Kashyap Dilipkumar Patel
Waxhaw,NC
Summary
High-performing manager with more than 25 years’ experience driving the success of international and environmental programs. Selected accomplishments include, building coalitions to improve long-standing processes and improve natural resource management, and mastering assignments of increasing responsibility by implementing strategies and standards to improve grants and permitting programs. Poised to leverage leadership experience, negotiation expertise, and superior interpersonal skills to support purpose-driven organization.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Management and Program Analyst
Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
09.2016 - Current
- Coordinate all agency functions as Director's Deputy Chief of Staff.
- Branch manager (supervisor) for a team of 5 grants management specialists administering 180 awards worth $90m for 11 programs supporting 100+ recipients in over 80 countries. (Performance award)
- Branch manager (supervisor) for a team of 6 program officers administering four international financial assistance programs supporting rural communities. Assigned work, managed branch budget and project schedules ensuring multimillion-dollar competitive grant programs were administered effectively to carry out wildlife conservation. (Performance award)
- Team lead for 3 economists responsible for analyzing the economic value of permits and associated fee structure.
- Design and execute problem-solving workshops to solve complex problems across independent programs to improve customer experience.
- Serve as subject-matter expert supporting Service programs with business processes development to align permit processing workflows within available resources and projected fee structures.
- Update Service regulations, Service manual chapters and handbooks to align with updated customer-oriented practices and technology.
- Prepare and deliver briefings for Service and program executive leadership, interest groups, OMB and the Congress.
- Increase client satisfaction by providing timely and accurate data analysis that led to faster permitting decisions on highly complex applications.
Management and Program Analyst
Department of Defense
01.2009 - 09.2016
- Project manager for $10m of border security training and assistance to remote Balkan and Caucus countries.
- Program evaluator and team lead for $1.15B DOD counter-narcotics program publishing public findings and recommendations for improved performance.
Coast Guard Officer
U.S. Coast Guard
05.2003 - 05.2008
Education
Master of Arts - Management & Leadership
Bachelor of Science - Government
Skills
- Engaging Workshop Leadership
- Process Optimization
- Leadership Coaching
- Team Leadership
- Strategic Policy Deployment
- Coalition Building
- Culture Change
- Interagency Collaboration
- Process mapping
- Employee Supervision
- Organizational development
- Business analysis
Personal Information
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
Training
- Uniform Administrative Requirements for Federal Grants, Management Concepts, 2022
- Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Federal Personnel, Management Concepts, 2022
- Closeout of Grants for Federal Personnel, Management Concepts, 2022
- Monitoring Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Federal Personnel, Management Concepts, 2022
- Public Leadership Certificate, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 2017
- Mastering Negotiation, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 2017
- Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 2015
- Driving Government Performance: Leadership Strategies that Produce Results, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 2011
- Performance-Based Budgeting, Performance Institute, 2010
- Applied Project Management, Department of the Army, 2009
Timeline
Senior Management and Program Analyst - Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
09.2016 - Current
Management and Program Analyst - Department of Defense
01.2009 - 09.2016
Coast Guard Officer - U.S. Coast Guard
05.2003 - 05.2008
Webster University - Master of Arts, Management & Leadership
U.S. Coast Guard Academy - Bachelor of Science, Government
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