Partnered with small and medium sized companies to help them solve branding, strategic, and business development issues.

•Won US Department of Commerce Export Achievement Award for exporting accomplishments in Africa

•Current member of the North Carolina District Export Council alongside Caterpillar, UNC-CH, Western Union, etc…

•Closed deal with South Africa University system to provide cyber risk assessments to all 26 public universities

•Secured two deals with the Minority Business Development Agency to provide cyber training and perform cyber risk assessments on 50 their top member companies

•Current member of NC Coalition for Global Competitiveness alongside NC Secretary of State, RTI International, NC Department of Agriculture, NCSU, Mexican Consulate, Guatemalan Consulate, Elon University, etc.…

•Selected by US Department of Commerce and International Trade Administration to participate in 2023 Trade Mission

•Built24-month partner development plans, spanning 8 countries and 11 industries, defining Alliance Strategy and Execution objectives, tactics, and measurements

• Led operations strategy development with IT VP's and optimized $1B+ budget that supported over 2,500 global employees, 1,000 projects
• Based on needs of global business units and ops, led IT operations transformation initiative that created an "as- a-service" model across Business Operations, PMO, and Administrative Support, driving efficiencies of more than 35%
• Operations Leader on IT Transformation Board guiding the strategic realignment of the IT Organization to produce more optimal outcomes
• Member of RTP IT Site Council engaging 430 IT employees, manage workforce analytics, drive community engagement, and develop employee development programs
• Led development Program Management Training deployed to all business operations and PMO resources

• Led cultural and geographically diverse team of 190 engineers, architects, and PM's across US, India, and China to drive IAM and Data Security capabilities across Cisco.
• Directed Product Portfolio of over 650 applications, over 12 million end-users, and an 8-figure budget
• Developed and led Security PMO - increased productivity by 25% leveraging Agile Methodology
• Increased internal security adoption by 15%+ based on vision, strategy, and execution plan developed in collaboration with global Cisco executives
• Expanded enterprise DLP capability coverage by 25%

•Secured 5 year, $100M, deal with Orange Telecom through technical security customer workshops, consultative sales, and solution differentiation

•Strategic Alliances - Engaged top executives from India's Department of Telecom with cybersecurity advisory. Led 18 Month initiative that protected $400M of Cisco's
recurring revenue

•Business Development - Provided product security certification advisory to global sales executives that helped close $100M of new business in Italy, Ukraine, Spain, Japan, Singapore, and Finland

•Strategic Alliances - Refined Cisco's Global Product Certification Strategy in partnership with industry certification leaders. Strategic oversight and project management of evaluations protected $1B in revenue

•Government Affairs & Public Policy Influence - Led Cisco's product certification industry convergence strategy through strategic planning, technical requirement assessments, and market requirement alignment.

•Owned $175M P&L, with 27 non-interest fee products. Conducted analysis on product consumption, channel concentration, distribution trends, seasonality, competition, and all other dynamics impacting portfolio performance

•Drove 20% revenue increase in 2013. Created financial models for the retail bank's 2013 & 2014 product initiatives, including product pricing changes, product feature changes, and new product development

•Secured $4.3MM savings - constructed strategy to capture it by examining prior product and consumer analytics

•Liaised with sales teams, partners, digital marketing, legal, and compliance to ensure product viability and growth

• Worked for the World's largest Beauty Brand, Pantene. Managed the "WHO", "WHAT", and "WHEN" of Pantene’s $42MM Classic Collection, while also completing CRM and celebrity projects for the overall Brand.
• Identified a $10MM+ new product opportunity through analyzing consumer insights, market analysis and cross-functional collaboration; gained consensus across five functions. Developed marketing plan that was made a priority by SLT.
• Restructured Brand’s email program to improve email performance metrics by +10%. New program drives brand loyalty and advocacy. Led five-person agency team in creative design process and launch.
• Invented Brand’s long-term celebrity strategy; forecasted to increase brand’s ROI by 60%.

Teamed with CFO and top finance executives to execute a multitude of finance and accounting initiatives; also treasury consultant to business units and project managers.
• Improved international banking process by more than 45% through strategy development and implementation in collaboration with global business leaders.
• Executed currency trades to support the needs of projects in the field, increasing operational efficiency.
• Designed RTI’s first working capital efficiency metric. Reduced company’s Days Sales Outstanding and increased Days Payables Outstanding, thereby reducing the cash conversion cycle by 15%.

● Earned NC Department of Insurance Authorization License to act as a North Carolina Medicare Long Term
Care Agent and License to act as a North Carolina Life, Accident, and Health Agent.
● Completed NWM Fast Track Sales School, which focused on investment and risk management planning.