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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Data-driven management: • Created streamlined processes to regularly track capacity, work in progress, velocity and used this data to help the team make informed decisions on what to work on next.• Created automated Jira dashboards to help teams determine what our velocity is, sprint recommendation for upcoming sprints, and tickets that need attention because of carryover.• Developed trackers to make sprint goals and roadmap visible to all team members as we plan upcoming work.• Developed annual/quarterly planning processes that let all team members feel engaged as we plan for the next half (created Miro templates for this).Agile project management:• Facilitate standups, sprint planning, retro, refinement for multiple teams. • Use qualitative and quantitative data from sprint retros, velocity data, and overall team feedback to co-create team norms and processes.P1 incident management: • Facilitate timely retros with key stakeholders on P1s that occurred. • Manage and track the completion of action items that resulted from P1 retros. Contribute to the PMO (project management office): • Created content for the PMO’s internal website alongside a group of contributors.• Created bi-annual/quartely planning templates on Miro that were used by other members of the PMO. Dependency management:• Facilitate dependency tracking, communication and completion across multiple teams and cross-team initiatives.Collaboration across remote and time zone distributed teams: • Created an organized system for teams distributed across multiple time zones to collaborate and communicate with each other.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Managed a team of 6+ data analysts on behalf of a contract that supported the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to send email, phone, and SMS outreach to consumers of healthcare.gov. • Collaborated with an internal engineering team to maintain a robust data pipeline, documentation for an audit, and overall upkeep of our database.• Liaised frequently with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and two external marketing organizations to help gather requirements, set priorities, and designate tasks internally.

Mclean, Va, Us

• Managed a remote team of three data scientists. Built a strong, collaborative, and supportive team culture.• Oversaw and supported the team with the development of the following capabilities: -- Data Analytics: statistical analysis to extract insights from data-- Dashboard Development: Tableau and Qlik dashboard development-- Machine Learning: Natural Language Processing, and various regression, classification models-- Automation: the application of R and/or Python to automate Excel tasks -- Data Strategy: overall support for data-related tasks • Developed python scripts as an individual contributor, and handed off to the team for continued deployment • Communicated technical insights and impacts to non-technical stakeholders• Led 1:1 and group check-ins with the team to assess roadblocks, track status of projects, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to career growth through facilitating monthly feedback sessions• Developed and maintained project management tools to communicate project status to external stakeholders• Through strategic analysis, identified the core capabilities of the team; built the team brand so that external stakeholders knew how to work with us

New York, New York, Us

• Evaluation consultant for the Cooperative Accelerator Project, a program aimed to help worker cooperatives achieve scale. • As an independent consultant, developed evaluation tools to track the impact and performance of service providers.• Wrote two sets of reports showcasing the impacts of the program. The first set of reports resulted in an unprecedentedly quick turnaround for the renewal of program funds. The two sets of reports comprised of an Evaluation Report and a Narrative report. • Managed evaluation tracking for service providers.

New York, New York, Us

• Co-founded A1Bazaar (www.a1bazaar.co) during a year-long fellowship at New Inc (www.newinc.org/).• Designed and implemented innovation strategies (i.e., strategic design methods, lean startup, business model & value proposition design). • Wrote and designed pitch decks.• Developed and implemented marketing strategies, curatorial design, event production.

New York, Ny, Us

• Managed the Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative, which helps New Yorkers start new worker cooperatives and maintain existing ones. • Managed an $8.4 million initiative, each year of my management saw an increase in annual funding.• Developed and implemented performance metrics and reporting standards on behalf of 13-14 service provider organizations. • Wrote and designed client-facing decks.• Led quarterly board meetings. • Oversaw a strategic operating plan on behalf of the initiative.• Interfaced with service providers on a one-on-one and group basis to ensure goals were being met. • Spoke at conferences on behalf of the initiative. • Published three reports detailing the impact and performance of the initiative. (see links below)

New York, Ny, Us

• Conducted research on policies about income tax credit and entrepreneurship initiatives.• Wrote policy memos on the above topics, which were used as proposals to develop more in-depth reports to be written by this policy think-tank.

• Conducted research on policies about immigration and refugee initiatives. • Wrote policy memos on the above topics.• Engaged in local community-based initiatives to push for new initiatives that benefit New York City’s immigrant and refugee communities.

Co-founded a transcription business that provided customers with written transcripts for their audio recordings. I built our company website, wrote and designed our employee manual, managed contractors, and assisted with customer service.

Certificate, Data Science Immersive

Master'S Degree, Theories Of Urban Practice

Bachelor’S Degree (Cum Laude, Department Distinction)