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San Francisco, California, Us

Scottsdale, Az, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

New York, New York, Us

Worked closely with the Board to ensure a smooth and effective leadership and governance of the organization to deliver on the mission of timely, effective, and equitable access to world-class trauma treatment for the nation’s veterans, military service members, and their connected families- Developed and catalyzed a diversified, multi-year revenue plan to meet strategic budget needs- Drove cost cutting initiatives, reducing operational overhead by 30% within first 90 days in role- Led organizational design efforts across operating model to reduce friction and drive high-performing team culture

Miami, Fl, Us

Delivered business value for $27B company by overseeing technology organization, processes, data and technologies across enterprise core units: home building, home buying, land acquisition and corporate systems- Delivered business value by transforming to product-based design, aligning to customer journeys, and focusing technology spend on most valuable business investments- Built internal software development capability and delivered 11 applications and microservices based headless platform- Developed and implemented company’s first end-to-end business resiliency program, in conjunction with Board of Directors- Drove the design and delivery of a contemporary enterprise big-data fabric (MS Azure / Snowflake based stack)- Developed and implemented a modern people agenda across DE&I, feedback, career journeys, training and coaching

New York, Ny, Us

- Catalyzed and drove global initiative to transform the firm's $1.6T (volume) ecommerce payments business; key elements include: reimagined product experience and business strategy, greenfield end-to-end technology development, ground up global organization and operating model design- Led global expansion into 14 countries in Asia-Pacific and four in Latin America- Spearheaded business development and product led sales initiatives with company’s most critical corporate clients- Built and led global, high-performing organization from 6 to 400+ people in less than 3 years

New York, Ny, Us

Led 110-resource implementations team to integrate payments technology for more than 1500 clients representing $200M in increased annual revenue

New York, Ny, Us

A dedicated internal consulting group with a mandate to help business, operational and support functions make decisions that result in operating and bottom-line improvements.

New York, New York, Us

- Developed and implemented long term strategy and corresponding business plan to transition efforts of $2.5 million philanthropic project into a commercial business with achieved revenue of $1.2M revenue in first year- Led Product Development of cloud-based mobile, web and native applications and software to meet client needs and develop tools for future expansion- Designed and implemented human resources, marketing, distribution, ecommerce solutions, financial models and operations plans to remain effective during period of 85% annual growth of the company- Managed relationships and business contracts with external executive partners and stakeholders within the US Army, West Point, Apple, Simon and Schuster and other key institutions

London, Gb

- Developed, coordinated and assisted in project management of an $80M technology transformation to meet US Basel III regulatory requirements for one of the world’s largest banks- Built and implemented internal team leader development for partners and senior managers that immediately increased qualitative output of operating rhythm, adding value to client deliverables- Provided project management support including weekly workstream status tracking, accurate budget tracking/invoicing, and development of detailed statements of work for the entire US Basel III engagement- Assisted evaluation and reporting of data quality, completeness, standardization and analytics to develop country risk management dashboard and reporting system for executives of a large multinational financial institution

Washington, Dc, Us

- Led strategic planning and coordination for high-risk training and worldwide rapid deployment of 600-person reconnaissance battalion and 1,000-person infantry battalion to efficiently serve short-notice worldwide crises- Created 2-year training and operations plan that increased planning time horizons by 6 months, lowered costs by 25%, mitigated risk of injury and enabled more efficient execution of $2.5 million annual budget- Led 8-person team to plan and coordinate worldwide combat operations, contingency and crisis response teams and multinational training events for 20,000-person Marine Division. Synchronized strategic global Department of Defense objectives with Division resources

Washington, Dc, Us

- Organized, trained, deployed and led 500-person joint USMC/Afghan unit through deployment to Marjah, Afghanistan; defeated 100-person Taliban force and established area security for 10,000+ Afghan nationals.- Developed/managed $1.2 million civic development and reconstruction project; worked with local leaders to build legitimate thriving economy in lieu of illegal opium trafficking in 10,000-person community

Washington, Dc, Us

- Redesigned training curriculum and requirements for the development and certification of USMC reconnaissance Marines, increasing throughput rates by 25% while simultaneously increasing academic and physical standards- Served as project manager in the relocation of the military school from San Diego to Oceanside, California; including assisting in the planning for a $400 million barracks and training facility; completed successfully while doubling the operational tempo and output of course- Planned and directed the establishment and construction of strategically located operating base in Iraqi community that increased community engagement and improved security and economic development- Developed operational analysis and intelligence picture to identify patterns, resulting in complete reduction in enemy kinetic attacks for remainder of the seven-month deployment- Led and employed 90-person platoon during training and operational deployment; managed the accountability and maintenance of more than $5 million in weapons, equipment and communications equipment

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And Management

Master'S Degree, Global Leadership

Graduate Certificate, Project Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government

Great Britain Direct Exchange Program, Political Science

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