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Leverages industry best practices, drawing upon expertise in APMP and other relevant sources, to enhance team performance. Successfully oversees concurrent management of multiple large and complex proposals. Cultivates robust collaborations with cross-functional teams, fostering the development of compelling and compliant proposals. Demonstrates poise and confidence while thriving in high-pressure environments with stringent deadlines. Serves as a representative of the RFP team in strategic engagements with cross-functional Go-To-Market teams. Proactively disseminates key insights and lessons learned from recent proposals to the team and other stakeholders. Demonstrates efficiency and collaborative prowess as both an individual and team contributor. Exhibits strong business acumen, consistently seeking opportunities for the continuous improvement of work processes and products, positively influencing multiple teams across the organization. Recognized as a highly desirable collaborator beyond the RFP function, impacting various teams within OpenGov.

Beavercreek, Ohio, United States

Coordinates proposal process for submission of RFI/RFQ and RFP responses to Federal Government customers, including copywriting, technical editing, formatting, and integrating work products from various writers, as well as graphics and related elements into proposals. Developed and launched first ever SierTeK employee newsletter to reach over 200 employees. Creative control over newsletter includes content development, writing articles, research, and employee engagement. Site administrator and content manager for company LinkedIn profile. Develop and manage social media content plans for posting on LinkedIn, including job highlights, motivational quotes, dates of interest, and company news/updates. Review and edit company policies and documents in need of update. Developed, presented, and manage the company communications plan, to include establishing the company values, branding strategies, and goals. Launched and managed first ever United Way Live United workplace giving campaign. Launched and manage sending employee birthday cards for over 200 employees across the country. Conducted website audit to refresh content throughout company website. Created and maintain a library of past performance abstracts to utilize on future proposals. Maintain document configuration management and control. Desktop publishing and create graphics in compliance with solicitation requirements and company standards.

Hilliard, Ohio, United States

Writing newsletter articles, social media posts, email blasts, website and mailer copy for credit unions throughout the country.

Dayton, Ohio

Promoted to Director over Budgeting & Finance Department, managing 24 staff members. Multi-million-dollar budget management includes accountability for funding streams underlying 50+ programs, three special revenue funds and $156 million budget covering four divisions, including administration/operations, family assistance, children services, and child support enforcement agency. Oversight of all financial reporting requirements, cash management to maintain continuity of operations, department operations, and benefits eligibility for children’s benefit programs.· Led major increases in effectiveness and efficiency of budget management practices, consolidating organizational cost accounts broken down across four divisions.· Served and participated on agency Administrative Council as liaison from the Budgeting & Finance department.· Served on Ohio Job & Family Services Directors’ Association Fiscal Committee representing Montgomery County JFS and participate on training panel for various fiscal trainings.· Reviewed local human services levy expenditures to locate alternative funding streams for as many expenses as possible, therefore maximizing allowable federal and state funding streams.· Created and implemented tools for more effective allocation management and maximization.· After extensive review of reports, recognized and adjusted for 7 financial quarters’ worth of missed revenue, resulting in $2.6 million impact to special revenue fund.· Change agent and reorganized department to realign key and critical functions and create operational efficiencies with key performance indicators.· Agency representative participating on the county implementation team for new financial system for Go Live January 2021.· Created and implemented Spending Plan tool for effectively forecasting budgeted expenditures against agency revenues. Tool aligns agency county-approved appropriations with ODJFS state and federal allocations.

Dayton, Ohio

Directs and coordinates the JFS annual budget process including providing department and Board of County Commissioners with historical data and forecast assumptions, compiling results, and preparing required documentation, directs and coordinates the Job and Family Services annual budgeting process including preparation of budget guidelines, procedural guidance to departments in JFS with the preparation of their budget requests and the resolution of any conflicting issues, communication of completed budgets and the resolution of any associated appeals to produce final budget to Office of Management and Budget. Directs and coordinates the JFS annual general fund priority setting process including providing procedural guidance to departments in submitting funding requests, preparation of financial projections to determine funding levels available for new programs and the resolution of conflicts with available funding and the summarization of requests for use by county officials in establishing over-all priorities, directs the preparation of special analysis as requested by county officials, department heads & JFS Director & Asst. Directors at JFS & OMB Director and cost projections for various management proposals, directs and coordinates the preparation of financial reports and analysis including current expenditures and revenue levels, actual-to-budget variances and their cause and the development of remedial options for review by the Director & Asst. Directors of JFS, OMB Director and the Board of Commissioners, directs the preparation of the annual adopted budget & budget-in-brief documents to communicate the county's programmatic and financial policies including graphs, charts, and detailed information on each department, supervises performance of assigned staff, allocates assignments, reviews completed projects and performs associated performance counseling, recommends appropriate staffing to ensure effective completion of assignments.

Multi-million dollar budget management includes accountability for funding streams underlying 50 programs, four main county funds, and $36 million budget covering five divisions, including administration, BenefitsPlus, Ohio Means Jobs, Family & Children services, and Child Support. Fulfill monthly, quarterly, biannual, and annual reporting requirements, conducting cash draws to ensure sufficient cash balances to maintain continuity of operations. Reconcile county auditor's office funds, reporting all revenues and expenditures for each of 50+ funding streams to ODJFS, directing six staff to scrutinize receipts and expenses for coding accuracies, and generating and analyzing completed reports. ACCOMPLISHMENTS➢ Complete reporting for and prepare extensive $20 million schedule of federal award expenditures, as part of annual county A-133 audit. ➢ Annually – via oversight of Random Moment Samples (RMS) process used to allocate agency’s indirect costs – direct staff to process 4,248 RMS observation moments. Oversee personnel who review RMS observation moments to make final approvals within required 48-hour time frame, personally scrutinizing staff’s processing for accuracies.➢ In anticipation of development of new accounting system to be used by counties statewide, participated on team of fiscal professionals from county JFS departments, in order to build system from scratch to track all ODJFS reporting requirements. Personal contribution included designing module to automate tracking of contracts, replacing former manual system.➢ Headed department’s seamless adoption of CFIS system, equipping team to meet all reporting deadlines since integration with 100% accuracy – involving application of receipts and expenditures to correct budget lines and funding stream codes – without need for expensive back-up utility. ➢ To ensure department compliance within allocation limits, formed detailed projections of all anticipating expenditures and revenues.

Shortly after learning agency's financial requirements, promoted to new role which retained older duties as Contract Manager as well as numerous additional duties. Focused on county financial management activities involving county budgeting & reporting, and ODJFS allocations management & reporting. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:➢ Rectified substantial loss in group productivity - with 67% reduction in workforce - and operational continuity, by assuming workflow for total of four team members. Subsequently prioritized all tasks to complete duties of absent staff, eliminating redundant or unnecessary tasks, and consolidating responsibilities in order to improve overall group performance.➢ Streamlined operations and enhanced organizational efficiencies, by migrating staff from reliance upon hard copies and manual processes to use of software, computer data processing, and electronic communications, including accounting software and Microsoft Excel.

Formulated and oversaw portfolio of 75+ contracts with agencies providing services to Clark County Department of Job & Family Services. Negotiated contract terms and conditions; administered statements of work, partnered with vendors to develop budgets, and presented contracts to Board of Clark County Commissioners for approval. Following implementation of contracts, monitored execution and provision of services by vendors, monthly reviewing invoices for reimbursement, auditing physical sites where services performed, and scrutinizing monthly and quarterly performance reports. Conferred with contractors, providing technical assistance on compliance with terms and conditions of contracts, organizing and participating in training sessions, which illustrated how to determine eligibility for program participants. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:➢ Prepared and presented monthly reports to Ohio Means Jobs Clark County Division Advisory Board. Outlined contract fulfillment metrics for services performed – including data highlighting job placement and job retention figures – as part of organizational focus of moving client base from dependence upon public assistance, to positions of self-sufficiency. ➢ Introduced new program for monitoring contracts based upon ODJFS and federal guidelines, which entailed comprehensive schedule to track performance of contracts based upon risk level – integrating personally-developed risk assessment took to determine risk level, and monitoring frequency level - also used to assess compliance with contractual obligations.

Received promotion to director role after functioning as Office Manager and Executive Assistant to association’s Executive Director. Oversaw organization’s website content, financial functions, meetings and travel. Expanded role included coordination of promotional activities and events, developing and distributing association’s newsletter, and devising content for and sending email blasts to members, businesses, and supporters.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:➢ Formulated and led organization’s fundraising strategy, which resulted in acquisition of annually budgeted funds. Also introduced new membership structure to association. After acquiring fundraising training and devising plan which diversified funding base, successfully secured numerous grants to subsidize center city, from local foundations and community members.➢ Refined and expanded Springfield farmer’s market, presiding over numerous annual events to draw residents and visitors to downtown area. Participated in management of Holiday in the City event held Thanksgiving weekend – with $50,000 annual budget - which continues to attract over 10,000 people to kick off holiday season.➢ Leveraged variety of marketing tools ñ including direct mail, TV, radio, and newspaper advertisements as well as email blasts and website notices ñ to promote downtown community events to residents and businesses.➢ Originated and headed Downtown Business Alliance – where business owners met to share ideas and collaborate on marketing plans to draw potential clients and customers to downtown area ñ leading monthly meetings and maintaining web-based directory of businesses.

Graduate Certificate Of Technical Writing, Professional, Technical, Business, And Scientific Writing, 4.0 Gpa

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, American/United States Studies/Civilization