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Deputy project manager overseeing strategy and people management for a 40-person team delivering innovative and first-in-kind solutions across the cyber talent lifecycle for a federal client.

• Manage a 6-person team of management analysts in creating project approaches, conducting research, identifying stakeholders, engaging with the client, and developing products and deliverables in support of intra-agency and cross-agency cybersecurity workforce initiatives prioritized by the client• Track and prioritize tasks from client leadership, and delegate to appropriate team members, conduct meetings to plan weekly tasks, review action items, and discuss potential roadblocks • Ensure that the team is resourced appropriately to provide high-quality support across data analytics, talent management, stakeholder engagement, and policy analysis capabilities; coordinate with leadership to identify additional resources as needed• Engage with the client multiple times per week to discuss progress against tasks and initiatives, identify new or high priority requests, and ensure satisfaction with delivery• Identify risks and develop and execute mitigation plans for risks to project quality and timelines; review risks with project leadership to gain feedback and ensure awareness• Review products and deliverables developed by team members, provide feedback and guidance on development and revisions, route high-visibility deliverables for leadership coordination• Lead and advise on development of a Special Salary Rate (SSR) request for the GS 2210 series for submission to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) by VA on behalf of five coordinating federal agencies, including an analysis of federal cyber pay against cyber pay in the private market• Designed and co-led a two-day strategic and organizational planning session with the client leadership team, with the outcome of a three-year strategic plan and updated functional organization plan

• Developed, implemented, and led comprehensive metrics and assessments programs to both meet Congressional requirements for the Global Nuclear Security (GNS) and Chemical Security Elimination (CSE) programs, and to provide analytical decision support data to S&E and CTR leadership.• Managed a complex cross-functional team of nine support personnel from three national lab teams, five technical SMEs, and over a dozen rotating project team members.• Led two Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) consisting of both government and contractor action officers and SMEs in a year-long effort to collect and analyze requirements for the Metrics and Assessments programs. • Developed recommendations for both the metrics and assessment processes and created decision documents and tools to present to leadership. Coordinated a collaborative effort with division leadership to craft and refine the processes and tools• Led a team of technical SMEs in pilots for both the Metrics and Assessments efforts and adjusted the processes and tools based on pilot outcomes.• Developed a layered two-year implementation and process deployment timeline, accounting for annual programmatic and agency requirements, as well as individual team schedules. • In the first year, the program successfully baselined metrics for seven country portfolios, and presented these outcomes to CTR leadership in a deliverable developed subsequently leveraged by other CTR Metrics teams. • Currently in its second year, the program is on track to perform an annual metrics review (AMR) for the seven previous baselines, conduct comprehensive full assessments and baselines for four new countries, and perform initial assessment studies on twelve countries, with four other full assessments in progress.

• Developed an Authoritative Data Source (ADS) process to allow the client agency to identify data needed to make data-driven decisions; to ensure that data is accurate and accessible to necessary personnel; and to identify which data sources and systems within the Agency housed those data elements. • Facilitated working group and stakeholder meetings, coordinated with system and data source owners to obtain information and artifacts to support working group deliberation, maintained source documents for review, and created recommendations based on working group conclusions to submit to leadership for final decision. • Developed an analytical requirement gathering and analysis approach, including delineated tasks, timelines, and outcomes. • Assigned and supervised peers in completion of analytical tasks, and developed client-ready deliverables to present findings and recommendations. • Worked with leadership across the directorate to update and align goals to the IT Strategic Plan and developed timeline and communications documents for roll out of an IT Strategic Plan tracking dashboard. • Analyzed strategic planning guidance and compared them to the existing IT Strategic Plan, and recommended updates to facilitate alignment between the plans

• Identified and developed process maps for eight key human resources processes through interviews and working sessions with client subject matter experts. • Managed team members in development of the process documentation and the analysis of HR system data to support hypotheses and develop recommendations. • Coordinated with other workstreams, and project and client leadership to understand the needs of a client with a complex, global HR organization and operating structure

• Performed an in-depth review and collection of leading practices at high-performing State Education Agencies (SEAs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) around the United States through interviews with senior leadership within these organizations and detailed 26 leading practices in organization design at the selected SEAs and LEAs. • Analyzed existing DoDEA organizational structure and operating model through site visits to and by leading interviews and focus groups with staff across the organization, both above the school level and at school level (teachers and principals). • Reviewed and analyzed interview data collected from over 500 personnel to provide the organization an understanding of the perceptions of its personnel around the world • Performed a gap analysis to identify leading practices that could be implemented by the organization, and developed two potential organizational structures for decision to the client• Supported the effort to implement the selected organizational structure through a comprehensive redesign of the Education Directorate. • Facilitated working groups with subject matter experts to develop the functional design, down to a branch level, of the Directorate to align with strategic goals and overarching organizational redesign

• Managed all ARNG G1 Gateway (SharePoint website) administration tasks • Evaluated sources of information from across the G1 community for potential content or new functionality development on the Gateway. • Oversaw development of an automated communications digest which rolled up vital information posted to the Gateway each week and disseminated to over 2000 high value subscribers. • Managed the relationship between the client and the IT development contractor, ensuring that functional requirements from the client were appropriately translated to technical requirements for implementation by the development team. • Led a Project Management and BPR task to analyze the NGB Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP). • Facilitated scoping sessions with the client and developed an approach to understanding and evaluating the problem that included elements of both a project management evaluation and a traditional BPR effort. • Led the team in formal and informal interviews with client SMEs, held a working group with State Incentive Managers, conducted direct observation of the NGB SLRP team, and analyzed system data.• Oversaw development of a desktop guide to assist the NGB SLRP team in developing best practices in project management and created process maps documenting major business processes. The final report included 10 recommendations for the client to increase the effectiveness and productivity of the team.

Supported data gathering and analysis efforts for workforce analysis and business process development projects. Developed tools to support data capture and analysis, captured and analyzed notes from interviews with client staff, drafted and reviewed deliverables.Clients included WHS HRD and DOJ OJP.

Ba, Media Arts And Design

Delta Gamma; University Recreation (UREC) Operations Supervisor; Ireland Study Abroad

Mpp, Public Policy, Media And Policy

Certificate, Political, Economic And Social Systems Of South Africa