Rising Tide Pro, Los Angeles, CA/Remote                                                                                                                                          2024 - Present

Founder & CEO

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Providing fractional and project based strategy, operations, finance, and human capital support to simplify and strengthen SMB and nonprofit business operations

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GPSN, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                                                                                                         2022 - Present

Non-profit intermediary funder exclusively focused on improving Los Angeles public education 

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Vice President, Finance and Operations

• Provide fractional organizational leadership overseeing Finance, Operations, and HR

 

Vice President, Strategy and Operations

• Led the Impact and Operations team, as well as several critical external service providers to develop and implement the organization’s finance, talent, impact and operations strategies and initiatives

• Led the strategic planning process for each GPSN initiative for the 2026 - 2028 plan

• Improved financial management by clarifying and codifying fiscal policies and implementing a systematic P&L forecasting tool and process

• Designed and implemented human capital strategies and systems to increase clarity, transparency, and equity throughout the entire employee lifecycle, including hiring and onboarding, performance management, compensation, and offboarding

• Led GPSN’s Downtown Los Angeles office renovation from concept to completion

 

Green Dot Public Schools California, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                                                         2015 - 2022

National charter management organization dedicated to preparing ALL students for college, leadership, and life serving 12,000+ students.

 

Director of Operations - Los Angeles Region

• Grew the Home Office Operations team from three to six members, then clarified and codified each team members scope of work by leading the development of annual program plans including timing and instruction guides 

• Led the administration of all School Operations programs by coaching and managing program staff to take ownership of program goals, invest in professional growth, and become effective managers in the areas of school nutrition, transportation, purchasing, student health initiatives, Covid-19 response, and student recruitment in support of 19 schools across the greater Los Angeles area

• Initiated and led the development of a cross-functional student recruitment task force and implemented a multi-year strategic plan to achieve district-wide recruitment goals

• Created and facilitated scope and sequence of leadership development and role-aligned training for 63+ school operations staff across 19 schools, leading to increased finance and accounting compliance, improved external audit results, more frequent peer-led learning, the smooth adoption of a new student enrollment software, and streamlined operations processes using Lean 6 Sigma methodologies 

 

Senior Area Operations & Finance Manager

• Determined the need for and launched a school operations rubric and scorecard to assess performance in key functional areas and provide quantitative data to guide team goal-setting and school operations priorities that was implemented in all schools in the region

• Co-managed 3 School Operations Managers, setting performance improvement priorities, leading strategic problem-solving, providing weekly coaching, and developing and sharing resources to support both school-specific and organization-wide strategic priorities

 

Area Operations & Finance Manager

• Advised and supported 6 school executive leaders through the annual development and management of school budgets ranging from $7-9MM each and the analysis of monthly financial forecasts that led to 80% of schools meeting or exceeding their net income targets for 2 consecutive years 

• Identified the need for and developed a comprehensive onboarding curriculum and accompanying resources used, in the first year, to train 15 school-based Operations staff and later referenced as a resource to guide the development of a new Home Office onboarding plan for all staff

 

Driver SPG, Anaheim, CA                                                                                                                                                                          2011 - 2013

Commercial general contractor specializing in tenant improvement, renovation, and new construction for private clients

 

Senior Project Engineer  

• Negotiated and managed 15-25 subcontracts for construction projects ranging from $500K to $15MM for clients including Macy's, JCPenney, California Institute of Technology, and Incipio

• Spearheaded corporate social responsibility initiative and launched the company’s first charitable giving campaigns, which served as the model for initiatives implemented in 2 other affiliated companies

• Led company-wide training on new project management software and provided implementation support throughout the technology transition

 

C.W. Driver, Irvine, CA                                                                                                                                                                                2008 - 2011

Builder providing General Contracting, Construction Management and Design/Build services to the Western United States

 

Assistant Estimator  

• Developed contractor scopes of work and analyzed cost proposals to create construction budgets for projects valued up to $100MM

• Independently managed several bids after less than 1 year of departmental experience

 

Project Engineer

• Managed project documentation by compiling and distributing subcontractor requests for information, reviewing and coordinating building material approvals with the design team, updating construction documents with design revisions, recording and publishing meeting documentation

• Assumed increasing responsibility as the company down-sized by absorbing administrative functions and assuming responsibility for subcontractor cost management allowing my manager to split time between multiple projects