company branding, social media, and sales strategy. Implemented new promotions and organized community events. Results added $1M in new revenues.

Afghanistan

• Led the technology onsite contractor workers managing business operations, IT systems, and strategic logistics. Supervised up to 18 team members. • Served as a key advisor to senior onsite military leaders, allies, and DOD to enabling people safety, plus quickly managed changing logistics. • Created a new 40-hour training program for combat readiness teaching military members about to deploy.

Camp Lejuene, Nc/ Iraq

Recruited and quickly promoted to Multi-National Forces-West Site Lead, I supervised 2 engineers in delivery of regional interests for the U.S. Marine Corps. Stationed in Iraq, I provided 24/7 on-site support for the active mission. I developed and led end-to-end system implementation ensuring network connections were compatible and secure – facilitating the critical communication with central servers. Advising on mission planning and administering training, I assisted users and senior leaders to leverage strategic system functionality.DELIVERED RESULTS:- Launched system updates while maintaining network connections, overcoming logistical constraints due to remote hazardous locations.- Travelled by helicopter nightly for 3 weeks amid dangerous areas, to work with technicians on the installation of new software, with a 90% success rate in safe returns to Fallujah before dawn.- Developed a 40-hour certificate program to train active-duty Marines on remote system functionality.

Camp Lejeune, Nc/Iraq

• Directed the logistics support and planning for military in Iraq. Supervised team of 8.• Advised military leaders daily on logistical movement throughout Iraq. • Handled all the logistical reporting for country. Gathered comprehensive data from all military branches. Created reports. Made presentations. Briefed local and US senior leadership.

Camp Lejeune, Nc

• Managed the unit’s $8M budget plus handled monthly accounting. • Created new financial database for over 100 military bases and units tracking costs, expenses, and spend rates.