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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Supporting threat assessment and threat management training for K-12, Higher Education, Corporate, and Public Sector organizations.

Arlington, Va, Us

- Developed safety reporting tools for manufacturing, lone-worker, offices, universities, and government agencies in 19 countries, blending safety system design & product management.- Delivered the 3 most highly-requested feature improvements, the first tailored system improvements in nearly 5 years.- Trained stakeholders (i.e. security, HR, IT) to prepare for and address critical events across global organizations, guiding a focus on proactive engagement to empower their community members to ask for help and identify emerging risks.

Arlington, Va, Us

- Built social link between company’s core e-learning programs and safety communications tool to help customers connect safety topics with how to get help.- Reported to C-Suite on $110m integration project, managing 4 direct reports and supporting cross-functional team of 38.

Arlington, Va, Us

LiveSafe, Inc. acquired by Vector Solutions, Oct. 2020.- Created and led customer-focused analysis team to rapidly learn and demonstrate value.- Increased usage of safety communications systems across customer base by 52% year-over-year by developing strategies, training, and playbooks together with end users and senior representatives from partner security teams.- Built research partnership with Syracuse & Univ. of Illinois to study safety engagement and published the first-ever study of crowd-sourced tiplines using real anonymized user data.- Overseeing COVID-19 response, developed symptom screening product offering and supported client communications, helping universities and corporate customers maintain resilience.- Shifting focus from rare, high-severity incidents to common, low-severity incidents to increase the value and reduce the costs of reporting

Stanford, Ca, Us

Exploring the role of technology in creating more resilient, peaceful behaviors; analyzing human factors of community-sourced risk reporting; and developing concepts for Environmental, Social, Governance-style investment in order to maximize impact and minimize political risk.

Palo Alto, California, Us

- Developed investable products on political risk and government spending, deployed as Nasdaq ETF.- Oversaw NLP analysis of government and global policy documents, creating tools for political researchers- Supported startup growth, developing processes, and improving communication

Palo Alto, California, Us

Innovation Education:- Developed and directed the Silicon Valley Innovation Academy (SVIA), teaching international student entrepreneurs in Design Thinking & Lean Methodologies- Built curriculum for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), training 10,000 entrepreneurs across the African continentNational Security at Speed & Urgency- Hacking for Defense: problem translation & refinement, user-centric hackathons, and industry engagement.- Consulting with a range of government agencies on innovative processes and technologies.Leading & managing an all-star team of analysts.

Stanford, California, Us

Oversaw 6 remote researchers working alongside data coding team in Manila. Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis of military and rebel activity in the Philippines, including field research in Manila & Bohol; conducted & analyzed interviews, government documents, and academic scholarship to address questions of government force posture and rebel return programs during counterterrorism and counterinsurgency campaigns.Efforts were largely undertaken to support counterinsurgency efforts by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and inform American military doctrines, including an emphasis on why insurgents surrender and the effectiveness of different military units in conducting counterinsurgency operations.

Washington, Dc, Us

Wrote the first three Memoranda of Cooperation between the Department and its partner ministries in Afghanistan, oversaw DOT policy on transportation assistance to Afghanistan, and developed the Department's International Strategic Plan on behalf of the Assistant Secretary of Aviation and International Affairs.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Taught political science courses to gifted high school students, and designed a capstone simulation of an Iranian incursion into Afghanistan.

Washington, Dc, Us

Served as the State Department point-of-contact for the Delegation during the 3rd Senior Officials Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, coordinating movements and scheduling for Canadian Minister of State (Transport).

Stanford, California, Us

Researched and wrote memos on issues of nuclear proliferation and energy for Professor Scott Sagan, including a report for Sagan's presentation to the Presidential Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future.

Interviewed sources, researched pertinent topics, and wrote articles centered around on-campus issues and events.

Portland, Or, Us

In an effort to more effectively and efficiently bring joy to seriously sick children, I rewrote the Volunteer Training Manual and halved its cost of production, assisted the Volunteer Program Coordinator in training mentors, organized events for patients at local children’s hospitals, designed advertisements as well as commemorative books for patients and sponsors, and participated in fundraising activities.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science & International Security

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