RESUME
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cognizant
Senior Manager, Workforce Strategy
- Trained and hired 350+ associates valued at ~$28M via 30 skills-based trainings across eight Business Units
- Partnered with Udacity to launch Cognizant Skills Accelerator, equipping over 1,300 jobseekers with in-demand skills, such as generative AI and software development
- Co-designed a fully sponsored a Java Bridge bootcamp training, resulting in 150+ Software Developer hires
- Facilitate annual alumni survey to assess training and employment quality across 800 active Associates
- Created technical skills assessment using HackerRank to identify learning gains of program trainees
- Re-negotiated several contractual agreements, saving Cognizant over $700,000 in service costs
- Oversaw a 12-week early-career interview-preparation service pilot, featuring 80 Associates across five accounts
- Managed RFP processes ranging from LMS-based skills delivery to AI-enabled candidate screening services
- Selected for Cognizant’s Emerging Leaders Program in effort to prepare for promotional opportunities
City University of New York
Tech Sector Innovation Specialist
- Recruited Salesforce, HP, and Coursera to offer free online courses to nearly 500,000 full-time and part-time CUNY students with certificate options and exclusive enrollment data sharing agreements
- Co-led an $80,000 research study sponsored by the NYC Economic Development Corporation aimed at preparing and positioning CUNY students for in-demand careers in Data Science and Cybersecurity
- Secured separate $50,000 grants from Google and Microsoft to upskill students for in-demand tech jobs
- Identified over 375 new CUNY alumni contacts at Google, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and other notable companies
- Placed over 35 remote summer interns at 25 startups hosted at COMPANY
- Procured 10 free Salesforce licenses and launched a custom-tailored CRM consisting of over 2,000 cross-sector stakeholders devoted to placing students into high quality jobs and internships
- Coordinated nearly 250 interviews as part of the New York State Covid-19 pandemic recovery effort
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship
Manager, Emerging Programs
- Partnered with co-working space, Impact Hub San Francisco, to design a series of hybrid entrepreneurship courses (in-person/online) to Bay area working professionals at their Mission district location
- Created a cross-campus, cross-sector partnership providing 18 business and engineering students with the opportunity to design a ‘market-ready’ automated drone pollinator in Yuma, Arizona
- Launched a partnership with the U.S. State Department to administer a three-month, cross-border entrepreneurship initiative for over 30 under-resourced women in Mexico
- Leveraged donor funds and in-kind support to host an exclusive student pitch competition in Phoenix featuring senior university leadership and over 100 Phoenix investors and economic stakeholders
- Served as project lead in submitting the Master’s of Science in Entrepreneurship proposal to the Arizona Board of Regents
Clinton Global Initiative
Commitments Manager, Tech, Education and Workforce
- Managed a portfolio of over 100 members with over 380 education-related commitments
- Oversaw Job One, a set of 21 commitments led by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton aimed at connecting U.S. Opportunity Youth with mentoring and skills-development opportunities, internships and jobs
- Devised CGI convenings by recruiting panelists and attendees from, for example, AT&T, the International Labor Organization, UNICEF, HP, Save the Children, and Starbucks
- Leveraged personal expertise, networking, and independent research skills to identify and create new work streams for the Clinton Foundation while maintaining thorough record of interactions and priorities in CRM
Clinton Global Initiative
Account Manager, Tech, Education, and Workforce
- Recruited and managed 60+ member portfolio consisting of CEOs, NGOs, foundation leaders, etc.
- Advised members on the benefits of CGI as a vehicle to achieve social impact and philanthropic goals
- Shared market intelligence and policy issues to help ensure CGI remains ahead of market trends and developments in its program offerings and year-round engagement opportunities
Institute of International Education
Project Specialist
- Oversaw digital outreach and program operations for a $10 million global scholarship portfolio
- Managed selection process of a $2.4 million Bulgarian economic development grant
- Created and managed CRM operations for the Schwarzman Scholarship, consisting of 3,000 contacts
- Advised select NGOs in recruiting and implementing youth workforce development programs
- Recruited 120 global panelists to review applicants for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise
Graduate Assistant, Office of Global Services
- Managed outbound immigration processes for 3,000 students annually
- Performed student outreach tasks; improved communication strategies
- Led on-campus passport registration drive with U.S. Department of State
- Conducted academic research for Director of Office of Global Services
Graduate Assistant, Office of University Programs
- Academically advised and facilitated Student Life operations for 200 visiting students per semester
- Oversaw the $100,000+ Student Activity budget for NYU Precollege
- Managed summer programming for newly admitted international students
Corps Member
- Raised over $250,000 in pennies for various NYC charitable organizations
- Secured over $87,000 in corporate sponsorships
- Raised over $30,000 for 2011 Global Relief Fund: Japan
Teaching Fellow
- Developed and taught challenging ESL curriculum for 600 Korean middle-school students
EDUCATION
Steinhardt Institute of Higher Education Policy
New York University
Master of Arts, Higher Education Administration
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Creative Writing - Nonfiction