Jennifer (Jenny) Tucker

Current

Consulting Director at OKA (Otto Kroeger Associates) (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Associate/Sr. Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
Management Consultant at ADI Technology (Now Perot Systems)
Geoscientist at Roy F. Weston

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Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management
Wesleyan University

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Jennifer (Jenny) Tucker’s Summary

Jennifer Tucker (Consulting Director, OKA) is an experienced group facilitator and trainer, management consultant, and project manager. Past and current work includes facilitating technical and scientific work groups, conducting leadership development and teambuilding workshops, leading organizational assessments, and managing public outreach and communication projects.

Jenny holds a B.A in Environmental Sciences, an M.S. in Management, and a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies. She is the author of the booklet "Introduction to Type and Project Management," part of the Introduction to Type Series from CPP, Inc, and has been a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2005.

Jennifer (Jenny) Tucker’s Specialties:

Organization development, workgroup facilitation, leadership development and training, teambuilding workshops, management consulting, strategic planning, project management

Qualified administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI), the Leadership Spectrum Profile (LSP), the Work Environment Scales (WES), Reversal Theory / Apter Motivational Styles Profile (AMSP), and FIRO-B.

Jennifer (Jenny) Tucker’s Experience

Consulting Director
OKA (Otto Kroeger Associates) (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Management Consulting industry)

April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

Founded in 1977, OKA is a training and consulting firm specializing in leadership and team development; and group facilitation. Expert in a variety of psychological instruments and group processes, OKA offers high-impact leadership and team development programs, as well as customized workshops and facilitation services. Jenny currently leads OKA's consulting practice. Recent projects have included:

* Conducting strategic planning workshops with both government and commercial clients
* Facilitating Inter-governmental, Government-Industry, and Federal-State scientific and technical workgroups and leadership teams
* Leading a training needs assessment for a government agency
* Facilitating project management training and mentoring programs for new managers in both government and commercial organizations
* Delivering MBTI and SDI team development workshops with several IT project teams
* Designing and delivering teambuilding with senior leadership teams in the public and private sector
* Continuing ongoing management consulting for a large National Cancer Institute (NCI) biomedical informatics program
Associate/Sr. Associate

Booz Allen Hamilton

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

October 2001 — April 2006 (4 years 7 months)

While with Booz Allen, Jenny first served as a Program and Project Manager in the Information Technology Team; and then in the Organization Change team. Primary clients were in Federal government and included OPM, EPA, Census Bureau, and DoD. Example projects included:

* Leadership of a five year personality/team dynamics research project for Defense Acquisition University.
* Organization assessments for a large DoD program office.
* Group facilitation and focus groups to support DoD information technology policy program.
* IT project management for projects at OPM and Census Bureau
* Facilitation of scientific and emergency response policy teams at EPA.
Management Consultant

ADI Technology (Now Perot Systems)

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Management Consulting industry)

July 1998 — October 2001 (3 years 4 months)

While with ADI, Jenny led several communications projects for the Department of Navy's Environmental, Safety and Health Programs, and Environmental Data Quality Program. She also facilitated a number of scientific and technical workgroups across DoD and other federal agencies.
Geoscientist

Roy F. Weston

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Environmental Services industry)

July 1991 — August 1995 (4 years 2 months)

Field Geoscientist for the Installation Restoration Program and Underground Storage Tank assessment and cleanup effort at a large base closure site in New England.

Jennifer (Jenny) Tucker’s Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

PhD , Science and Technology Studies , 2003 — 2009

Activities and Societies:

Dissertation Title: "Motivating Subjects: Data Sharing in Cancer Research"
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management

MS , Management , 1996 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

Public Relations Director for Purdue University Bands (1996-1998)
Wesleyan University

BA , Environmental Sciences , 1987 — 1991