Assistant Project

DENISE N. SCOTT

Phone: 202-***-**** EmaiL:************@*****.***

PROFILE

Highly motivated professional, with 6 + years of extensive experience in Strategic Workforce Planning and Project Management. Strong background in consumer/constituent satisfaction and office management. Able to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and information systems.

KEY STRENGTHS

* Strategic Planning and Scheduling

* Information Access Control

* Project Management and Reporting

* Business Continuity Planning

* Stakeholder Communication

* Budget Monitoring

* Confidentiality

* Report Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Department of Agriculture Washington, DC

Special Projects Assistant for Rural Development 2011 – current

Analyze, design, and assess security-related architectures whose risk is measurable and tied to the performance of the mission. Prepare briefing materials related to and oversee execution of various projects related to rural development policy work. Improve efficiency of outreach efforts through redesign of stakeholder database. Identify and communicate to stakeholders regarding existing federal regulations and requirements which address cyber security related risks to critical infrastructure systems. Serve as a member of the CyberSecurity Directorate Task Force.

* Determine the credibility, value, significance and relevancy of information to produce briefing materials and reports for high level officials and managers

* Recommend hardware and software upgrades to help secure valuable information

* Develop prod eject proposals, cost estimates and budgets, timelines and schedules

* Identify resources to ensure stakeholders achieve acceptable levels of cyber security as outlined by the Cyber Security Executive Order.

* Organize national stakeholder roundtables, meetings and trainings for high-level government officials

Accomplishments

* Partnered with the IT department to create central application intake system for customers

* Coordinate Social Media usage strategy; created and conducted presentations to high level government

officials on the use of Twitter and other social media to engage stakeholders and the general public.

* Managed the Continuous Process Improvement Team, resulting in improved results for the agency on

the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and meeting departmental cultural transformation goals

United States Department of Agriculture Washington, DC

Executive Assistant to Secretary Tom Vilsack 2009 – 2011

* Provide administrative support to the Secretary of Agriculture and his direct reports with a demonstrated ability to improvise, improve procedures, and meet demanding deadlines.

* Created meeting presentations and conducted related research.

* Coordinated meetings, and travel arrangements with White House personnel, and political appointees.

* Collaborated with other departments to centralize the stakeholder database for easy retrieval of information

Accomplishments

* Consolidated paper trail and conserved office resources by digitizing hard-copy files.

* Decreased correspondence processing time from an average of 30 days to 17 days.

* Introduced a user friendly electronic filing system which reduced file retrieval time by 30%

United States Senator Ken Salazar Washington, DC

Special Assistant for Constituent Services 2007 – 2009

Manage database and log of constituent communication. Hire and delegate assignments to temporary staff. Managed and administered electronic correspondence database systems

* Compiled press reports for Senator and directed constituent communications process

* Conduct and document performance reviews for staff

* Enhanced MS-Access databases by improving user interface, and introducing multiple-user access

* Educated policy managers about security controls. ensuring IT awareness and compliance

Accomplishments

* Restructured office filing process resulting in maximizing available square footage for employee usage.

* Created and maintained database to track and reference constituent concerns, contact information, and other peripheral information as a necessary and time-saving administrative resource

George Washington University Washington, DC 2005-2007

Executive Aide

Successfully managed junior level employees through comprehensive recruitment, marketing, and supervision services.

* Responded to difficult information requests which often involve using fragmented information to search complex databases

* Conducted audits and tracked budget for resource center

* Created back up copies of data.

National Congress of Black Women Washington, DC Winter 2005

Special Assistant to C. Delores Tucker

Restructured and organized office automation process, developed marketing campaign, and managed press correspondence.

RELATED COURSEWORK

* Federal Program and Project Management Course (FPM 301)

Federal Acquisition Institute (2015)

* Advanced Earned Value for Federal Project Managers Course (FPM 303)

Federal Acquisition Institute (2015)

DEGREES AND CERTIFICATIONS

* Certificate in Digital Forensics

University of Maryland University College (expected 2015)

* Federal Project and Program Management Level III Certificate

Federal Acquisition Institute (expected 2015)

* Master of Science, Cyber Security

University of Maryland University College (2013)

* Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Minor in Technical Writing

Winthrop University (2004)

TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES AND FRAMEWORKS

* Project Management Tools – Microsoft Project, SharePoint

* Scheduling Tools – Microsoft Outlook, Jiffle, LiquidPlanner,

* Operating Systems – Multiple Versions of Windows, Mac OS

* Databases – Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL

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