Senior Executive Top Secret

Leslie A. Taplin

******.******@*****.*** 540-***-****

CLEARANCE LEVEL: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Objective: To fulfill a position in operations in a challenging, dynamic, and goal-focused environment. I am a dedicated self-motivator with strong leadership, innovative, and communication skills as well as extensive experience in a strategic, mission-oriented environment with over 18 years of administrative experience supporting C-level/Senior Executive Service (SES) customers and clients in the Aerospace and Missile Defense in both the private and government sectors.

EXPERIENCE:

Compass, Inc.

Huntsville, AL (May 2023- Present)

Chief of Staff, (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Mapping, Charting, & Geodesy)

•Strategically execute and prioritize day-to-day administrative and logistical actions for the Mapping, Charting, & Geodesy (MC&G) Leadership Team. Oversee organizational operations to ensure timely closures/delegations on action items across the departments within MC&G.

•Provide strategic input on quarterly, monthly, and annual materials (pre-briefs, material preparation, preliminaries working groups, etc.)

•Facilitate coordination amongst the MC&G Senior Leadership Team to ensure fluid communication and identify/close any potential gaps.

•Consolidate written documents on behalf of the MC&G Leadership Team for various internal and external submission requirements. Materials may include executive summaries, white papers, out briefs, etc.

•Perform onboarding and offboarding activities as new employees enter and exit the MC&G Team alongside supervisors and ensure MC&G is within policy guidelines (i.e. training, telework agreements, etc.).

•Write, review, and edit Weekly Activity Report (WAR) entries on behalf of members to ensure entries satisfy strategic objectives defined by NGA.

•Routinely work with Contract Officer Representatives to accommodate contractually obligated requirements as well as government requirements for MC&G to meet the overall NGA mission and objectives.

•Monitor correspondence/tasks within the NGA tracking tool, N-CERTS, and coordinate with appropriate MC&G stakeholders/leadership and make recommendations for impactful response submissions. Review, edit, and provide comments on behalf of MC&G.

•Manage, update, and maintain organization of staffing tracking materials such as organization rosters, distro lists, charts, and staffing lists (government, contract, military).

Missile Defense Agency-Strategic Alliance Business Group

Fort Belvoir, VA (Feb 2020- May 2023)

Analyst, Staffing (Director for Acquisition, DA)

•Drafted and reviewed director briefing materials, travel itineraries/agendas and assisted the flow of information to the director to ensure accuracy, readiness, and completeness.

•Frequently guided the DA Front Office Staff Team to navigate and coordinate meeting and appointment priorities/activities of the DA Leadership.

•Tracked and reviewed congressional and acquisition centric-packages to make recommendations, ensure accuracy, timeliness, and signature completion.

•Attended meetings on behalf of the SES Director for Acquisition (DA) at the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in the director’s absence or otherwise conflicted.

•Facilitated weekly Staff Meetings to negotiate a range of technical priorities and tasks for the coming week and strategically worked with appropriate subject matter experts (SME) for completing actions.

•Monitored and tracked unclassified correspondence to ensure messages were strategically delegated to the appropriate action/flag officer for action on behalf of the director.

•Created and established all Skype, TEAMS, Jabber, and Video Teleconferencing (Classified and Unclassified) meetings.

•Managed files and maintained records for government credit card and badging credentials especially as it relates to travel and expense requirements.

•Advanced Skills with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.)

Missile Defense Agency-Strategic Alliance Business Group

Fort Belvoir, VA (June 2018-Feb 2020)

Communication Specialist, Team Lead (Director for Engineering, DE)

•Performed recruitment strategies to on-board the dedicated SharePoint developer for the DE Portal Team as well as recruited and led the DE Strategic Communications Team on behalf of the Director for Engineering Directorate.

•Facilitated collaborative partnerships with the MDA Financial, Contracting, and Hiring Departments for the benefit of the DE Communication Team to leverage big goals and optimize bold results for DE Portal Team recruitment.

•Performed extensive stakeholder analysis exercises to better understand the needs and expectations of clients to communicate the best messages and influence audiences in a matrix environment.

•Led the Communication Strategy Team to develop consistent messages and guide the Senior Leadership Team as those messages are delivered to various stakeholders and clients.

•Coached and mentored the team members by listening, asking questions, and facilitating discussions as new communications crises and risks were identified and uncovered throughout communication strategy development.

•Leveraged key performance indicators by collecting information from clients/stakeholders by conducting focus groups, in-depth interviews, surveys, etc. to understand current practices, anticipate potential risks, and measure market trends.

•Reengineered engineering website with consistent and accurate messages. Created intuitive communication tools on the site to create a more user-friendly SharePoint communication experience for sharing knowledge.

Missile Defense Agency-Strategic Alliance Business Group

Fort Belvoir, VA (Feb 2017-June 2018)

Senior Strategic Analyst (Director for Operations, DO)

•Collected, analyzed, reviewed, and edited correspondence, talking points, agendas, briefings, and response to inquiries. Helped ensure communication strategic plans and courses of action were within agency policies and procedures.

•Communication strategy-minded professionals evaluated, tracked, and provided an executive summary detailing communication and human resource equities based on the SES input to the Agency Director.

•Facilitated bi-weekly meetings on behalf of the Director ensuring real-time tracking and correspondence for Congressional Request for Information (RFI) and Report to Congress (RTC) packages as they circulated throughout the agency with particular attention to financial and budget interests.

•Assisted the Director with daily office communications and operations while simultaneously ensuring long- and short-term communication goals were met.

•Accelerated agency efficiency by participating in the Communication Working Group to transition the agency’s means of managing tasks from E-Stars to Task Management Tool (TMT).

•Extensive experience creating, tracking, and providing executive summaries from multiple Microsoft Excel workbooks/worksheets.

Missile Defense Agency-PeopleTec / Yorktown Systems Group

Fort Belvoir, VA (Jan 2014-Feb 2017)

Senior Executive Assistant to the Director of Engineering

•Assisted the SES Director of Engineering (DE) at the Missile Defense Agency by creating, preparing, processing, and coordinating all meetings and calendar invitations.

•Assisted with the detailed formatting and planning of the Engineering Staff meetings to include facilitating the discussion of ongoing projects within the organization.

•Tracked and reviewed congressional and agency-wide packages to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and signature completion daily.

•Tracked phone calls for the Director and delegated tasks as necessary to staff members. Attends weekly standup meetings with the Director to adjust priorities and schedules as issues relate to the director and various staff members.

•Regularly led and provided guidance to administrative assistants within the Office of Engineering.

•Coordinated on a regular basis with security personnel to ensure up-to-date credentials were maintained for the Director.

•Coordinated domestic and international travel using Defense Travel System (DTS)

•Communicated with the Quick Response Team (QRT) on a regular basis by relaying tasks and assisting the flow of information to the Director.

Community Wealth Partners

Washington, D.C. (May 2013-Jan 2014)

Senior Executive Assistant to the CEO/President and Vice President

•Assisted the CEO/President and Vice President as they formulated and executed strategies to solve social problems at the magnitude they exist.

•Managed and tracked cash flow from receivables and payables as well as provided recommendations for upcoming financial expectancies.

•Worked with numerous local colleges and universities to recruit talent for the nonprofit and consulting industry.

•Conducted first round interviews for potential employee candidates.

•Communicated regularly with the Board of Directors to include the Founder and his staff at Share Our Strength.

•Coordinated schedules and calendars for internal directors and external clientele. Prepared tax documentation and tracked expense reports for auditing and accuracy purposes.

•Reinforced new branding initiatives as it related to marketing, invoicing, website design, and overall firm communication.

U.S. General Services Administration

Washington, D.C. (Nov 2011-May 2013)

Special Assistant to the Presidential Transition/Inaugural Support Directors

•Assisted the SES Director and Chief of Staff in their efforts to prepare newly constructed space, IT services, furniture needs, and other general services for the incumbent president and his campaigning staff according to the current legislation.

•Responsible for daily administrative duties such as preparing correspondence, reports, presentations, fact sheets, and briefing materials.

•Created the welcome website by researching and anticipating customer questions and requirements and launching this information on a user-friendly portal.

•Reviewed floor plans and helped coordinate project management in the event of a presidential transition.

•Coordinated schedules and calendars for meetings internally and externally with the Presidential Transition Team and the campaign customers.

•Created and updated budget cost savings/avoidances records for quarterly submission to the GSA Administrator to keep a timely and accurate tally of construction and services funds available at any given time.

•Prepared correspondence for each of the various teams on the transition team i.e. Finance, Administration, Communication, Human Resources, Facilities Operations, etc.

U.S. General Services Administration

Washington, D.C. (Jan 2011-Nov 2011)

Executive Assistant to the SES Director of the Office of Facilities

•Assisted the SES Director of Office of Facilities Management and Services (OFM) in the management of real property assets across the National Capital Region (NCR) in daily administrative duties such as preparing correspondence, reports, and presentations.

•Managed and ensured timely response to all emails, calls, correspondence, and other communication in the interest of both sensitivity and urgency for each of the director’s multiple accounts.

•Generated and vetted to the director weekly written reports for submission to the GSA Regional Commissioner detailing the operational activities of seven divisions comprising the OFM. Reports included congressional inquiries, building operational status, construction project scheduling, lease administration issues, status of contract actions, and any associated customer concerns.

•Assisted the Director of OFM and Division Directors by monitoring, updating, organizing, and tracking spending plans for funds obligated and awarded for various projects.

•Assisted the director in responding quickly to customer needs, including identifying customer requirements, confirming their needs, and following up with mutually agreed upon solutions.

•Tracked monthly financial transactions incurred and reconciled the director’s GSA government credit account. Ensure all obligations incurred fall within the regional budget allowance.

•Reviewed, edited, and circulated congressional and non-congressional correspondence packages for accuracy, grammar, signature requests, and consistency formatting.

•Maintained a reminder/follow-up listing for the director.

•Composed and distributed action items among attendees as well as the director.

U.S. General Services Administration

Washington, D.C. (Jul 2010-Jan 2011)

Executive Assistant to the SES Director for the White House Service Center

•Assisted the Director of the White House Service Center to plan, direct, and control the operations, maintenance, and repair of buildings, as well as manage tenant alteration construction projects under the jurisdiction of the White House Service Center.

•Constantly communicated with customer tenant representatives from the Executive Office of the President (EOP) via e-mail, telephone calls, and face-to-face meetings to ensure that the center provided excellent customer service and met the service needs of the organization.

•Enhanced customer service by working with the service call desk team to quickly respond to maintenance and janitorial service call requests from individual tenants. Followed up to ensure service calls were completed quickly and to the tenants’ satisfaction.

•Prepared weekly reports outlining upcoming construction projects for the New Executive Office Building, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, East/West Wings, Jackson Place, etc.

•Generated correspondence such as formal letters, memoranda, presentations, and reports.

•Retained executive records, e-mails, and files with special attention to confidentiality requirements.

•Exercised organizational skills to manage appointments, calls, and meeting schedules.

•Briefed the Director for upcoming presentations or meetings by creating, editing, and circulating agendas, packages, and correspondence.

Webco General Partnership

Chantilly, VA (Jun 2008-Jul 2010)

Executive Marketing Assistant

•Assisted in developing and executing marketing goals and objectives for overseas military commissaries and post exchanges.

•Forecasted marketing trends and sales based on economic forces such as the number of troops in each market, sales from previous years, and changing demographics.

•Successfully negotiated prime-shelf product placement for new manufacturers and their products.

•Researched competitive marketing strategies by assessing the rate of success for promotions, advertising, and monthly sales reports.

•Exercised judgment when placing large orders for the Europe and Far East exchanges and commissaries for two major accounts (Nestle and Purina).

•Prepared upcoming sale data packets to sales representatives outlining product details, manufacturer information, customer discounts, and proper signage.

•Demonstrated proficient knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, and PowerPoint.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts, May 2008

Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA

Major: Communication Studies, Minor: Human Resource Management

Associate in Arts and Sciences, May 2005

Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, VA

HONORS/AWARDS:

Mary Baldwin College: Cum Laude Graduate, Lambda Pi Eta (National Communication Association Honor Society), Honors and Dean’s List, Baldwin Scholarship Award

Blue Ridge Community College: Student Speaker at Commencement 2005, President’s List, Phi Theta Kappa (International Honor Society)

REFERENCES:

Mr. Dennis Mays, SES Director, Director for Engineering, Missile Defense Agency 571-***-****

Mr. John G. Harris III, SES Director, Office of Facilities Management for General Services Administration 202-***-****

Ms. Liliana DelBonifro, Supervisory Contract Specialist for General Services Administration, 215-***-****

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