Experience

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  Office of the mayor, city of pittsburgh

  Jan 1994 - Feb 1996

  Neighborhood policy coordinator
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  Stadium authority, city of pittsburgh

  Feb 1996 - Oct 1996

  Assistant to the authority
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  Drug enforcement administration

  Oct 1996 - Jun 2002

  Management and program analyst/strategic planner

  Presidential Management FellowOffice of Finance and PlanningOffice of Executive Policy and Strategic Planning

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  Bureau of transportation statistics

  Jun 2002 - Feb 2005

  Strategic planner
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  Research and innovative technology administration

  Feb 2005 - Dec 2008

  Senior program analyst/special assistant
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  U.s. department of transportation

  Jan 2009 - Oct 2010

  Served as Deputy Program Manager to stand up an office for DOT's new IdeaHub program. IdeaHub is a DOT-wide online social networking venue designed to increase employee engagement and collaboration, stimulate innovation, and improve the agency. IdeaHub is a significant component of DOT's Open Government effort. Team lead for the U.S. Department of Transportation coordinating performance planning, management, measurement and reporting for the Department and its operating administrations.

  • Deputy Program Manager

    Jul 2010 - Oct 2010

  • Deputy Performance Improvement Officer

    Jan 2009 - Jul 2010
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  Performance improvement council

  Oct 2010 - Jan 2018

  Director of programs & initiatives

  My primary focus is promoting the use of organizational performance management & improvement practices across government. This is done through a variety of programs, initiatives and servces, including:Leaders Delivery NetworkPerformance Enthusiast & Ambassador ProgramsPerformance Onboarding InitiativeModern Government Management Traits InitiativeStrategic Narratives InitiativeStrategy & Tactics Coaching

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  Federal government

  Apr 2014 - Mar 2020

  Government transformation through intrapreneurship

  Performance Modernization Manager for Fed2Fed/CXO Solutions within the Office of Shared Solutions and Performance Improvement (Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration).I supported the White House Leadership Development program, CXO Fellows Program, and President's Management Council Interagency Rotation Program and deliver workshops to groups and teams across government who want to modernize their thinking and their skills.Served on the leadership team of a grassroots community of practice to connect and promote innovation across government.Served as the Director of Change Management for the GSA Centers of Excellence, harnessing innovation adoption methods for IT modernization.Strategies & Tactics for Organizational ResultsModern Management Traits (based on Google's Project Oxygen)Strengths Investment (StrengthsFinder)Entre/Intrapreneurial Traits (Builder Profile 10)Lean StartUpFedpreneur Coaching & Coach Training ProgramFedpreneur Talent Identification, Training, & Coaching Show less

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  Gsa

  Mar 2020 - now

  Director of innovation adoption

  The Centers of Excellence is part of the family of programs within GSA's Technology Transformation Services.I work in tandem with the Deputy Executive Director who leads operations. Collaboratively, with the rest of the front office and the strategic management & services group, we will work as a cross-functional team to integrate strategy and operations.