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Professional Summary
An autonomous, engaging problem solver with experience in the corporate and non-profit sectors and skilled in operations, grant making and administration, as well as project management seeks to make a positive impact in an organization and ultimately the community.
Building on a history of systematizing ambiguous and early stage projects, I've become proficient at working cross-functionally, developing and implementing systems and have become passionate about data driven analysis and results. I'm wrapping up an accelerated Data Science program at Flatiron School where I'm gaining more skills and insight to the wonderful world of data.
Skills
Excel Writing CRM Reporting
Grant Making Social Impact Education Metrics/KPI Development
Analytics: Linear/Logistic Regression ,SQL, A/B Hypothesis Testing NLP
Visualization: Seaborn, Matplotlib, Plotly Tableau
Python Pandas Numpy SciKit Learn
Work Experience
2011-Present
Cisco Systems , Cisco Foundation - Consultant/Program Specialist
Grantmaking specializing in analysis, KPI/Metric development, research, reporting, and presentation skills using quarterly and historical data to inform portfolio performance and investment strategies to cross-functional teams. (portfolio of $2.6M)
2001 - 2017
Aries Technology, Director of Operations/Consultant
Managed projects, contracts, vendor relations for 350 head workforce and $10M annual budget. Strengthened client relationships through clearly articulated, evolving advice, backed by data and regular reports. Consulted Fortune 100 company on operations.
2000 - 2001
Cisco Systems, Networking Academy, Project Manager
Operations and budget management directly reporting to the Director and Co-Founder in infant stage to scale to serve over 7million students globally. Cisco Systems Networking Academy.
Education
2019-2010
Flatiron School
Data Science: Stats, Mathematic Theory, Regression, Modeling, Visualization, NLP, SQL, Coding, Presentation Skills
1991 - 1995
Colorado State University
Bachelor of Arts in Soc. Science (Psychology, Sociology), Minor Spanish
Interests
Anything outdoors, fitness, nutrition, education... I'm in!
For fun I teach fitness classes and read about new data science methodologies.
Social Impact? I'm in! I've spent the last 10 years learning what makes a difference in k-12 education using technology as well as learning about other initiatives in critical human needs and economic empowerment.