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Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

I work with our amazing 'Street Sense' newspaper Vendors, many of whom have or do experience homelessness. This puts me more into the Direct Services/Unhoused Outreach job category.I manage a team of three Vendor Program Associates (VPAs) and two or more volunteers. Together we form the backbone of the vendor employment program, the low-barrier employment opportunity central to the Street Sense Media mission. We support active vendors in collecting their newspapers, their contributions from the Street Sense Media app, and their editorial payments. I run vendor recruitment efforts and manage the New Vendor Orientation, and I run all vendor sales training, including teaching the weekly sales and professional skills-focused Workplace Workshop.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed a dynamic independent contracting business dedicated to delivering efficient, high-expertise E-Discovery workflow to end-user clients. Specialized on matters within finance and the pharmaceutical industry.• Developed strong relationships with four premier E-Discovery vendors, completing seven projects in three years. Currently under contract for second project with a vendor specializing in major financial institutions.• Specially selected for key quality control (QC) teams on five separate matters, delivering meticulous work product under tight discovery deadlines.• Operated within strenuous security protocols, performing HIPPA-mandated redactions on three pharmaceutical matters, and adhering to DOJ, SEC and FINRA discovery requirements on three finance matters.• Fluidly transitioned between E-Discovery platforms with minimal training, delivering optimal, high-impact platform utilization. Particular fluency with document-oriented database structures, including crafting Boolean-logic queries within diverse document universes.

Alexandria, Va

Operated in a high-technology environment, utilizing a diverse and sophisticated suite of IT solutions to manage the patent application process from soup to nuts.• Met a demanding production schedule, managing over 50 patent applications.• Efficiently maneuvered within a suite of platforms including Electronic Desktop Application Navigator (eDAN), Examiner’s Application Search Tool (EAST), Office Actions Correspondence System (OACS), and Patent Application Location and Monitoring (PALM).• Liased with patent applicants and their legal counsel, maintaining USPTO standards while fostering partnership-like customer relations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed an independent E-Discovery contracting business specializing in engineering patents and other intellectual property matters.• Built reputation-based relationships with two premier DC-based E-Discovery vendors, completing seven projects with those two vendors in a three-year time span. • Specially selected for high-priority QC and specialized search teams on three separate projects, and for an elite FDIC adjudications project based on prior work product.• Reviewed tens of thousands of business analysis documents and engineering specs across a range of E-Discovery platforms, often under tight discovery deadlines.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Lead Plaintiff's Attorney. Managed a full case load of personal injury and medical malpractice cases.intellectual property matters.• Judicial Pleading and Analytical Memo Writer. Drafted motions, briefs, memos of analysis, and maintained professional correspondence with opposing counsel and with clients.• Personal Client Counseling. Provided legal and personal counsel in conjunction with litigation.• Extensive Legal Research. Expert research within WestLaw and governmental databases.• Team Management. Managed four-person team of office personnel to facilitate effective and efficient workflow.• Courtroom and Mediation Client Representation. Appeared on behalf of clients, making arguments at hearings before judges and before mediators.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Client Counseling Assistance. • Accompanied attorneys in counseling conferences with clients.Client Database Project Lead. • Designed electronic case database and facilitated translation of paper files information into electronic form.

Lima, Peru

Exports Facilitator. • Attempted to establish an import/export pipeline to the United States for a collective of Peruvian farmers of organic coffee in the Andes Mountains.• Apprenticed with production manager at a textiles design/manufacturing plant.

Supplier Relations Expert. • Engineering department point-of-contact for a major cable supplier. Assisted the supplier's engineers with translating proprietary cable specifications into production-actionable specifications.Automated Translation Project Lead. • Led automation project to translate obsolete specification data sets into actionable sets.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business, 3.636

Activities and Societies: Graduate Business AssociationRath Scholar. Vice President, Graduate Business Association Chaired, planned.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law, B Average (12-Point Scale)

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering, 3.09

Activities and Societies: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Student Chapter Kappa Alpha Order Student Senate Residence.