Laura Weiland

Experience

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  Tennessee Department of Transportation

  May 2013 - Aug 2019

  ▪ Cultivated a strong relationship with leadership and stakeholders advising of opportunities for safety enhancements by delivering quality safety data analysis that provided a platform for data driven decision making. ▪ Continued to deliver and enhance scheduled and ad hoc reporting, established in prior role, for the Department’s safety risk exposures utilizing data visualization tools such as Tableau to serve all levels stakeholders.▪ Spearheaded the creation of an automated database for reporting employee injuries and property damage that expedited mitigation efforts, enhanced data quality, and slashed monthly reporting time by 85%.▪ Pioneered a national trend for vehicle crashes in work zones analytics resulting in a 20% reduction in 60 days.▪ Provided training for reporting employee injuries and property damage.▪ Managed the collaboration and design of a SharePoint database providing immediate access to safety resources.▪ Developed an incident analysis tool and written program for mitigating serious hazards to employees.▪ Promoted safety culture through filmed presentations viewed by all employees.▪ Continued to manage and enhance the accuracy of the Department’s annual OSHA 300 report exposing an issue of over reporting in recordable injuries by 25%. ▪ Researched and implemented best practices for various components of safety analytics and safety procedures. Show less ▪ Contributed to the strategic mission of the newly created division by cultivating untapped safety data creating the Department’s first process for reporting various safety analytics providing key metrics for leadership to optimize a top-down approach for mitigate hazards.▪ Enhanced employee injury data to include near-miss incidents enabling the division to strategize opportunities for hazard mitigation resulting in Workers’ Compensation costs trending down by 40% in two years.▪ Managed the Department’s annual OSHA 300 reporting. Show less ▪ Specialized in financial compliance for over $5 Million federal and state funds for a variety of transportation programs managed by local governments and metropolitan planning organizations.▪ Developed strong customer relationships with local governments and metropolitan planning organizations through delivering prompt grant reimbursements by improving both internal and external procedures.▪ Worked with multiple divisions and agencies to enhance the process for awarding grant funds, slashing the customer application process in half. Show less

  • Data and Policy Supervisor

    Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Data and Policy Analyst

    Sept 2017 - Feb 2019

  • Program Monitor, Long Range Planning Division

    May 2016 - Sept 2017

  • Executive Assistant, Commissioner's Office

    May 2013 - May 2016
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  CME Group

  Aug 2020 - now

  • Lead Operational Resilience Analyst

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Senior Risk Management Analyst

    Aug 2020 - Mar 2022