ERIKA KIRKLAND

• Oversaw and operated intelligence exchange activities with foreign governments and international affiliates.
• Refined organizational structures of lines of business to consolidate, streamline and delineate necessary functions.
• Directed operational improvements, reducing waste and business bottlenecks. Increase productivity by 20%.
• Maintained multi-million dollar P&L and shouldered federal fiscal responsibility.
• Cultivated innovative solutions and leveraged emerging technical capabilities to meet challenging operational requirements.

• Drove financial planning and forecasting; collaborated closely with CEO on new business initiatives.
• Provided personalized business consulting and overhauled services to strengthen success. Developed complete business plans and operational strategies for new and existing business objectives.
• Conducted risk assessments of multi-million dollar investment proposals, overseeing financial transactions over $100 million.
• Implemented process improvements to shape organizational culture, optimized procedures for higher efficiency and helped company evolve and grow.

• Provided high level consulting expertise to client management teams to improve business processes, organizational effectiveness, and efficiency.
• Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication and resource utilization issues.
• Created and optimized records management strategies to coordinate and protect proprietary information.
• Analyzed project cost estimates proposal generation, and invoicing; maximized budget utilization.

• Managed seven nuclear analysts; Oversaw all operations and training for the Nuclear Threat Integration Center (NTIC) located in the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Intelligence.
• Researched and developed recommendations for collection requirements designed to eliminate intelligence gaps on nuclear related terrorism efforts.
• DOE representative on the Intelligence & Law Enforcement Working Group for National Level Exercise development and implementation. Coordinated all active drill scenarios dealing with radioactive material.
• Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain efficiency and responsiveness to demands.