Lavada Strickland

About Lavada Strickland

Senior Program and Project Executive who successfully delivers technically complex & strategic projects, efficiently and effectively leading teams to deliver results on time and within budget. Demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels of organizations, both internally and externally. Sought after for leadership ability. Program/Project Management | Auditing | Budgeting | Business and Strategic Planning | Consulting | Contracts | Data Collection | Technical Projects | Finance | Government | SCRUM | Agile | Risk Manager | Technical Writing ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Designed and implemented tools for business financial processes, reporting and data storage improving month-end data availability and processing by 10 days (33% improvement monthly) and reducing labor hours to at or above 25% overall efficiency- Scoped, designed and implemented two major projects that develop operational dashboards to govern and report progress of departmental and Agency goals- Reduced enterprise strategic planning reporting by 25%- Delivered $1.7M enterprise wide strategic planning system, on time and within budget, leveraging SCRUM Agile principles and processes.

Experience

1. Program Director

   Federal Aviation Administration

   May 2019 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Manage and provide forecast and data analysis of both commercial space activity as well Airport and Aviation Trust Fund (AATF) fiscal activities.• Commercial Space Transportation (AST) forecasts and analysis are based on developed assump-tions, historical and emerging trends along with partnerships with the industry (commercial space). Baseline analysis begins with commercial space industry forecasts for launch/reentry activities and continued communications with AST partners. Forecast is further developed through statistical modeling and application of a series of standards and economic calculations. Assumptions are used to calculate a Hi-Lo forecasted expectation for current and two out-years.• AATF forecasts is a 20-year forecast based on a technical and economic model that includes variate financial data input from multiple cross-agency (IRS) partnerships along with internal economic outputs from specialized aviation economist within the APO Directorate.• Interpret data through parsing and analysis via graphical representations, narratives and summary reports enabling users and decision-makers to draw sound and justifiable conclusions. • Establishing written processes for reusable documentation and guidelines as a record for ongoing modeling, analysis and training.

Education

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  M.A., Public Affairs

  2005 — 2006

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  B.A., Politics and Government

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Ph.D., Public Policy and Political Economy