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Arlington, Wa, Us

Everett, Wa, Us

Serving to represent the organizational mission and goals, I direct daily operations, allocating resources, delegating responsibilities, and developing and implementing policies and procedures. Implementing key performance indicators, I uphold productivity expectations, inspiring employees to perform at top level by building a positive work environment. I gather and analyze data and metrics, developing strategic insights and evaluating overall performance to ensure we remain on-task for achieving organizational goals. Executing and managing County documents, I oversee contracts and instruments, issuing directives, and preparing reports. My role includes liaising with external stakeholders, representing the Executive at public hearings and community events, reinforcing the Executive's policies, goals, programs, and actions. I also build sustainable relationships with community leaders to achieve mutual goals, fostering collaboration with elected officials, departmental heads, associations, subordinates, and the public. Additionally, I uphold County interests, mitigating risks by proactively assessing economical, political, and social impacts of administrative policies and actions.Top Accomplishments:* I led the $74M Courthouse Construction project end-to-end advocating for approval, developing plans, and managing implementation while overcoming political, logistical, and budgetary obstacles.* Proactively updating the ERP system, I saved $31.4M in future expenses.* Championing positive change, I directed the first continuous improvement team assigned to eliminate waste, maximize employee productivity and joy while increasing efficiency and minimizing costs, resulting in 68,640 hours and $3.3M saved annually.* I spearheaded the county's re-opening response to the COVID-19 pandemic, provided budgetary and operational planning and oversight to efficiently allocate $143M in direct funding from the federal government towards county needs.

Everett, Wa, Us

Upholding the county wellbeing and success, I evaluated the county standing and convened stakeholders to understand and address community needs by introducing new legislation and policies. I enacted the organization vision and mission, building a strategic growth plan and prioritizing policies to ensure the most urgent county needs are addressed first. I addressed community concerns, responding to constituent requests and collaborating with both the Executive and Judicial branches to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Additionally, I advocated for policy change to support county needs at regional, state, and federal levels. Disseminating easy-to-understand annual and monthly reports, I ensured city governments, taxing district leadership, and community groups were informed of priorities, legislation, and actions across all governmental levels.Accomplishments and contributions during this role include:* I presided over the 10 year County Growth Management Comprehensive Plan, preparing for the future with 424,000 residents and 225,000 jobs by 2050.* Following a natural disaster, I prioritized recovery and return to normal by funding youth projects with a public campaign for state funding.* I brought Snohomish County to the forefront, securing the first successful public-private partnership airport terminal in the United States.

Everett, Wa, Us

Arlington, Wa, Us

Chertsey, Surrey, Gb

I curated a high-performance team to achieve organizational goals, overseeing staff management, from recruiting and hiring qualified staff, leading training and development activities, preparing schedules and assigning tasks based on employee strengths, and mentoring, coaching, and enacting disciplinary actions according to policy. I ensured daily operations adhered to quality expectations for customer service, identifying opportunities for improvement by assessing current policies and procedures, then preparing and implementing action plans to resolve inefficiencies and problems. I prioritized employee satisfaction, building a work environment promoting employee safety, health, and joy while also writing and enforcing standards and procedures that adhere to legal regulations. I maximized use of resources, analyzing inventory, assessing efficiency of use, and minimizing storage while maintaining supplies to support daily operations. Enhancing customer experiences, I served as point-person to resolve customer issues, communicate issues to operational teams, and devising and implementing solutions that resolved problems and complaints.A selection of my top accomplishments and contributions includes:* I partnered with the Microsoft Technical Team to test PowerBI on inventory database, improving insights into inventory processes, resulting in an inventory decrease of 20% and proving the efficacy of PowerBI as a commercial product.* Increased product sales 10%, I led innovative changes to product distribution processes, using scarcity to incentivize customer purchases.

Chertsey, Surrey, Gb

I headed creation and submission of annual budgets for two business units. Upholding financial solvency and guiding financial decisions, I managed general accounting duties including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, and taxes. While doing these tasks, along with producing required financial reports and statements, I adhered to regulatory requirements and industry standards.

I developed and proposed the annual budget and disseminated information on organizational performance by collecting, interpreting, and reporting on financial performance trends. I upheld alignment with established budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions to make informed financial decisions.

Duties Include:Became proficient in using Quickbooks to facilitate the day to day financial operations.Worked with contracted accountant to simplify tax reporting.Created real estate invoicing system to track utility usage.Successfully transformed the company's financial reporting procedures from paper based to electronic based.