o Oversee the execution of strategy and vision of the BDA practice as well as key projects and initiatives and manage the program budget.o Serve as a conduit for the practice lead and key point of contact for clearly communicating practices objectives so they can be met.o Provide strategic, analytical, and program management support to senior leadership, keeping them abreast of noteworthy events, milestones, and issues in their area of responsibility.o Oversee major program initiatives, organizing teams and the integration of all appropriate channels and sub-channels involved in the execution and delivery of program initiatives. Manage against budget, talent, operations, business development, and timeline goals.o Contribute to and oversee the development of internal communications to relay key messages or solicit support for the execution of practice building activities.o Design, manage, and lead in-person, hybrid, and virtual leadership meetings and events.o Lead and implement complex, firm-wide initiatives, including the go-to-market effort across all four functions: Tax, Consulting, Audit & Assurance, and Risk and Financial Advisory.o Directly serve client needs as they arise, including project management and implementation

Select Projects:Blockchain Subject Matter Expert, Federal Agencyo Provide strategic guidance on development of a formal business plan to garner agency funding to transition existing blockchain payments platform proof of concept to production-ready pilot.o Develop and execute framework for establishing inter-agency memorandum of understanding (MOU) that details the vision, objectives, scope, membership types, participation structure, legal structure, IP ownership structure, data sharing conventions, platform requirements, platform management framework, legal risk management framework, platform risk management framework, and ecosystem operations framework of a consortium of key stakeholders of the future state multi-stakeholder blockchain payments platform.o Design and facilitate workshops to drive a set of government and non-government minimum viable ecosystem participants toward alignment on the various components of the MOU and the Analysis of Alternatives of potential best-fit technology platforms for the future state solution.Blockchain SME & Project Manager, Federal Agencyo Led cybersecurity team in effort to take cloud-hosted blockchain proof of concept through the federal authority to operate (ATO) process. Successfully achieved provisional ATO certification.Conversational AI Lead, Federal Agencyo Lead design, development, and cyber risk evaluation for federal implementation of an FAQ chatbot.o Employed Agile methods and tools hosted in a cloud environment (such as Azure), translate product requirements to development team, oversee product build, unit test development, UAT criteria and test plan development, deployment guide development, and support federal authority to operate process.Conversational AI PMO Project & Program Manager, Federal Agencyo Serve as trusted advisor to IT division lead on standing up and operating nascent conversational AI capability and program management organization (PMO).

Select projects:Project Manager, State Agencyo Led Conversational AI solution development using Agile methods and tools hosted in a cloud envi., translating product requirements to development team, and oversaw product build, unit testing, UAT, and deployment.Conversational AI Workstream Lead, State Agency o Led the development of a chatbot solution using Waterfall methods and tools hosted in AWS cloud envi., translating product requirements to development team, overseeing product build, and collaborating with other workstreams to ensure elegant integration with existing systems and relevant Call Center components.Blockchain Functional Lead, Federal Agencyo Collaborated with client and partner agency to conduct research, stakeholder interviews, and a stakeholder engagement lab to drive the design of a blockchain proof of concept to execute federal grants payments.o Led the development and successful delivery of a blockchain-based grants payments prototype using Agile methods and tools (e.g., JIRA) hosted in AWS cloud environment. Translated product requirements to development team and oversaw product build and daily scrums.o Developed a project plan, led sprint planning meetings, and created user profiles, user stories, process flows, and smart contract governance frameworks to guide the development of the prototype.o Created product marketing and briefing materials and led product demonstrations to the client as well as to large public audiences.Functional Lead, Deloitte Blockchain Asseto Led the design and development of a cloud-based blockchain proof-of-concept prototype using Agile methods and tools. Designed prototype based off extensive research, expert interviews, and insights from target client.o Created user profiles, process flows, and smart contract governance frameworks.o Translated product requirements to development team and oversaw product build/daily scrums.o Created product marketing materials and led product demonstrations.

o Assumed leadership of a struggling 89-year-old organization and led initiatives to revive its operations and reputation, restoring it to a respected name in consumer protection and regulatory affairs.o Regularly published articles and spoke publicly on consumer affairs and regulation, focusing on financial technology (e.g. Blockchain), the sharing economy (e.g. Uber and Airbnb), broadband competition and deployment (e.g. Net Neutrality), and consumer health policy and innovation (e.g. 23andMe).o Collaborated with business and government leaders on consumer choice, protection, and welfare, including an appointment by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to serve on the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee.

o Developed annual strategy, budget, and work plan; executed strategic plan, tracking performance against established benchmarks; and fostered strategic relationships with partner organizations, sponsors, and donors.

o Directed CR’s overall finance, operations, content development, marketing activities, and program activities.o Managed five staff writers and two freelance writers. Selected, reviewed, and edited all CR content for publication (hundreds of articles annually), contributed two articles to CR’s magazine each quarter, and wrote two op-eds for placement in national newspapers each month.o Established and executed CR’s hallmark event, the Bretton Woods Summit, which gathers a group of 20-25 experts from nonprofits, think tanks, FinTech companies, banking and finance business, and legislative and regulatory bodies to drive consensus and develop in-depth research papers on topics such as financial access and inclusion, protecting consumers in the digital currency economy, and the future of the perception, regulation, and adoption of digital currencies and blockchain technologies.

Clients included: World Food Programme, University Research Co. (URC), A Child for All (ACFA), Oxu Solutions, DC Strategies, and Global Investment & Development Institute (GIDI).