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Alisha Fredericks
Randallstown,Maryland
Summary
Experienced procurement and compliance professional with over 20 years of proven track record in managing, reviewing, and supporting the establishment of social-economic program goals for agency contracts. Skilled in contract management compliance, ensuring program objectives are achieved. Exceptional communication, negotiation, writing, and analytical skills, along with a comprehensive understanding of legal aspects related to social-economic program goals. Experienced in strategic planning, operational management, and team leadership; utilizes skills to drive organizational efficiency and achieve goals. Track record of fostering collaboration and delivering results in dynamic environments.
Professional leader with strong record of driving organizational success and fostering team collaboration. Adept at strategic planning, project management, and policy development. Known for flexibility in dynamic environments and results-driven mindset. Strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills that ensure consistent achievement of goals.
Knowledgeable [Desired Position] with solid background in managing organizational operations and strategic planning. Successfully led initiatives that streamlined processes and improved departmental efficiency. Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills in high-pressure environments.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Director
Maryland Aviation Administration
01.2022 - Current
- My position is the Deputy Director of the Office of Civil Rights & Compliance (OCRC), and I oversee all functions of the Scio economic programs: MBE, DBE, VSBE, ACDBE, and EEO I directly supervise and manage the Compliance and EEO Managers
- Oversee the management of specialized in and expedite the analysis of all Goal Determination requests for the Minority Business Enterprise Program (MBE), the Veterans Small Business Enterprise Program (VSBE), and the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE), to include the tracking process of final determinations
- I oversee the analysis for upcoming and soon-to-be-advertised contracts for MBE, DBE, and VSBE participation
- The number of current contracts legislated, reform measures, and expanded Capital Program necessitates professional management of all Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) contracts
- I present the findings to the Procurement Review Group (PRG) for recommendation to the Executive Secretary
- I oversee, manage, coordinate, organize, and direct the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Veteran Small Business Enterprise (VSBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), and Small Business Reserved (SBR) efforts for the Maryland Aviation Administration, as the Deputy Director
- I provided guidance and assistance to minorities, veterans, the disadvantaged, and small business vendors
- Experience in monitoring MBE and DBE contracts
- Oversee and coordinate the MBE goal-setting activities for service, commodities, and construction projects for over forty thousand dollars.
- Evaluate and recommend MBE/DBE/VSBE goals for all MAA contracts
- Assists direct reports with vendors by verifying Maryland State Department of Transportation certification and securing qualified subcontractors
- Oversee the process for pre-bid and pre-construction conferences to assist vendors as needed
- Review all submitted MBE/DBE/VSBE documentation to determine accuracy and compliance with COMAR Title 21, legislation, and State laws
- Obtains legal advice and/or assistance from the Maryland State Attorney General's Office regarding all social-economic programs' approvals and waivers
- Reviews and verifies documents associated with waiver requests and Good Faith Efforts
- Provide general information and assistance to minority and small vendors in submitting bids and waiver requests
- Oversee, coordinate, and conduct community outreach activities and events
- Provides outreach efforts to maintain and secure minority, veteran, and small business participation for all contracts
- Participates in business opportunities and events that generate minority and small business interests
- Manage technical assistance and outreach training programs for minority and small firms
- I am a current member of the Maryland State Department of Transportation's (MBEAC) Maryland Business Enterprise Advisory Committee
- Participates in MBE policy and procedure review to ensure MAA compliance with state MBE requirements
- Oversee, specialize in, and expedite all reporting requirements to meet all levels of governance timelines and requirements for the Minority Business Enterprise Program (MBE) and the Veterans Small Business Enterprise Program (VSBE), including meeting with stakeholders and higher authority on the achievement of Compliance Program Goals as deemed by State and Federal Government.
- Manage the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Veteran Small Business Enterprise (VSBE), and report on participation percentages for State and federally funded contracts.
- Manage progress reports that reflect the programs' ongoing goals for the MAA executive leadership and the MAA authority board of directors.
- Review and approve monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to be submitted on behalf of the MAA Board of Directors and the Governor's Office of Small, Women, and Minority Business Affairs.
- Manage, oversee, and resolve any of the periodic functions of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), which involve Compliance and Reporting functional areas.
- This includes meeting with other entities in the Finance for Dynamics System, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) for the FMIS and IFMIS systems and collaborating with the Office of Information Technology Project Manager.
- Manage records and ensure compliance.
- Review monthly payment reports on all construction and service contracts for MBE participation.
- This position serves as the sole point of contact (POC) for Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) employees, applicants, constituents participating in MAA programs and services, local Maryland Aviation Administration, and Maryland Boards and Commissions regarding workplace discrimination.
Compliance Manager
Maryland Transportation Authority
01.2014 - 01.2022
- Directly supervise and manage the Compliance Reports, Programs Analyst, and the ITS staff
- Manage, specialize in, and expedite the analysis of all Goal Determination requests for the Minority Business Enterprise Program (MBE), the Veterans Small Business Enterprise Program (VSBE), the Small Business Reserve Program (SBR), and the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE), to include the tracking process of final determinations
- I perform and oversee the analysis for upcoming and soon-to-be-advertised contracts for MBE, SBR, DBE, and VSBE participation
- I present the findings to the Procurement Review Group (PRG) for recommendation to the Executive Secretary
- The number of current contracts, legislated reform measures, and an expanded Capital Program necessitate professional management of all Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) contracts
- Managed, coordinated, organized, and directed the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Veteran Small Business Enterprise (VSBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), and Small Business Reserved (SBR) efforts for the Maryland Transportation Authority as the Compliance Analyst Manager
- I provided guidance and assistance to minorities, veterans, the disadvantaged, and small business vendors
- Experience in monitoring MBE and DBE contracts
- Managed and coordinated the MBE goal-setting activities for service, commodities, and construction projects for over forty thousand dollars, evaluated and recommended MBE/DBE/VSBE goals for all MDTA contracts
- Assists vendors by verifying Maryland State Department of Transportation certification and securing qualified subcontractors
- Attend pre-bid and pre-construction conferences to provide assistance to vendors as needed.
- Review all submitted MBE/DBE/VSBE documentation to determine accuracy and compliance with COMAR Title 21, legislation, and State laws.
- Obtain legal advice and/or assistance from the Maryland State Attorney General's Office regarding all approvals and waivers of social-economic programs.
- Reviews and verifies documents associated with waiver requests and Good Faith Efforts.
- Provide general information and assistance to minority and small vendors in submitting bids and waiver requests.
- Manage, coordinate, and conduct community outreach activities and events
- Provides outreach efforts to maintain and secure minority, veteran, and small business participation for all contracts
- Participates in business opportunities and events that generate minority and small business interests
- Manage technical assistance and outreach training programs for minority and small firms
- A current member of the Maryland State Department of Transportation's (MBEAC) Maryland Business Enterprise Advisory Committee
- Participates in MBE policy and procedure reviews to ensure MDTA compliance with state MBE requirements
- Manage, specialize in, and expedite all reporting requirements to meet all levels of governance timelines and requirements for the Minority Business Enterprise Program (MBE), the Veterans Small Business Enterprise Program (VSBE), and the Small Business Reserve Program (SBR), to include meeting with stakeholders and higher authority on the achievement of Compliance Program Goals as deem by State and Federal Government.
- Manage the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Veteran Small Business Enterprise (VSBE), and Small Business Enterprise (SBR) reports on participation percentages for State and federally funded contracts.
- Manage progress reports that reflect the programs' ongoing goals for the MDTA executive leadership and the MDTA Authority Board of Directors.
- Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to the MDTA Board of Directors and the Governor's Office of Small, Women, and Minority Business Affairs.
- Manage, oversee, and resolve any of the periodic functions of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), which involve Compliance and Reporting functional areas.
- This includes meetings with other entities in the Finance for Dynamics System, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) for the FMIS and IFMIS systems, and collaboration with the Office of Information Technology Project Manager.
- Manage records and ensure compliance.
- Review monthly payment reports on all construction and service contracts for MBE participation.
Senior Buyer
University of Maryland
05.2012 - 01.2014
- Company Overview: UMB is Maryland's only public health, law, and human services University. Seven professional and graduate schools train most State physicians, graduate nurses, dentists, lawyers, social workers, and pharmacists.
- Under general supervision, perform technical work involving limited discretion in procuring goods and services, such as negotiating prices, terms, and deliveries, overseeing the preparation of procurement documents, and issuing orders.
- Contract management involves soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, and awarding contracts and ensuring compliance with Federal and State procurement laws, regulations, and conditions.
- Has the authority to make procurement decisions and commits to the University's purchase of goods and services of up to $25,000
- Prepares invitations for bids, requests for proposals, and requests for quotes for procurement orders, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Research available catalog and promotional information for marketplace analysis; identify best sources, pricing, and schedule for goods and services
- Obtains information by initiating communications with vendors and clients regarding various activities such as price verification, order status, and expediting
- Provides guidance and direction to other personnel on work assignments
- Respond to inquiries from vendors and clients; resolve problems by providing information, typically requiring research or interpretation of data and knowledge of departmental policies and procedures
- Generate and update manual and automated record-keeping systems pertinent to potential suppliers, prices, delivery dates, invoices, and general departmental operations
- Performs arithmetic calculations for purchase order quantities, price extension, and totals
- Initiates and prepares procurement reports, forms, and other documentation related to departmental operations
- Utilize databases to track contract management to ensure compliance with contract procurement terms, conditions, and participation goals (SBR/MBE)
- Prepare quarterly and annual SBR and MBE reports to ensure that contract goals are achieved.
- UMB is Maryland's only public health, law, and human services University. Seven professional and graduate schools train most State physicians, graduate nurses, dentists, lawyers, social workers, and pharmacists.
Procurement Associate III/Assistant Director
Maryland Transportation Authority Police
07.2002 - 05.2012
- My duties consist of procurement contract preparation, processing, and development
- Perform complex administrative functions associated with procurement contract development and management
- Monitor and assist in contract development from the initial stages until the contract has been awarded and executed
- Utilize databases and spreadsheets to exercise responsibility for contract compliance and procurement related to MBE, VSBE, SBR, and DBE
- Assuring that all the mandated goals are being met
- Performing work at an advanced level involves conducting the more complex duties associated with contract development, such as writing and editing nontechnical contract specifications, developing the procedures for contract preparation, or working with more detailed and complicated types of contracts
- Supervise and provide advice and guidance to lower-level staff
- The purchasing, receipt, storage, distribution, and disposition of supplies, materials, and equipment
- Review purchase orders and all receiving reports to identify property and equipment for accuracy
- I compiled information for fiscal year reports and other special reports as required, including GOSBA's annual MBE and SBR report, using information from a database to prepare a spreadsheet report
- Routine contact with vendors and the procurement office in initiating requisitions and purchase orders for materials, supplies, and equipment
- Provide technical advice to the department regarding specifications, standards, standard packaging, the most economical ordering of quantities, and product suitability
- Furnish current prices for supplies and equipment to assist in preparing the equipment and operating the budget as needed
- Keeps records of price and sources of supply, looks at market conditions, and the quality and cost of goods to assist the Commander daily
- Follow up on orders and deliveries from vendors
- Assist Equipment Coordinators when necessary
- Make purchases and payments with the agency purchasing card
- Prepare a monthly purchasing report
- Manage databases for all fixed asset capital and non-capital equipment
- Dispose of excess and surplus personal State property
- Ensure the efficient use of the capital invested in the State's inventory of materials and supplies
- Provide consistent guidelines for the management and protection of State property
- Establish uniform procedures for reporting inventory values
- Provide consistent guidelines for reporting missing and stolen State property
- Supervisory Duties: Supervises and directs the shop clerk and service specialist in all aspects, making recommendations to the regular standard operating procedures
- Oversee all aspects of the human resource management units
- In the absence of the Commander, I guide the secretary's office in purchasing-related duties
- Approve/disapprove leave for employees under your supervision
- Make independent assessments about disciplinary needs
- Conduct formal performance evaluations and counseling
- Motivate staff to improve work habits, productivity, and quality of work performed.
- Assign work assignments to supply room personnel and check for completeness and accuracy.
- Procure and manage supplies or equipment for the stockroom
- Procure special purchases
- Order business cards, retirement badges, nameplates, body armor, weapons, and other items.
- Assist with the annual equipment budget and arrange payments for training and special events.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
University of Maryland University College
07.2025
Bachelor of Science - Business Management, Minor in Contract Law
University of Maryland University College
05.2023
Master Compliance Administrator - undefined
Morgan State University, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies
08.2019
Bachelor of Science - undefined
Morgan State University, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies
08.2019
Skills
- MS Office Suite
- System Access
- Excel Proficiency
- Microsoft Outlook Expertise
- Presentation Software Proficiency
- Publisher
- Word Applications
- Maximo System Expertise
- Integrated Financial Management Information Systems
- PRiSM Compliance Management System
- PeopleSoft
- Strategic planning
- Change management
- Program management
- Program implementation
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Supervised a team of 18 staff members.
- Documented and developed a comprehensive compliance program to address bad data issues, which led to bringing the programs and all data and reports into compliance.
Affiliations
American Contract Compliance Association
Hobbies and Interests
- Enjoy participating in fitness for overall physical and mental well-being.
- Dancing
- Gym Workouts
- Team Sports
- Swimming
- High-Interval Training
- Mindfulness Practices
Interests
Timeline
Deputy Director
Maryland Aviation Administration
01.2022 - Current
Compliance Manager
Maryland Transportation Authority
01.2014 - 01.2022
Senior Buyer
University of Maryland
05.2012 - 01.2014
Procurement Associate III/Assistant Director
Maryland Transportation Authority Police
07.2002 - 05.2012
Bachelor of Science - Business Management, Minor in Contract Law
University of Maryland University College
Master Compliance Administrator - undefined
Morgan State University, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies
Bachelor of Science - undefined
Morgan State University, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies
Master of Business Administration -
University of Maryland University College
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