Experience
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation May
Savannah, GA
Business Continuity Intern
Provide direct assistance to Business Continuity Manager and worked as a
team of three. Trained departments in business continuity program
specifically writing plans. Drafted functional exercise to test critical
business functions.
- Developed functional exercise to test response and recovery of
previously identified business units
o Drafted report that included 100 recommendations to improve continuity
and readiness
o Quantified problems into actionable items that can be tracked
- Created Business Impact Analysis training
o Trained up to 300 departments at Gulfstream Main Site in one month
o Included Recovery Time Objective to analyze impact of lost IT systems
and that effect on the company
- Developed Comprehensive training module for Business Continuity
Program
o Strategy to improve planning efforts and simply departmental efforts
- Updated "Awareness" training course to distribute to all employee's
Enrichmond Foundation February 2010-
April 2010
Richmond, VA
Volunteer Coordinator
Direct report to festival organizer. Primary goal to organize and recruit
volunteers but assisted with many functions related to the success of the
festival.
- Coordination, Management, and Recruitment of up to 50 volunteers
o Drafted shift schedules based on availability
o Maintained the single point of contact for all volunteers
o Ensured all roles were filled during festival
- Marketing for event that included targeting area businesses to
distribute information
- Worked closely with festival stakeholders to maintain consistency and
solve problems
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
June 2009- May 2010
Richmond, VA
Reservist
Started working as summer intern and developed into member of emergency
response team responsible for responding to emergency operations center
during state declared disasters. Trained in logistics, planning, and
operations for state level emergency management agency.
- Represented Operations Section in National level exercise to test
crisis communications
o Participants included Department of Homeland Security and Virginia
Fusion Center
- Created and Facilitated emergency training course to test resource
request process
- Evaluator in Department of Agriculture Pet Sheltering Exercise
Education and Training
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- Bachelor of Arts in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness May
2010, GPA 3.0
- Bachelor of Science in Forensic Crime Scene Investigation May 2010,
GPA 3.0
Proyecto Ling stico Francisco Marroqu n, Antigua Guatemala
- Certification in Spanish Language, July 2008 Achievement of Excellence