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Welcome to my consulting experience page, which includes education, experience, and skills that I use in my consulting practice.
You can find out more about the boutique consulting service my husband and I are offering at Benes Companies, called Health Intelligence Consulting, at the page below. There, you will find consulting frameworks, project scopes, timelines, and starting prices.
Synopsis
I apply military intelligence frameworks to help health, wellness, and human services organizations improve complex illness outcomes. My approach draws on combat-tested intelligence methodology, Big 4 consulting, federal agency project delivery, and a decade of first-hand experience navigating complex illness — a combination that exists nowhere else in this market.
Schedule your free 30-minute virtual coffee with me to find out if I am a good fit for your project.
Core Competencies
Intelligence analysis & collection management
Commissioned U.S. Army intelligence officer with operational experience across Iraq, Europe, and the cyber domain. Led programs for collection management, intelligence surveillance reconnaissance (ISR), lethal and non-lethal targeting, nation-building, federated intelligence, NATO and allied intelligence cooperation, and translation of raw information into command decisions — frameworks now applied to complex illness population outcomes.
Organizational assessment & change management
Designed and led organizational assessments, leader offsites, and change management strategies across federal agencies, military commands, and enterprise teams. Experienced in survey design, organizational effectiveness measurement, and Lean Six Sigma process improvement (Green Belt).
Federal consulting & human capital
Big 4 consulting experience (Deloitte) serving the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the FDA. Delivered instructional design, online courseware, education assessment, and human capital strategy for large federal agencies with complex stakeholder environments.
Health, wellness & information science
MS in Information Science (University of Colorado Boulder), with coursework spanning ~65% information science and ~35% psychology. NSF I-Corps Hub West participant. Developing a complex illness referral platform matching clients and care professionals by symptom and population. Undergraduate training in biology and premedicine at Johns Hopkins University.
Cybersecurity & technology acquisition
Led concept development for automated cybersecurity risk detection across the DoD Information Network using Bayesian probabilities and the NIST framework. Credentialed Agile DOD team member through the Defense Acquisition University. Experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, and joint cyber acquisition planning.
Strategy & impact entrepreneurship
MBA with concentrations in entrepreneurship and consulting from William & Mary (Raymond A. Mason School of Business). Co-founder of Benes Companies, a mission-driven enterprise focused on transforming the U.S. care ecosystem for complex illness.
Schedule your free 30-minute virtual coffee with me to find out if I am a good fit for your project.
Favorite Projects
Iraq Intelligence Operations
U.S. Army · Brigade Combat Team Deputy Effects Coordinator
Developed frameworks that shaped intelligence collection and analysis across a 250,000-person civilian territory. Intelligence-led decision-making in effects-based operations contributed to measurable life-saving outcomes within six months — the foundational proof of concept for applying military intelligence frameworks to complex, high-stakes population health problems.
NATO Intelligence Cooperation Planner
U.S. Army · Theater Army Security Cooperation Planner
Served as a security cooperation planner managing allied and international military relations across NATO partner nations. Built federated intelligence structures and coordinated cross-border information sharing to enable joint decision-making — directly applicable to multi-stakeholder health system environments.
Organizational Improvement Program
U.S. Army · Theater Army Intelligence Section
Developed an organizational assessment, leader offsite, and change management strategy that significantly reduced work stress and increased productivity across a 200-person team operating across 15 geographic sites.
Interrogation Battalion Executive Leadership
U.S. Army · Intelligence Battalion Commander
Commanded a 170-Soldier battalion aligned to a military police brigade and a military intelligence brigade. Established a staff from scratch, developed on-site staff exercises to build cohesion, improved morale, retention, and career progression by 200%.
USCYBERCOM automated risk analysis
U.S. Army · Joint Cyber Acquisition Planner
Developed the concept for automating the detection of and response to cybersecurity risk across the DoD Information Network using Bayesian probabilities, the NIST framework, and joint warfare doctrine. Applied Agile and DevSecOps methodologies.
FDA budget planning courseware
Deloitte Consulting · U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Designed and developed online courseware to improve budget planning quality across the FDA and its subordinate organizations. Delivered instructional design, video production, and digital education components.
VA education assessment
Deloitte Consulting · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Developed pre- and post-testing instruments for VA online education programs to evaluate training effectiveness and identify gaps in veteran-facing education outcomes.
Complex illness health website
Benes Companies · Founder & Technology Lead
Designing and building a referral platform that matches complex illness clients with care professionals based on symptoms and populations served. Integrates health information technology with information science research and entrepreneurship methodology from NSF I-Corps Hub West.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
MS, Information Science
~65% information science, ~35% psychology
NSF I-Corps Hub West participant
William & Mary — Raymond A. Mason School of Business
MBA, Entrepreneurship & Consulting
Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society Member (top 20% of graduates)
The Johns Hopkins University
BA, Biology & Premedicine
Licenses & certifications
Lean Six Sigma — Green Belt
William & Mary
Agile DOD team member credential
Defense Acquisition University
Level I sexual assault advocate
DOD Sexual Assault Advocate Certification Program
Background
Check out this brief story of my background and which experiences were the most pivotal in shaping my problem solving approaches.
Frameworks
Military Intelligence frameworks are about collection and analyzing information to trigger decisions that drive change within an organization’s territory. They are applicable to any person or organization wanting to intentionally drive change towards specific outcomes. Check out this story of how my frameworks helped save lives within our territory of 250,000 Iraqis within six months.
Schedule your free 30-minute virtual coffee with me to find out if I am a good fit for your project.
