Director, Project Management & Controls, FSO at The Clearing

• Feb 2023 - Present

Senior Principal

• Apr 2012 - Feb 2023

The Clearing is a Washington, DC based management consultancy dedicated to supporting senior leaders as they tackle the most daunting and complex problems facing our nation and their businesses. Our consultants are experts at outfitting leaders with the tools (including The PRIMES, www.ThePRIMES.com) to form coalitions and manage conflicting priorities within and across organizations. We offer unique, tailored services in strategic planning, system transformation and change implementation, meeting facilitation, and leadership outfitting. Our clients achieve results-specific, date-certain outcomes on their most important initiatives.

Consultant

• May 2008 - Apr 2012

• Managed consecutive proposal teams that developed five proposals valued at $38.2 million for approximately 46.5 FTE • Conducted interviews with key stakeholder and presented user-driven content around the uses of social media in alerting and warning the public on a practitioner-based website • Worked directly to support DHS CCI directorate leaders at conferences and industry tradeshows and developed business cases for continuation of programs for internal DHS and external audiences • Worked as part of a project team with the Department of Homeland Security’s Command, Control and Interoperability Directorate to develop the strategy for a user-defined nationwide common operating picture for emergency response. • Developed an initiative-wide organizational and project management structure and supported senior DHS CCI Directorate Chiefs in their strategy and internal/external project management activities. • Developed printed and online guidance tools for educating various public safety communities on emerging technologies. • Organized a two-day tradeshow demonstration booth displaying 23 presentations of First Responder-focused technologies and developed the related marketing and presentation materials. • Served as the point of contact for maintaining and updating the content of a Public Safety website and streamlined the process for gaining consensus for proposed changes at weekly meetings. • Worked directly with DHS CCI Program Managers to identify efficient channels for disseminating their project work to the First Responder community. • Worked as part of the Grants Management Line of Business (GMLOB) Project Management Office team to provide support to develop and execute engagement strategies that define goals, milestones and communications approaches for aligning federal agencies with GMLOB goals and objectives. • Assisted in the planning and facilitation of client meetings with stakeholders from different federal agencies to form a user-based working group.

Business Associate

• Sep 2006 - May 2008

• Worked within Corporate Leadership Council Solutions, an area of the Corporate Executive Board focused on improving the clients’ employee engagement levels, compensation effectiveness, and employment brand perception of our clients. • Worked within project teams responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing survey-based analysis of corporate and government employee populations of up to 160,000 in upwards of five languages. • Performed constructive analysis and created presentations for the client’s internal distribution. Presented high-level and granular findings to executives and project teams.

Senior Marketing Associate

• Sep 2006 - May 2008

- Sold executive consulting services by marketing directly to C-level executives of Fortune 500 companies by leveraging interpersonal, sales, and industry-specific research to engage potential new clients; achieved raking in the top 2% in 2007. - Given the responsibilities of serving as a Program Lead and mentoring new associates to improve interpersonal communications with prospective clients, strategies to increase sales volume, and career development goals. - Sold executive consulting services by marketing directly to C-level executives of Fortune 500 companies by leveraging interpersonal, sales, and industry-specific research to engage potential new clients; achieved raking in the top 2% in 2007. - Given the responsibilities of serving as a Program Lead and mentoring new associates to improve interpersonal communications with prospective clients, strategies to increase sales volume, and career development goals.