- Served as GCI’s key leader in budget, investment, business case development, strategy, reporting, policy, workforce planning, and global location strategy, with responsibility for ensuring strategic alignment with organizational goals, effective resource allocation, risk management, compliance with regulatory requirements, and driving performance/quality data to engender programmatic enhancement.- Led PayPal's GCI operations through developing transformative strategies, defining organizational OKRs/goals, establishing program KPIs, assessing process effectiveness, and identifying areas for refinement to drive continuous program evolution.- Derived and translated broad objectives and goals into globally focused, long-term strategic plans across GCI to reduce regulatory and reputational risk.- Collaborated with cross-functional partners/leaders across leadership to drive enterprise strategy through tactical execution, resulting in timely GCI project execution and executive-level decision support analysis; ensured GCI equities for long-term business growth and operational efficiency were represented.- Designed, hired, and led team of 12 global GCI Portfolio Managers and Analysts in strategic initiative enablement for over 200 strategic initiatives annually, driving program enhancement across process, quality, tools, technology, automation, procedure, and regulatory risk to ensure operational efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability.- Designed, implemented, and managed GCI's data-driven quality control program, including establishing, tracking, and visibility of quality-related metrics; led program that established foundational performance KPIs for GCI and data- informed programmatic enhancement.- Served as the Global Co-Chair of PayPal's Veteran Employee Resource Group (ERG) to advance advocacy, wellness, and engagement for Veteran population.

- Provided dynamic project and program management leadership, driving development and execution of strategic risk and compliance initiatives, internal audits, and regulatory remediation projects to enhance organizational effectiveness and adherence to compliance standards.- Audited projects to ensure alignment with success targets; defined clear project objectives, success metrics, methodologies, and scopes for major Global Financial Crimes and Customer Protection (GFCCP) priorities.- Executed initiatives to support 30+ programs and projects to advance key GFCCP capabilities to combat Financial Crime and enhance Customer Protection across PayPal, which included global product launch and critical PM support to PayPal's Fraud Defense Command Center capability.- Cultivated and sustained trusted relationships with global stakeholders through strategic, cross-functional collaborations.- Promoted unified team approach, effectively translating broad strategic goals into actionable plans, and championed solution-oriented, customer-centric strategies to drive project success.- Doubled team’s output by assuming more complex and strategic projects aligned with overall GFCCP future roadmap.

- Supported interdisciplinary initiatives that advanced U.S. Navy's energy objectives, leveraging expertise in program management, graduate education, research, and outreach.- Delivered high-impact support to Senior Executive decision-makers within Department of Defense by overseeing and guiding graduate-level research programs; expanded defense-related research education and research through development of proposal and implementation of new partnership opportunities. - Acted as senior liaison for EAG to Pentagon, orchestrating quarterly strategy sessions with top DoD officials to drive forward energy-related education and research initiatives.- Plan, develop, and manage the EAG’s strategic communications initiatives. Lead the production and delivery of EAG’s quarterly newsletter across academic, private industry, DoD, Government Agency, and NATO allies to promote energy-related work, research, and education to a global audience. - Served as Strategic Research Coordinator for a FEMA-funded project focused on recovery efforts in the US Virgin Islands. Author and edit content for technical research reports, manage correspondence and feedback between organizations, and contribute analysis to research content.- Authored and co-authored multiple research proposals to advance energy training and education, and multidisciplinary research for energy and critical infrastructure.

- Conducted comprehensive research, analysis, and project management for portfolio of 6 defense clients to inform and improve client programs, policy, and/or executive-level decision-making.- Developed methodology for assignment of assessment criteria to match Headquarters Marine Corps Future Force 2025 vision and provided analysis, insights, and recommendations on USMC progress towards achieving the strategic aims of the Marine Operating Concept as part of the Marine Corps Strategic Health Assessment- Led a team of operations research and military operations analysts to develop an analyticalmethodology, conduct cross-functional team interface for data tool development, and assist inproduct creation/delivery to client. Analysis for OSD’s Joint Assessment and Enabling Capability(JAEC) office provided a case study approach adopted as the model for future studies related toderiving exercise value within the joint training portfolio.- Conducted independent, enterprise-focused assessment of capability development and complex resource allocation across a ten-year period that included the current POM Future Years Defense Program plus five years to assist the client in answering, "What does the POM buy?”

- Led a professional research team examining rising production costs and cycle-times in vehicle and equipment manufacturing processes at Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, GA. Research seeks to identify root causes and eliminate production inefficiencies by recommending improvements in key supply chain functions including: procurement, demand planning, inventory management, manufacturing operations, labor forecasting, and transportation. - Analyzed a group of diverse investments totaling $750 Million in yearly expenditures. Apply probability and statistical techniques to analyze large and complex data sets. Create research reports, briefs, and novel visualizations to communicate complex budgetary issues to executive leadership. - Created quantitative risk analysis for executive leadership on impacts of a 10% budget reduction in Marine Corps technology investment portfolios leading to data-driven, risk adjusted budget decisions. - Used data mining, statistical methods, and Excel/Monte-Carlo simulation to project staffing requirements against historical demand. By reducing staffing 26%, this stochastic model created approximately $3 Million in savings per year.- Presented research at the 2016 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference: A probabilistic, mixed integer approach to behavioral health therapy staffing.- Using standard cost estimating techniques, identified $2.3 Billion in savings over a 40-year period in the Marine Corps facility budget, allowing critical funds to be re-allocated to other budget areas. - Co-Authored research on energy consumption and security impacts of renewable energy generation at Marine Corps installations. - Presented at 2015 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference: Analysis of Marine Corps renewable energy planning to meet installation energy security requirements.- Awarded Meritorious Service Medal.

- Led 350 Marines responsible for providing scalable telecommunications nodes in remote environments, resulting in improved key performance metrics and mission success rates within area of responsibility. Planned the deployment of five command and control teams and $25 million in equipment to Afghanistan. - Senior Department Head responsible for operations, logistics, supply, communications, and intelligence functions. Directly responsible for $21 Million in critical communications and support equipment.- Planned and implemented internal inspections and training program throughout the organization’s supply chain, maintenance management, and operations departments in preparation of the Commanding General’s major annual inspection; resulted in unit passing inspection. - Awarded Navy and Marine Commendation Medal.

- Promoted and concurrently served as the Director of Operations during tenure. - Led 140+ Marines who provided aviation command and control to 5,000 Marines deployed in Afghanistan. Responsible for the training development, readiness, operation, and maintenance of $25 Million in equipment associated with the Direct Air Support Center mission. Planned the deployment of four command and control teams.- Reduced the time it takes to train 70 Marines by 50% (six to three months) by implementing lean six-sigma principles. This streamlined training process became the organization’s standard pre-deployment training model because it increased the amount of courses taken in six months, creating more effective teams deployed to combat zones.

- Led seven Marines responsible for the operational planning, budgeting, asset accountability/distribution, and global logistics support for aviation operations in the United States and in Iraq.- Managed the operations, logistics, and supply of the Direct Air Support Center and three subordinate detachments of 75 people and $45 Million in equipment disbursed over 50,000 square miles during combat operations in Iraq. Successfully aided over 10,000 aviation missions. - Effectively coordinated 5,000+ critical logistics, resupply, and casualty evacuation missions across Iraq area of operations. Casualty evacuations resulted in 350 injured personnel being airlifted to safety.- Supervised the seamless planning, scheduling, and movement of 65 personnel and $50 Million in technical communications equipment from the East to West Coast to support 20+ training operations per year in preparation for deployment. - Twice awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.