Alexandra Petre

About Alexandra Petre

Org effectiveness expert with a strong track record of moving individuals, teams, and organizations from where they are to where they need to be. Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology with 15+ years developing high-impact solutions in matrixed, complex, and ‘stuck’ organizations. Systems-thinker with a penchant for the messy.

Experience

1. Senior Manager

   Eagle Hill Consulting

   Oct 2019 — Present · Arlington, VA, US

   Primary change management expert for the FDA within Center of Biologics Evaluation and Research (1160 employees), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (5,600 employees), and Center for Veterinary Medicine (500 employees) supporting executives and their teams through the effective implementation of re-organizations, tech transformations, process improvements, employee engagement initiatives, and culture change initiatives Ensuring strategic initiatives stayed on track during a time of significant disruption to existing workflows, systems and processes as a result of the Enterprise re-prioritization of COVID vaccinations and treatments Increase workload efficiency by creating smaller matrixed teams matrixed teams and reducing the variation in team composition from over 1200 variations to stable teams of 6-20 Build change management capability within CBER by developing, training, and advising internal change management team of 6 staff representing each sub-office Conduct, implement and advise on change impact assessments in all 3 Centers, over 50 stakeholder interviews, 9 executive teams, 3 strategic plans, executive coaching, leadership development and change capacity developmentInternal leadership and consulting: Co-manage a $5M portfolio of client work with a team of 30 consultants leading strategic planning, human resource, process improvement, workload management, and change management initiatives in support of achieving the goals of 3-year strategic plan that impacted over 7,260 federal employees Seamlessly transitioned the first and largest team within Eagle Hill Consulting to a 100% virtual work environment with a 25% increase in revenue and increasing client satisfaction from “satisfactory” to “very good” Resuscitate client satisfaction and overcome delivery risks, including client reducing contract size by 35%, within 1 year of joining Reduce internal team turnover by 35% within 1 year of joining the firm

Education

• University of Southern California

  BS, Psychology

  1999 — 2003

• California School of Professional Psychology

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  2009 — 2013