Experience

Bike Utah

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Assistance Director

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  ■ Leading a team of five to facilitate the creation of 1,000 miles of family friendly bike paths, trails, and infrastructure throughout the state. ■ Over $5.5 million in funding raised for high comfort/high safety bicycle facilities. ■ Created and administered statewide rural active transportation planning program. ■ Created and administered Policy Bikes Program. ■ Designed and received funding to administer statewide needs assessment of underrepresented people who bike. ■ Leading a team of five to facilitate the creation of 1,000 miles of family friendly bike paths, trails, and infrastructure throughout the state. ■ Over $5.5 million in funding raised for high comfort/high safety bicycle facilities. ■ Created and administered statewide rural active transportation planning program. ■ Created and administered Policy Bikes Program. ■ Designed and received funding to administer statewide needs assessment of underrepresented people who bike.



Office of New Urban Mechanics

• Smart Cities Fellow

  • Aug 2019 - Sep 2020

  ■ Researching, prototyping, and testing smart city technologies related to active transportation. ■ Researching, prototyping, and testing smart city technologies related to active transportation.



City of Orem

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Management Analyst

  • Dec 2016 - Nov 2018

  ■ Created application for successful WaterSMART grant resulting in $1.5 Million in funds received. ■ Lead interdisciplinary team to create wayfinding/environmental graphic design system for the city buildings. ■ Created Street Lighting and Cemetery Master plans focusing on a smart cities framework and improving citizen experiences. ■ Managed assessment of program theory and process of Equivalent Lighting Unit fee administration. ■ Developing visual brand for Orem Public Works. ■ Produced waterSMART federal grant application with associated difference in difference research design to assess impact on water usage after installing Automated Meter Readers. ■ Performed Cost-Benefit analyses on a number of proposed projects to assess viability.



Brigham Young University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive MPA Instructor - Marriot School of Management

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  ■ Teaching a course on program evaluation. ■ Teaching a course on program evaluation.



Utah Valley Office of New Urban Mechanics

• Orem, Utah

• Civic Innovation Consultant

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2015

  ■ Produced benchmarking reports and analyses for municipal clients. ■Performed quantitative and qualitative research and analyses for the Read-A-Difference study, using a difference in difference research design. ■ Tested content for the Housing Solutions Work Group using a wide range of qualitative research methods. The content allowed for the successful rollout of a fundraising campaign for a low income housing initiative. ■ Trained non-profit and municipal employees in service design methods. ■ Worked with team of researchers on Policy Hacking consulting initiative. An effort to improve proposed state legislation through research and design. ■ Managed Payson City branding project, focusing on destination marketing as a small city. Held focus groups and performed empathy study for project. http://newurbanmechanics.org/