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Falls Church, Va, Us

Lead daily execution including scope, cost, schedule, and risk management for a ground segment and systems integration program enabling a critical global security mission. Establish realistic and executable program management baseline, coach control account managers, and ensure strong agile/earned value management discipline. Establish strong customer relationships and develop briefs and communications that build trust, accurately convey results, and drive successful business outcomes. Resolve technical issues through facilitation, collaboration, creative thinking, and team empowerment.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Drive the business operations and manage the divisional-level cadence for a $2B tactical space systems portfolio. Facilitate collaboration and integration across business units and functions to achieve business objectives and enable customer missions. Identify new and creative people, process, and technology solutions to optimize team effectiveness & efficiency. Support development of the long-range strategic plan, annual operating plan, and business objectives.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Led the implementation of Workday - a $50M enterprise-wide digital transformation initiative - over a 2-year period with 200 team members including an external implementation partner. Launched the product to 85K employees in 8 countries and accommodated a multibillion dollar divestiture. Delivered on time and under budget. Drove the transition to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) through strong agile discipline, application of Kanban framework, and advanced Scrum knowledge. Develop digital HR & Workday product roadmaps, vision, and guiding principles. Rationalize investments and optimize portfolio across HR domains and employee experiences. Partner with key stakeholders, users, and executives to identify product challenges and opportunities to delight users. Cultivate collaborative relationships with internal and external and external customers, providing solutions that align with their needs. Manage a team of 13 direct reports. Mentor and empower a team of 8 product owners.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Led a team of IO Psych and Competitive Intelligence professionals in the design and execution of research to inform key people decisions and shape employee experience. Transformed raw survey data into real-time insights by integrating data flow through to Tableau. Developed guides to provide fact-based information regarding competitor talent strategies to inform recruiting, talent management, and total rewards strategies. Used emerging data to target available talent pools in specific geographic areas. Democratized attrition insights through the development of an enterprise-wide exit survey and results dashboard to inform retention strategies.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Led cross-functional teams of data scientists, data engineers, and UX designers to deliver analytics capabilities. Provided thought leadership on analytics strategy and led the full lifecycle of analytics product delivery. Reduced reporting labor and provided business insights to save an estimated $2M in annual costs.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Designed and conducted analytical research into competitor and customer strategy, comparative business performance across a number of metrics, and other special analyses. Informed a multi-million dollar manufacturing investment through detailed research into market and competitor approaches.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Collected and disseminated competitive intelligence to support priority pursuits and inform strategy across the sector. Contributions supported the award of a multi-year, multi-billion dollar contract.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Conducted analyses for the Marine Corps Studies System through operations research, modeling and simulation, database development, and other analytical methods using a variety of tools. Served as interim task lead for a $500K database development effort and supported the on-time delivery of 12 task orders. Briefed customers on results, including one-star general.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mathematical Sciences

Strategy Development Executive Program

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mathematics