Kipp Rhoads

Email: abqnj0@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** **** **. **

City: Washington

State: DC

Zip: 20001

Country: USA

Phone: 808-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $90,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Kipp Daizo Rhoads

Experience

Project Management and Outreach

Security Credentials:

DOD: Secret

Treasury: Secret

Key Skills:

-Project Management

-Stakeholder Engagement

-Coalition building

-Exercise, event production and execution

-Market Transformation Energy Efficiency

-Change Management

-Strategic Planning

Kilda Group 2011 - Present

Annapolis, MD

Transition and Process Change Manager

-Currently serving as transition management consultant assisting the IRS to successfully deploy new business modernization programs

-Successfully completed transition management activities on an IRS enterprise-wide modernization project to streamline and standardize the online access to IRS outward-facing systems, thereby creating efficiencies of scale

-Work with client to ensure smooth and efficient implementation of new projects

-Track budget forecasting and process development for new programs

SAIC 2007 - 2011

Arlington, VA

Exercise and Training Specialist Conference Manager

-Nearly 5 years experience in Federal Exercise planning;

-Managed Logistics and Events team, with a staff of 18 supporting 9 regional and state venues, for the premier homeland security preparedness program, plan and execute 15 planning seminars and a large government preparedness drill with over 1000 participants;

-Functional logistics and events lead and part of the planning team for Presidential and Cabinet level preparedness exercises, executed over 25 seminars, conferences and complex exercise events;

-Managed budgets, contracts, staff, and subcontractors;

-Managed conferences with up to 400 invitees, for national and local audiences;

-Established and built upon relationships with officials of Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Treasury, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),and Secret Service and local program leads to ensure project success;

-Planned and implemented Homeland Security exercise events (media relations, VIP and conferences) for TOPOFF 4 national disaster preparedness exercise as part of a core team;

-Led segment of a large project supporting US Treasury's participation in the largest US preparedness exercise, NLE 10;

-Program manager for a program to develop a database for tracking internal HHS crisis management improvement planning

Alliance to Save Energy 2003-2006

Washington, DC

Program Manager, Efficient Windows Collaborative (EWC)

-Managed $2 million collaborative membership-based outreach program (Efficient Windows Collaborative) and an international outreach program in China;

-Conducted outreach at trade shows and industry events;

-Oversaw budget, subcontractors and junior staff;

-Increased manufacturer and association membership in the Collaborative by 40 percent;

-Represented the project to industry associations and the U.S. Department of Energy;

-Managed consumer, government and industry outreach;

-Maintained close partnerships with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and University of Minnesota to develop outreach and technical tools;

-Collaborated with window industry associations to increase the market presence of energy efficient windows;

-Gave strategy and market status presentations and trainings for association and industry events.

Marketing and Communications

Marketing Connections 2001 - 2002

Kahala, HI

Marketing Associate

-Performed in-depth and specialized research for client projects;

-Assisted clients with new and existing orders;

-Maintained client database.

Education 1996-2001 University of Hawaii

Manoa, HI

Certificiations:

B.A., Political Science

Security Clearance: Top Secret

Communications

Training:

HSEEP Certified

EMI NIMS Courses completed:

IS 100/ ICS 100

IS 200/ ICS 200

IS 700/ ICS 700

Other

-Excellent outreach and public speaking skills

-Highly motivated to provide outstanding client services

-Professional telephone and in-person communication

-Natural proficiency for and well honed computer skills (Macintosh and Windows)

-Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)

-Quark Xpress

-PageMaker

-ACT Contact management database

-Banner student information management database

-Aptitude in electronics understanding

-Congressional and Legislative Research Services

-WestLaw legal research site

-Extensive internet research

-Perform puppet shows for children and special needs audiences

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