Project manager with responsibility to establish and maintain processes for managing scope, performance, and cost during a project lifecycle. Build, develop and lead the project team to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation. Continually coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that projects stay on scope, schedule, and budget. Report project outcomes to stakeholders and resolve challenges/risks as necessary to stay on the project work plan.-Recognized on seven separate occasions over a 18 month timeframe by executives in organizations I was supporting for leading diverse project teams to quality and process improvements within their organizations.-Project Manager of a team of 14 people for a 12 month, $1.7m nationwide workforce analysis project.Key results: -Increased profit margin from 10% to 37% ($600k) in 9 months -Developed a plan and schedule to ensure the project was on or ahead of schedule during a worldwide pandemic.-Improved process flows within matrixed teams in different organizations. Increased communication flow by 75% thereby reducing a backlog of efforts.-Increased team engagement on the project by 50% in 6 monthsFeedback: "The support from the WBB team has been outstanding and continues to exceed expectations."Project Manager of a cross-functional national team of 8 for a seven month organizational project improvement endeavor for a multi-million dollar organization. -Project finished ahead of schedule, 3% above profit goal.Feedback: "The delivery of WBB's final report provides our organization with key learnings that will be shared across the team and a strategy to maintain our culture as the organization grows. We recognize the difficulties of performing this task in a telework environment and truly commend you for your exceptional performance in overcoming every challenge that presented itself."-Project finished ahead of schedule, 3% above profit goal.

Identifies and develops new business opportunities and clients for the organization. Develops call plans, engagement plans and identifies networking opportunities to grow the business. Develops external and internal stakeholder plans to increase probability of wins and grow the market in an area with little to no previous presence.-Developed a strategic roadmap to penetrate and grow in a worldwide market with little previous visibility of the organization—600% increase in acquired markets in five years. -Developed and worked a brand awareness plan to enable growth and profitability—370% growth in profit in five years. $5.7M

Providing mentorship to veterans and spouses entering the workforce through professional guidance, network build, resume assistance, job skill identification, interviewing skills and culture identification. Mentee comment:"Wealth of information and very enthusiastic in helping veterans! I will be calling Mike again. If you are unsure we you need to be Mike will put you on the right path!"

Strategically align the needs and priorities of a 17,000 people organization with integrated strategic recruitment, retention and organizational development programs. Collaborate with senior leaders to build critical skills to grow the organization to successfully maintain Inova's quality patient care paradigm. Apply a strong understanding of external macro-economic and human capital data and trends that impact the organization.Accomplishments:-Identified and developed a nation and statewide pipeline of candidates for critical positions in the business units; built partnerships with education institutions and workforce agencies resulting in new pipelines for the organization.-Conducted a nationwide strategic market analysis on the state of the Registered Nurse workforce and developed a strategic workforce plan roadmap resulting in a 7.1% decrease in the vacancy rate, and a nationwide nursing recruiting strategy resulting in a positive achievement goal of 114% for 2017. -Built capability by developing and delivering new leadership development and employee engagement programs; reducing vacancy by 10% and increasing employee and leader engagement by 11% in 10 months time.-Designed, developed and implemented the overall strategic leadership development strategy for 1,000+ leaders. In an eight month period this resulted in a positive ROI of $650k through the decrease in turnover and increase in internal employee hires for leadership positions.Key Competencies:Leadership Development | Workforce Analytics | Workforce Development | Change Management | Coaching | Business Operations | Public Speaking | Training and Development | Strategic Planning | Talent Management | Succession Management | Business Case Preparation | Trusted Advisor | Facilitation | Cross-Functional Team Building | Negotiations

Strategic Advisor/Planner for the highest ranking civilian in the Department of Defense for Operational Test and Evaluation of billion dollar Aviation acquisition programs. Responsible for providing strategic analysis and operational planning/oversight for eight Army Aviation and two Marine Corps acquisition programs with direct reporting to both the Senate and House Armed Services Committee in the United States Congress. Accomplishments:-Increased productivity by 50% in 12 months time by streamlining staffing time of procedures and document reviews between matrixed organizations. -Steered senior management teams from matrixed organizations to achieve more timely and economical resolution of issues; saving $1.5m and increasing productivity by 50%.Key Competencies:Followership | Operations | Exercising Influence without Authority | Project Management | Building Internal and External Cross Functional Teams | Interacting with C-Level Executives | Process Improvement | Strategic Planning | Research | Test and Evaluation | Training and Development | Budget | Negotiations | Change Management

Senior Systems Director and Leader (Battalion Commander) of a 600 employee multi-functional Aviation organization with a $177 million annual operating budget. Directed the operations, human resource management, training and worldwide employment of a Assault Helicopter Battalion consisting of 30 technologically advanced UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters. Responsible for all business operations, projects, training and development, leadership and talent development, and performance management for a worldwide available organization. Accomplishments:-Developed and managed a $177M operating budget, collaborating closely with 5 departments across the organization to achieve annual budget goals with zero deficiencies over three years.-Facilitated organizational change by restructuring organization goals/ functions/processes to achieve strategic objectives; saved 12 months of time and $1.5M and recognized 50% process improvement in employee proficiency; -Responsible for the conceptualization, design and implementation of all leadership development programs and talent initiatives for 100+ Aviation officers assigned in Europe and the United States. Improved personnel processes within the organization by 40%.-Managed a talent management program for 100+ leaders to ensure staffing processes and employee development was aligned with current and future organization and employee needs. The organization recognized a 90% internal fill rate for positions. -Tracked and managed organization top talent and developed individual development plans to maximize experiences, skills, and readiness for their next roles.Key Competencies: Project Management | Delivering Results | Planning and Managing Operations | Building Internal and External Relationships | Challenging and Developing Team Members | Performance Management | Risk Management | Training | Succession Management | Change Management | Employee Relations

Directed the daily planning and execution of business operations, training, talent management, human resource business practices, contract oversight, logistics and the budget of a diverse 40 employee organization operating across the United States. Accomplishments:-Directed and managed operations, training, human resources, contract oversight, management, and logistics of a diverse 40 employee organization operating across the U.S.-Led a team of 15 employees in the design of three live, virtual and constructive training events resulting in development of concepts and procedures to reduce time-to-fill by 27%. Key Competencies:Strategic Planning | Process Improvement | Critical Thinking | Problem Solving | Collaborative Problem Solving | Strategic Perspective | Executive-level Communication | Strategic Project Management