Washington, DC, USA
I am an entrepreneurial management consultant with over 20 years of experience delivering innovative solutions including strategy development, organizational (digital) transformations, and win-win change management processes. I specialize in collaborating with client executives to assess needs, design risk-managed solutions, and deliver as contracted despite ambiguous, evolving situations. My solutions develop performance, enhance organizational effectiveness, and facilitate strategic change, driving results, and improving mission performance.
March 2020 — Present
Washington, DC
Led a team of 10 to 12 people in providing business intelligence program management services to the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
January 2017 – March 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
Alexandria, Virginia
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Task Order Manager at NOAA (NWS-OACIO)
Task Order Manager at NOAA (OAR-ITMO)
Project Manager at NOAA (OCIO-SDD)
Senior Management Consultant at US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
June 2014 – May 2015
Reston, Virginia
Led internal operations of new Commercial Products Group, training staff in project management. Enabled 2–3 benefits exchanges—with over 100 brokers—to go live before 5-month enrollment deadline. Used hands-on workshop for training (10 to 20) and created materials modified for their quasi-agile approach using a real work example
January 2001 – May 2014
Charleston, West Virginia
Founded a full-service consulting business, scaling Fortune 500-level best-practices to meet small business needs. Provided process thinking to companies needing to scale, new customer ideas for small businesses needing to grow sales or support, and in general how to apply new innovations to their work. Also did executive training for a few Fortune 500 clients (Dow Chemical, Smith & Nephew) that were offered to small business clients (courses: Facilitative Leadership, Creating Strategic Partnerships, Presentation Skills, etc.)
March 1996 – December 2000
Cleveland, Ohio
Supported process improvement, strategic development, training, and re-engineering projects for internal and external clients