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*Proficiently manage a team of 10 professionals, overseeing their daily activities, performance, and professional development.*Lead and coordinate software implementation projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and timelines.*Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, assess needs and.

• Served as the technical project manager overseeing end-to-end management, performance, and completion of new product installation for Varonis
• Acted as primary liaison between key stakeholders, internal subject matter experts, and external partners, ensuring seamless communication and coordination while diligently tracking task status.
• Proactively engaged with customers to assess current and future needs, effectively communicating feedback to internal teams and departments to enhance overall customer satisfaction and service delivery.
• Provided comprehensive development, administrative, and support services for Varonis product as a certified Varonis Administrator, ensuring optimal functionality and performance for clients.

• Perform information system security vulnerability scanning through Rapid7, to discover and analyze vulnerabilities and characterize risks to networks, operating systems, applications, databases, and other information.
• Work within the guidelines of KPI’s to decrease vulnerabilities on more than 40,000 desktops and servers across more than 100 agencies.
• Influence stakeholders to prioritize and execute risk management initiatives, and drive remediation of process and technology gaps
• Manages tracking and remediation of vulnerabilities by leveraging agreed-upon actions plans and timelines with responsible technology developers and support teams.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

*Developed and executed comprehensive cybersecurity awareness and training programs to educate employees about security risks, best practices, and compliance requirements to improve both organizational and individual performance to more than 35,000 state and contract workers.*Designed engaging and interactive training materials, including e-learning.

*Provided expert guidance and support to clients on a wide range of human resources matters, including recruitment, employee relations, performance management, and compliance.*Counseled and advised 150 employees (exempt and non-exempt), and management on Human Resource programs, developmental opportunities, and day-to-day inquiries on any HR related.

*Managed various HR functions including recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, and HRIS administration. *Conducted recruitment activities such as job postings, resume screenings, interviewing, and candidate selection to fill open positions.*Administered employee benefit programs and facilitated open enrollment, resolving.

• Responsible for hiring of all staff both medical and administrative, handling of labor relations, implementing health and occupational programs, as well as training programs for continuous improvement of the organization
• Develop compensation structure and administer performance evaluations, perform centralized recruiting activities, prepare recruiting announcements, and other information concerning job vacancies, interview applicants.
• Oversee core business and operational development functions such as purchasing, finance, quality control, budgeting, and material management within the medical operation while working within the guidelines of a 501(C) 3.
• Serve as representative for the facility on numerous committees within the community for public relation purposes and awareness

Greenville, North Carolina Area

• Provide extensive case management, intervention services to criminal offenders released to the community, and job placement assistance for over 200 high and low risk juvenile and adult former offenders while.
• Complete new client assessments for the purpose of developing a plan moving toward self-sufficiency, including assessment of offender’s needs for job placement and community based support
• Handling all aspects of case planning and case management including but not limited to updating records, complying to grant requirements, and evaluating offender’s progress
• Collaborate with division of prisons and corrections to utilize evidence based practice, while demonstrating effective writing, speaking, and analytical skills

Cary, NC

Supervising training, screening of applicant, interviewing new hires, as well as handling accounts receivables, deposits at financial institutions, opening and closing duties, customer service and sales for new and existing clients Responsible for inventory of over 200 cars, managing reservations which includes online databases and call centers, follow up.