Experience

Goldbelt C6, LLC
• United States
• Health and Human Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Project Manager

  • Apr 2021 - Present


Battelle

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2021

  - Skilled communicator who engages the client and interacts with staff to facilitate performance based feedback to better serve and enhance staff performance while remaining sensitive to client needs o Responds to all issues and concerns (performance, discipline, finance) in a timely manner at the team, branch and division level. - Manage staff of 36. Duties include assessing technical performance, training, development and motivation of staff to establish and maintain a high-quality operation with a focus on the needs of the client and program. o Strives to ensure all aspects of the contract is upheld. o Establish staff goals and objectives. Prepares and delivers performance reviews to all staff and provides constructive feedback from the client to the staff member. o Intervenes in staff issues, working to resolve concerns of the client and the staff member to ensure optimal performance and continuity of existing tasks. o Recruit and hire skilled scientific talent to fill the needs of the CDC client. o Mentor and coach staff on professional and technical development. o Plans, organizes, and facilitates brown bag seminars, technical exchanges and team building events. o Works with HR, Payroll and benefits to ensure staff needs are met. • Actively participates in and facilitates the compliance of staff with Battelle/CDC policies as they relate to safety, time, attendance and expectations of performance. • Works with financial and project managers to monitor contract projects and tasks to ensure that they remain within budget and on schedule. Show less



US Air Force

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Department Lead

  • Mar 2010 - Mar 2011

  •Led division of 10, managing the daily operations of a 185 person, $107M a year directorate with three national monitoring programs. •Managed manpower and budget requirements for over 400 scientists and engineers and analysts at 11 government and contractor laboratories.

• Branch Manager

  • Oct 2008 - Mar 2010

  •Oversaw contractual and quality assurance for 11 operational DOD/DOE contract laboratories. •Supervised 9 scientists and engineers managing specialized laboratory operations. Increased lab funding by $13M, eliminating sample backlog and increasing laboratory sample capacity by 20%. •Instituted ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 17025 compliance program for laboratory network.•Baselined laboratory compliance to meet law enforcement standards; won FBI funding, standardized processes and data flow with overall reduction in cost and time by 50%.•Led new $30M laboratory development/implementation effort creating 50 new jobs with an annual operating budget of $30M. Show less

• Laboratory System Development Supervisor

  • Dec 2006 - Oct 2008

  •Supervised 9 employees in three unique Biological Safety Level 2 Laboratories. oDeftly managed all safety, material and logistical needs of the facility to include annual safety and refresher skills training of employees.•Managed a $3M dollar laboratory renovation project. Remodeled and retrofitted a 1950’s era building for an in-house sample analysis laboratory. Completed a full scale construction effort from design to build in 9 months.•Experience in hands-on, master’s level research and development for biological signature detection. •Dispersed over 1800 equipment items valued at over $4M, in three months. Ensured all requirements met while transferring government owned property. Show less

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2003 - Aug 2005

  •Assisted with the exploratory development of biologically inspired guidance, navigation and control technologies to assist the warfighter in urban combat environments.•Completed demonstration of concept to customer and developing transition plan to user shaving 6 months off of program schedule. •Led an international collaborative effort with the Australian University that focused on the development of image-based navigation for use in autonomous flight control technologies.

• Program Manager/Research Chemist

  • Jul 2002 - Jul 2003

  •Organized a comprehensive test schedule for new explosive formulation with limited budget. Saved six months of testing and over $1M in program funding. •Produced a technical report on the Development and Small-Scale Sensitivity of MNX 1211, a Zirconium/HMS Plastic Bonded Explosive (PBX).

• Navigator

  • Mar 1999 - Jul 2002

  • Skilled in working in team environment, under stressful and demanding situations. • Quick decision making in life-threatening situation saved $15M dollar aircraft.