Misha Swanson Brown Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Promoted to Manager of my group.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Baltimore, Maryland

• Managed two (2) staff members while managing a full portfolio of 22 interns, which includes advocating for their best experience, while holding them accountable to Year Up standards of professionalism. • Created multiple processes for the Internship Services department that put the Year Up interns at the center resulting in an intern satisfaction rate of our department 10% higher than Year Up national average. • Facilitated matching 69 students to internships based on skills, technical track, personality and geographic considerations for Jan 2020 internships, resulting in the best retention rate for Year Up Baltimore. • Worked with interns sent home from internship due to COVID-19 to create individualized eLearning plans to maintain their skills and job-readiness.•Worked with program staff and corporate partners to collect requirements and feedback that allow for continuous improvement of our curriculum and business model, ensuring that participants are well-prepared for success in the workplace and in pursuit of higher education goals both as Year Up interns and alumni.•Left due to chapter closing

Baltimore

• Design and development of internal communications plan for Software Asset Management (SAM)• Supported cost savings opportunities with SAM - Last optimization project resulting in $2.1 Million in savings to company

Baltimore

• Manage employee headcount for Cloud & Infrastructure organization consisting of over 400 people, including creating 5 year budget, and monthly financial reporting and variance analysis • Coordinate Resource and Demand Planning process, which involves engaging across organizations and various levels of leadership. Worked to develop systematic approach; implemented process, and facilitate bi-weekly meeting. • Implemented structured process for work order creation, as well as standard processes around R&DP and headcount.• Mastery of large volumes of data to ensure accurate and timely turnaround for ad hoc analysis

Reisterstown, Md

Employee number two in a small brokerages. Covered varied tasks including transaction coordination, property management, customer database tracking, monthly metrics, budgeting and forecasting. Licensed Real Estate agent March 2015 - March 2017.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Managed three multi-million dollar long term Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Contracts; managed three (3) Dry Shielded Canister Fabrication Contracts valued from $10M to $35M; interfaced with vendors on commercial issues; tracked and forecasted fuel capital budget. • Negotiated 5% savings on fabrication contract extension by leveraging relationship with vendor• Averted CENG paying for $20k analysis by questioning contract base scope language• Tracked vendor’s performance to ensure contractual incentives and liquidated damages were properly calculated

Volunteer position to promote young people working in the nuclear industry around the globe.

Columbia, Sc

Daily responsibilities include: Production planning for nuclear fuel assembly components to ensure short-term demand pipelines and long-term demand pipelines remain relatively balanced; analyzing flexibility and ability to respond to changes in available resources; coordination of outgoing shipments to foreign partners and customers.

Columbia, Sc

Daily responsibilities included: understanding and communicating customer’s needs to the manufacturing operations, act as a focal point for two customers, negotiate with customers on commercial issues, order implementation, documentation and resolution for three customers owning six plants.Projects included: Involved in first manufacturing campaign of fuel design Facility and received recognition for contributions and leadership. Coordinated and facilitated comprehensive project review to document changes from first campaign and ensure improvement for following fabrication campaigns. Continued to drive improvement through project reviews after each campaign.Continued involvement with NAYGN as Westinghouse-Columbia chapter lead.

Salem, Nj

Daily responsibilities included: analyzed chemistry data for three nuclear units, supported foreign material exclusion (FME) awareness activities by making presentations to stakeholders, and long term planning for vendor’s inspection activities on plant site.Participated in audits at fuel fabrication vendors and participated in NUPIC audit as Technical Specialist of Westinghouse-Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in June 2003 and Westinghouse-Sweden Facility in June 2004. Projects included: Managed successful first time implementation of inspection technique, included contacting other utilities and resolving technical issues of on site departments with vendor. Documented project review and applied to second implementation. Received recognition for coordinating root cause examination of fuel assembly, which included a documentation changes, working with a foreign vendor, and interfacing across departments. Founding member of company chapter of NAYGN (North American Young Generation in Nuclear), which promotes the nuclear industry to peers with less than 10 years of experience.