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• Lead a team of data analysts supporting the marketing of a multitude of agriculture commodities as part of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.• Develop analytical tools to support data driven decision making and improve operational efficiencies for an organization comprised of over 4,600 employees with an annual budget of over $2 billion.

• Oversee data and technology integration efforts in acquiring, storing, and analyzing big data for internal and public use.• Designed and developed data visualization tools using Tableau, Power BI, and Tibco Spotfire to enhance operational effectiveness and improve customer service by providing information in visual form improving insight and supporting data-based decision making.

• Operated as a project manager and data visualization architect using Spotfire and Tableau software to develop interactive data based visualization tools to simplify analytical analysis.

• Directed technical and administrative functions of two state programs collecting and disseminating time-sensitive commodity market information which provided transparency and fluidity to these markets allowing them to operate more efficiently.• Through efficient allocation of resources and collaboration with partner entities, achieved a 7 to 1 return on investment.• Managed and directed 14 employees spanning two states who published 2,800 reports annually.

• Collected, analyzed, and disseminated agriculture commodity market information entailing volumes and prices comprising $55 million worth of daily trade. The information reported was the source of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures cash-settled index price. The notional daily value of this futures trade was $1 billion with an additional $225 million in options.

• Managed quality control services provided to agriculture industries via contracts worth $2.60 million/yr.• Effectively fostered the inflation adjusted financial growth of the program by 29% over 5 years.• Planned, directed, and coordinated staffing and work assignments for 14 full time and seven part time federal employees as well as four state employees at 12 processing plants spanning three states.

• Provided quality control of meat and eggs at production facilities producing over 1 million eggs and 730,000 lbs. of chicken a day.• Oversaw several employees as Grader in Charge at multi-grader plants.• Verified conformance to five separate contract specifications and six different export requirements.

• Served as lead advisor on a Provincial Reconstruction Team managing approximately $5 million in contracts.• Researched the economic viability of exporting high value commodities by applying empirical analysis to quantitative and qualitative data.• Developed and organized a farm to market initiative which yielded approximately $300,000 gross revenue within one year for local farmers.

• Promoted wildland fire management prevention and provided wildfire suppression on a hand crew and fire engine. I also led a squad of three to five firefighters.• Thinned areas of the National Forest of excess timber to allow healthy timber to thrive. Identified and marked timber for sale.• Created controlled burns to reduce excess fuel and mitigate the impact of wildfires.• Executed recreation trail maintenance and construction as well as wilderness management plans and enforced regulations for wilderness areas. Informed the public about rules, regulations, fees, and recreational information in the national forests.

• Promoted progressive natural resource and land use management via government and local community combined oversight.•Worked with non-government organizations GTZ and World Vision on implementation of dam and windmill irrigation scheme which yielded a 300% increase in production on the irrigated land.• Trained nine village natural resource committees consisting of over 200 individuals on tree nursery establishment and management.

• Provided a quantitative monetary value for environmental services provided by riparian areas in the city using compiled data and computer programs ArcView GIS and CITYgreen.• Assisted in data collection and application of the valuation program using extrapolated information from surveys. • Presented the final data to provide cost/benefit analysis for land use planning and to provide better natural resource management.