
Consulting Manager at Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP
Sacramento, California Area

Consulting Manager at Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP
Sacramento, California Area
I am an experienced governmental program evaluator and auditor, including the design and implementation of organizational risk assessments, evaluation design, and project management in accordance to PMBOK. My experience includes in depth knowledge of GAGAS "Yellow Book" audits, and electronic workpaper documentation. I am also experienced in business process improvement and organizational change management. As an experienced IT Strategic Planner, I have in depth knowledge of municipal government, municipal software requirements and procurements, and evaluating strategic directions with resource constraints.
Program evaluation and review, business process improvement, performance audits, IT strategic planning, municipal software procurement, market research, project management, organizational change management, e-government evaluation and citizen-centric service design, social media and social network.
(Government Administration industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
Focus on technical financial and budgeting issues. Make recommendations pertaining to the implementation of the Development Impact Fee Study recommendations. Make recommendations on other financial and economic issues which may be requested. These issues could include a broad review of the city's financial structure, comparative analysis of tax burdens in Davis compared to other communities, redevelopment and promotion of increased understanding of the city budget.
(Partnership; Accounting industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Evaluate programs and services, assess financial performance, examine business processes and practices, and deliver realistic and affordable solutions to help increase efficiency and effectiveness
of programs and operations. Specialties include organizational change management, business process reviews, IT controls review, financial statement analysis, and performance evaluations.
(Accounting industry)
July 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Conduct performance and compliance audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAO Yellowbook). Audits include medical contracting practices and compliance with State contracting laws and regulations, review of County and Court compliance with DNA Penalty Fund requirements, and Federal Compliance audit of the Employment Development Department. Additional projects include oversight of IV&V and IPOC contractors for the State FI$Cal project, and an internal implementation of PwC TeamMate electronic audit software.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2005 — June 2006 (1 year)
IT strategic planning, municipal software procurement assistance, feasibility analysis, staffing analysis, change management planning, application portfolio strategy. Projects include development of an IT strategic plan for the City of Boise, ID and City of Surrey, BC. Additional projects include procurement assistance for tier-2 government ERP software for a water district and a municipality.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 4 months)
Graduate Assistant for introductory level statistics and economics for public policy. Led study sessions for students in subject matter and lab sessions for STATA statistics software. Consulted policy students in effective application of quantitative analysis, using data analysis tools, and properly interpreting results.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)
June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)
Consulting firm specializing in applying economics, statistics, and computer-related analyses to business and public policy issues.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Managed student-run technology fund initiative, and supervised database coordinator for UW's $6 million technology fund. Provided outreach to University departments and to assist department heads in developing successful proposals.
MPP , Public Policy , August 2003 — April 2005
- Close connection to RAND Corporation
- Proficient user of STATA and Analytica
- Decision-making, risk modeling, and data modeling
- Econometric modeling
BA , Economics , 1999 — 2003
- Certificate in Quantitative Managerial Economics
- Accounting and Finance courses