Overview
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Jacoby Payne

Washington,DC

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Artificial Intelligence Content Engineer and Ethical AI Content Trainer

Fortune 10 Tech company
06.2024 - Current
  • Develop and implement AI content strategies to improve user engagement and experience for a Fortune 10 Tech company in the Research, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative Text Models, and Natural Language Processing space and their leading AI products
  • Train AI models on ethical content guidelines to ensure adherence to established standards and prevent potential biases or negative impacts on users
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers, researchers, and product managers, to create innovative AI-driven content solutions
  • Validate content through experiments and rating to measure the effectiveness of AI content strategies and use data-driven insights to inform future decisions
  • Provide ongoing support and maintenance for AI content systems to ensure optimal performance and user satisfaction.

Systems Engineer/Project Manager, PMO

Jacobs
01.2022 - 06.2024
  • Managed the Innovative Aerospace Division engineering team in a cross-functional and Agile environment. Used problem-solving, critical thinking, and written/verbal communication to manage cross-team data projects from a Science, Data Engineering, and Data Warehousing perspective.
  • Supported other PMs in management of resourcing, cost, and schedule for technical projects.
  • Led multiple critical customer and corporate applications. Responsible for identifying and tracking potential risk areas within project scope.
  • Facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to foster collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.
    Manages project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively, utilizing tools such as Excel, ServiceNOW, and Microsoft Project.
  • Collaborate with application owners in commercial and enterprise areas to identify, design, and implement changes required for project demands.
  • Executed project management requirements for and provides technical and administrative direction, coordination, evaluation, and streamlined efforts within the SEIT team.
  • Assisted and directed in developing Cost Scheduling, preparation of specialty schedules, project labor forecasts, cash flows, and reviewing/preparing the Contractor's Partial Payment Authorization (PPA)
  • Analyze variances in cost and schedule performance against baseline estimate and planning. Identifies trends/deviations and recommends corrective courses of action with recommended solutions/recovery plans for time/cost impacts or delays.
  • Administered the Cost Engineering efforts of the project, including preparation of cost report templates and monthly Cost and Change Management report deliverables.
  • Oversaw the planning efforts for the project, including the preparation and analysis of baseline and progress schedules, specialty schedules, analysis, and integration of the Earned Value Management system, as well as project progress reporting.

Project Manager

United Planning Organization
Washington, DC
05.2020 - 12.2022
  • Increased clients from 87% and stabilized clients at 97% in just

Over a month.

  • Completed site-wide property audits on files and rental ledgers.
  • Followed up on monthly delinquency to ensure rent is being collected.
  • Completed weekly reports regarding leasing, delinquency, and budget.
  • Oversaw and negotiated capital projects, and ensured completion of projects, according to the scope agreement.
  • assisted in directing a service program plan for homeless prevention and an adult training app using a $5 million budget to spread awareness of the newly constructed CARES Act under the Community Service Block Grant.
  • Prepared annual budgets and managed $500k in capital Improvement projects, which included negotiating project bids and selecting scopes of work.
  • Analyzed and delivered accurate financial and operational performance reports.
  • Facilitated staff meetings alongside the director of programming.

Education

Master's in Mental Health Counseling - Education

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD
05-2019

Bachelor of Science in Public Health/Biology -

University of Alabama
12-2015

HS Advanced Diploma with Honors -

Opelika HS
Opelika, AL
05-2011

Skills

  • PMP Certified (Aug 2024)
  • Leadership
  • Microsoft Office
  • Project management abilities
  • Agile Methodology
  • Cross-team Collaboration
  • Organization skills
  • Learning Management Systems
  • Project Status Reporting
  • Customer Service
  • Monday
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Time Management
  • Risk Management

Timeline

Artificial Intelligence Content Engineer and Ethical AI Content Trainer

Fortune 10 Tech company
06.2024 - Current

Systems Engineer/Project Manager, PMO

Jacobs
01.2022 - 06.2024

Project Manager

United Planning Organization
05.2020 - 12.2022

Master's in Mental Health Counseling - Education

Bowie State University

Bachelor of Science in Public Health/Biology -

University of Alabama

HS Advanced Diploma with Honors -

Opelika HS
Jacoby Payne