Experience

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  Peace corps

  May 2014 - Jul 2016

  Community economic development volunteer

  Served as Peace Corps Volunteer for standard two-year term. Integrated with local community by learning culture and customs and speaking local languages. Fulfilled community need for trained people by imparting knowledge and skills via classes, workshops, and community projects.• Taught five classes on English, youth leadership, personal finance, and information technology to over 150 students• Advised three aspiring women entrepreneurs in developing business and marketing plans, leading to one successful launch• Executed six community projects with local youth group, including recycling projects and day camps• Collaborated with other Volunteers to organize two national youth leadership camps hosting over 100 participants• Established annual information technology day camp with another Volunteer; led sessions on computer literacy, audio/photo/video editing, and basic programming concepts using Java Show less

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  Us environmental protection agency (epa)

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2021

  Program analyst, gs-13

  Analyzed internal operations of national Superfund program, identified areas of improvement, and briefed conclusions to division and office directors. Created and recommended new operations strategies and tools to improve consistency and realize efficiencies across program. Awarded 2018 Bronze Medal for Commendable Service and 2019 Cost Savings Award.• Built new Oracle data dashboards to produce acquisition forecasts for Superfund remedial contracts and reports monitoring progress towards awarding projects listed on those forecasts• Redesigned internal procurement request approval process utilizing Lean management principles and developed tracking board for in-process requests, resulting in 36% reduction of man-hours spent processing requests and award of 2019 Cost Savings Award• Analyzed employee satisfaction surveys and implemented solutions to workplace issues as part of office-wide task force, driving year-over-year improvement in 77% of questions asked in annual survey and award of 2018 Bronze Medal for Commendable Service• Mentored five new hires across division on how to access program data sources and generate analyses and visualizations• Evaluated past performance of firms competing for new, national suite of remedial contracts, leading to award of 49 contracts worth $3.6B• Developed new SharePoint site to facilitate communication and resource sharing across regional program offices Show less

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  Amazon web services (aws)

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Sr. program manager

  Investigated sales and customer data to assess effectiveness of standardized engagements as implemented by AWS Public Sector Professional Services. Devised improvements to accelerate time to delivery and achieve more consistent outcomes.• Created new QuickSight data dashboard to track standardized engagement lifecycle and evaluate success of engagements• Interviewed 14 managers around the globe to gain insight into how their practices operate• Presented senior leadership with 11 options to improve how standardized engagements are created, sold, and delivered Show less

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  Microsoft

  Aug 2022 - now

  Azure core specialist

  Manage Azure infrastructure sales pipeline for nine customer accounts and drive qualified sales opportunities to committed status. Engage in customer conversations to describe benefits of migrating to Azure, generate pricing proposals, and discuss technical aspects of proposed solutions.• Achieved over 120% Azure Consumed Revenue (ACR) quota attainment across account space in FY24• Wrote technical and pricing responses for 5 government requests for proposals (RFPs), leading to 4 task order awards with combined $12M ceilingFY24 Onboarding Champion Team Lead - Federal Aspire Leadership Council (FALC)• Planned and facilitated week-long onboardings for 8 interns and 19 full-time hires over two yearsFY24 Allyship Co-Chair - Blacks at Microsoft – National Capitol Area (BAM-NCA)• Set strategic vison for allyship efforts and arranged three Allyship Circle events for over 50 participantsFY23 Rock Creek Sales Lead• Coordinated task order response teams, tracked task order responses, and led 12 virtual learning events for sales teams Show less