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Smyrna, Ga, Us

Facilitate business management courses to adult learners in a virtual learning environment (133 courses and 2,200 students as of 2023). Recognized as the 2021 Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching award for the Dr. Wallace E. Boston School of Business Human Resource Management 101: communication principles for positive relationshipsManagement 100: Developing positive relationships among individuals in the work settingManagement 101: An overview of supervision in the workplaceManagement 295: Integration of management principles Management 296: Lead students through the development of an e-portfolio Management 332: Techniques for feedback, counseling, and engaging subordinatesManagement 338: Concepts of succession planning and leveraging perspectivesManagement 495: Assess student management and resolution of workplace problemsManagement 496: reviewed students’ ability to organize accomplishments in an e-portfolio

Atlanta, Georgia

Developed 3-day Security Requirements Training course, including training material, tests and student and instructor guides. Facilitated in-person, train-the-trainer session with 50 attendees. Five sessions of SRT provided to over 100 students, from across the country.Translated and consolidated security data from 400 facilities and organized into Security Health Tool. Highlighted facilities outside of the acceptable-risk range and reported to leadership as “high risk” facilities.Visualized training and course-development process in cross-functional process map to clarify the roles and responsibilities of offices participating in new training process.Developed Comprehensive Education Progression Plan to provide a continued educational pathway for workforce, align learning expectations and recognize educational achievements.Selected by the IRS Human Capital Office to augment the IRS Professional Skills Academy. Completed three train-the trainer training sessions: certified to facilitate “Civil Treatment Workplace", "Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue" and "I Love Feedback" courses.Cleaned 3 years of Government Accountability Office findings and data and utilized Failure Mode & Effects Analysis program risk priority numbers to prioritize the programs for audit.Built deployment plan and Gantt chart in support of new Digital Video Recorder process. Facilitated meeting with RS and GSA offices to discuss installation and deployment process.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Facilitate virtual project-management courses to adult learners. Shared practical examples of topics to enhance learning retention and provide templates for learners to use in their organizations.Taught Project Management Essentials, Project Leadership, Introduction to Agile Project Management, Stakeholder & Communications Management and Data Analysis courses to 97 personnel from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, IRS, NASA, Department of Energy, US Capitol Police, and District of Columbia Department of Employment Services.Selected as Project Management Institute Authorized Training Partner.

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Led Lean Six Sigma (LSS) program for Atlanta FEB Leadership Government (LG) Program, designed to prepare GS-13 through GS-15 personnel, for leadership positions within federal agencies. Strategized with Federal Executive Board (FEB) Director to develop a unique Lean Six Sigma (LSS) program, which provided LSS training, project experience and certification opportunities within one-year professional development.Incorporated blended learning to facilitate the understanding of seldom-used data analyses techniques to include regression analysis, hypothesis testing, data and customer segmentation, summary statistics and data modeling, box plots, control charts, and other tools useful for visualizing, analyzing and understanding information.Adjusted learning material, student-led activities and length of learning module to maintain student engagement during 100% virtual classes, due to COVID protocols.Coached 27 project teams of 5 - 6 LG participants through efforts designed to enhance operations at the NRC, GSA, IRS, FEMA, CDC, FLRA, FTA, USCIS, CISA and TSA. Developed and explained requirements for LSS certification and guided teams through problem solving and Design for Six Sigma methods and techniques. Intervened to resolve personnel issues, clarify expectations, and assist with process mapping and data visualization, data analysis, project scoping and other process improvement techniques. Summary of LSS Support: https://youtu.be/fzZw4YlfulY?si=P4PBk6HHd6yAjnhI

Atlanta, Georgia

Initiated Lean Six Sigma Program. Facilitated two LSS Green Belt (GB) classes, three Awareness courses and coached two LSS Black Belts. Taught LSS Green GB courses to 56 GSA and IRS personnel and facilitated awareness courses to Human Resources office and Region 4 Leadership. Projects estimated to save 637.45 work hours and $143,000 annually.

Manage day-to-day operations of Customer Engagement initiative to include six subordinate capabilities and 30+ supporting activities designed to foster a customer-centric culture.• Lead biweekly project/activity reviews to ensure timely and accurate reporting of project short and long-term needs, identify gaps and redundant efforts, and forecast budget requirements • Lead Subject Matter Expert for customer engagement training development. Partner with former Disney Executives to strategize deployment of “Lead with your Customer” conversations with leaders• Administrator for Internal Control Program: collaborated closely with subject matter experts to identify critical processes; develop flow charts, and identify risks and mitigating controls

Functioned as a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Master Black Belt within the NGB Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Office. Facilitated enterprise-wide LSS projects and rapid-improvement events.- LSS lead for Western Region of United States: strategized deployment of LSS program; led discussion on course offerings; identified candidates for LSS Green, Black and MBB training- Coached 20 projects, which yielded $5M in improvements: facilitated mentoring sessions with LSS Green Belt Candidates; provided refresher training; verified correct application of LSS tools - Taught multiple LSS Green Belt courses to over 150 students in classroom setting. Translated theory into practical examples; adjusted delivery of content based on leadership guidance; proctored exams- Designed LSS awareness and decision-making course to introduce LSS concepts to leadership- Recruited assistant instructors (AI) to augment staff in support of training surge: facilitated pre-course meetings to assess knowledge and experience of AI’s and align AIs with full-time training staff- Facilitated strategic planning session: collected inputs from state CPI directors and office personnel, with a 54% response rate; organized comments into Strength-Weakness-Opportunity-Threat analysis- Developed ACE surveys to measure workforce engagement with CPI; formulated action plans

Provided Lean Six Sigma, project management and strategic-workforce planning support to the NGA. • LSS Deployment Manager for 5000-member directorate. Facilitated enterprise-wide projects and coached project leaders. Designed and delivered LSS-awareness training to senior leaders and staff• Served on strategic workforce effort chartered to align personnel to National Intelligence Priority Framework: collaborated with Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency stakeholders to develop table of organization • Key member of NGA Support Team (NST) Review, an agency-level initiative chartered to assess manpower requirements. Interpreted human capital data from 27 NSTs; worked with HR SME to resolve manpower discrepancies; consolidated data into master database • Managed GEOINT Mission Framework: collected level-of-effort data from 34 offices and analyzed data in response to senior leader and U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence queries• Participated in BAH hiring panels: facilitated in-person and virtual interviews; screened all LSS candidates, validated LSS capability and provided recommendations to hiring managers

Served as functional manager for Air Force Office of Special Investigations deployments; developed guidelines, explained rules to leadership and deploying agents and designed database to provide in-transit visibility of personnel and cargo.

Provided LSS support to government agency and assisted with employee selection process for LSS consultants. Contributed to the development of a LSS training guide, which trained government employees to the LSS Green Belt level.

Accomplished workforce planning, logistics, and process-improvement projects in support of Department of Defense (DoD), Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM missions. Served as a first-line supervisor for military, DoD and Korean-national civilians and contractor personnel.- Chief of Transportation Inspections, ACC IG Team, Langley AFB VA: Identified 100+ critical areas for improvement during compliance and readiness inspections; drafted Wing Commander Certified Program guidance, which eliminated 26 inspection requirements. - Air Terminal Operations Ctr Flight Commander, Charleston AFB, SC: Recommended and implemented innovative method for filling vacant duty-officer positions, which highlighted requirements and utilized a selection-criteria matrix to reduce competitive pool by 80%.- Logistics Squadron Operations Officer, Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan: Collaborated with Kyrgyzstan officials to develop ground-breaking agreement, which allowed US personnel to immigrate without leaving the security of installation; reduced processing time by 60%- Staff Officer, HQ EUCOM J4, Stuttgart GE: Communicated with nine foreign governments to transport personnel and cargo from Europe to Iraq.- Vehicle Operations Flight Commander, Osan AB, South Korea: Assessed licensing backlog issue and implemented improvements; decreased waiting time by 77%. - Officer in Charge, Combat Readiness, Maxwell AFB AL: Managed $3.2M budget and six inter-service agreements valued at $143,000; produced spend plansInstallation Deployment Officer, Andrews AFB MD

Bs, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Air Force ROTC

Ms, Human Resource Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Air Force ROTC

Master Of Science - Ms, Human Resource Management