Jay Kalavapudi is an experienced executive with over 17 years of experience in project and program management, business process improvement, and enterprise application design and development. He holds a Master's degree in Management and Finance from Harvard University and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland. Jay has a successful background in large and small organizations alike, where he has injected a results-oriented, entrepreneurial mentality to generate quantifiable value. He possesses several certifications including PMP, Certified Scrum Master, and CISSP, alongside a Department of Defense Top Secret Clearance and a Department of Homeland Security Level II Full Background Clearance. Jay's portfolio includes playing a variety of key management and strategy consulting roles at the College Board and working closely with company executives to define and implement several strategic initiatives in product development, operations, and technology. Jay also played a mission-critical role at the Department of Homeland Security - Customs & Border Protection (CBP) under the Cargo System Program Office (CSPO), where he earned numerous executive awards from Lockheed and IBM for his ability to deliver.