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 governance review, etc.).• 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 distributed teams. • 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.• Calculate capacity, provide scheduling and analysis, track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress, and update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs. • Understanding and experience in Earned Value Management measuring project performance, dependability, throughput, percent deviation from planned work, and percentage of production support.• Experience with Agile techniques including BDD, ATDD, TDD, CI/CD• Participate in the organization and planning of the development schedule based on methodology that creates a cohesive plan with identifiable platform dependencies, and major milestones, and manages the agreed project user stories and schedules, ensuring successful completion within scope, budget, time, and quality parameters.• Adapt project scope, schedules, and assignments as required throughout projects to respond to emerging requirements and risks.

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 Mentor Program sourcing over 30 sites and mentors.Career and Professional Development Counseling & Coaching• Prepare and coach students on searching, applying, resume/cover letter writing, interviewing and salary reviews and negotiations (offers, counteroffers).• Refer students to professional opportunities and monitor experience personally for 50-100 students per semester.• Create presentations and present to classes, student groups, parent orientations. • Facilitate student critical reflection of professional development guiding skill-set development conversations and workshops.Employer Relations• Contact companies' recruiters and hiring managers to source existing opportunities and develop new opportunities.• Liaise between the University and companies to promote connections via direct networking and recruiting events such as Internship and Job Fairs and Engineering specific events.• Reach-out to companies to identify current recruitment needs, review job requirements with hiring manager, improve job description to be more descriptive, and providing consistent, high quality customer service. • Assist employers in developing descriptive job requisitions, posting positions on ATS, and sourcing eligible candidates.

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 program effectiveness. • 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, vision, and values.Fiscal Responsibilities • 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) • Supervision includes hiring, monitoring and assigning day to day tasks, and training for staff as well. • Work collaboratively with each internship advising staff member to create professional goals and performance plans based on annual initiatives and individual professional development needs. Meet periodically to assess progress toward goals. In collaboration with the director, complete annual performance evaluation and follow-up activities.

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 letters, strategic searches, networking skills, employer and industry research, and build effective relationships with employers and co-workers. Coordinate quality internship opportunities with employers in the community for students. Work with faculty, instructors, and staff to organize internship credit and ensure related learning experience for student.• 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 application resources, and professional development • 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 • Use and maintain computer systems and confidential electronic records-keeping• Provide excellent customer service and reach-out to existing and prospective students through programs and events such as new student orientations, open houses, as well as presentations to departments, classrooms, university programs, and student organizations and clubs• Assist in development of department policies, short term goals, and long term goals for the ELC and input on university administrative policies and guidelines regarding academic internship policy

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 making skills, exploring strengths, skills and abilities, designing a job search strategy, researching personal interests and lifestyle choices, and learning how to network, interview, write a resume, and conduct informational interviews.Developed innovative programming and co-facilitated workshops which assisted students in their career development and job search process.• Career Counseling, individual and group• Career Assessments such as MBTI and SII• Workshops and Presentations• Job & Internship Opportunities • Career, Job, & Internship Fairs • On-Campus Recruiting

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 employment. Coordinate employment services, including development of community jobs, working with employers to ensure quality job placements, working with outside agencies and partnering to benefit the employment program. Cooperatively work with treatment sites to established mutual outcomes for clients.• 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.• Complete data/reporting pertaining to program measurements.• Coordinate with clinical departments and therapist regarding vocational objectives.• Find employment for a diverse population with a serious and persistent mental illness.

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 recipients and to work with the team to develop new services on behalf of targeted recipients. Services are specifically designed to maximize independent functioning and provide training and supports which will free the consumer from more traditional support systems and processes.

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