Natalie Ryan, PMP

Experience

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  US Army

  Jun 2004 - May 2008

  Cadet
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  ManTech SRS

  Jul 2008 - Feb 2009

  SYSTEMS ENGINEER

  Designed and published secure SharePoint website for Business Excellence Campaign within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).Analyzed DTRA's CWMD Campaign in order to determine what gaps existed within the system that may be causing them to run inefficiently. This was accomplished by examining numerous DoD Directives, JCIDS Capability Based Assessments, and other government documents in order to identify the various things that were required of DTRA in relation to combating WMD and comparing those requirements to the campaign's current capabilities.Formed a multi-disciplinary team including representatives from DHS, Army, Navy, Air Force, DTRA, and other government contractors designed to address the gaps found by the analysis. Show less

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  Boecore, Inc.

  Mar 2010 - Jan 2011

  Process Engineer/IT Support Specialist/Contracts Compliance Officer

  PROCESS ENGINEER• • Served on a 2 person team for CMMI Implementation and Certification to establish Boecore standard practices. Awarded CMMI Maturity Level 2 Development Model Certification, 8/2010.• Conduct Corporate Gap Analysis; write and institutionalize various Corporate Policies, Procedures, and Forms to fill those gaps.CONTRACTS COMPLIANCE OFFICER • Assist the Director of Contracts by tracking all contract requirements and ensuring company complianceIT SUPPORT SPECIALIST • Design and implement the new Corporate website using Rapidweaver and HTML.• Design and implement various Corporate databases using SQL and MS Access.• Assist employees with Microsoft Windows hardware and software troubleshooting. Show less

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  Association of Graduates - U.S. Air Force Academy

  Mar 2011 - Aug 2013

  Graduate Event Support Specialist

  GRADUATE EVENT SPECIALIST• Sole employee responsible for 72 National and 3 International volunteer-run regional graduate Chapters; Assisted in planning events ranging from: golf tournaments, black tie dinners, fundraising events, family picnics, and networking events• Recruit volunteer leadership teams for each Chapter and provide best practices and support to help each team achieve their goals • Maintain 75 Separate Chapter websites and teach Chapter Presidents how to develop their own sites.• Communicate to each Chapter the institutional goals of the Association of Graduates and ensure the organizations are aligned with corporate policies • Plan and execute the first and second annual Chapter Presidents Conference in Colorado Springs• Blog and develop as AOG representative on www.usafawebguy.com; which is the membership program that raises the most funds annually for the AOG. • Exceeded annual performance targets for each FY; in the years 2011-2013 I exceeded my Chapter growth goals by 7+ Chapters and exceeded event number goals by 20+ each year Show less

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  The University of Arizona

  Nov 2014 - Jun 2015

  Senior Project Coordinator
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  West Point Association of Graduates

  Jul 2015 - May 2018

  Assistant Director of Stewardship and Events

  Planned, coordinated, and executed all protocol aspects of 143 ceremonial and stewardship functions for select VIP Donors, graduates and guests of the United States Military Academy. Including General Officer retirement ceremonies, change of command/responsibility, USMA Graduations, award ceremonies, memorial dedications, Army Navy Gala and VIP Warming Room, etc.

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  Hiring Our Heroes

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Economic Development & Strategic Initiatives, Military Spouse Program

    Dec 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Program Director

    Sept 2018 - Dec 2018
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  US Army

  Sept 2019 - now

  Protocol Officer