As a seasoned professional with a strong background in project management, I have a proven track record of successfully working with companies and universities to achieve their goals. My expertise extends to supporting companies in research and development of new programs and initiatives, and working with universities in implementing a powerful online presence alongside a robust in-person experiences. I specialize in pioneering and building initiatives from the ground up, providing teams with a strong foundational structure for success. Organizations I have worked with include Positron Capital Management and Mary Baldwin University.

Develop and implement weekly innovative learning and development programs tailored for university stakeholders.Orchestrate the onboarding of the team, strategically developing and implementing comprehensive training and development programs aligned with key operational objectives. Advise, influence, and coach university personnel through culture change to online learning and the introduction of the center of life success. Serve as the Chief of Staff to the Executive Director, leading strategic initiatives and operational improvements across the center and university.Active member of the Strategic Planning Committee, contributing to the formulation of the university's five-year strategic direction, focusing on academic excellence, student success, and institutional growth.Lead three teams in the strategic execution of key projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and deadlines.Analyze university graduates' first destination of employment data to help the university to make informed decisions on admissions, program retention, and marketing. Leverage Tableau for data visualization, enabling stakeholders to gain clear and insightful views of complex datasets.Work closely with Deans and Associate Deans, employing advanced data analysis and best practice frameworks to inform and optimize decision-making strategies.Facilitate collaborative weekly meetings for senior executives, such as the CIO and Executive Director, fostering cross-functional dialogue and advancing divisional priorities.Establish partnerships with companies and external stakeholders to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) for internship opportunities, enriching MBU students' learning experiences and supporting talent development within their organizations.Lead the cross-university committee orchestration of Career Week, the campus's largest event, by mobilizing external stakeholders to offer robust hiring opportunities for students.

Orchestrated the onboarding of the team, strategically developing and implementing comprehensive training and development programs aligned with key operational objectives. Designed architecture for the McCree Center for Life Success website as well as content calendar.Designed rubrics for hiring and trained/assisted the team with hiring.Created onboarding documents for the leadership team to utilize with new staff.Led team in building Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to set quantifiable measurements to gauge performance.

Designed and implemented early course registration for incoming students to help with retention. Achieved record 40% early registration.Built and taught curriculum, as well as oversaw experiential programs for students of each year at the university (First, Second, Third, and Fourth Year Experiences) using Learning Management System (LMS). Managed relationships with external partners, Camp4 and Dassault Systemes, to utilize their services for upscaling student experiences in Elevate.Facilitated organizational and student growth while developing partnerships and opportunities for co-programming with outside companies, other offices/departments, and student organizations.2021 Staff Excellence Award Recipient: Developing an Innovative Solution that Improves the Experience of Illinois Tech students. Worked closely with Deputy Vice Provost for Accreditation and Academic Initiatives to accredit our co-curricular programs.

Created original curriculum for programming on campus in LMS system.Built curriculum and syllabi for Game Design: Interactive Storytelling, Role Player Games: Tabletop games, Design Thinking Short Course, and First Year Experience. Lead Gecko integration in conjunction with TargetX and Salesforce to manage event data and commflow. Managed recruitment and event data in TargetX and Salesforce.

Summer school principal. Evaluated assigned personnel using the Danielson Framework, for the purpose of ensuring that standards are achieved and performance is maximized. Active member on the curriculum team for Waukegan District 60, using Understanding By Design to create a thorough and rigorous curriculum for the district.Created original district-led professional development (PD) on Understanding by Design and led PD for district administrators. Wrote and delivered original professional development on objective writing, creating rigorous lessons, learning to unit plan, and thematic units.

- Teacher of the Year 2014.- Implement original curriculum created from backwards design in accordance with Common Core Standards.- Management of 32 students through individualized learning plans.- Participate in mentor-ship with principal of the school.

- Teacher of the Year 2014.- Implement original curriculum created from backwards design in accordance with Common Core Standards.- Management of 32 students through individualized learning plans.- Built and develop both PBIS program in school and Teacher Mentor Program.

- Teacher of the Year 2014.- Implement original curriculum created from backwards design in accordance with Common Core Standards.- Management of 32 students through individualized learning plans.- Built and develop both PBIS program in school and Teacher Mentor Program.

- Worked with students in an all inclusive classroom - Lead three individualized lessons each day - Developed detailed lesson plans for guided reading groups - Collected data by using discrete trial to document students progress - Worked with small groups during daily five - Implemented individualized behavior plans

- Worked with children on the Autism spectrum, ages 5 – 17 - Assessed student strengths and needs in the areas of personal-social, self-help, visual-perceptual, fine and gross motor, auditory processing, language, cognition, and cultural literacy - Utilized the floortime model of education - Implemented 1:1 individualized, intensive, interest-driven, well - balanced and developmental instruction - Provided IEP support including suggested goals, objectives and modifications - Independently taught lessons after collaborating with CCDS teachers - Utilized a wide variety of methodologies to match each student’s learning style - Collected quantitative and qualitative data through daily progress monitoring through