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Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supported with the establishment of client fraud risk management programs and fraud risk assessment. Duties consisted of analyzing survey data, policies, and risk assessments, and interviewing stakeholder to understand the threats, likelihood, and impacts of fraud and waste to their organization, as well as evaluate the effectiveness of their activities to mitigate and prevent fraud and waste.•Authored reports to leadership analyzing the results gather from fraud risk assessments and provided recommendation on how to improve their fraud risk management program•Planned, organized, and coordinated efforts to develop a fraud risk profile to assist client leadership with understanding their fraud risk threats and the appropriate strategies and policies for mitigating those risks

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed strategic initiatives for the asset management office of a government security client. Duties consisted of project planning and management, stakeholder engagement, technical writing, and employee development.•Supported initiative to mitigate risk of loss or theft of high risk or sensitive law enforcement equipment by driving 9 corrective actions identified from an external audit

Houston, Texas Area

Provided strategic insight, planning, and support for value creating initiatives for the company and its clients. Duties consisted of collecting and analyzing data, managing project risks and issues, researching business cases, conducting client interviews, process mapping, creating decks and spreadsheets, managing small teams, and delivering trainings. •Designed tools and templates to efficiently document 12 business processes, assess 100 risks, and evaluate 150 controls and gaps in preparation for an external audit of a financial service client•Led a team that delivered a year long program for 90 incoming analysts to guide their careers, develop their skills, and build their professional networks •Enabled client leadership by creating surveys to accurately target initiatives that resulted in a 5% improvement in employee engagement •Developed and delivered reporting processes that improved accuracy and visibility for tracking the progress of 130 projects located globally and reduced month reporting turnaround from 24 hours to 1 hour•Promoted team awareness of industry trends by publishing bi-weekly summaries of oil and gas news, market data and economic indicators, which achieved readership by senior leadership•Authored internal thought leadership article on security risk management that was published in Energy Insights•Conducted an assessment of a performing arts nonprofit’s educational programs and developed recommendations to better reach and serve their 27,000 participants

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Researched applications of risk management techniques to nuclear nonproliferation and the safeguarding of nuclear materials. •Created educational materials on threat assessment and physical protection systems as part of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Global Threat Reduction Initiative•Examined methods to quantify consequences of a country acquiring nuclear weapons as part of a risk analysis tool•Directed visualization team that created 3 videos for security science courses

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

Researched academic literature, government reports, and regulation on biofuels used in a literature review for a policy publication.

Austin, Texas Area

Analyzed the scope of violent gang activity in Texas and interagency information sharing procedures for tracking gang related crime and membership.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided administrative support for Foreign Service Assignments Team that entailed correspondence with posts, maintenance of the office’s SharePoint site, and management of Excel databases to track bureau positions.

Ankara, Turkey

Delivered administrative support for the Embassy Management Team by planning and providing logistical support for Congressional Delegations, and managing Embassy’s Real Property Database Application for $75,000,000 worth of residential properties.

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Energy And Security Policy, 3.81

Activities and Societies: Future Aggie Law Enforcement Officers Texas A&M Student Conference on National Affairs (SCONA) U.S. State.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science And History