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Venture for T.H.E.M.Lead Mentor
Aug. 2023 - Nov. 2023
BLCK VCBlack Venture Institute Fellow
Mar. 2023 - Mar. 2023Black Venture Institute is a curriculum-based program dedicated to teaching Black operators the foundational elements to become angel and venture investors. The program enables fellows to gain access to experienced, successful investors and learn the foundations of investing, including what investors look for, how to structure deals, and how to contribute as a board member or observer. As part of the Black Venture Institute community, fellows will be invited to ongoing sessions with investors, technology leaders, and LPs who will share actionable insights into their professional journeys as well as share deal flow, information, and relationships.
Techstars Equitech AcceleratorLead Mentor
Jan. 2023 - Apr. 2023Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Goodie NationSocial Impact Portfolio Manager, Founder-In-Residence
Apr. 2022 - Jun. 2023
Education Leaders of ColorBusiness Strategy Consultant
Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2022
Renew Venture CapitalGeneral Partner
Nov. 2021 - Nov. 2022Washington DC-Baltimore Area
REDFBusiness Strategy Consultant
Jul. 2020 - Dec. 2021
MINWOFounder & CEO
May. 2020Woodbridge, Virginia, United StatesCompany Description: Experts in culturally informed business development and leverage technology to bring about equitable outcomes for Black and multicultural entrepreneurs within existing innovation ecosystems.
Working Solutions MicroloansBusiness Strategy Consultant
Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2021San Francisco, California, United StatesProvided business coaching services for over 250 of Working Solutions' SMB portfolio clients to increase likelihood for success post loan disbursement.
MagooshData Scientist, Analytics
Jan. 2019 - May. 2019Berkeley, CARole Overview: standardized data for consumption and validated accuracy to ensure data is ready for in-depth analysis. Drove business intelligence by using statistical analysis and hypothesis testing to develop predictive models and uncover patterns. Daily Activities Included:
- Data Engineering: connected disjointed sales & marketing, customer data, and financial reporting data to create end to end financial modeling dashboard. - Data Visualization: created reporting dashboard to visually represent deviations from target KPIs
- Data Analysis: leveraged reporting dashboard to identify business development strategies to improve KPI targets
GE DigitalSenior Tecnical Product Manager, Data & Analytics
Dec. 2015 - Jan. 2018San Francisco Bay AreaExternal Customer Product Delivery
- Prioritize client usecase development for data visualization product line to deliver 10 visualizations representing 19 key metrics from data generated by 20 assets in under 3 months Product Delivery
- Created patent pending web application that automates the 8 cross-functional business processes necessary to onboard external artifacts to a cloud platform; released Beta product to 26 users and is targeted to generate ~$1M in revenue while in Beta Product Research and Design
- Identify primary user personas and conduct user interviews to determine feature requirements for data science products to enhance development on cloud platform
- Build prototypes to demonstrate features to engineering teams
GE DigitalPresident, Northern California African American Forum
Dec. 2015 - Dec. 2017San Francisco Bay Area-Lead and coach executive board to host events focused on improving the retention and professional development of current employees, recruiting new talent, and bringing STEM opportunities to the African American community in the Bay Area
-Represent hundreds of AAF chapters around the world as a member of the Affinity Network Portal Steering Committee to ensure representation of AAF user requirements during application development
GE DigitalLead Data Analyst
Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2015San Francisco Bay AreaEnterprise Sourcing Analytics Program Management
- Managed the Data Engineering & Analytics team’s technical involvement in the Enterprise Sourcing Analytics initiative that enabled transparency to over 80% of direct sourcing spend across the company
- Established a Scrum of Scrums model to drive communication across 10 programs to identify synergies, interdependencies and risks, set release priorities based on capacity, facilitate resolution of outstanding activities, document overall program status, and manage upstream stakeholders Enterprise Sourcing Analytics Product Delivery
- Gathered and prioritized product requirements from internal clients to determine feature backlog for the Supplier Mastering product roadmap and determine product extension opportunities (e.g. – SourceCheck mobile application)
- Managed product delivery teams consisting of data engineers, data scientists, and external vendors for feature implementation
GEITLP - 4th Rotation - Finance Systems
Mar. 2014 - Aug. 2014Fairfield, CTResponsible for leading the technical development work to convert the Central Corporate Ledger ERP to Enterprise Standard Chart of Accounts.
GEITLP - 3rd Rotation - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Sep. 2013 - Feb. 2014Cincinnati, OHResponsible for implementing tools that minimize technical burdens on VDI end users as well as improve ability to trouble shoot at the desktop level. Additional responsibilities include internal process improvement projects. Accomplishments:
-Automated Internal Billing Process: Created automated billing system enabling direct line of sight to monthly compute expenses, cutting out a handoff from Finance, and reducing data analysis cycle from 3 days to 30 minutes. New analysis capability increased visibility to incorrect charges & under utilized assets promoting 30 server de-installs resulting in over $240K in refunds in a 6 month period. -NTI Projects: Researched vendors and managed relationships to procure evaluation software and perform live demos of their tools. Created a comprehensive testing and evaluation plan for when software is installed in development environment. Gathered and managed diverging stakeholder requirements to narrow down tool selection to best suit everyone's needs.
GEITLP - 2nd Rotation - Network as a Service Offering Redesign
Feb. 2013 - Aug. 2013Cincinnati, OHResponsible for designing a Network as a Service offering and creating a sustainable expense allocation process for associated services. This was accomplished through managing a cross-business and cross-function project team and thoroughly analyzing ~$130MM in expenses. Major benefits of this project include: improved transparency of costs and services to leadership, identification of cost-saving levers, improved accuracy in external benchmarking. Quantified Results:
-Managed communications with cross-business and cross-function stakeholders
-Identified ~$33MM in expenses to be allocated
-Identified opportunity for a 30% reduction in financial accounts
GEInformation Technology Leadership Program
Jul. 2012 - Sep. 2014Alpharetta, GA; Cincinnati, OH; Fairfield, CT2 year, 4 rotation program focused on developing technical IT depth and leadership skills.
GEITLP - 1st Rotation - LATAM Service Desk
Jul. 2012 - Feb. 2013Alpharetta, GAResponsible for improving end user (GE employees) satisfaction within the LATAM region through implementing ways to make their interactions with their Service Desk less frequent and more efficient. This was accomplished and tracked through improving the on-boarding and training of service desk agents and implementing a more robust feedback mechanism in the region. Quantified Results:
-Improved overall end user satisfaction by 18%
-Implemented ad-hoc survey/VOC system within LATAM region
-Improved efficiency of L1 operations resulting in 75% reduction in ticket backlog
-Developed comprehensive on-boarding documentation package of core accesses/permissions for L1 service desk agents
Cox CommunicationsCapstone Consultant - Project Manager
Oct. 2011 - Apr. 2012Atlanta, GAProject: Determining Cox's potential footprint in the videoconferencing space. Role: As project manager, I was responsible for ensuring the team met deadlines set by our corporate sponsor and the T&M Capstone Team. I created a project plan with smaller milestones in order to ensure larger tasks' completion. I was also responsible for creating team meeting agendas in order to ensure the group progressed according to schedule.
General ElectricIMLP Intern
Jun. 2011 - Aug. 2011Cincinnati, OHQueue Bouncing Project: Created a new process to better manage the resolution of incident tickets. Reduced time to restore by 80% and decreased the number of queues a ticket hit by an average of 3.
Georgia Tech Athletic Hospitality- The Collennade GroupTicket Attendant
Aug. 2009 - Jan. 2011Atlanta, GAMaximized security though voiding tickets and distributing re-entry bands while focusing on patron satisfaction. Ensured satisfaction of suite owners and guests through tending to individual requests.
Georgia Tech Athletic AssociationWomen's Track and Field Varsity Athlete
Aug. 2008 - Jun. 2012Atlanta, GA60 meter hurdles (8.37) and 100 meter hurdles (13.53)
4th place at the 2012 Nigerian Olympic Trials
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