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Introduction to Me!

Hello there! Through the MSIS program, I am developing deep technical knowledge and skills needed for specialized roles that integrate business strategy with complex digital transformation efforts to manage intricate technological programs. This course will equip me with the ability to execute the data wrangling process and provide me with a foundation of working with data in R. I grew up in Union, Kentucky and have also lived in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky. I have lived in Washington State since 2019.

Academic Background

  • Master of Business Administration | Morehead State University | 2017
  • Bachelor of Science Interdisciplinary Studies Human Resources Leadership & Healthcare Management | Sullivan University | 2015
  • Bachelor of Business Administration | University of Kentucky University | 2012

Professional Background

I am currently an Enterprise Technology Program Manager in Aerospace Technology focused on Mergers and Acquisitions, following the life cycle of a deal from preliminary due diligence through technology integration. Below is a breakdown of my work history throughout the course of my career.

  • Senior ET Technical Program Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions, Blue Origin, Kent, WA 01/2025 – Present
    • Manage average of 10 technical integration projects per quarter for each M&A deal, with successful achievement of business delivery commitments, meeting expectations for 100% of business partners.
    • Lead Cyber Security and Tech Ops teams in strategic technical integration of Blue Origin acquired companies. Deliver M&A technical strategy and due diligence findings. Reduced CapEx by 23% ($1.2M) through integration efforts with last two target companies.
    • Launched Technology M&A process to drive operational excellence, driving best practices and continuous improvement. Achieved 5-day faster milestone delivery executing technical, financial, and risk due diligence for target companies.
    • Lead 2026 Annual Operating Plan for Enterprise Technology: Development Roadmap, Labor Plan, Non-Labor Budget, Executive Proposals for 31 teams and 691 projects. Essential for communicating required technology investments for Blue Origin.
  • Senior ET Technical Program Manager, Transformation Technologies, Blue Origin, Kent, WA 06/2024 - 01/2025
    • Managed 2025 Strategy and Planning, collaborating with Enterprise Technology and Business leaders to initiate a Technology Stack Transformation Program (CAD/PLM, ERP, MOM, Data Platform) for automated, model-driven business systems across all facets of production, including design, planning, procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, and maintenance.
    • Led RFP evaluation of CAD/PLM and ERP solutions, tracking milestones and delivering executive memo recommendations, resulting in approval for next phase development of key platforms. Plans integrated into ET 2025 AOP, led to clear labor plans for CAD/PLM, MOM, and ERP development.
  • Senior ET Business Partner, New Shepard & In-Space Systems, Blue Origin, Kent, WA 04/2022 - 06/2024
    • Trusted technology partner and account manager to New Shepard and In-Space Systems leadership teams. Led streamlined delivery of technology portfolios and presented executive debriefs clearly communicating technology value, prioritizing and delivering on annual company goals. Delivered 24 executive debriefs annually, achieved 95% annual goal completion rate.
    • Delivered high value technology solutions for MRO, Launch Logistics, Human Rating Certification Standards, reducing risk by 70% through automation, time by 25%, and effort by 15% while maximizing management of safety critical tasks and customer experience.
    • Managed New Shepard rocket architecture delivery, recommending system, data flow, and process improvements. Reduced overall cycle time between flights, enhanced data analysis quality for post flight data reviews, and increased annual flights. Lowered man-hours and cost per flight.
  • ET Technical Project Manager II & III, Blue Origin, Kent, WA 10/2019 - 04/2022
    • Developed COTS implementation process resulting in successful, award-winning implementations. Epsilon3 for eProcedures, Navex Ethics Compliant System, iManage document mgmt for Legal, Salesforce CRM, Avature for talent acquisition, Shareworks for vesting options, Everbridge emergency response, Box for Supplier Collaboration, Rise.com transition.
  • Technology Operations Project Manager, 84.51, Cincinnati, OH 12/2018 - 08/2019
    • Established governance structures and standard operating procedures for Product Management and Engineer functions, increasing team productivity and reducing process errors.
    • Oversaw monthly Purchase Order Requests, achieving reduction in department spend through negotiations and cost-effective solutions.
    • Partnered with strategic delivery teams to reduce onboarding time and contracting cycles.
  • Technology Project Manager, Interapt Consulting, Louisville, KY 05/2018 - 12/2018
    • Led delivery of mobile application development for Kindred Healthcare and Humana Healthcare contracts from pre-contract to solution rollout.
  • Business Process Analyst, BrightSpring, Louisville, KY 03/2017 - 05/2018
    • Traveled nationally and trained administrative staff on corporate processes for healthcare scheduling system and revenue systems.
    • Analyzed and performed quality assurance and regression testing on healthcare scheduling system when enhancements and hotfixes were installed.
  • Revenue Systems Analyst, BrightSpring, Louisville, KY 08/2015 - 03/2017
    • Posted company-wide financials including revenue, cash, unearned revenue and other key statistics to the general ledger through Oracle Systems at each month end.
    • Supported planning, development, implementation, and training of modules to revenue cycle financial systems.
  • Payroll Analyst, BrightSpring, Louisville, KY 09/2012 - 08/2015
    • Managed payroll across 5 states for national healthcare company.

Experience with R

Before beginning BANA 7025: Data Wrangling, I did not have any experience in R. In the last 2 weeks of the course, I have learned the following 1:

  • The overall concept of Data Wrangling
  • Performing fundamental tasks such as assignment, evaluation, R Calculator, installing packages
  • Creating and manipulating vectors
  • Review of Popular R packages
  • Using RStudio Project to organize data wrangling projects
  • Creating and modifying R scripts, R Markdown, and R Notebook documents to make projects and outputs reproducible.
  • Ability to describe key differences between data types and structures
  • Importing data from a variety of sources

Experience with other analytic software

I have limited experience with other analytic software, but am eager to learn and develop the skills necessary to add value to any domain.

  1. I have referenced the RStudio Tinytex installation link to learn more about TinyTex installation issues impacting my PDF photo output↩︎