Innovation Manager
Current• Directed 5-person NASA engagement team for innovation challenge including outreach to 375 Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and 7 subject matter webinars to attract candidates, resulting in 225% increase in challenge submissions and culminating in 9-team Pitch Event held at NASA HQ and $300K in prizes• Led Defense Health Agency Analysis of Alternative (AoA) engagement for application deployment platform, orchestrated 2 evaluation workshops for qualitative and quantitative inputs to create rigorous recommendation for development phase