Assistant Vice President, Quality And Performance Improvement Manager
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Broad leadership experience in all aspects of the FEMA HIS program related to quality performance and cost. Provided overall leadership and direction for implementing the project’s quality management plan. Responsibilities included identifying, designing, measuring, prioritizing, and monitoring all quality management activities pertaining to inspection quality control (QC), quality assurance (QA), and inspector training. Directed and led the development and performance of quality management personnel, including inspection quality review, field QC, and learning and development. Organized and assisted in leading annual joint operational training exercises with FEMA. Continually promoted a project-wide culture of quality. Identified risks and analyzed trends in quality before and during events to assess risk and determine how to reach performance benchmarks. Emphasized early detection of errors and corrective action. Managed 12 full-time and up to 45 part-time employees. Maintained cost-controls to produce timely, quality, customer service-oriented inspections regardless of activity levels. Performed on 300+ HIS task orders completing 6+ million inspections. A thought leader in disaster services, continually proposing innovations to FEMA. Authored multiple white papers to improve and maximize performance. A key personnel and technical contributor to multiple contract awards and a trusted adviser to FEMA.