Project Management professional with extensive experience leading contracts over $15M. Demonstrates expertise in managing complex projects, fostering stakeholder collaboration, and implementing strategic solutions to mitigate risks. Skilled in guiding cross-functional teams to deliver results on time and within budget, while enhancing operational efficiencies.
Overview
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Certification
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
RWD Consulting, LLC
12.2024 - Current
Coordinates contract operation support functions, overseeing multiple complex inter-related project tasks. Led team to deliver clerical, administrative, and professional services, including data management, document preparation, records management support, and electronic records management within Records and Information Management Branch of the Department of Homeland Security HQ.
Facilitates frequent stakeholder meetings to communicate project status and address concerns, resulting in improved collaboration, alignment, and transparency
Develops long-term project plans to guide assignments, milestones, and resource allocation.
Provides support, training, and skill development to strengthen team capability and performance.
Resolves conflicts to maintain project momentum and team cohesion.
Document lessons learned after assignment completion to improve future strategies.
Implemented standardized workflows, improving consistency and reducing variability across cross-agency teams.
Creates processes to identify and mitigate risks, inefficiencies, and gaps, leading to streamlined and repeatable project procedures.
Prepares executive level reports, briefings, and documentation for government review.
Develops documentation for training, policy, and how-to guides that ensure features and functionality work in alignment with agency policies and best practices for more usable systems and more reliable records.
Assists with developing a project management tracking tool/document to monitor digitization efforts and compare results against the plans, goals, objectives, milestone dates, and analysis of any significant deviations to identify necessary strategic changes.
Project Manager
Dymentum Health Services, LLC
09.2008 - 04.2024
Managed contracts exceeding $15M annually, overseeing 100+ employees across multiple sites (CONUS & OCONUS) for diverse clients including Army, Airforce, Indian Health Services, BOP, VA, Navy, CBOC & DC Government.
Developed project scope, timeline, and resource requirements, ensuring clear communication of plans and assumptions to stakeholders.
Communicated project status updates and needs to senior leadership; prepared, reported, and managed against targets/goals including scope, schedule, metrics, and revenue.
Provided leadership to a cross-functional team, managed resource assignments, and task completion dates by developing project schedules to define all project tasks required for successful project delivery.
Directed multi-country staffing operations supporting U.S. military installations, ensuring personnel readiness across diverse geographic and regulatory environments.
Oversaw international deployment workflows including credentialing, travel coordination, and base access requirements for mission critical personnel.
Managed overseas logistics including housing coordination, travel routing, and in country support for deployed personnel.
Conducted weekly project meetings with working groups (both internally, as well as with consultants) to help the team ensure all tasks, deliverables, and project materials were delivered promptly.
Collaborated with stakeholders to identify risks and eliminate blockers and mitigate potential risks.
Managed contractor personnel program/project operations by developing procedures, planning, and directing execution of the technical, programming, maintenance and administrative support effort and monitoring and reporting progress.
Served as the primary interface and point of contact with Government program authorities (COR/ACOR) and representatives on technical and program/project contract administration issues.
Collaborated with the team to achieve CMMI Certification by implementing standardized processes.
Worked as an Accounts Payable Supervisor and Accounting Specialist for 5 years prior to serving as a Project Manager.
Membership Co-Chair & Board Member (Volunteer)
Spring-Mar Cooperative Preschool
09.2018 - 06.2026
Coordinated tasks for a multi-functional 5-person team to support operations of a parent-led preschool.
Managed enrollment processes, including updating documents, creating materials, tracking data, maintaining records, and ensuring VDOE compliance.
Oversaw interstate background check processes for staff and volunteers, ensuring secure maintenance of all sensitive records.
Attended monthly board meetings to share committee status updates, collaborate with other committees to achieve short and long-term goals, and assist other committees with troubleshooting open issues.
Accounts Payable Specialist
CRAssociates
Newington, VA
09.2005 - 04.2007
Specific duties available upon request
Receptionist
Friends & Company Staffing Services
Springfield, VA
06.2005 - 09.2005
Specific duties available upon request
Education
Associates Degree - Business Administration
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA
Skills
Project coordination
Risk evaluation
Contract oversight
Budget oversight
Stakeholder engagement
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Deltek software proficiency
Microsoft Office 365 and Power Platforms
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Project Management
Google Workspace
Google AI
Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt PMP Certification in Progress