• Appointed by the Nevada Governor to serve a three-year term from May 1, 2021, to April 30, 2024 (https://cpe.nv.gov/About/Commissioners/).• The commission provides licensing and regulatory oversight of private educational institutions. • At the Governor’s direction, the commission serves as the State Approving Agency which provides oversight and approval for those institutions that offer training to veterans.• Works with full time staff to analyze financial and other documents on incoming applications.• Have advocated for and am serving on a subcommittee to strengthen Nevada Administrative Codes and Nevada Revised Statutes governing operations of private for-profit and non-profit postsecondary institutions.

• Adjunct Faculty Work: Conducted undergraduate and graduate certification courses for Project Management and Information Technology under a PMI-certified project management preparation program for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification including introduction to leadership. (https://www.scps.virginia.edu/faculty/stories/steven-soares)• Curriculum Development: Worked with UVA Educational Outreach coordinator and designed program management and leadership courses at the request of the Department of Defense (DOD) and other public organizations.• Online Learning: Contributed to implementation of the online, web-based curriculum while developing technology enhanced learning objectives for other faculty members.• Federal Acquisition Certification: Obtained Level III Project Manager, Senior IT, through the Federal Acquisition Institute and Level III, Senior Federal Contracting Officer Representative. Classroom Experience - University of Virginia, School of Continuing and Professional StudiesAdjunct Instructor – IT 326W, Project Management in Technology 2001-2002Adjunct Instructor – PC 521, Project Risk Management 2002-2003Adjunct Instructor – PSPM 5230, The Project Manager and Managing the Project Team 2002-2012Incorporated leadership and team dynamics into the course in accordance with Appendix X3 of the Project Management Book of Knowledge.Adjunct Instructor – PSPM 5240, Introduction to Purchasing 2007-2015Adjunct Instructor – PSPM 5250, Introduction to IT Systems Project Management 2011-2015Adjunct Instructor – Project Management for Non-Project Managers 2016-2017Worked with Outreach Education Regional Manager to develop this non-credit course for a Department of Defense organization. Course focused on PMI project management principles and navigating team dynamics.

• Grants Management – Worked with Department offices on audits of grants management allocations and record-keeping.• Internal Controls: Led and produced 94-page internal control audit report recognized by the Office of Inspector General as effectively documenting and assessing the adequacy of controls and providing recommendations for payment integrity.• Audits – Managed the internal audits team and worked with the grants management system. Also monitored Federal Student Aid proprietary school audits in their EZ Audit System. Team created and maintained a dashboard of real time audit data utilizing information from the Audit Accountability and Resolution Tracking System.• Inter-Agency Representative: Served as the Department lead and co-chaired a 26 Federal agency workgroup on improper payments and fraud reduction while integrating the work with OMB and GAO.• Data Analytics Program – Led of team of analysts to analyze financial and audit data for dashboards using MS SharePoint with a variety of tools, i.e., TIBCO Spotfire, MS Power BI, and SAS.• Finance and Other Systems Oversight: Acted as Project Manager on the cash reconciliation system (FISERV Frontier) and seamlessly passed a cybersecurity assessment with zero deficiencies. Acted as System Owner for the Department’s school audit system, the Audit Accountability and Resolution Tracking System (AARTS).• Federal Project Management and Acquisition Certifications: Awarded Federal Acquisition Certification Senior IT Level III and Contracting Officer Representative, Level III.

• Process Reengineering: Standardized processes between the branches while developing collaborative business process solutions with Navy Commands, Department of Defense (DFAS), and Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), an SAP system.• Continuous Improvement: Improved financial management business and system processes by efficiently and effectively providing oversight on the travel program.• Tracking Improper Payments: Developed automated tool to track, monitor, and recover funds in conjunction with Navy Commands in collecting over $85M in outstanding travel debts. • Policy Development: Ensured financial management policies and procedures developed by Congress, GAO, OMB, Department of Defense and the DFAS are properly coordinated and implemented throughout the Department of the Navy.• Recognition Awards: Department of Defense, Undersecretary of Defense Comptroller & Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Management & Comptroller.• Certification: Earned Lean Six Sigma, Green Belt certification

• Notable assignments included managing hospital and clinic reception, patient administration desks at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army Veterinary Command, the Army Dental Command, and the US Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine.• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Project: Last assignment with the US Army Public Health Command working under the Comptroller and implemented the new GFEBS with five Regional Subordinate Commands.• Accounting Project: Worked with inter-command group to develop the line of accounting format for the DOD travel system that included a Standard Financial Information System (SFIS) format with an Agency Accounting Identifier Code, Department Regular Code, Department Transfer Code, Main Account Code, Sub Account Code, Period of Availability, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Customer code and case identifier, Budget Line Item Identifier, Fund Center Identifier, Cost Object and Type indicator, and Appropriate Limit.• Military Formal Training: As an enlisted soldier, training in Finance/Accounting, Personnel, and Executive Administration. As an officer, developed experience in hospital, patient, and financial administration for clinical and technical aspects of Army medicine.

• Systems Integration: Served as the financial systems integration expert between the Defense Travel System and the Army ERP system, the General Funds Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), an SAP product. Led the effort to integrate the DTS and travel accounting processes within GFEBS.• Accounting Project: Successfully led and implemented a resolution for $100M in unmatched travel disbursements through a GFEBS redesign.• Implementing Accounting Principles / Policy Development: Expert knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and working knowledge of the Army standard financial systems to translate evolving Army resource management policies into workable policies and procedures at the operating level with the GFEBS Operations & Support staff.

Managed a fielding team to implement the Department of Defense mandated Defense Travel System to Army, Air Force, Navy and DOD agencies.

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