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Christina has over a decade of procurement experience in both the public and private sectors.  Prior to joining Censeo, her consulting and corporate career spanned many aspects of procurement. She has managed categories, delivered supplier relationship management solutions, sourced professional services as well as commodities, launched and implemented a Procure-to-Pay transformation, and led project management for cross-functional, large-scale projects. She has taught procurement skills both domestically and abroad, in the subject areas of category management, internal relationship management, and supplier relationship management.

Experience

• Engagement Manager, Censeo Consulting Group
• Sr. Sourcing Specialist, DC Water
• Self-Employed, CBRE (client)
• Senior Manager, Charles River Laboratories
• Project Manager/Facilitator, CEB Leadership Academies
• Additional Qualifications

Education

• MBA, New York University, 2008-2011
• BA, Economics and Political Science, Wellesley College, 2001-2005
• IMBA, Student Exchange Program, Fudan University-MIT Sloan, 2011

Lisa has over 15 years of corporate finance experience in commercial contracting, government contracting and management consulting. Her roles have exposed her to the functional areas of Project Control, EVMS, DCAA Compliance, Accounting, FP&A and Financial Modeling.

Over 20 years proven track record of successful consulting; operational, contracts and customer relationship management; risk mitigation; quality assurance; value management and reporting; performance improvements; regulatory compliance and deliverables oversight.
International, Federal, State, Local and commercial contracting, (IDIQ, FFP, FP/LOE, T&M, and Cost Plus Award/Incentive Fee contracts), including working knowledge of FAR and Agency supplements. Skilled in providing contracts support encompassing negotiation, drafting, execution and cradle-tograve management for Federal, State, Local and commercial Agreements. Assumed responsible roles as Contracts Manager, Director of Contracts, Contracts Finance Manager, Program Manager, & CMM Consultant / Senior Project Manager for mature successful Federal IT Programs. Effectively manage the contracting process (pre- thru post- award) to efficiently support market and business strategies and provide oversight for achieving outcomes.

Education

• Juris Doctor. State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, June 1995
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science. State University of New York at Buffalo, September 1991

Expertise Highlights

• Provide oversight of contracting and related compliance activities – from proposal strategy development through contract closeout, as well as Legal Affairs;
• Provide cradle to grave contract management and oversight for firm’s portfolio of contracts / Agreements for Federal, commercial, Not for Profit & Higher Education clients;
• Draft, negotiate and execute all contractual documents such as Non-Disclosure Agreements, Memorandums of Understanding, Teaming Agreements, Subcontracts;
• Perform compliance monitoring and submission of all firm proposals (Federal, State, Higher Education, Not for Profit and commercial);
• Serve as a legal / risk subject matter expert (SME) to the senior leadership team;
• Member of senior corporate management team that convenes weekly to establish and monitor corporate goals and objectives;
• Create and manage Policies and Procedures related to contracts, regulatory compliance, and risk Review, update corporate policies;
• Provide Legal services and contract administration services for Censeo Subsidiaries and Affiliates as needed;
• Draft, negotiate, execute and administer Mentor Protégé Agreement and Joint Venture Agreement;
• Provide enterprise level risk mitigation including compliance training, dispute resolution, conflict of interest mitigation plans and solicitation risk identification.

Shelley has over twenty years of experience in contact center operations working in the private sector. Her career began at an up and coming telecommunications company, MCI while still a student at Towson University. Her self-motivated, committed personality and strategic competencies took her on a 16- year journey, where she was elevated from an individual salesperson to leading corporate teams supporting over 22,000 consumer and B2B contact center personnel across the country. Managing a budget of $28M, she participated in cross company initiatives which helped to explode company earnings to over $1B in under 7 years. Her accomplishments were spotlighted in company marketing campaigns, print ads and radio shows.
Prior to joining Censeo, Shelley ran her own consulting firm, helping companies improve contact center performance, later adding a focused customer service offering to improve company culture through custom wellness strategies.
Shelley has served on 3 boards in numerous capacities in the Washington DC Metropolitan area and New York, mentoring young women and underserved communities.
In her tenure at Censeo Consulting Group, Shelley has served as Contact Center Subject Matte Expert for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services account.

Education

• BS, Sociology, Towson University, Towson, Maryland

Expertise Highlights

• Functional Specialist, Censeo Consulting Group March 2020 to Present. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health & Human Services
• Lead the design and execution (acquisition strategy and planning) for the next generation of billion-dollar contracts within the Office of Communications, Call Center Operations
• Analyze and present market research findings to senior CMS leadership
• Develop a set of whitepapers to formulate approach for the use of innovative contracting mechanisms and operational efficiencies

Brad joins the Censeo Consulting team after almost 10 years as an advisor and program lead for federal Senior Executives, driving program effectiveness and innovation, and large-scale change management efforts. Brad led efforts for the Under Secretary for Management at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and government-wide initiatives for the President’s Management Council (PMC) and the Federal Chief Financial Officers Council (CFOC) while at the General Services Administration (GSA).
Additionally, he served on the response team to the largest cyber-attack on the federal government at the Office of Personnel Management.

Expertise Highlights:

• Strategic program initiation, Program, Portfolio and Project Management;
• Strategic Communication, Stakeholder Management, and Change Management;
• Process design and re-engineering, meeting and planning facilitation and organizational governance implementation.

Education

BA, General Studies, Louisiana State University;
PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP);
Lean Six Sigma-Green Belt.

Adam Walters joined Censeo in 2012. Over the course of his consulting career, Adam has successfully led or supported more than 20 projects for a wide range of federal, defense, and higher ed clients. His expertise includes strategic planning, operational effectiveness, cost reduction, and performance management. He has demonstrated a consistent ability to partner with client stakeholders to drive meaningful and sustainable change across complex organizations.

While completing his MBA, Adam was the Portfolio Manager of a $4M equity investment fund for the University of Maryland’s endowment and led a global consulting engagement with a tech startup in Cape Town, South Africa. He was recognized by Poets and Quants Magazine in 2017 as an “MBA to Watch”.

Expertise Highlights:
• Strategic Sourcing / Category Management
• Negotiating Software Enterprise License Agreements
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Process Improvement
• Inventory Optimization

Education:
M.B.A. The University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
B.S., Supply Chain Management and Economics, University of Maryland
PMI™ Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Willis has over 8 years’ experience advising clients across the federal government in operations and IT improvement. His work has focused on cost reduction, operational effectiveness, process improvement, and performance management. Willis has developed deep expertise in driving change in environments requiring the buy-in of multiple government stakeholders, both within and across agencies.

Expertise highlights:

• Data analysis, process mapping, business case analysis
• Development of metrics to measure desired outcomes
• Change management, including stakeholder analysis, workshop and interview facilitation

Ashraf has nineteen years of management consulting experience. He is a graduate of The Catholic University of America with a B.A. in Politics and Economics. Ashraf is a leader in managing highly technical and operational programs which includes extensive stakeholder engagement, data analytics (quantitative and qualitative), human capital and enterprise level process improvement initiatives. Prior to joining Censeo, Ashraf worked in a wide variety of fields including consulting work in capacity building for international development, finance for public and private entities, public polling both domestic and international, healthcare studies, defense and security support, and strategic communications.

Expertise Highlights:

• Chief Growth Officer;
• People Analytics Lead/Manager;
• Service Area Manager;
• Associate/Advanced Analytics.

Education

BA, Politics and Economics, The Catholic University of America.

Derrick Moreira has more than 13 years of management consulting and industry experience leading and delivering complex supply chain and operations strategy solutions. He has worked closely with all levels of client organizations to drive significant cost improvement results within the government, biotech, pharmaceutical, consumer products, and foodservice industries. Derrick leads Censeo’s Acquisition, Procurement and Supply Management practice. Most recently, he has played a key role in standing up and managing several large-scale supply management initiatives across Federal Agencies. Key areas of subject-matter expertise include supply management and strategic sourcing, cost and business case analysis, program governance, change management and process improvement/ reengineering. Prior to joining Censeo, Derrick worked as a project team leader and consultant for A.T. Kearney and as a process improvement manufacturing engineer for Boston Scientific Corporation. 

Expertise Highlights

• Experienced in establishing and leading large-scale procurement and supply chain cost reduction engagements
• Expertise in utilizing demand management and change management techniques to drive long term and sustainable results across client organizations
• Proven experience engaging directly with senior leadership to identify and address issues related to supply management