Selected to lead a newly-created role and to build Propeller’s new Program Management Office (PMO) as the firm grows. Report directly to the CEO, driving annual strategic planning, facilitating quarterly business reviews, and uncovering ways to streamline processes, communication, and visibility throughout the organization. ● Introduced Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) into annual planning + quarterly business review sessions and helped develop Propeller’s OKR Dashboard. ● Oversee a portfolio of 40+ strategic initiatives, providing oversight, governance, and mentorship to project leads.

Guided corporate clients on establishing annual strategic planning and quarterly business review processes, building out PMOs, and executing special projects that improved the speed/quality of decision-making and maximized the productivity and effectiveness of executives.● Set up a program management office (PMO) for the Nike’s Strategic Enterprise Capabilities (SEC) program, the company’s largest strategic undertaking to date, then program managed initiation of two of the five functional areas for an ERP (SAP) solution that impacted the entire company.● Drove ~$1M in annual savings for a client experiencing change fatigue. Drove executive alignment and built momentum around strategic planning processes and project decisions, identified inefficiencies, and then executed planning process improvements that helped the client reprioritize projects.● Clients: Airbnb, Nike, Dr. Martens, State of Oregon, NW Natural

Served in a hybrid role combining strategy and project / program management. Led clients in setting strategic direction, drove strategic planning, developed corporate strategy and roadmaps, served as C-suite liaison, created governance, developed multi-channel corporate communications, trained teams, and facilitated workshops.● Rescued an ERP system implementation that was missing key milestones and off track. Improved communication among project leaders and executives, established realistic objectives, deliverables, and timelines; and rolled out governance process that helped the client take ownership of the project.● Helped a leading healthcare provider establish a telehealth strategy that delivered notable improvements to patient experience and provided direct access to specialists in rural hospitals.● Clients: Cigna HealthSpring, Caterpillar Financial Services, HCA Healthcare

Served in the capacity of Chief of Staff to the CEO, leading critical strategic initiatives, establishing KPIs, implementing processes and systems to drive operational excellence, preparing board meeting presentations, and ensuring that senior leaders had everything they needed to achieve key corporate objectives. Built a PMO (in partnership with the PMO Director) from the ground up, which provided leadership much-needed structure and project visibility, cut project administration costs, and enabled the organization to consistently deliver on strategic projects. Also, supported the executive team through a corporate acquisition and managed numerous additional complex and high-urgency projects.Facilitated monthly strategic planning cycles and weekly operational reviews on behalf of senior leadership, continually improving business operations processes to ensure clear action items were followed-up on, decisions were documented / communicated, and issue escalations were resolved.

Led large-scale ERP (Oracle) systems implementation projects for this global IT services and consulting firm. Gained invaluable, early career experience in project management, client relationship management, business transformation, change management, financial analysis, and training. Partnered with leading multinational organizations, including Franklin Covey, YUM! Brands, 7-Eleven, Silicon Graphics, Dal-Tile, and Thyssen-Krupp Elevator to name a few.