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Lorton, Virginia, Us

BusPatrol's mission is to make the journey to and from school safer for children everywhere by modernizing school buses. BusPatrol is a leader in smart transportation, bringing cutting-edge artificial intelligence and safety technology solutions to school buses across North America.• Lead talent management efforts for the company including learning and development, performance management, culture-building, leadership development and assessment, job design, and workforce planning. Established the first comprehensive leadership development program in the company's history. • Currently serving as the leader of the company's People Operations team in the absence of a Chief People Officer, leading our support in employee relations, compensation and benefits optimization, and HR compliance.• Led the company's implementation of a talent management platform, Cornerstone on Demand, including learning, performance management, and succession management tool sets. • Led the development of Cultural Pillars for the company, implemented through a custom-developed leadership competency model, 360-degree leadership assessments, and communications and reward/recognition programs.• Partnered with operations leaders to redesign role definitions for the major employee groups in field operations and client operations, created job tiering that supports career growth and development and performance management.

Vienna, Virginia, Us

Led the visioning, planning and execution of enterprise-wide learning and talent development strategy for 800+ MyEyeDr. locations nationwide. • Created the first comprehensive leadership development program in the company's history focused on all levels from aspiring to senior leaders, driving increased retention and sales. • Developed strategy and programs related to career development and mobility, improving retention in those roles. • Served as Vice President of HR Operations, leading the company's HR Business Partner and Employee Relations team during a 2020 pandemic office closure and return period, overseeing office reopening, associate workforce restructuring, and the establishment of COVID-19 safety protocols for offices.

Washington, Dc, Us

Children’s National Hospital is the premier provider of pediatric care in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Serving the nation’s children since 1870, Children’s National is a proven leader in the development and application of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury.• Established and led the Children's National Leader Academy, which focuses on the improvement of organizational performance and employee engagement. Program included a DEI focus in both senior leader diversity training and a diversity-focused Rising Leaders program.• Led the organization-wide program to define, for the first time, Children's National Core Values and Behaviors and hard-wire them in performance management, talent acquisition, and reward and recognition programs.• Established, for the first time, organizational talent assessment and succession planning tools and processes for Children's. • Led the streamlining and development of tool sets supporting performance management, corrective actions, and employee relations.• Led the functional implementation of a comprehensive Talent Management technical platform, Cornerstone including learning management, performance management, succession planning, and incentive goal setting modules.• Guided the organization's Talent Acquisition team on an interim basis, aligning processes and coaching team members.

Lake Oswego, Or, Us

Led the leadership and professional development efforts for KU’s 30,000-employee workforce nationwide, including development and delivery of leadership development, teacher education, employee engagement, and onboarding programs.• Met the need for awareness and buy-in on a new corporate strategic plan by redesigning a critical 28,000-participant professional development event, with over 90% of survey respondents indicating the sessions empowered them to successfully implement the strategy.• Managed teams that designed multiple strategic leadership development investments, including key sessions linking engagement and performance for a summit of 250 managers company-wide, and a redesign of the company's field leader onboarding program to reduce time to proficiency for these leaders.• Led a cross-functional program team that dramatically increased KU’s 2013 Gallup Employee Engagement Survey participation, and established a coaching program that empowered and prepared senior company leaders to improve their team's engagement.

Mclean, Va, Us

Led a 60-person, $15M Human Capital and Learning consulting practice focused on the U.S. Department of Defense market, with P&L responsibility and leadership for client relationship management, revenue growth, and product development and marketing. Partnered with senior client executives to improve employee and organizational performance.• Led a 40-person, $20M cross-functional Learning Management System technology implementation and training program resulting in client receiving a U.S. Distance Learning Association Best Practice award.• Quadrupled annual DoD market sales for the practice in less than five years while exceeding profit and billability targets.• Led the company’s Diversity Stars program, part of the Board Diversity Initiative aimed at improving equity and inclusion through education of the firm’s leaders.• Received the Booz Allen Excellence Award for Client Delivery (highest corporate achievement award) for leadership on DoD Joint Knowledge Capability program.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led multiple federal government learning programs. Consulted with clients to meet training and education needs of the workforce and developed tailored training solutions to address those needs. Designed and led development of training and performance support initiatives for a federal e-services program, including over thirty web-based and instructor-led courses with an audience of 850,000 users.

Arlington, Va, Us

Led an effort to promote accelerated enrollment in Algebra courses for underserved students, doubling the size of program in three years. Developed an innovative teacher training program to improve student performance on state exams. Nominated for school’s Teacher of the Year award.

Maynard, Ma, Us

Completed company’s high-potential Financial Development Program with rotational cross-functional job assignments. Initiated a profit-based project analysis method and presented it to senior U.S. sales management, winning approval.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Management And Organization

Master Of Education (Med)

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics, With Honors