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United States

Lead in North America (NAMER) on behavioral science collaboration with sales and customer success teams to engage leadership at mid-sized to enterprise-level companies consulting on coaching science to create coaching programs that solve critical business issues. Provide expertise and thought leadership on best-practice coaching solutions to effect organizational change and transformation. Present coaching science and thought leadership in conference settings to advance the mission of CoachHub to democratize coaching. Lead and contribute to research studies that generate new business solutions and advance CoachHub as a market leader. Promoted to lead after one year with the company due to demonstrated leadership skills and capabilities necessary to sustain the success of the NAMER behavioral science team.

United States

Collaborate with sales and customer success teams to engage leadership at mid-sized to enterprise-level companies consulting on coaching science and thought leadership to create coaching programs that solve critical business issues. Provide expertise on best-practice coaching solutions to effect organizational change and transformation. Present coaching science and thought leadership in conference settings to advance the mission of CoachHub to democratize coaching. Lead and contribute to research studies that generate new business solutions and advance CoachHub as a market leader.

Virginia, United States

Principal Behavioral Science SME for U.S. Marine Corps Counter-Insider Threat Hub. Conducted comprehensive assessments identifying potential insider threat behaviors, indicators, or concerns and delivered recommendations and expertise to key stakeholders in the USMC. Leveraged expertise and knowledge to educate the Insider Threat community about imperative behavioral science insights that impacted risk management processes.

Principal cognitive performance coach that developed and implemented an empirically based program for cognitive performance to elite military service members that enhanced learning speed, recall, problem-solving, critical thinking, decision-making, and resilience. Responsible for planning, execution, and validation of the program’s efficiency and effectiveness. Managed cognitive training activities and provided feedback on coaching effectiveness. Conducted group and one-on-one coaching. Directed development of mental skills, stress management, mindfulness, and self-awareness for U.S. Army Special Operators. Applied subject matter expertise in performance psychology and behavior science by researching functional areas including cognitive enhancement and accelerated learning, tactical training, and human performance. Analyzed and identified critical stakeholder needs and provided solutions consulting, including training and technical support.

Alexandria, Va

Applied behavioral science insights to help to solve issues around suicide, one of the most pressing behavioral challenges in the military. Defined the challenge while understanding and identifying explanations for the underlying patterns of behaviors that contributed and could be changed. Applied human-centered design principles to understand challenges by designing and prototyping behavior change initiatives. Leveraged a data-driven approach to design experiments, analyze research data, and communicate results to large and diverse stakeholder groups. Developed standard models, solutions, and assets that could be used as accelerators for similar problems across different groups.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Acted as part of a multi-disciplined team that provided program analytical support to optimize Soldier readiness and performance. Trained and educated Soldiers in individual and group settings, based on evidence-based peer-reviewed literature, in specific cognitive, mental, behavioral, psychosocial, perceptual, learning, adaptive thinking, human engagements, and emotional control skills, strategies, performance optimization, and maintenance. Developed training materials, documenting work performed, utilization, recommendations, and all other information in databases.

Responsible for successful curriculum development of training programs, applying expertise in curricula development, documentation (e.g., course artifacts, data analyses, technical reports, statistical analysis, etc.), and recommendations.

Fort Benning, Georgia

Supported government client’s program to teach soldiers mental skills, resilience, and performance enhancement techniques. Instructed on human performance and personalized training on acquiring and applying specific cognitive skills and techniques that cultivate the mental and emotional strength necessary to thrive in an environment of overwhelming demands and persistent conflict.

Fair Lawn, Nj

Provided services and resources that empowered patients to relearn, teaching people to create systematic processes and to divide complicated tasks into achievable steps.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Master’S Degree, Clinical, Counseling And Applied Psychology

Bachelor’S Degree, Criminal Justice; Psychology

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities Captain of Women's Varsity Soccer Team Scholar.

Graduate Certificate, Executive Psychology