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Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Virginia Beach, Virginia, Us

Tampa, Fl, Us

Current Top Secret / SCI with investigation: Active

Washington, Dc, Us

Conceptualized and managed what has been recognized as one of the most successful Private/Public partnerships to date. Model has been adopted by DoD, EPA, State Department, DoE, and USDARecruited and organized a group of expert volunteers, external to the agency that vetted potential technologies for this unique, program to spin-in technologiesVetted over 5000 companies over 5 years, selected 110 companies to "pitch" to NASA senior leadership and the senior leadership of NASA's largest contractors. Over five years, these companies raised over $650M at a cost of roughly $5M to the taxpayer. Just one of the identified technologies was identified as having the potential to save the agency $180M. A 36x return on investment.

Envisioned, proposed, and implemented a full stack cryptocurrency eco-system encompassing mining, exchange and derivatives servicesRaised a combination of debt and equity totaling $17M from high-net-worth individuals (angels and venture investors) including SBI.Managed the process of Money Transmitter licensing in 50 states, including FINCEN registration and CFTC certificationDesigned and implemented the strategy of earned media that resulted in over 200M exposures, valued at $200K in twelve months (Meltwater) with zero cost

Responsible for all aspects of recruiting clients, assisting client companies in a variety of areas; writing proposals, branding, recruiting a board of advisers.During that period our clients were recognized as follows: Won prizes at various "pitch" competitions totaling $118,000 Received "Seed" stage investments totaling $590,000 Awarded "Hottest Tech Startup in THE NATION" - HIS Energy Awarded "Hottest Tech Startup in Washington D.C." - FreePing Awarded 1st Prize at Semper Startup - Aesop Technology Chosen by Goldman Sachs among 10,000 Startups - CrossropeDuring that period PTI was recognized as follows: Named one of the fifty best Accelerator Programs in the Nation, out of about 850 that were assessed, two years in a row by the Small Business Administration Name one of the top two Knowledge Based Incubators in the world (new category) by TechnopolicyDuring this period we have also: Co-Authored the regional strategy on entrepreneurship Catalyzed the creation of a "seed" stage investment fund Created a regional "startup weekend" Created a set of "e-clubs" at the regional universities Created a loose coalition of regional Incubators PTI focused on finding "budding entrepreneurs" at NASA Langley, National Institute of Aerospace, Jefferson Labs, Hampton University, Christopher Newport University, and The College of William and Mary. We assisted these companies in commercializing their ideas, developing their organizations and creating jobs.Our Mission was: To catalyze the creation of 40 new companies that each employ over 100 people, creating 4000 jobs in Hampton Roads in 5 years.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Managed the creation of the Lean/Six Sigma Management office. Led over a dozen people in achieving their certification as green belts and another half dozen in their black belt certification. Managed over twenty successful LSS events in a variety of areas including operations, maintenance, engineering, information technology and management development.Managed a training budget of roughly $4.3MM, responsible for the training, licensing and certification of 500 employees.Managed several strategic-to-the-enterprise, one of a kind projects, including a relationship with Hampton University and NASA that resulted in the creation of a national conference on the future of innovation in aerospace.Conceptualized and Implemented a complete re-work of the ROME brand. Including branded reports, presentations, hats, Christmas greeting cards, this multi-year effort resulted in increased customer scores and increased morale.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Led all aspects of various projects with superb track record of delivering on time, and as promised. Managed group of six systems administrators in all aspects. Responsible for roughly 300 desktops computers, 35 business servers and 150 data acquisitions systems. During tenure customer surveys increased markedly, time to respond dropped significantly and system uptime increased.

Lisle, Illinois, Us

Adjunct professor teaching Project Management at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Developed the curriculum for and taught the first instance of the Lean /Six Sigma, Green Belt Certification course.

Williamsburg, Va, Us

Earned an MBA with a 3.85 GPA, finished third in my class, all while working a full time job and raising four children.

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Conceptualized and implemented the business plan at this metropolitan area wireless Internet services provider. Desiged the wireless network, assessed competing technology, installed radios, and power enclosures, solicited customers and performed installations.

Member of senior management responsible for all aspects of this next generation telecommunications company. First to offer toll grade VOIP with SS7. First to offer flat rate long distance. First to bundle flat rate local, long distance and Internet access. Pioneer in marketing and technology.

Led all aspects of this company from founding to merger with company that would become Picus, LLC. Formed relationships with several Fortune 500 companies to provide outsourced helpdesk and CD creation services.

Served in the role of both sales consultant and data analyst/computer programmer. Created model to determine best utility rate for customer and calculate realized savings over time. Closed over 90% of sales calls in two visits or less.

Washington, Dc, Us

Managed all aspects of radiation health for the crew and engineering plant. Performed all aspects chemical analysis and control during new construction, initial manning and shakedown.

Washington, Dc, Us

Managed all aspects of radiological controls during nuclear repairs and all aspects of chemistry control and radiation health for a crew of over 100.

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma

Certified Black Belt, Lean / Six Sigma

Certified Green Belt, Lean / Six Sigma

Master Of Business Administration, Specialized In Quantitative Methods And Entrepreneurship

Certified Project Management Professional, Project Management

Bsba, Decision Science

Certified, Radiological Controls

Certification, Radiological Controls / Water Chemistry

Qualified, Mechnical Operator / Engineering Laboratory Technician