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Andrea Smith
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Principal , Amtrak
Location: Rockville, MD United States
Joined: Nov 12th, 2009

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US Military Academy class of 2003

Undergrad Major: Sociology

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I currently work with Amtrak as Governance, Risk, and Compliance Principal
I have years of experience working in the Transportation industry.

Project Management Office Director | Environmental Protection Agency
From May 2021 to Current • 5 year(s)
Lead project and performance management initiatives, fashioned PMO as center of excellence. Manage team of 9+ Senior Project Managers, IT, and Environmental Specialists while supporting 7+ Senior Executives.

Founder and Executive Director | Character First Youth Leadership Academy
From April 2018 to Current • 8 year(s)
Established youth-focused non-profit to develop leadership capabilities in 40+ minority and underserved high school students. Execute organization's $200K+ budget and oversee 10+ session facilitators.

Lead Information Technology Specialist | Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Air
From November 2019 to May 2021 • 2 year(s)
Steered Office of Air IT strategy including assessing current and future IT training needs. Managed 70+ IT projects with $30M+ budget and mentored 5+ IT leaders.

Lead Information Technology Specialist | Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Water
From June 2017 to November 2019 • 2 year(s)
Maintained oversight of portfolio of 40+ IT systems with $30M+ budget. Saved $1M+ IT cost by spearheading decommissioning of 2+ IT systems.

Program Analyst | Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Environmental Information
From July 2016 to December 2018 • 2 year(s)
Built and supervised IT Environmental Policy Workgroup/Team of 7+ Senior IT Analysts. Served as internal consultant to top management and 5+ program offices.

Information Management Specialist | Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Environmental Information
From October 2012 to July 2016 • 4 year(s)
Executed space reorganization project impacting 320+ employees. Led teams of 23+ Program Managers and established first-ever summer internship program.

Program Analyst | Environmental Protection Agency - Office of the Chief Financial Officer
From September 2015 to January 2016 • 1 year(s)
Maintained oversight of $2.5M+ blanket purchase agreement project. Supervised 40+ Contract Officer representatives contributing to the project.

Information Management Specialist | Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Environmental Information
From August 2010 to October 2012 • 2 year(s)
Captured $3M+ savings by implementing IT major investment review procedure. Developed eLearning issue paper that generated $133K+ buy-in from senior management.

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