"Success is more than achieving your goals. It's living your values."

  Born and raised in Pennsylvania, I started my business career at an early age assisting with our family storefront businesses.  This drive has carried on throughout my life.  My father was a satellite engineer for 30 years with Lockheed Martin and his career eventually relocated our family to Cape Canaveral, Florida. After attending Florida Atlantic University BA, I relocated to San Francisco, CA to work for McCann Erickson, the largest advertising company at that time.  This allowed me to learn enterprise and corporate accounting.  After building this foundation I then wanted to expand my skillset to learn non-profit project accounting so I joined BACR.  This exposed me to project management and my interest started to gravitate towards running the day-to-day business operations.  

In 2011 I was presented with an opportunity to move to New York city to work for a large international company called Simcorp, and off I went. This role exposed me to the fundamentals of a SAAS based industry which involved creating, maintaining, and allocating budgets for implementation and software development teams globally. Simcorp is a publicly traded company so ensuring all KPI’s are tracked to meet regional objectives was key to a successful role.  After one too many winters it was time to move back to the golden state (California).  

In 2013 this was a pivotal point in my career where I wanted to move toward business operations and program business management.  I was able to acquire an accounting operations role with Early Growth Financial Services, an early-stage startup at the time, and from there I climbed up the ladder to become a Director of Operations.  My role as a Director of Operations has allowed me to operate in a fast-paced environment and to create, execute, and maintain revenue objectives throughout various departments. Overseeing 60+ employees plus an offshore team of 10 has its challenges, but it has elevated me to a new level of organization and communication skills.  After 8 years with Early Growth it was time for the next challenge..Workday.  

Currently, as a Principal Program Manager at Workday, I collaborate closely with executive leadership to define and roadmap strategic initiatives across multiple departments. I am responsible for overseeing the execution of cross-functional programs in revenue, sales commission, tax, and GTM initiatives,  ensuring alignment with business objectives . My role involves managing complex, high-priority projects in a fast-paced environment, leveraging my core strengths in strategic planning, stakeholder management, ITGC adherence and operational efficiency.

By having extensive experience I am an immediate contributor on any project or team that I’m a part of, and as an effective manager, some of the qualities I contribute include leadership, organization, communication, and transparency. As a leader, I love to mentor and make those around me better by providing both praise and constructive feedback. Being detail-oriented and organized allows me to dive in to manage complex projects while also understanding how they fit into the bigger picture and prioritize efficiently. 

• First off, my greatest skill is being a master communicator and quickly understanding needs, issues and risk and then driving a solution. 
• An ability to embrace ambiguity and to anticipate and see around the corners 
• Follow up and follow through; operational work is not only about developing concepts but to ensure it is implemented, tracked and feedback is applied along the way.  
• Experience and knowledge in various business functions and departments allows me to identify, communicate, and help deliver on OKR’s. 
• Proven success with implementation of internal processes for over 60+ remote employees. 
• Technologically savvy: financial system use, implementation, integration, optimization, and conversion.
• Strategic Planning, Service Development, negotiating and finalizing process and procedures, and working closely with business development, clients and partners.
• Financial Reports, Cash Flow Forecasting, and preparing various financial reports for investors and others. Presenting to internal leadership team, investors, and business development on progress.

I am looking for my next challenge and opportunity to work with a team that runs on clear communication and is passionate. I want to align myself with a company I believe in and where I can create positive change. I am always eager to learn, grow, and contribute. I want to contribute a positive attitude cross functionally and understand pressing objectives to become an immediate contributor to my new team and company.