Alexander Yu
Biography:
Security Clearance: Top Secret Clearance
Work Experience: 10.5 years
Work Experience:
I am a 10-year Army Veteran that served in the Civil Affairs Regiment and the Regiment of Engineers as a Program Manager and Operations Manager at multiple echelons. I have a proven track record of developing, implementing, and enhancing comprehensive programs using both agile and waterfall methodologies. I have expertise in taking macro-data, processing and framing the data into actionable insight, and briefing executive leadership to drive progress. I find passion in collaborating with diverse global organizations and explore how their societal and cultural context influence their perspectives in framing and addressing challenges.
Work history:
Job Title: Assistant Vice President
Company: Bank of America
Period: June 2023 - present
Role Description:● Municipal Bond Syndication Support; New Issue
● Municipal Bond Trade Support; Primary Market and Secondary Market
● Process Enhancement
Job Title: Operations Manager
Company: United States Army
Period: April 2022 - October 2024
Role Description:● Directed a 5-person team of Korean civilians and soldiers in risk management and relationship building; assessed civilian/political impacts to training; decreasing operational risk in day-to-day operations
● Led a communications strategy to various stakeholders, translating complex ideas and concepts to drive decision-making; led executives in 30 engagements with Korean stakeholders, decreasing reputational risk
● Analyzed Korean society in contingency operations; researched data and increased information flow from multiple sources to brief executives on risks, opportunities, and controls, increasing cross-functional synergy
● Led an 8-person team of Koreans and Americans through wartime exercises; assessed real-world information and conducted engagements with stakeholders to plan the delivery of 50 tons of humanitarian-aid
● Designed and implemented a framework to train the Republic of Korea and the United States; increased new lines of collaboration with a 1500-person organization during contingency operations
Job Title: Program Manager
Company: United States Army
Period: April 2018 - April 2022
Role Description:● Deployed to Poland and spearheaded humanitarian-aid efforts for the US military; increased available assets and expedited the movement of ~9M refugees, decreasing operational risk for contingency operations
● Collaborated across functions and cultures to mitigate risks from the displacement of over ~9M refugees; facilitated the distribution of $50M worth of humanitarian aid throughout south-east Poland
● Communicated United States strategic messaging towards internal and external stakeholders; built relationships and synergy between organizations to support refugee management
● Analyzed humanitarian-aid distribution centers along the Polish-Ukrainian Border, synthesized data and communicated opportunities, risks, and mitigation to senior executives
Job Title: Operations Manager
Company: United States Army
Period: April 2014 - April 2018
Role Description:● Analyzed qualitative/quantitative data and led bottom-up refinement to increase workflow efficiency in a 2K-person organization by 96%; published improvements to systems and processes in an Army-wide publication
● Served on the Hurricane Emergency Response Team during Hurricane Matthews (2016), coordinated the preservation of $15M of military equipment and the following $4M cleanup
● Led 30 soldiers, maintained $6 million dollars of military equipment, and managed a $20K budget; decreased workflow times on combat construction sites by 75% during 2 true-to-life dynamic training exercises
Education:
George Washington University
Bachelor's Degree – International Affairs
Period: September 2009 - May 2013
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