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Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

Fredericksburg, Va

Fairfax, Va

*Managed partnerships and projects focused on educating emergency responders in safe responses to incidents with hazardous materials. Focus areas for online and instructor-led training programs utilize industry and government best practices and existing programs, and include: pipeline preparedness; all hazards freight rail planning, training, and exercising; and emergency management roles and responsibilities.*Performed managerial duties to include schedule and risk management, stakeholder management and communications, financial and contract management and reporting, and change management. Works to maintain project scope while ensuring high quality deliverables.

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DHS - Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN): provided strategic planning, project management, meeting planning and facilitation, change management and strategic communications, and process improvement support.United States Coast Guard - Research, Development, Test & Evaluation Program: provided strategic planning, project management, process improvement, and change management and strategic communications support. **Documented and analyzed several internal processes using applicable methodologies, including the Program’s annual process for developing their research & development project portfolio. Proposed recommendations for increased efficiencies and improvements, such as streamlined and focused milestones and strategic stakeholder engagement.

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Highlights from 8 years of management consulting experience:Here are some highlights:*Virginia's Commonwealth Interoperability Coordinator’s Office (CICO) Project Management Office (PMO) - assisted with establishing and maintaining a regional governance structure for collaboration among counties, gaining consensus among disparate first responder groups, implementing Federal or State mandates and initiatives, creating deliverables (such as a showcase of current technologies and capabilities and gather future requirements) and disaster planning via conducting exercises.*Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) - conducted strategic planning after the President created the office and facilitated a strategic session with senior leaders to develop a mission, vision, goals and objectives.*DHS Disaster Management Program - assisted local practitioners test their regional interoperable communications plan.*Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - provided process improvement support and performed product reviews for printed materials and web content for marketing materials, on-line user training, and Agency standard operating procedures.*Department of State Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) Project Services Office (PSO) – developed processes and documentation to support internal office functions and established project management protocols to standardize the way IT projects are planned, prioritized, executed, monitored, and controlled.*Department of State Information Technology Transformation Initiative (joint with USAID) – provided communications expertise by developing a communications strategy for worldwide deployment and managed approximately twenty communications tools (including websites) for internal and external stakeholders.