Experience

Federal Railroad Administration

• United States
• Government Administration
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Transportation Analyst

  • Jan 2020 - Present

• Transportation Analyst

  • Oct 2015 - Jan 2020

  Reviewed and analyzed current regulations to recommend any needed changes to develop new regulatory initiatives. Wrote a variety of draft materials for review such as reports and briefing materials for the FRA Administrator. Initiated and coordinated programs promoting safety initiatives to advance the objectives in the Secretary’s Action Plan on Highway Rail Grade Blocked Crossing Safety. Developed, implemented, coordinated, and monitored FRA involvement in programs intended to reduce blocked crossings. Provided liaison, coordination, and assistance in obtaining public answers or information on blocked crossings for officials from the rail industry, suppliers, law firms, labor, all departments and branches of government (including FRA Division Offices), research organizations, the academic community, and the public. Coordinated blocked crossing prevention elements of special and corridor review programs.Facilitated communication between railroads and Federal, State, and local government offices when necessary. Worked through FRA’s HRGX&TO Field staff, monitored and facilitated the participation of State and local governments, and especially small railroads, ensuring their awareness of programs, options, and resources, including training and inclusion in Federal, State, and blocked crossing related programs. Produced monthly blocked crossing reports for Staff Director and the FRA Management Team. Performed research, data mining, database preparation, trend analysis, preparation of emails, reports, memorandums and letters in support of FRA’s Highway-Rail Crossing & Trespasser Programs Division grade crossing safety improvement initiative. Reviewed documents entered into iCMS to ensure the data is accurate. Show less



BAE Systems

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Control Analyst

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2015

  Managed IDIQ, Cost-Plus, Time and Materials and Firm Fixed Price- Level of Effort contracts funded up to $120 million. Coordinated with the Contracts Group to ensure accurate contract awards/modifications. Analyzed and oversaw invoices to the customer as well as subcontractor invoices, while working collaboratively with Accounts Payable, the Billing Department and Subcontracts. Issued project set up forms for new contracts and/or option years. Responsible for tracking and analyzing expenditures against labor and other direct cost funding. Calculated and analyzed profitability of contracts. Responsible for ensuring proper charge code, pay type and project labor category (PLC) usage within employee time sheets. Provided analysis on daily, weekly and monthly reports to Managers and Directors for their monthly business reviews (MBR). Prepared accurate estimate-to-complete (ETC) and estimate-at-completion (EAC) analysis for Program Managers and Directors. Responsible for creating purchase requisitions for goods and services. Tracked, monitored and provided services for all reporting requirements over the lifecycle of managed projects. Created reports in electronic format to include MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint. Analyzed and reconciled cash flow, unbillables, costs on hold. Worked independently while contributing to the team through statistical reporting, analyzing, estimating and auditing. Conducted financial/operational internal audits within BAE I&S sector for the Financial Controls Framework. Worked closely with the Audit Supervisor of Internal Compliance to complete internal workbooks. Researched records, policies, procedures, and also interviewed personnel pertaining to the audit. Prepared and presented reports of findings to management. Completed BAE I&S floor check internal audits. Interviewed a random selection of employees and reported their results regarding their time sheets. Findings were reported to management. Show less



CSC

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Control Analyst

  • May 2012 - Aug 2013

  Developed and managed annual budgets for North American Public Sector (NPS) Business Development, Asset Management, Proposal and Capture. Collaborated with stakeholders to forecast labor, other direct costs and travel using Cognos to capture and analyze budgetary data. Performed monthly budget versus actuals analysis, executed labor utilization reports, and summarized findings to stakeholders to indicate issues and trends. Managed support staff for NPS Human Resources, Compliance, Pricing, Chief Information Office, Business & Development and Accounting budgets. Created budgets, prepared a high level budget summary to stakeholders, audited expense reports in Concur, executed utilization reports, ran reports in CostPoint and LCD, and performed budgetary corrections. Created and processed invoices. Performed monthly and year-end reconciliations for over 100 CSC facility locations. Show less



Farm Credit Administration

• United States
• Government Relations Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate Examiner

  • Jun 2011 - May 2012

  Conducted examinations of Farm Credit System (FCS) institutions to ensure compliance with Federal regulations. Evaluated institutions’ financial operations by analyzing management effectiveness, information technology practices, operational policies and procedures, annual reports and board. Reviewed bank loans and collaborated with team members to identify recommendations for improving the financial viability of the institution. Prepared written and oral reports to present to the institutions’ management and boards. Show less