Experience

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  Lockheed aeronautical systems co.

  Sept 1991 - Sept 1995

  Program analyst

  • Developed budgets and schedules for overhead, labor, and other project expenditures. • Designed systems to monitor resources including fixed assets, facilities, labor, and R&D funds. • Coordinated production strategy and operations control. • Developed strategic supply chain initiatives across multiple business units, which improved key operational metrics. • Conducted financial analysis of production activities. • Negotiated revisions to budgets and schedules as required for meeting program objectives. Show less

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  Atlanta committee for the olympic games

  Apr 1995 - Dec 1996

  Finance manager

  • Responsible for approving and controlling all spending activity of $24M budget. • Established and maintained dual financial accounting system, for budget reviews by executive level management. • Controlled all spending activity through JD Edwards online financial accounting system and Excel spreadsheets. • Supervised staff in day-to-day operations, including accounting functions in A/P, A/R, travel & entertainment. • Developed and implemented incentive programs for value in kind agreements with Holiday inn, BellSouth, Motorola, and Delta Airlines and served as sponsor liaison for all program activities. • Developed and tracked RFP’s and contracts, ensured compliance with EEOP guidelines and fair procurement philosophy. Show less

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  Lucent technologies

  Jun 1998 - Jan 2000

  Project analyst

  • Performed audits of Revenue Recognition System to identify revenue risks associated with current process and propose changes to prevent future loss. • Analyzed program objectives, methodologies and milestones, to accomplish deliverables. • Facilitated business requirements planning sessions. • Facilitated the implementation of AD/M process and procedures for SEI CMM Level 2 attainment. • Served as point of contact for all proposed changes to (OSS) Revenue Recognition System. • Worked with a project team to define value propositions and business cases for IT process enabled solutions. Significant Achievements: Instrumental in Lucent Technologies, audit to demonstrate “due diligence efforts” in planning, assessing, fixing and testing for Y2K readiness. Show less

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  Cbs sports

  Feb 2000 - Feb 2002

  Broadcast operations consultant

  • Coordinated with all levels of management regarding cost savings, profit generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies. • Coordinated studio requirements, event transmissions, and tracked operational and production issues. • Reconciled all month-end information for financial statement preparation to accounting department management. • Provided economic profit/analysis and analyzed actual verses planned budget to ensure departmental financial goals were on target. • Analyzed, developed and executed plans to streamline financial processes in effort to create a more efficient work environment. • Developed and tracked service related operational metrics. Show less

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  At&t

  Feb 2002 - Aug 2005

  Process engineer

  • Led process analysis and brokering with multiple business units to develop business value assessments in support of process improvement, cost and revenue targets.• Applied Six Sigma standards and Process Modeling to new business initiatives, tested theoretical changes in process and determined business value (exception handler; pre-bill assessment; enhanced baseline)• Identified and implemented process and tools to ensure provisioning centers’ compliance with cycle time and throughput objectives.• Partnered with IT to develop business cases using a measurement driven approach to continuous process improvement.• Resolved issues related to Circuit Orders: escalate missed schedules and milestones such as late access service requests and failed testing.Significant Achievements: Lead the successful deployment of a process modeling tool which currently performs “what if” simulation analysis for improving business process. Show less

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  Saic

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Program planner/controller

  • Provided training and technical support to CDC internal teams and Public Health State Departments on the Rhapsody interface engine as part of CDC’s National Electronic Disease Surveillance System project.• Managed and supported software development initiatives with the CDC in creating healthcare data exchanges between large numbers of healthcare delivery organizations and CDC for purposes of health surveillance.• Managed project deliverables for 124 new data feeds to BioSense covering all 31 BioWatch cities.Served as Task Manager for the extract and transmit of health monitoring data (Patient privacy filtering, HL7 message standardization, patient laboratory/radiology/RX orders and results, ADT orders, ED clinical, census data) from the data sources to CDC in a live environment.• Provided direction and insight to project managers in coordinating data use agreements, development of project work plans and schedules, based on the approved project scope and deliverables.• Collaborated with Project Managers, HL7 Analyst, and Development team members to improve and update schedule practices and methodologies. Advised team members on scheduling best practices and conditions that cause milestone slippages or schedule delays.• Served as lead point contact for the development and status reporting for data source slot scheduling, EVMS work order structure, implementation budgeting & actual cost tracking, resource allocation, and senior management project reviews.Significant Achievements: Managed the planning, tracking, data extraction and transmit of health monitoring data from Data Sources to CDC for use in the BioSense initiative. (35 data provisioning projects for the CDC response to bioterrorism and naturally occurring disease outbreaks) Show less

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  Vt griffin

  Jun 2007 - Jun 2008

  Project / process analyst

  • Responsible for all project management deliverables including scope management, quality management, resource management, schedule management, risk management, and 3rd party contract management for technology service delivery.• Managed software customization and design of business processes, controls, best practices, policy/procedures and training.• Acted as liaison between all departments; completed business cases and project plans in support of projects.• Created and provided monthly project status reports, as required for senior level and program management needs. Show less

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  Northrop grumman (centers for disease control and prevention)

  Sept 2008 - Jul 2011

  Project lead

  • Serve as onsite Branch liaison between end users of 60 staff and technical teams on all programmatic and financial application implementations.• Led and supported software development initiatives as super user, including systems integration and user acceptance testing. Consulted with business users to gather and validate requirements, and developed detailed specifications and designs.• Developed invoice tracking system to analyze actual vendor performance, obligations and contract award specifications.• Trained and provided technical assistance in the full lifecycle of statement of work development, independent government cost estimates from concept to task order award, and Request for Task Order Proposal.• Managed the Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative (a project portfolio of 21 Grantees) from pre-award research of PGO’s database to determine CDC wide contracts, SOW development, clearances, ICGE, post award project management, and budget tracking.• Served as lead representative for extramurally funded Public Health projects ($20 million budget) and intramural budgets ($1 million budget) for the branch to the Extramural Program Management Office.• Performed analysis of Public Health Programs to determine funding mechanism and funding availability. Created funding package for grants and cooperative agreements.• Developed and provided justification for branch spending plans to Global HIV/AIDS Program leadership. Aligned plans with federal budget allocations and reconcile with Extramural Program Management Office and internal financial applications. Show less

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  Icf (cdc)

  Jul 2011 - Dec 2018

  Project manager

  • Supported the CDC Information Management Services contract, a five year, multi-million task order to improve data systems processes, provide technical assistance, enhance information dissemination, and implement quality assurance procedures.• Managed day to day administrative and financial management operations of the CDC’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Communication Branch, through legislative policies and procedures.• Developed and presented justification for branch spending plans to Global HIV/AIDS Program leadership. Aligned plans with federal budget allocations and reconcile with Extramural Program Management Office and internal financial applications.• Led and supported public health data initiatives as super user, including systems integration and user acceptance testing. Consulted with business users to gather, validate requirements and develop detailed specifications and designs.• Developed and maintained project plans, status reports, issue logs, budget/ongoing project forecast of resources and materials.• Served as liaison between senior management and planning, project team, and SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration); asses project issues and developed resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client satisfaction goals and objectives.• Served as lead representative for extramurally funded Public Health projects ($20 million budget) and intramural budgets ($1 million budget) for the branch to the Extramural Program Management Office.• Performed analysis of Public Health Programs to determine funding mechanism and funding availability. Created funding package for grants and cooperative agreements. Show less

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  Cdc foundation

  Dec 2018 - now

  • Provide program design and project management for State and Federal mandated public health reporting initiatives to promote data interoperability and the Opioid Data to Action program.• Consult with hospitals and healthcare providers across the state of Mississippi to plan for possible cases of COVID-19, preparing them to identify and safely treat cases.• Facilitate statewide hospital onboarding elicitations, conduct readiness assessments and evaluate hospitals feasibility of capturing syndromic surveillance (SYN) and electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) HL7 messages for transport to the Mississippi Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.• Define and ensure the attainment of project deliverables, create and execute project plans, and facilitate communication between Mississippi Department of Health, electronic health record (EHR) vendors, health data source and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.• Serve as the key point of contact for data governance, data management, data interoperability, and health information exchange activities as they relate to legacy and future electronic health systems.• Provide consultative services to senior executives and business unit managers including process improvement methodology, business case development, and strategic project identification. Show less

  • COVID-19 Corps Regional Coordinator, Region 9

    May 2020 - now

  • HIE Project Manager

    Dec 2018 - May 2020