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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

I support and help develop the Code for Philly Co-Executive Directors and leadership team as needed on technical projects, community events, and special programs. Learn more about us at codeforphilly.org.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Leader of a volunteer-operated nonprofit organization that deploys local volunteer technologists to work on civic and nonprofit tech projects that serve communities in Philadelphia. Learn more about us at codeforphilly.org.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Supported the executive leadership team with community projects and events. Developed a system for tracking open roles and resource needs across a portfolio of public interest tech projects.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Help stand up a PMO in a new organization, including writing a program delivery playbook• Designed and executed a 6-month roadmap to create and test 12 standardized program artifact templates• Coached junior TPMs through AI programs

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Successfully drove a cohort of 500+ developers through a trial of AI-augmented coding tool GitHub Copilot, in which 84% of developers reported productivity increases and annualized savings were projected to reach 1.2M developer hours• Defused challenging cross-domain relationships to deliver on $6M of cloud capacity requests• Presented to an organization of 400+ people on risk-based program management techniques and importance

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Owned the company's project management practice, managed technical project managers, and fortified communication between mission-driven technology consulting clients and our technology teams. Created top-tier experiences for clients throughout their journey at Jarvus from pitch to post-delivery. Worked cross-functionally with the executive leadership team at Jarvus to support the execution of the account management and project delivery strategies.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Analyzed requirements, created project plans, engaged with stakeholders, and drove Agile Scrum teams through the full development and implementation lifecycle (SDLC) of client products• Executed a redesign and launch of a mobile driver app for delivery company GoPuff that then grew from $1B to $15B in valuation• Enabled venture-backed startup IndeVets to grow from 8 to 100+ doctors, 10 to 1000+ hospital customers

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Based on my work in the technology space in the Philadelphia community, I was nominated and selected for the prestigious Keepers program in 2021. The aim of the six-month program is to provide leadership training for emerging leaders with demonstrated impact on Philadelphia. Participants selected as a Keeper are considered to be "the young connectors, doers, and visionaries Philadelphia can’t afford to lose."

Greater Philadelphia Area

I led projects for companies that made humans' lives better.• Orchestrated website improvements for an international student research program organization (Pioneer Academics), including a new section for enrollment in a free summer program offered in response to COVID-19.• Modernized an enterprise application for a health services nonprofit organization (World Health Care Infrastructures) to reduce staff time spent on operations activities.• Quelled data loss fears of a women's health practice (The Center for Women's Health) by spearheading a project to move the client from an on-premise server to the cloud, while adhering to HIPAA compliance requirements.• Advised a walk-and-talk mental health therapy startup (Airapy) on strategic business initiatives, UX, and project management to help support a pivot due to COVID-19.

Greater Philadelphia Area

I created a company (now closed) to teach mental health and toughness skills through coaching, consulting, and community projects. My goal was to help others help themselves. I hosted over 150 workshops in two years and managed an online community of over 900 people located in the greater Philadelphia area. I executed consulting projects, including a project for the Immigrant Leadership Institute of Philadelphia. Explore a time capsule of my work: www.skillednotill.com

Greater Philadelphia

Executed technology consulting projects for international Fortune 500 freelance clients.• Odessa Technologies: Facilitated a multi-month financial app requirements-gathering phase entirely in Spanish in Mexico City to ensure the software was customized to fit the needs and culture of its users.• GlaxoSmithKline Pharma (GSK): Shepherded Global IT Risk & Compliance leadership team members from Belgium, England, Germany, and the U.S. through the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements, documentation changes and deadlines to keep GSK legally compliant.• BAYADA Home Health Care: Drove requirements-gathering process and solution planning for 11 internal web app and integration projects, including 3 third-party product integrations. Crafted over 200 pages of technical artifacts, including integration requirements, API specifications, custom application development requirements, database mappings, entity relationship diagrams, and data flow diagrams.• Antares Capital LP: Traveled to Chicago weekly to meet with GE’s finance leaders and IT leaders from a third-party funding platform vendor to lead the initial requirements and analysis phase of an IT divestiture project for Antares Capital and GE.

Ari Global Headquarters In Mt. Laurel, Nj

• Drove the design and implementation of solutions for fleet vehicles on 5 applications.• Ubiquitous among UX design teams, business teams, developers, and QA testers.• Onboarded 20+ new hires and contractors.• Gained a strong ability to speak the “language” of each team and translate concepts back and forth.Key projects include:Vendor Management System Project• Core team member of an ambitious UX design project for a vendor-facing online portal.• Led user research, facilitating interviews, documenting user flows, and diagramming interactions in the users’ ecosystem.Brighter Project• Pitched the idea for and subsequently designed a desktop app that encourages team members to publicly recognize their peers and get rewarded via a points system .UK Accident Management Project• Key contributor to the design and execution of a highly successful call center application built for the Accident Management Department in the UK.• Developed and created all required technical and business process documentation. o Tools used: Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google sheets, draw.io, and Pencil Project.• Led an IT team of developers and QA analysts through all phases of the software development lifecycle; played key roles in information architecture, data mapping, project scope definition, and usability testing.UK Systems Integration Project• Led the IT team in the company’s first global IT integration project.• Facilitated meetings with business stakeholders to gather requirements.• Created solution design documents and gave contextual overviews to developers.

Greater New York City Area

Started my own business offering custom social media marketing packages to companies, including:Love and Pride LLC in Tel Aviv, Israel• Designed and implemented multi-platform promotional campaigns for an LGBT jewelry and fashion online retailer.• Organized and executed a photoshoot in Manhattan, NY; interviewed models, created waivers, coordinated with set owner, assisted in creative direction. Sole on-site representative from the company.• Consulted with the Director of Marketing and CEO to develop creative strategies.Aloft by Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Mount Laurel, NJ• Created, curated, and posted online content for 6 social media channels.• Increased Facebook page visits by 380% in first week; doubled Facebook “likes” within 6 months.