I am a passionate, driven professional who enjoys delivering results and helping others, encouraging the people around me while having fun and being creative. Greatly enjoy and exceed at building lasting relationships and networks with kindred professional spirits with a hungry appetite to innovate on old process and strategies and used existing resources to deliver new, more effective results. I have been called ridiculously optimistic which I find to be a very high complement.
Looking for career opportunities to keep on working on topics and issues that I find interesting and fulfilling while helping others and expanding my skill-sets and experiences. Such topics include public service, talent management and human capital, as well as public health and healthcare. Looking to expand and increase my opportunities to lead, supervise and motivate teams to achieve goals and drive results.
Interested in opportunities in Washington D.C. for the near-term, as well as opportunities where I could work remotely part time or full time.
Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy
June 2012
to September 2013
Full-time
Washington
United States - District of Columbia
Co-Founder of the Presidential Innovation Fellows Program, which brings the innovation economy into government by pairing talented, diverse technologists and innovators with top civil-servants and change-makers within the federal government to tackle some our nation’s biggest challenges- www.whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows This was my rotational assignment as a Presidential Management Fellow (full time- 40 hrs per week)
Developed, and co-led the design and execution of the program including initial project selection with agencies, recruitment and selection process of first class and fellows, and design and delivery of all the administrative, funding, and mission support functions to stand up the program and deliver first class of Fellows through their year-long fellowships
Built and sustained lasting relationships with agency sponsors who were early adopters and first customers and successfully worked with over 16 differed federal agencies to hire and detail fellows to agencies by navigating over a dozen personnel systems and detail contracts in less than a few months
Led and supported the team of volunteers that helped us stand up and run the program
Coordinated and executed a 7-city innovation swing tour to spread awareness and build both internal and external sponsors and customers to support the program
Assisted in drafting the Executive Order signed by the President to formally establish and make the program permanent across government
Advised and supported several other other initiatives including Open Data, Open Government, and the President's Management Agenda