Erica B. Fields, PMP

Experience

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  National Security Agency

  May 2006 - Aug 2006

  Summer Program in Operations Research Technology (SPORT) Intern

  Developed a quantitative measure to assess the quality of a data acquisition systemPresented and recommended the measure to the customer; customer accepted and will implement measure into monitoring modelWrote a technical report of the research done and methodology used in creating the measureTS/SCI clearance

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  Emory University

  Jun 2007 - Jun 2007

  Graduate Assistant with the Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Summer Institute

  Utilized interpersonal skills as a mentor to 29 Fellows, focusing on the Math/Science/Engineering majorsExercised analytical skills in constructively critiquing research prospectuses for my group of seven FellowsExhibited organizational and presentation skills in facilitating informative sessions for the Fellows

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  Penn State University

  Aug 2007 - May 2009

  Teaching/Research Assistant

  Administered, evaluated, and helped create classroom assignments and exams. Planned and facilitated the recitation portion of the course.Facilitated an empirical study on the decision-making challenges and needs of emergency room nurses. Collected data via nurse interviews.Analyzed different mathematical programming models, using the nurse data, to pinpoint the one most effective for their use. Documented and reported the work as a master’s thesis.

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  LMI

  Jan 2009 - Oct 2017

  Analyst

  Worked on integrated team to migrate a budget model from an Access platform to a SQL server web platform. Documented the structure of the model’s operations, which was a key resource for the migration.Coordinated and participated in team web development efforts of the Jedox business intelligence software package. Provided and encouraged regular communication among team regarding progress, issues and resolutions. Documented the data update process that will result from this upgrade. Trained another LMI team in designing and setting up a similar Jedox site for their client.Served as industry advisor to an undergraduate student completing an independent study project/report on an LMI-sponsored topicSupported monthly client-sponsored meetings. Contributed to organized, more effective client meetings via action item management, coordination of briefing slides and read-ahead documents, and instituted regular LMI preparation sessions. Supported Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Enterprise Business Lab and Inventory Stocking Policy. Tested and analyzed different forecast methods that offered improved performance for a group of items. Enabled client to see the impacts prior to going live with costly system changes. Devised threshold stocking policies for three groups of items using LMI’s financial and inventory simulation model (FINISIM). Investigated different threshold criteria for the groups and evaluated the thresholds according to three inventory stocking policies. Analyzed all results and gave analysis-based recommendations to the client.Supported congressionally-mandated Future Depot Capability study. Helped manage and input complex data call responses from Microsoft Excel into Access. Consolidated, displayed, and analyzed specific data as requested. Documented an organized process which contributed to efficient and effective teamwork, and which was also was very useful in the congressional audit once the study was completed.TS Clearance Show less

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  Children's Defense Fund

  Oct 2017 - now

  Data and Systems Manager

  Data and Systems Manager for the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools