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Position Overview/Challenge: Charged with the design, development and implementation of special projects enterprise-wide directed toward strategic business and organizational initiatives, leadership, coaching and mentoring of project teams, budget management and analysis, and liaison with broadcast media and outlets.Key Achievements:• Designed, drove and produced all system requirements of multiple large-scale productions, such as the Global Leadership Summit and the Dave Ramsey EntreLeadership, including lighting and set design, live network broadcasting, safety protocols and camera production.• Designed, implemented, and rolled out a state-of-the art, multi-campus emergency communication system to replace an antiquated legacy system, including frequency layout and security protocol programming for 125 radios and subsequent FCC licensing, enabling a higher performing and cost-efficient system saving more than 80% in original costs, doubling radio range, and vast improvements in audio clarity and security.• Championed and steered the development of an emergency FEMA shelter within 36 hours after Hurricane Harvey sheltering more than 650 evacuees including national guard medical evacuations and emergency medical triage facilities. Managed 950+ volunteers, donations and 120,000 meals distributed to local communities in need.• Spearheaded and managed FEMA disaster recovery for residences affected by Hurricane Harvey including the management and training of 2,200 volunteers encompassing 15,000+ volunteer hours and ongoing liaison with international aid agencies to secure the donation of goods and distribution of aid.

Position Overview/Challenge: Charged with all aspects of the tactical direction and implementation of business process automation controls including timeline and resources management, cost and budget tracking, timeline adherence, and fulfillment of cross-functional organizational goals and initiatives.Key Achievements:• Managed and directed implementation and upgrade plans that resulted in the ability to successfully meet the defined deliverables, adhere to amended budgets and timelines, and fulfill client goals and requirements.• Orchestrated and oversaw the configuration and installation of bar-coding processes designed for manufacturing environments that enabled the ability to control production, optimum usage of resources, and shipping schedules.

Senior ConsultantPosition Overview/Challenges: Charged with the strategic implementation of project management controls (PMCS) for client global exploration and production projects including the design of database security overlay plans, user compliance audits, definition and development of operational and implementation procedures and best practices, risk management workflow modules, management of changes, and engineering technical practice deviation. Clients included: BP, Chevron CBRES and Freeport LNG.Key Achievements:• Freeport LNG - In partnership with senior management, joint venture partners, and financial backers, classified and defined work breakdown structure (WBS), documentation, and identification of business processes enabling the development and implementation of a cost and schedule tracking system and procedures to accomplish best practices reporting requirements for three different entities - owners, engineering and construction. • British Petroleum (BP) – Audited, redesigned, and standardized project drop-down options, tasks, and action areas eliminating more than 90% of superfluous categories allowing for the first time ever, the ability to strategically manage the project by offering more relevant data, and once rolled out to all projects, every project could be compared to each other and uncover ‘best practices. My redesign, subsequently, was utilized as the standard-of-record to expand ‘best practices’ to all of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) projects enabling senior management to compare all GOM projects to more effectively manage risk, progress, deliverables, and costs. • Chevron OAMG Nigeria - Oversaw an audits/claims project whose total construction costs had escalated from an initial $2.2BB estimate to a projected $16BB enabling the discovery for the vast discrepancy between the original estimate and actual construction costs.

Financial Consultant Position Overview/Challenges: Retained to advise high-net worth clients and families on personalized wealth management strategies including trusts, estate planning and gifting tactics, client relationship management, reporting and delivery of quarterly/annual financial statements, and regulatory compliance. Built and managed crucial strategicpartnerships with JPMorgan Chase, BBVA Compass and Raymond James.Key Achievements:• Despite market fluctuations, grew business by more than 600%.• Successfully completed Series 7 & 66 Securities Licenses.

Position Overview/Challenge: Charged with the strategic management and tactical direction of the day-to-day operations for the United States and Canada including budget development and management, cash flow projections, software implementations, staff management, training and development, and marketing.Key Achievements: • Developed and implemented complex technical specifications for an earned-value cost management system enabling the ability to meet detailed reporting requirements as specified in the contracts between the major oil and gas companies and the construction operators. • Spearheaded and managed the development of enterprise software implementations including custom development, integration, security parameters, business processes, and training and rollout guaranteeing security of proprietary information and data.