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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Cultivated a strong relationship with leadership and stakeholders advising of opportunities for safety enhancements by delivering quality safety data analysis that provided a platform for data driven decision making.
• Continued to deliver and enhance scheduled and ad hoc reporting, established in prior role, for the Department’s safety risk exposures utilizing data visualization tools such as Tableau to serve all levels stakeholders.
• Spearheaded the creation of an automated database for reporting employee injuries and property damage that expedited mitigation efforts, enhanced data quality, and slashed monthly reporting time by 85%.
• Pioneered a national trend for vehicle crashes in work zones analytics resulting in a 20% reduction in 60 days.
• Provided training for reporting employee injuries and property damage.
• Managed the collaboration and design of a SharePoint database providing immediate access to safety resources.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Contributed to the strategic mission of the newly created division by cultivating untapped safety data creating the Department’s first process for reporting various safety analytics providing key metrics for leadership.
• Enhanced employee injury data to include near-miss incidents enabling the division to strategize opportunities for hazard mitigation resulting in Workers’ Compensation costs trending down by 40% in two years.
• Managed the Department’s annual OSHA 300 reporting.

Nashville, Tennessee

• Specialized in financial compliance for over $5 Million federal and state funds for a variety of transportation programs managed by local governments and metropolitan planning organizations.
• Developed strong customer relationships with local governments and metropolitan planning organizations through delivering prompt grant reimbursements by improving both internal and external procedures.
• Worked with multiple divisions and agencies to enhance the process for awarding grant funds, slashing the customer application process in half.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Delivered an efficient work environment for of two of the most senior executives by coordinating daily operations.
• Strengthened relationships with state legislators by providing prompt and thorough project information for constituents.
• Organized multiple successful events for staff, national associations and elected officials on behalf of the Commissioner.
• Effectively mentored new staff ensuring smooth on-boarding.

Master'S Degree, Public Administration

Activities and Societies: - A Comparative Study of Organized Crime Groups in America, Europe and the Middle East - A Comprehensive Study.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: - Hope Scholarship - Dean’s List - National Honor Society for Criminal Justice Students: Alpha Phi Sigma.