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Bloomington, Indiana, United States

At Student First Technologies, I've been at the forefront of transforming education funding accessibility. By leading platform implementations and improving operational processes, we've opened doors for thousands of families to access tailored educational opportunities. I've developed targeted training materials that reduce support needs while empowering users to navigate our systems confidently. Through strategic vendor partnerships, we've consistently stayed ahead of product fulfillment challenges, ensuring our clients can focus on their mission rather than operational hurdles.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

In this role, I tackled the challenge of translating complex software into user-friendly experiences for state-level education programs. By creating comprehensive onboarding materials and multi-format training resources, including video content, we turned potentially daunting tech adoptions into smooth, empowering experiences for participating users. Balancing technical project management with responsive user support became my trademark, ensuring successful launches that met both technical requirements and user needs.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Arlington, Virginia, United States

At Stand Together, I pitched a vision for new product development experiment hypothesized to enable a new kind of technology-driven experience for philanthropic donors. By effectively communicating the vision and its potential impact, our team secured crucial funding for new product development. My focus on collaboration with product development consultancies optimized development costs, stretching our resources further. I also shared market and technology product innovations and thought leadership to peers across the organization by publishing weekly newsletters.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

In this role, I spearheaded a transformative project to streamline our Summit Invitation process, significantly enhancing our business development efforts. By leveraging our existing Salesforce CRM capabilities, I led the transition from a manual, error-prone event invite process to an automated, efficient workflow. The initiative involved close collaboration with cross-functional teams, meticulous process design, and dedicated user testing. Prior to go-live, I delivered virtual onboarding training for fundraisers. Adoption resulted in dramatic reduction of administrative workflow from 28 days to just 1-2 days, freeing up valuable time for donor engagement.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Conducted prospect research to identify high net worth donors for Indiana University system. Performed data analysis to segment and identify donors for specific initiatives or university designations. Generated donor prospecting and research for IU Regional Campuses.

Athens, Georgia

Supported two professors through news sentiment analysis and documenting research methods on potential causes of Supreme Court member retirement and on presidential power overreach.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Contributed to literature review of a peer-reviewed publication on religious pluralism in Tunisian and Egyptian contexts, also on effect of Papal publications and edicts on American Catholic political opinion. Taught undergraduate session on Political Methodology, later supporting undergraduate student use of The Supreme Court Database hosted by Washington University of St. Louis.

Bachelor Of Arts, English, Political Science

Certificate, Alternative Investments

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Political Science And Government

Certificate, Disruptive Strategy