Lesley Bishop, Ma, Spc Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

United States

National Wind Technology Center

Greater Denver Area

• Support Agile based SDLC for software development and engineering creating standards, tools and best practices.
• Participate and support development and software delivery utilizing a variety of tools including Atlassian’s (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo), Microsoft (SharePoint, Teams, Excel), Webex (Teams, Meetings, Training Center).
• Work with and support team product owners, technical leads, engineering development managers, project leads, and stakeholders throughout program life-cycle (proof of concept, requirements generation, architecture and.
• Create, organize, and facilitate ceremonies regularly for multiple teams, including daily scrum, team reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, tag-ups, and other Scrum-related meetings with.
• Identify and remove impediments and prevent distractions; coach team in how to remove impediments and prevent distractions.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, conflict resolution and self-organization.

Greater Denver Area

• Program Administration & Evaluation | Data Analytics
• Source, create, and coordinate internships for students and supervise the administration of over 750 internships annually.
• Develop and maintain relationships with individual faculty and academic units in over 100 academic programs.
• Coordinate evaluation process for employers and students using Qualtrics disseminating and tracking over 1,500 survey responses annually.
• Analyze and prepare internship and job placement statistics using visual analytics and Tableau.
• Develop strategies to increase student participation in internships and research utilizing grants and soliciting donor/company sponsors funding for unpaid internships and piloting Undergraduate Research Opportunities.

Greater Denver Area

• Strategic Planning and Evaluation
• Annual and long-range program priorities, and annual strategic planning and evaluation.
• Prepare the ELC annual report documenting specific activities. Create proposal for review by Student Fee Committee. Analyzes and assesses the progress made toward strategic goals. Makes recommendations regarding.
• Provide leadership in implementation of ELC program evaluation and assessment initiatives. Responsible for developing new programs and enhancing current programs that align with the ELC’s strategic goals and mission.
• Manage the day to day budget for the ELC to include budgets for various events, office supplies, travel.Supervision
• Mentor, manage, and supervise professional staff which includes professional internship advisors, graduate assistants/interns, and manages student hourly peer advisors. (Approximately 5 staff)

Denver

• Assist students, undergraduate and graduate, with developing professional skills and applying academic knowledge through experiential learning activities such as internships. Help students develop resumes, cover.
• Advise undergraduate and graduate students regarding career goals, internships, professional development, and educational goals
• Support students from beginning to end in internship process including assistance with resume and cover letter, mock interviewing, searching and applying for positions, professional dress, utilizing various search and.
• Research and develop new internship opportunities with employers for students
• Coordinate credit-bearing internships for students by developing and maintaining strong relationships with individual faculty and employers
• Serve a diverse student population including multicultural students, first generation students, traditional and non-traditional students, students with disabilities, and international students

• Provided career counseling to individuals and groups. Worked with students on issues such as career planning, identity and self concept, choosing a major, values and motivation, developing confidence and decision.
• Career Counseling, individual and group
• Career Assessments such as MBTI and SII
• Workshops and Presentations
• Job & Internship Opportunities
• Career, Job, & Internship Fairs

• Provide vocational rehabilitation services which support clients who want work adjustment training, job search and placement, and skill training for volunteer assignments, work experiences, part-time or full-time.
• Develop of competitive community jobs and skill-building activities needed to attain employment.
• Provide consistent vocational assessments to assist the people that we serve, to be successful in a job/jobs.
• Identify appropriate programs and eligibility to ensure access for the people that we serve.
• Work closely with employers to coach people that we serve and provide appropriate interventions.
• Research and develop community contacts that help with appropriate job placements.

Assist in the provision of services to adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness within the Community Support Advocates (CSA) ISA team. Services are specifically designed to maximize independent functioning outside of traditional systems. The primary responsibility of the Client Advocate is to provide a variety of direct services to program.

M.A., Counseling Psychology Counselor Eduation: Career Counseling

Activities and Societies: Colorado Career Development Association

B.S., Psychology

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Graduated with Honors