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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Lead a team in the development of the vision, strategy, and plan for enhancing professional development, career advancement, alumni connection, employer engagement, mentoring opportunities, and outcomes for all SAIS students and alumni; coordinate with colleagues within SAIS and across Johns Hopkins to facilitate experiential learning programs preparing students for their future careers; apply data-informed decision-making and knowledge of employment trends to enhance employer connections, alumni engagement, and career design programs to empower every student to pursue their professional ambitions and maximize career advancement opportunities regardless of background, or social capital.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Provide data strategy, analytics and business intelligence (BI) consulting services for higher education and workforce development clients; lead cross-functional teams with agile product and project management; workforce and higher education business development including customer development, engagement and marketing strategy, and product roadmap planning.• Buffalo Futures: Project manager for $250K contract to design and develop a community website for 16–25-year-old opportunity youth to explore family-sustaining career pathways and access coaching support; set site specifications and scoping based on user interviews and client feedback; conducted functionality and accessibility testing for mobile and desktop sites; provided data and application solutions that helped the client scale 30+ career pathways with API integration of local training programs and success stories. • Datastop.io: Manage data quality assurance and ETL process for over 20 federal datasets which are used across multiple Vantage Point applications; responsible for data validation and quality review processes, documentation of sources, data refresh automation, and product testing. • American Council on Education (ACE): Designed Power BI application data models and dashboard for ACE's Modernized Military Guide that tracked registrations, engagement, and credit articulations for over 600 institutions; reports integrated public and propriety data sources, monitored KPIs, and provided first-time insights into over $1M in cost avoidance in TA benefits at pilot schools. • State Council for Higher Education in Virginia (SCHEV): Developed Power BI dashboard for research project on post-secondary outcomes; reports visualized correlations between high school college going rates, socioeconomic status by counties and urban rural populations.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Supervised team of more than 20 including associate directors, career coaches, data analyst, communications manager, and student staff. Managed 200+ career programs, career-course content development, and coaching services for 10,000+ students and alumni. Directed data management, analysis, and visualization processes for career engagement and outcomes. Served as liaison with alumni relations, faculty, academic deans, admissions and family offices on major projects, events, volunteer management, and donor relations. • Increased student engagement by 30% over two years while reducing number of planned programs through data-driven strategic planning, partnerships with faculty and student organizations, and targeted marketing based on student need and professional interests.• Achieved 8% increase in salaries of $60K+ and reduced undergraduate still-looking rate from 12% to 7% by updating the post-gradation survey process, increasing reporting rates, and improving salary negotiation coaching services. • Reduced marketing content production by 50% while increasing outreach to students by creating PR protocols, shifting to digital outreach, designing communication request form and management sheet, and coaching communication team on project and campaign management. • Attained 96% rating of students agreeing that programs enhanced professional development and 23% improvement in coaching satisfaction by focusing on student feedback, partnerships, and staff development.• Improved net promoter score by 8 points and reduced event no-show rates by 20% by developing new protocols and strategy for program planning, management, evaluation, and improvement.• Selected to lead Career Services Council Technology Group and responsible for managing online resources for 11 career offices serving 26,000+ students and alumni; served as steward on GW Data Governance Committee.

Baku, Baki, Azerbaijan

Designed and taught executive-level courses on advanced presentation skills, effective communication, and team development; advised career office on curriculum, content, systems and program development; taught masters-level career courses and provided individual advising for all masters-level students. • Expanded executive education offerings by 30% resulting in contracts with top corporate and government clients including BP, European Games Staff, Azerbaijan’s Central Bank and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.• Increased career content for masters-level courses by 60+% by redesigning and integrating professional skills, job search simulations, teamwork assessments and employer engagement into curriculum. • Advised staff in development and implementation of first annual professional development conference which involved 300 students and employer participants.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Led Career Services coaching team in strategic planning and implementation of over 200 annual programs; guided staff on logistics, resource allocation and quality control in a demanding and complex environment. • Expanded career development programming to 98% of students by working with student leaders, faculty and the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs to restructure the academic schedule and integrate required professional development into the curriculum.• Created preparation programs for Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) and Foreign Service Exam applications that contributed to SAIS being consistently ranked among the top 3 U.S. schools with the most PMF program finalists.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Provided coaching, organized programming and managed employer and alumni relations across all sectors with a focus on diplomacy, intelligence, politics, think tanks, energy and environment. Accomplishments• Created annual recognition program for industry-focused student groups, which strengthened the university’s relationships with top public, private and non-profit employers in the International Trade, Energy and Environmental sectors.• Led the transition and implementation of a new SaaS career management system; develop new data collection guidelines and reporting structure which increased channel marketing of opportunities and programs.

Tokyo, Japan

Designed and delivered English language lessons for elementary, junior high school, and adult learners. Created innovative and highly interactive lesson plans and material. Assisted lead teachers in the development of speaking and listening tests to evaluate student learning. Clients included: Mitsubishi, Japan National Oil Company, small business owners, and middle and elementary schools in two districts of Tokyo.

Greater St. Louis Area

Implemented outdoor adventure program for over 1000 students in North St. Louis as part of a federally-funded program to increase science and math scores for inner-city students; learning modules included integration of science and math curriculum into rafting, cave exploration and adventure games. Facilitated team-building programs for corporate groups, high schools, and colleges; incorporated concepts of experiential learning, multiple learning styles and diversity into team building actives.

Directed the development of three to four new chapters annually; recruited, trained and advised chapter members; worked remotely coaching student and alumni leaders on organizational development and implementation of member training programs; received student-recognition awards for advising excellence. Trained staff, alumni and students on the implementation of fraternity’s Leadership, Ethics, Achievement and Development (LEAD) program; modules included concepts of ethical decision making, time management, risk management, project management, visionary leadership, and effect change. Redeveloped new chapter accreditation process incorporating assessment of group development through documentation of mission statements, goals, and leadership programming

Nation-Wide

Served as consultant for twenty to thirty chapters annually; conducted onsite visits to evaluate chapter operations and provide guidance on leadership. Developed and led various workshops on operations, management, and chapter discipline; coached chapter leaders on personal development and leadership challenges.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Graduate Assistant - Student Organizations • Coordinated student leadership development program and advised students in planning.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International And Intercultural Communication

Graduate Assistant - International Service Learning • Participant and graduate advisor for Project Dharamshala, an international student.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Cultural Anthropology