Sydney Alfonso

About Sydney Alfonso

Sydney is a Senior IT Strategy and Business Consultant at Guidehouse, where she helps…

Experience

1. Senior IT Strategy and Business Consultant

   Guidehouse

   Apr 2020 — Present

   AI Strategy Development and Implementation • Led the development of a public-facing Department-wide AI strategy and implementation plan in close collaboration with the CTO and other senior leadership to drive enterprise adoption of AI, create an AI governance structure, and cultivate a transparent and collaborative AI community • Performed market research to find emerging AI governance trends across the federal government, commercial organizations, and academia to identify gaps at the Department where the AI strategy could support • Spearheaded the completion of several AI Strategy implementation plan actions including standing up a Department-wide AI Knowledge Hub and AI Community of Interest to bring together AI stakeholders, and developing a Department-wide AI Use Case Inventory • Aided in the development of key Department-wide guidance for AI such as an AI ethics framework and AI metadata guidelines IT Strategy Development • Designed and created a public-facing 3-year IT Strategic Plan for the Department of Justice while working closely with the CIO and other senior leadership to ensure that the plan will successfully guide the Department’s use of technology for the next three years • Recommended a framework for the IT Strategic plan to enhance security capabilities, leverage emerging technology, develop a strong IT workforce, and improve IT financial stewardship that was adopted by senior leadership into the Department’s IT vision and goals • Executed market research to identify emerging technology trends across the federal government, commercial organizations, and academia to identify gaps at the Department

Skills

• Teamwork
• Social Media Marketing
• Customer Service
• Time Management
• Public Speaking
• Development of Promotional Materials
• Microsoft Word
• Data Analytics
• Team Leadership
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Spanish
• Graphic Design
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Powerpoint
• Research
• Social Media
• Power Director
• Microsoft Excel
• Video Editing
• Microsoft Office
• Vba
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Event Planning
• Java