Melanie Avery - adscd6@r.postjobfree.com -

Highlights:

Ms. Avery has 12+ years of experience providing program management and solutions architecture services to various agencies in the private corporations, Intelligence Community and within civilian business units, such as the DOD, other three letter Intel agencies, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), State Department (DOS), National Science Foundation (NSF), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Axa Advisors. Her expertise in developing strategies for building technological solutions has led to the implementation of more than six IT and financial management systems that have aided digital transformation and knowledge worker automation. Ms. Avery has superb oral and written communication skills. She has served in several corporate and Federal executive offices. She is tenacious in pursuit of goals. She is highly committed to team success and fostering a spirit of collaboration.

Clearance:

Top Secret Clearance, eligible up to SCI and CI Polygraph

Career Summary:

Intellibridge, Intel Community Client

Senior Consultant (Manager level) (December 2020 – Present)

Providing continuous improvement advisory services to the IT governance and compliance processes for Cloud, Cyber, and Data domains

Enabling dev-ops and IT compliance through solutions architecture

Managing data calls for cyber risk management mandated by ODNI

Improving FISMA reporting to close out NFRs within the enterprise

Facilitating meetings with stakeholders to elicit requirements

Analyzing the Agency’s infrastructure and making recommendations on tools to increase efficiency in Enterprise IT Governance (EITG), and enterprise IT Investment Management (ITIM) on a $1.7B IT asset portfolio using technology business management (TBM) services layer

Following an Agile Scrum approach to project and program management for digital transformation and investment management activities

Designing financial and risk management dashboards providing data visualization and over all dynamic updates to portfolio heath based

Leading a governance enablement project to improve the IT requisition review and funding process within the agency

Developing branded executive briefings and training enterprise staff on improving and enabling reporting and efficiency within IT domains

Independent Consultant, Self employed

Managing Director (December 2019 – Present)

Quality assurance and quality control support, database design and management, executive leadership reporting

Creative design for websites and social media for clients

Crafting language for speeches and soundbites for clients

Veterans on The Rise, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Veterans Affairs

Director of Philanthropy and Special Projects (November 2013 – 2019)

Facilitated meetings with stakeholders to build and develop programming for veterans.

Designed the Welcome Back Veterans Mentoring Program which received high accolades from OJP

Secured $2M in funding for program which provided support for homeless veterans and those in danger of becoming homeless

Developed and maintained website and social media presence

Managed relationship building and fundraising

Pricewaterhouse Coopers, SunTrust, FAA, EPA, NASA, NSF

Senior Consultant, Deputy PM (August 2009 – 2013)

Deputy Program Manager for acquisition, requirements gathering, and selection of vendor to integrate new financial management system. In parallel, managed a team to develop requirements, managed a change management program for the Agency, and managed the communications strategy for the Agency relating to the roll out of the new financial management system. Prepared monthly status reports, approved timesheets, and prepared and submitted the monthly client invoice for the staff of 11

Project manager (senior consultant) for the modernization of space at the FAA which owned and leased a portfolio of real property assets. Designed and deployed a financial model for the retirement of legacy leases and for the sell off and modernization of existing owned assets. Supported executive leaders and met with key stakeholders to provide guidance and advisory services relating to this business transformation

Led the development of a foreclosure remediation database as well as for a team of 150 reviewers of state and local law compliance, loss mitigation strategies, and fee compliance for a mortgage look back project that was mandated for large major bank to perform based on Office of Comptroller of Currency requirements. Audited sample of 6,000 mortgage files, and quality checked and managed productivity of team of reviewers

Led cyber awareness training and monitoring activity for a team of 150 reviewers

Public Affairs Officer, US Army, National Guard

(April 2009 – 2015)

Directed media coverage for the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard. Produced, voiced, and edited footage of 100 vehicles and 100 personnel on a U.S. Marine convoy in Morocco, North Africa

Produced videos of Presidential Inauguration, National Day of Service events supporting Homeless Veterans, and joint service and law enforcement component preparation for Inauguration Day

Development and deployment of cyber awareness trainings and SOPs for the component

Received award for swift and accurate performance and turnaround of multimedia projects

Excella Consulting,

Sr. Project Manager – Solutions Architecture, GSA, State, DOD (January 2008 – 2009)

Designed SharePoint automation tools for Federal clients

Dev-ops, design of IT Governance tools, marketing governance automation services to a portfolio of Federal agency clients

Implemented Agile project management programs for governance and IT OCIO divisions

Led a PMP Certification and training program that resulted in a 200% increase in the number of certified PMPs that were employed by the company at the time

Earlier experiences include service at commercial and Federal clients at Booz Allen Hamilton (IT Capital Planning, Cyber Risk Management, Economic Analysis), FTI Consulting (Microeconomic Analysis for Rail and Telecom Litigation Cases), Arthur Andersen (Reserve Order Audits and Commodity Auctions), PaineWebber (Investment Management, Municipal Bond Deals), The Virginia Retirement System (Assistant to the Chief Investment Officer)

Education/Certifications:

Advanced Studies Diploma, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Minor Engr and Spanish, University of Virginia

Master of Business Administration, University of Maryland

Project Management Professional

Certified Agile Scrum Master

Mass Communications and Broadcast Journalism, US Defense Information School

Harvard Program for Leadership Development (Exec MBA)

Corporate Finance Institute Financial Modeling Certificates (Pursuing FVMA)

Certified Information Security Manager training

University of Texas, Business School AIML Certificate

Technical Skills:

Numerous online course participations such as CS50, Python, Azure Studio

Reading languages: Python, HTML, and C++

Database systems: (Folio, Lexus Nexis, JIRA, Azure Studio, PowerBi)

Software and applications: (MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Adobe Creative Suite)

Information Security Management

Awards:

Performance Bonuses Intellibridge

Outstanding Community Service Director of Philanthropy and Special Projects

Fireteam Lead Outstanding Service Award, US Army Defense Information School

Best Performance Award, Booz Allen Hamilton

Professional Associations:

Project Management Institute

Harvard Alumni Association

UVA Alumni Association Life Member

University of Maryland Alumni Association

Additional:

Certified Diversity and Belonging Facilitator, Veritas Culture

Strategic Workforce Planner, HRCI

Human Capital Strategist, HRCI

Veteran of the US Army and US Airforce

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