Executive Profile
Innovative engineer, entrepreneur, and executive working to transform Washington, DC, into a center of excellence for environmental technology investment and capital market reformation.
Skill Highlights
Team player with excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
Experienced in a broad range of project management, engineering, and analytical activities.
Highly adaptive to evolving technologies and dynamic markets.
Small business development
Project planning
Project development
Risk management
Team building
Core Accomplishments
Initiated development of a geographically and technologically diversified portfolio of community-scale renewable energy and environmental technology infrastructure projects across the globe.
Professional Experience
Board Member
February 2013 to Current
Sierra Club, Washington, DC Chapter
Oversee environmental advocacy work related to clean energy, efficient transportation, and municipal waste management.
Chair, DC Chapter Board
Chair, Fundraising Committee
Executive Director
September 2012 to Current
Friends of McMillan Park, Inc. – Washington, DC
Preserving, restoring, and transforming historic McMillan Park in Washington, DC for the benefit of the public.
Launched organization from grassroots community movement to tax-exempt legal entity.
Preserving the Olmsted legacy.
Commissioner
January 2011 to December 2012
District of Columbia Advisory Neighborhood Commission 5C
Represented ~2,400 constituents as a local elected official of the Bloomingdale community in Washington, DC.
Managed community relations between residents and local businesses.
Facilitated community development and clean technology infrastructure deployment.
Served as constituents' liaison to City Council, Mayor's Office, and executive agencies.
Chair, Committee on Communications & Technology
Chief Executive
November 2009 to Current
Youngblood Capital Group, LLC – Washington, DC
Deliver expertise in strategic analysis, economic assessments, and stakeholder development to help commercial and institutional clients achieve sustainability objectives while improving operational efficiency and economic performance.
Project development
Analytical services
Advisory services
Consult with local and tribal governments to design and develop sustainable, resilient, secure communities.
Provide mentorship to early-stage triple bottom line companies and projects.
Finance and Operations Strategist
November 2007 to Current
Amateur Kickboxing Federation, Inc. – Washington, DC
Develop and implement non-profit financial strategies.
Serve as organization's liaison to DC Government.
Support event planning and coordination.
Trainee/Fighter - Bando guerilla warfare kickboxing
Systems Engineer / Quantitative Analyst
October 2005 to January 2010
ManTech SRS – Arlington, VA
Provided engineering and analytical support to the ~$3b Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) Program administered by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO).
Developed predictive Operations & Maintenance cost model to support DHS ASP acquisition Life Cycle Cost Analysis.
Developed ASP acquisition Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Developed and improved working relationships among DHS stakeholders.
Systems engineering, requirements management
Quantitative analysis, risk management, due diligence
Reliability engineering
Project management
Mission Systems Reliability Engineering Lead - Joint Strike Fighter Program
August 2001 to October 2005
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division – Patuxent River, MD
Managed portfolio of domestic and international avionics and sensor suppliers through frequent site visits, data-submittal analyses, design reviews, and trade study activities.
Employed the tenets of Acquisition Reform to COTS hardware and software development activities, enforcement of commercial best practices, and implementation of Performance-Based Contracting and CAIV initiatives.
Tracked maturity of program Reliability & Maintainability metrics for tactical information systems and pilot systems.
Assessed and verified system reliability performance analytically and...
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