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Denver, Colorado, United States

Responsible for USGS publishing operations for the eastern half of the United States. Oversee the managers of five Publishing Service Centers serving 40 States and Puerto Rico. Serve on cross-functional national teams that establish national level policies that guide USGS publishing and turn new Federal mandates into real world actions and impact. Develop, implement, measure, and communicate performance metrics for the publishing network. Allocate financial and contractual resources, technology and tools to support strategic objectives. Recommend policies, procedures, and best practices to help accomplish publishing network requirements. Address problems that impact the timeliness and quality of products. Set high-level goals and objectives related to the funding model, annual budget, and operational matters.Manage the team and facilitate the mentoring and coaching of publishing network staff. Set high-level goals and objectives related to workforce planning, staffing, and customer relations. Allocate human resources and training to support the publishing network's strategic objectives. Drive the team and individual members to new heights through creation of goals and achievement of outcomes that demonstrably advance the USGS mission. Demonstrate leadership beyond the immediate team to influence people across silos. Facilitate collaboration among publishing network staff to improve productivity, quality, costs, and customer service.Oversee the development, review, and implementation of USGS publishing, editorial, and visual information policies. Review publishing policies, identify policy gaps and recommends new publishing policies to fill them. Update existing, and when appropriate, sunset outdated publishing policies. Include relevant parties in the discussion, development, review, and approval of new and/or revised policies.

Denver, Co

Responsible for design, implementation, and oversight of technical operations of USGS publishing. Responded to assist with the Covid-19 emergency transition to 100% telework of staff; moved files off of local servers and intranet sites to collaborative tools on cloud servers, improving timely access to critical resources. Established new resources for the senior leadership team, providing easier access to policies and decisions. Served as liaison between senior leaders and developers, drafted plan for upgrading custom web application that will reduce redundant data entry and project management efforts by staff, assist supervisors with performance management, and provide analytics on process timeliness. Spearheaded the creation and release of new troubleshooting resources to help staff with ongoing transition to a new XML-based publishing workflow.

Denver, Co

Managed center serving more than 20 cost centers across Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. Led cross-functional teams in producing a wide variety of digital and print communication products. Developed and improved processes and operations to ensure product quality, efficiency, and compliance with policies and standards. Recruited, hired, and managed staff members and contractors to meet changing skills needs and workload demands. Created cost and time estimates and ensured they were met. Engaged and built relationships with center directors and authors and ensured quality customer service experience. Served as a member of the Senior Leadership Team of the USGS Science Publishing Network, helping to develop vision, policies, processes, and guidelines for the network.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Responsible for design, implementation, and oversight of technical operations of USGS publishing. Responded to assist with the Covid-19 emergency transition to 100% telework of staff; moved files off of local servers and intranet sites to collaborative tools on cloud servers, improving timely access to critical resources. Established new resources for the senior leadership team, providing easier access to policies and decisions. Served as liaison between senior leaders and developers, drafted plan for upgrading custom web application that will reduce redundant data entry and project management efforts by staff, assist supervisors with performance management, and provide analytics on process timeliness. Spearheaded the creation and release of new troubleshooting resources to help staff with ongoing transition to a new XML-based publishing workflow.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Researched, wrote, and edited articles, memos, speeches, publications, and other communication products; developed messages and communication strategies; developed and managed content for internal and external webpages; conducted research on communication practices, writing and editing, web development, social media, and usability to help improve or implement new Office of Communication products; and developed and provided training on writing, plain language, and grammar and style to Government employees.

Reston, Virginia

Led internal communications team, supported USGS Director and executive leadership as internal communications advisor and strategist

Oslo, Norway

Coordinated with international team of authors and designers while editing initial compilation of chapters for the Arctic Impact Assessment.

Gathered and reported information on local and national construction projects for bi-weekly trade publication, established and maintained contacts, met press deadlines, and created introductory information packet for data-entry position.

Leysin, Switzerland

Served as camp counselor, tourist guide, and snow ski instructor for international student groups attending ski camp. Scouted, planned, and led tours of historic and cultural sites around Switzerland.

Masters, English: Teaching Of Writing And Literature

Student Work Exchange

Bachelor, Journalism

Activities and Societies: UT Water Ski Team: President, Public Affairs Officer