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A BIT ABOUT ME...

My Professional Growth Journey

I started my career immersed in technology, beginning with software development, data management, and then expanding into system architecture, enterprise architecture and business architecture. All great technical disciplines, and necessary stepping stones for understanding and enabling my clients' digital transformation needs!

 
Somewhere along the way, I discovered I had an affinity and tremendous excitement for uncovering avenues for business expansion—analyzing markets, capabilities, trends, technologies and distilling them into actionable growth strategies. This was the impetus for me to embark on a journey that has steered me toward  strategic planning and operations management roles. ​The deeper I got into the strategy-to-execution domain, the more I realized that value and growth come only from  and through people - my team, my partners, my customers.

 

The best idea means nothing without the right team to bring it to life, the right partners to take it over the hump, and customers willing to provide feedback to make the product better. Empowering people, bringing people together, working to remove obstacles in communication - I've learned that this is just as important (if not more!) than coming up with the right design or platform or materials or distribution channels.

RECENT ROLES

  • Industry Advisor - (2023--)

  • Sr. Vice-President, Operations - DSFederal Inc. (2023-2024)

  • Director, Operations and Strategic Initiatives - Leidos Inc. (2019-2023)

  • Director of Operations - Cognosante LLC (2017-2019)

  • Founder & CEO - Andwyrde LLC (dba Andworx LLC) (2014-2017)

  • Director, Public Sector Health & Benefits - PwC LLP (2011-2014)

  • Director, Architecture & Integration - Vangent Inc. (2005-2011)

  • Program & Practice Manager - International Finance Corp. (2001-2004)

EDUCATION

MBA in Business Administration Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh School of Business • Edinburgh, UK MS in Computer Science Polytechnic Institute • Bucharest, Romania

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified (2005) | Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) | TOGAF 9 | ITIL Foundations | COBIT 5

... And here are some of the things I do for fun:

Travel - so far I've been to Iceland, UK, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Romania, Spain, Canada, and the Bahamas. My bucket list is pretty long...

Reading - some of my favorite authors are Umberto Ecco, Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Amor Towles, Fritjof Capra, Matt Haig

Movies - I find Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead to be brilliant examples of well-crafted comedies

Photography - you can see some samples lower down

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