Georgetown University

Southington Public High School

Senior Associate at Eagle Hill Consulting

• Project team leader responsible for gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, developing recommendations and implementing solutions to improve performance.
• Most recently, led a process improvement team for a large federal agency, reducing processing time by 25% on average and saving 100,000+ full-time equivalent hours versus prior practices. 
• Manages project finances, including invoicing, burn rate, staffing and margin, to ensure projects remain within scope and budget while reaching internal revenue and profit margin goals. 
• Generates new client leads and opportunities through research, outreach, and project proposal planning, including a successful multi-million dollar contract to assist a large public sector entity with change management, organizational development, workforce planning, and data analytics.
• Career advisor for firm associates, providing mentorship and career guidance.
• Eagle Hill Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council Member (2022-2023)
• Received the "Gold Standard Award" for excellence in project delivery, growing the firm, and fostering an inclusive team environment (2023)

Eagle Hill Consulting

Consulting Manager

• Led project team in assessing and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of various programs under a large federal agency’s multi-year regulatory and operational improvement initiative. 
• Created business performance dashboards for project workstreams, using Microsoft Power BI, enabling data-driven decisions to improve program and process efficacy.
• Established strong client relationships and maintained high customer satisfaction, resulting in significant project expansion and firm revenue growth.
• Provided technical writing support and subject matter expertise for competitive Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests for Proposals (RFPs), leading to firm revenue growth.

Senior Consulting Associate

Led projects collecting and analyzing data and designing, presenting, and implementing behavioral science-based strategies for private sector clients across the healthcare, insurance, and consumer goods industries, resulting in significant increases in client program performance.

VAL Health

Senior Associate Consultant

• Researched behavioral economics and behavioral science literature for client engagements.
• Prepared internal and client-facing summaries, reports, newsletters, and presentations.

Business Analyst

• Part-time coach to a team of 20+ children ages 9-12 and private coach for small groups of adults. 
• Developed 45-60 min workouts focused on stroke technique, endurance training, and skill-building according to the Asphalt Green curriculum.

Asphalt Green

Swim School Instructor

Assisted firm attorneys with the organization, review and tracking of litigation related materials.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Litigation Paralegal

Organized successful community outreach events, including a “Pancakes & Politics” breakfast with over 100 local constituents, community leaders and organization representatives in attendance.

Michael Smigelski