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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Pioneered ESG accounting best practices. Leveraged 3 SaaS platforms to build a data integrity verification strategy that ensures ESG compliance for Accenture and their clients worldwide.
• Led a multinational team of over 90 personnel in SAFe Scaled Agile methodology, delivering three migration projects ahead of schedule and propelling Accenture's commercial strategy forward.

• Spearheaded a recruitment drive at the Chicago Booth MBA program, tripling team size with accomplished specialists in 3 functions, securing us placement in UChicago's startup accelerator.
• Built a strategic market research thesis, identifying an opportunity to pivot a bioplastics startup R&D fundraising strategy into high growth industry vertical with 27.5% CAGR.

Vandenberg AFB, CA

• Integrating partnerships between US Government and 8 commercial partners. Managing relationships with C-Suites and engineering leads.
• Prospecting: Unearthed potential commercial partnerships by consulting subject matter experts (SMEs) across two government entities and eight companies. Result: 8 prospects entered a strategic partnership.
• Influencing: Persuaded multiple C-level executives by presenting solutions. Result: Earned full cooperation; Earned full support to fund technology enabling 190+ satellites to rapidly recover from malfunctions.
• Communications and Presenting: Pitched partnerships to Military leadership with multimedia briefs articulating the benefits of action. Result: My recommendations were approved and adopted.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Persuaded three departments to support the project through two months of presentations. Result: 100% stakeholder agreement.

Lompoc, California, United States

• Preventing US Military and commercial partners from accidentally lasing foreign satellites by directing laser operations around the globe in real-time.
• Persuasion: Revamped ops procedure by reframing the costs of inaction to stakeholders. Result: Human hours down 30%, material costs down 60%
• Integrating: Devised customized ops solution by leveraging SME consulting services, forecasting results for various use cases. Result: 150% more usable data, 110% faster
• Developing: Spearheaded digital transformation, replacing $5B SaaS cloud system with $6M tailored hybrid solution by advocating user pain points. Result: 100% uptime, up from 85%. New system’s development cycle.
• Presenting: Set a new standard for articulate military briefings by innovating approach to Senior Executive presentations. Result: 4 Sr Execs lauded as ‘best presentation [we’ve] ever seen’

Beale AFB, California, United States

• Coordinated military and contract personnel over multiple work centers to modernize a $1.3B Missile Defense system.
• Challenging Status Quo: Saved $300M project by inventing a solution to an 8-year pain point. Result: Generated $100M+ business value for the US
• Negotiating Relationships: Singularly drove unpaid cooperation between 3 companies by selling them on mutual win. Result: Built test plan from their expertise, detected critical $15M deficiency.
• Fiscal Responsibility: Optimized squadron's financial services by remaking budget, implementing an aggressive account management strategy: cutting fat, exploiting sales. Result: National financial director praised.
• Educating Executives: Reformed ops process by breaking through leaders’ fear of change. Result: Usable data up 20%, human effort down 90%

Beale AFB, California, United States

• Providing timely analysis of potential missile and space threats to national leadership.
• Excellence under Pressure: Achieved top evaluation score of 2+ years through unparalleled technical research. Result: #1 evaluation of 40 operators.
• Cross-team Collaboration & Communications: Led cross-functional virtual team by fostering collaboration among a diverse array of stakeholders. Result: Accelerated $300M project timeline by recovering failed test.
• Technical Expert: Became space operations subject matter expert through competitive Advanced Orbital Mechanics cohort. Result: made the top 20%; enriched operations for 4 years with newfound expertise.
• Detail Oriented: Solved organization-wide data quality concern by revamping quality management procedures. Result: Advanced my crew to #1 of 6 by quality KPIs.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Organizational Leadership

Bachelor'S Degree, Telecommunications & Chinese (Double Major)

Activities and Societies: On Dean’s List 7 semesters China overseas studies: 2012 & 2013