* Lead the Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) Council, guiding ERG leaders and senior executives in shaping and advising on DIB initiatives.* Support the execution of the DIB strategic plan, developing and implementing strategies to achieve diversity and inclusion goals.* Co-create and deliver training programs, workshops, and coaching sessions to promote DIB awareness and skill-building across the organization.* Analyze demographic data to assess progress toward diversity goals and recommend strategic adjustments.* Advise on DIB best practices, emerging trends, and solutions to enhance the organization’s diversity and inclusion efforts.* Collaborate with the communications team to create DIB-related content for internal engagement and to strengthen the employer brand.* Advise and support employee belonging groups on cultural celebrations, community outreach, and workforce engagement. Foster the creation of new groups to support communities within the firm.

Corporate Culture & Leadership Advisor* Advise organizations on building inclusive and high-performance cultures that foster employee engagement, collaboration, and innovation.* Partner with senior leadership to align corporate values with strategic goals, driving transformational change and enhancing organizational effectiveness.Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging & Justice (DEIBJ) Strategist* Advise and lead the design and implementation of DEIBJ initiatives that create equitable workplaces and drive systemic change.* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop strategies that promote justice, belonging, and diversity across all levels of the organization.

Inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leader* Created global DEI strategy and roadmap branded Equity, Balance, and Belonging (EBB)* Initiatives included: - Framework for employee resource groups (ERGs)- Inclusivity training for the global organization- Educating talent team on equitable hiring- Review and edit of documentation, code, and job descriptions for bias- Advising executive leadership on DEI- Fostering key internal and external partnerships- Budget management for DEI initiatives and vendors

Reported to Chief Diversity Officer* Partnered with team to educate, strengthen and balance representation of workforce* Utilized critical-thinking skills to apply data, analysis, and proven best practices to improve belonging programs* Developed and implemented measurable equity projects, strategies, and initiatives to achieve OKR and KPI goals* Collaboration with Talent Acquisition organization to Increase the volume of skilled applicants and hires from underrepresented backgrounds* Support of inclusive workplace via development of marginalized internal talent* Leadership of Employee Belonging Councils (EBCs) to create opportunities for professional development and business innovation

Inaugural DEI leader with Talent Acquisition team* Developed and cultivated relationships with community partners, organizations and diversity groups* Partnered with our Employee Belonging Councils and other internal stakeholders to ensure recruiting readiness, line of sight to future events, and DEI training* Planning leader for engagement at key diversity conferences, and events with TA partners; with a focus on deepening connection with marginalized communities* Coach members of TA function and hiring managers on diversity engagement and representational hiring* Developed partnerships with legal and other internal stakeholders to ensure cross functional awareness of priorities and mapping to broader diversity goals and initiatives

* Designed and built the environments to support the Systems Verification Team (SVT). * Migrated the environments from a quarterly upgrade to continuous deployment (agile) model. * Automated tools to aid daily navigation and alerting.

http://globalimpact.workday.com/a-better-place-to-work.htmlFounding member and brand creator of the inaugural employee belonging council (The Talented Tenth). Additional EBCs have utilized the original framework to create new councils.

* Troubleshooting and owning SaaS, AWS, and PaaS related issues to resolution in production environments. * Resolution of eCommerce customer issues and support of an active application release cycle. * Member of a globally distributed 24/7 team with rotational on-call assignment.

Sr. Systems Engineer with Verizon Business (formerly Totality), a managed services company specializing in high volume eCommerce websites. Clients included American Airlines, BestBuy, Jet Blue, Borders, et al.