Functional Skills

Compliance and risk
Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)
Secondary Research
Project Management
Risk Management
Operational Due Diligence
Business Operations
Commercial Due Diligence
Customer Analytics
Government Affairs
Operational Efficiency
Operations Management
Risk Governance
Quality Assurance

Software Skills

Asana
Dropbox
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Salesforce
Tableau

Sector Experience

Business Services
Social & Public Sector

Languages

Spanish
English

Experience

Self-Employed Contractor Research
Independent Due Diligence Specialist
1/2021 - Present
Provide open-source intelligence reports to my clients.

U.S. Department of Commerce Operations
Deputy Director and Senior Advisor
5/2022 - 1/2025
▪ Managed a team of six career employees and oversaw Correspondence and Records Management units, improving operations and resolving a backlog of hundreds of correspondence items.
▪ Edited and cleared decision memos and correspondence for the Secretary and Deputy Secretary, reviewing for substance, policy, accuracy, and format alignment.
▪ Primary liaison that coordinated Secretary and Deputy Secretary participation in over 500 White House interagency meetings.
▪ Coordinated 35 White House briefing papers for the President, Vice President, and First Lady’s international trips and summits.
▪ Coordinated over 70 National Security Council (NSC) interagency paper requests and managed the handling of hundreds of classified documents within the DOC.
▪ Compiled and reviewed biweekly reports detailing major developments, key priorities, and risks across the 13 DOC bureaus for the Secretary and Deputy Secretary.
▪ Oversaw 75 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and responses.

Exiger LLC Research
Associate Director
7/2015 - 8/2020
- Oversaw the quality assurance operations and the processing of thousands of due diligence reports, ensuring research accuracy and clarity in writing.
- Directly managed the daily work of 15 employees over tenure, usually six senior research managers at a time. Trained and supervised 60 part-time reviewers.
- Researched and managed enhanced due diligence (EDD) projects that used open-source intelligence and proprietary resources in 20 jurisdictions, with a focus on subjects in Latin America.

International Monetary Fund Other
Staff Assistant (Contract)
6/2014 - 7/2015
- Edited hundreds of IMF documents before global dissemination from the Governance Operations Office.
- Aggregated and filed the credentials, procedural votes, and election ballots of IMF Governors and Alternate Governors.
- Participated in organizing the 2014 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings and the 2015 Spring Meetings.

Kroll Inc. Research
Due Diligence Research Intern
9/2013 - 5/2014
- Completed approximately 500 due diligence reports for Fortune 500 companies.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Research
Consultant
1/2014 - 2/2014
- Deciphered and translated the methodology used in the Mexican government’s census data collection.
- Utilized in a report on female entrepreneurs in Mexico that was presented at the United Nations

U.S. International Trade Commission Research
Office of Economics Intern
5/2013 - 8/2013
- Analyzed statistical databases for ongoing government research on trade.
- Co-authored sections of report for the President and U.S. Congress on the impacts of Caribbean Economic Recovery Act.
- Prepared Commissioner Dean Pinkert for hearings on Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

U.S. Department of Commerce Research
International Trade Administration Intern
9/2012 - 1/2013
- Researched foreign regulations and trade barrier cases for the Trade Compliance Center.
- Contributed to program operations and supported trade policy work by drafting communications to U.S. Congress.

Leader Bank NA Operations
Lead Appraisal and Loan Processor
11/2010 - 8/2012
- Supervised and trained employees that worked out of the bank’s processing center in New Delhi, India.
- Managed the bank’s entire property appraisal database and reviewed thousands of property appraisals.
- Processed over 1,500 first and second mortgage applications for underwriting.

Massachusetts State House Operations
Correspondence Intern
2/2010 - 5/2010
State Representative Lida E. Harkins
- Wrote letters to constituents in response to their questions and concerns.
- Established a system to organize the emails the office received and sent.