The Bear Den
Resume
Employment
- Greenberg Law, PLLC, Richmond, VA; June 2022 - Present
- Business manager responsible for all IT, financial, and marketing decisions and activities of the law firm.
- Performed paralegal duties including evidence review, client outreach, and process development to streamline case handling for the attorney in charge.
- Developed and evaluated business contracts including partnership agreements, non-disclosure agreements, sales and support agreements, and 1099 employment contracts for clients of the law firm under the supervision of the attorney in charge.
- Business Management
- Evaluated and executed contracts with multiple vendors in support of attorney case management software, law firm marketing, and information technology contracts.
- Established and maintained a human resources program in support of employees and contractors hired to the law firm.
- Established and maintained a payroll program in support of employees and contractors hired to the law firm.
- IT
- Sourced, set up, and administrated an enterprise Microsoft 365 tenant to include web, email, and Azure AD (Entra) components.
- Set up and administrated a client management and document system (Clio), handling 10-15 new client intakes and 25-30 existing clients per month.
- Built and distributed workstation systems to employees of the law firm, as well as provided sole-source support for hardware and software.
- Financial
- Performed accounting duties for both general operating and client trust accounts for the law firm, including A/R, A/P, and preparation and submission of quarterly and yearly tax requirements.
- Generated financial reports and yearly budgets to advise firm owner on future fiscal requirements and directions for growth of the firm, as well as executing previously developed plans.
- Received and processed invoices across multiple vendors.
- Marketing
- Sourced, executed, and maintained a multi-prong advertising campaign across physical and electronic outreach platforms to include mailers, Google Advertising, and other assorted advertising platforms.
- Generated approximately 250 interactions at a value of approximately $12,500 per month, and 3,000 impressions per month, across marketing campaigns at a cost of less than $1,500 per month.
- Consultant (Bear Den Hosting, LLC), Various Locations; September 2001 - Present
- Provided IT services for small business startups to include installation, configuration, administration, and support of web, email, and cloud services on both bare metal hardware and virtual servers.
- Utilized various operating systems including but not limited to RedHat, Debian, and Ubuntu Linux distributions as well as Windows Server from NT through 2022 to host personal and business web, email, and cloud services.
- Established web and social media presences for eight startup companies, resulting in an average of 500,000 impressions and $50,000 in sales after the first six months per company.
- Provided software support for virtual servers to include remote troubleshooting and configuration of Windows and Linux servers, content management systems, and SQL databases.
- Assisted in establishing bookkeeping systems for small businesses using proprietary and open source accounting software to include Quicken and GnuCash.
- Defense Logistics Agency, Richmond, VA; June 2024 - Present
- Monitored and controlled the finances of 21 programs with a total annual operating budget of $5,800,000 across federal appropriated and non-appropriated funds.
- Approved purchases from private and government sources while assuring compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations and local Defense Logistics Agency policy.
- Developed business plans along with the program managers to create 1, 3, 5, and 10 fiscal year budgets and long-term capital purchasing plans.
- Performed timekeeping validation and correction services for 56 employees including full time, part time, and flex time (“zero hour contract”) employees for $5,400,000 in annual labor.
- Responsible for disbursement, collection, and replenishment of an $800 office petty cash fund.
- Department of the Army, Newport News, VA; October 2021 - June 2024
- Assisted in establishing software development timelines and scenarios for new training program of record, including architecture development and user interface design.
- Created, edited, and published a directorate-wide quarterly newsletter.
- Established and controlled a directorate-wide social media program and campaign across multiple platforms and technologies.
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Salem, VA; November 2020 - October 2021
- Restored over $250,000 in retroactive payments to employees for missed time worked and unpaid premium pay caused by payroll and human resource errors.
- Corrected over 20,000 instances of incorrectly applied pay codes and improperly prepared time sheets across seven Veterans Affairs medical centers with accompanying community clinics.
- Performed at a leadership level by training senior coworkers in legal, regulatory, and policy requirements including Title 5 and Title 38 of the United States Code, FMLA, and USERRA.
- Modified five payroll processes resulting in an average 15% time and cost reduction in payroll processing.
- Processed payroll through DFAS DCPS and timekeeping through VATAS/WebTA, as well as cross-referencing with VistA and PAID legacy systems.
- Student, Virginia Beach, VA and Charlottesville, VA; August 2017 - May 2020
- Undergraduate studies of economics, business, and statistics with an emphasis on behavioral economics, linear regression, and business law.
- Utilized data analysis programs such as R, SAS, and Stata to compile and analyze economic and statistical data gathered via various public and private sources.
- Utilized studies of business law to investigate and summarize various legal sources including statutory and case law, and present them to academic peers and superiors in formal reports.
- United States Navy, Norfolk, VA; January 2011 - January 2017
- First line supervisor of a division of 20 Sailors.
- Trained and professionally developed personnel through training periods, evaluations, and three overseas deployments.
- Maintained and repaired over $20,000,000 worth of electronic equipment.
- Saved over $500,000 over five years through effective troubleshooting and repairs.
- Served as first line disaster response team leader including initial investigation and damage control.
- Generated and compiled performance and benchmarking reports about ship missions.
- Applied Technical Systems, Silverdale, WA; September 2005 - December 2006
- Performed quality assurance testing utilizing JUnit in support of a hierarchical database suite.
- Utilized C#, C++, Java, HTML, CSS, and PostgreSQL in support of multiple IT projects.
Education
- University of Virginia - B.A. Economics, 2020
- Tidewater Community College - A.S. Business Administration, 2018, Summa Cum Laude
Certifications and Skills
- Economic Data Analysis
- Legal Research and Writing
- Team Management
- Team Training
- Electronics Troubleshooting
- Electronics Repair
- Computer Systems Administration
- Computer Programming
- Bookkeeping
- First Aid
- Disaster Response