Worked in dispersed, multidisciplinary teams to inform business strategy and drive lasting, positive impact for private and public sector organizations.◽️KEY CONTRIBUTIONS◽️🔹Artificial Intelligence: Helped guide clients in their development and implementation of a new GenAI / LLM with over $20M in potential overall cost savings and efficiency gains🔹Client Development: Helped lead the development of multiple client proposals in the Tech and Public (Federal and State)… Show more Worked in dispersed, multidisciplinary teams to inform business strategy and drive lasting, positive impact for private and public sector organizations.◽️KEY CONTRIBUTIONS◽️🔹Artificial Intelligence: Helped guide clients in their development and implementation of a new GenAI / LLM with over $20M in potential overall cost savings and efficiency gains🔹Client Development: Helped lead the development of multiple client proposals in the Tech and Public (Federal and State) Sectors🔹Client Relations: Cultivated strong client relationships, working hand-in-hand with private sector clients to track and implement >100 leading initiatives within a single transformation🔹Financial Analysis: Identified cost-savings mechanisms for clients including >$20M in one business line of a leading North American healthcare contractor through robust financial modeling🔹Leadership: Led collaborations within, and between, cross functional teams on client-facing and internal projects. Co-founded an internal professional development initiative targeting PhD, MD, and other experienced hires that gained active participation from >50 DC-based colleagues🔹Project Management: Used Agile methodologies to ensure the on-time completion of deliverables within cross-functional client and internal teams🔹Public Sector: Applied research insights to develop capacity-building initiatives at the state and federal levels Show less

🐦🌦My dissertation involved a combination of empirical field studies and syntheses of large-scale datasets, using a combination of mixed-effects and additive models, geospatial data, and avian morphometric data to investigate the response of songbird communities to changing weather patterns along the Gulf Coast of Texas.🌦🐦🍃Published 8 scientific articles on avian ecology, ecological resilience, and urbanization in top journals such as Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution💼Held… Show more 🐦🌦My dissertation involved a combination of empirical field studies and syntheses of large-scale datasets, using a combination of mixed-effects and additive models, geospatial data, and avian morphometric data to investigate the response of songbird communities to changing weather patterns along the Gulf Coast of Texas.🌦🐦🍃Published 8 scientific articles on avian ecology, ecological resilience, and urbanization in top journals such as Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution💼Held numerous leadership roles, including as:•Senator, Texas A&M Graduate and Professional Student Government•Student Policy Liaison, Ecological Society of America•Student Affairs Committee, American Ornithological Society•Social Media Chair, Aggies in Science and Technology Policy•President and Vice President, Aggie Toastmasters•Executive Board Member and Student Outreach Chair, Rio Brazos Audubon Society💲Awarded >$100,000 in external grant and fellowship funding📚Other research projects included:•Swainson's warbler breeding ecology in central Texas •Prevalence of avian malaria in North American waterfowl•Conceptual linkage of frameworks for understanding avian response and resilience to chronic disturbance•Avian productivity and survivorship monitoring through the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program🔍Technical expertise in project design, avian population assessments, R programming language, GIS technologies, mixed effects and additive models, and scientific writing.🤝Robust experience in public speaking, disseminating research to technical and nontechnical audiences, internal and external stakeholder collaboration, mentoring, and project management. Show less

Recipient of a Graduate Research Fellowship through the Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation as a primary funding mechanism of my PhD. In addition to the research-oriented activities undertaken as part of my lab at Texas A&M, I:🔹Successfully wrote, and was awarded, a series of grant funding proposals totaling approximately $100k, including necessary budgeting and annual reporting 🔹Helped manage and train a team of >10 volunteers for participation in an annual avian… Show more Recipient of a Graduate Research Fellowship through the Rob & Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation as a primary funding mechanism of my PhD. In addition to the research-oriented activities undertaken as part of my lab at Texas A&M, I:🔹Successfully wrote, and was awarded, a series of grant funding proposals totaling approximately $100k, including necessary budgeting and annual reporting 🔹Helped manage and train a team of >10 volunteers for participation in an annual avian monitoring project🔹Simultaneously managed multiple projects through the Foundation, collaborating with external partners and graduate students on projects relating to herpetology, botany, avian ecology, and habitat management🔹Founded an ongoing partnership between the Foundation and Texas A&M University research labs Show less

Facilitated educational and engagement opportunities between Texas A&M University and a birding- and conservation-focused nonprofit. ◽️KEY CONTRIBUTIONS◽️🔹Founded and managed two new ongoing community science projects- Climate Watch Squares and the Brazos NFC Project, including fundraising, grant writing, and managing a total of 30+ volunteers🔹Operational and logistical leadership with science, field, and outreach events including leading field trips, giving presentations,… Show more Facilitated educational and engagement opportunities between Texas A&M University and a birding- and conservation-focused nonprofit. ◽️KEY CONTRIBUTIONS◽️🔹Founded and managed two new ongoing community science projects- Climate Watch Squares and the Brazos NFC Project, including fundraising, grant writing, and managing a total of 30+ volunteers🔹Operational and logistical leadership with science, field, and outreach events including leading field trips, giving presentations, and acting as a leading expert on birds of the Brazos Valley🔹Helped lead the development of a new social media strategy Show less

Led Texas A&M's campus chapter of Toastmasters International to a 2x increase in membership, multiple new partnerships and collaborations, and national recognition for excellence. ◽️KEY CONTRIBUTIONS◽️🔹President’s Distinguished Status (2020-2021) the highest club-level recognition from Toastmasters International, and Select Distinguished Status (2019-2020)🔹Led a diverse student and faculty membership base of 11 nationalities🔹Catalyzed new partnerships with three other… Show more Led Texas A&M's campus chapter of Toastmasters International to a 2x increase in membership, multiple new partnerships and collaborations, and national recognition for excellence. ◽️KEY CONTRIBUTIONS◽️🔹President’s Distinguished Status (2020-2021) the highest club-level recognition from Toastmasters International, and Select Distinguished Status (2019-2020)🔹Led a diverse student and faculty membership base of 11 nationalities🔹Catalyzed new partnerships with three other service-based organizations in the Bryan-College Station area, and two India-based Toastmasters chapters🔹Designed and successfully implemented a new 1:1 mentoring program for ~20 members🔹Guided members to receiving 15+ total Toastmasters Education Awards Show less

🌾Helped coordinate regional avian population monitoring efforts in the southern Great Plains for the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program 🌾🔹Managed technicians, spearheaded logistical planning efforts for data collection, and ensured continuing data quality for a 4-state region🔹Facilitated ongoing collaborations between state, federal, tribal, and nonprofit stakeholders🔹Coordinated outreach to, and relationship-building with, private landowners… Show more 🌾Helped coordinate regional avian population monitoring efforts in the southern Great Plains for the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program 🌾🔹Managed technicians, spearheaded logistical planning efforts for data collection, and ensured continuing data quality for a 4-state region🔹Facilitated ongoing collaborations between state, federal, tribal, and nonprofit stakeholders🔹Coordinated outreach to, and relationship-building with, private landowners on behalf of the IMBCR program Show less

🌎Shared responsibility for managing, monitoring, and maintaining multiple wetland mitigation banks in the state of Georgia 🌎🔹Conducted endangered species surveys at proposed development sites for the energy transmission and power industries🔹Built site-level habitat maps, including delineated wetlands, using GIS analyses and on-the-ground vegetation surveys🔹Performed standardized aquatic sampling of fish and macroinvertebrates to monitor ongoing water quality at 5 target… Show more 🌎Shared responsibility for managing, monitoring, and maintaining multiple wetland mitigation banks in the state of Georgia 🌎🔹Conducted endangered species surveys at proposed development sites for the energy transmission and power industries🔹Built site-level habitat maps, including delineated wetlands, using GIS analyses and on-the-ground vegetation surveys🔹Performed standardized aquatic sampling of fish and macroinvertebrates to monitor ongoing water quality at 5 target sites Show less

🌾Conducted breeding-season avian point counts on private and public lands across in the North American Great Plains as part of the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program 🌾🔹Collected high quality bird and vegetation data in accordance with a set protocol through a well-developed expertise in species identifications.🔹Collaborated with >40 unique private landowners, helping develop valuable lasting partnerships🔹 Entered and managed >10,000… Show more 🌾Conducted breeding-season avian point counts on private and public lands across in the North American Great Plains as part of the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program 🌾🔹Collected high quality bird and vegetation data in accordance with a set protocol through a well-developed expertise in species identifications.🔹Collaborated with >40 unique private landowners, helping develop valuable lasting partnerships🔹 Entered and managed >10,000 data records in a central database. 🔹Employed seasonally from May-August of 2012, 2013, and 2015. Show less