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San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

- Developed and implemented standardized project management processes and tools to facilitate effective cross-team collaboration, resulting in improved project outcomes and timely delivery as well as better funder and grant relationship management.- Led a team to support project management, implementation, and quality assurance, providing guidance, coaching, and support to ensure successful project execution and individual professional growth.- Established and maintained effective communication channels across departments, promoting information sharing, alignment, and collaboration on strategic initiatives.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

- Managed a portfolio of diverse products for more teams at the organization, overseeing the full product development process from ideation to launch, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and customer needs.- Coordinated cross-functional teams, including content creators, designers, and developers, to drive product development projects, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality outputs.- Implemented project management procedures, resulting in increased efficiency, streamlined processes, and successful product launches.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

- Managed a number of subject matter experts and instructional design contractors in the development and implementation of innovative and engaging learning solutions for diverse audiences, including e-learning modules, videos, and interactive assessments.- Supported online and in-person learning opportunities for the mentoring field, providing facilitation, hosting, problem-solving, and technical assistance.- Implemented a quality assurance process to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and effectiveness of instructional content, resulting in improved learning outcomes.

- Collaborated with the Bowers Institute to create design challenge programming for teachers looking to bring The Tech's style of learning to their classrooms.- Focused specifically on creating activities and guides around the elements of computational thinking and engineering.- Responsible for creating lesson plans, tutorials, video scripts, and worksheets.

San Jose

- Oversaw redirection and reorganization of the guest-facing Tech Studio programmatic space and staff-only, fabrication-centric Prototyping Studio. - As project manager, oversaw design challenge development and filled a variety of roles as needed including designing curricula, fabricating devices, training facilitators, cultivating the guest experience, conducting research, managing a team, and securing outside funding. - As part of the Experience Development and Prototyping Team, participated in the ideating, prototyping, and testing of exhibits and conducted research for both operational and pedagogical purposes.- As co-lead of The Tech’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Task Force, I’ve led efforts to empower groups that have traditionally been excluded from the STEM learning process.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Continued to develop programs exploring the engineering design process through approachable interactive experiences, with a deep pedagogical approach and exhibit-quality production value.- Cultivated and strengthened relationships with sponsors and partner institutions.- Trained local school teachers in the best practices for design challenge learning so that they could bring the experiences of The Tech to their classrooms.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Developed programs exploring the engineering design process through approachable interactive experiences. - Facilitated dynamic engineering design challenge programming to science center guests with a wide diversity in age, interests, and STEM confidence.

Edgewater, Co

- Encouraged interest in further education by exposing at-risk youth to computer programming and robotics.- Assisted with math assignments and improved student dynamics through energizing team play.

Saint Lucia, W.I.

- Taught an integrated Grades 2-5 class. - Designed sets and costumes for our school play; shot, edited, and created a video of our productions.- Created interactive demonstrations of surface tension in water, states of matter, and basic mechanical engineering principles using available materials.- Customized curricula for oral, visual, and tactile learners to facilitate an introduction to arithmetic, geometry, and pattern recognition.- Introduced students to basic art theory and demonstrated a variety of techniques to enable them to create their own work.- Exposed a diverse student body to a wide array of cultures.

Greater Philadelphia Area

- Recruited based on my technical background to assist with the research and grant writing on a NSF grant proposal for an RFID-based visitor studies program in conjunction with the NY Hall of Science.- Conducted visitor studies research and administered surveys for the Research and Evaluation Department.

Colorado

- Worked in a pulmonology lab in the School of Public Health.- Conducted research involving Chronic Beryllium Disease, Asbestosis, and Sarcoidosis.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Engineering

Recipient of the H. Chandlee Turner, Jr. Scholarship from the Society of American Military Engineers

Education record

Activities and Societies: Community Leadership Team, AfricAid, Faces of Diversity, National Merit Finalist