Paul Eder, PhD

BAE Systems, Inc.

Lead a team of 20 tech professionals in the design, development, and implementation of database, automation, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions for a CFO office in a large government agency

Senior Program Manager

🔥 Leading multiple AI and data initiatives for DHS OCFO
🔥 Planning, organizing, and guiding the work of data science team on data engineering and modeling efforts 
🔥 Developing AI roadmap to guide the path to the future for DHS OCFO (e.g. developing guidelines and prototypes for Generative AI applications)
🔥 Integrating Python, SQL, and Tableau on large-scale data validation efforts

Project Manager / Senior AI & Data Advisor

High Value, LLC

Collectibles buying and selling / motivational speaking and consulting

President

FIRESTARTERS

Author of FIRESTARTERS: How Innovators, Instigators, and Initiators Can Inspire You to Ignite Your Own Life

Motivation: Helping you capitalize on your passion and skills.

Strategy: Helping you understand how to get from here to there on your life path.

Networking: Helping you identify the right people to boost your financial potential

Book Author

The Millennium Group International

Director of Management Consulting

The Center for Organizational Excellence, Inc.

● Led multiple organizational strategic planning, human capital, process re-engineering, large-scale research, survey, and program evaluation efforts with values ranging from $50K to $2.5M annually.

● Currently coordinating DATA Act strategic data innovation project for the CFO of the Department of Homeland Security. Involves application of full life cycle project management activities: change management, solution development, risk management.

● Led an 8-person workforce planning engagement for the 800,000-employee civilian workforce of the Department of Defense.  Established competency models for occupations ranging from teachers to aerospace engineers. ​

● Leveraged strategic data expertise to re-vamp the data collection and reporting processes
for an organization with the mission to supply civilian workforce support to military work units in
Afghanistan. Developed statistical guidance for preparing civilians to staff future missions in war
zones. Led to client receiving recognition from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program
Support.

● Conducted large scale evaluation of a HUD five-week national training program​, resulting in a
demonstration of program success in improving timeliness and quality of work.

● Led four-year effort to report on and improve processes related to the assessment of the
success of human capital best practices​ within the Department of Defense. 

● Re-designed and re-engineered entire HR Line of Business for the Securities and Exchange Commission

● Conducted holistic organizational assessment for US Marshals, leading to strategic re-structuring​. 

● Led a year-long program assessment for a government-wide initiative designed to decentralize
the monitoring of strategic human capital practices​.

● Developed and analyzed surveys assessing labor-management relations practices​ across DoD's 800,000 employees and 1300 local bargaining units.

Director

University of Delaware

Led, designed, implemented, and analyzed multiple research studies resulting in comprehensive
recommendations reports for organizations. Additionally, leveraged research and organizational expertise to design and teach 8 university courses on advanced topics.

Selected Accomplishments:
● Led a research project examining employee creativity and performance at three organizations,
including a mortgage broker. This work involved conducting in-depth statistical analyses to link
employee attitudes and perceptions to performance evaluations and absenteeism data​.

● Evaluated the effectiveness of the R&D team format, involving collaborative knowledge management
technology, employed by a Fortune 500 chemical company​.

● Designed major research projects examining customer satisfaction with exhibits at a major
metropolitan zoo and a world-famous Aquarium. These projects entailed actively manipulating
aspects of the environment to determine how the changes would influence customer enjoyment​ of the leisure experience.

● Evaluated employee motivation and performance​ in a manufacturing and a social work
organization. Developed employee-attitude assessments and conducted statistical analyses of data.

● Developed an extensive, culture-focused interview protocol for employees at an organization that
manufactures “smells” for consumer products.

Organizational Researcher, Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant

As an Organizational Effectiveness, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Innovation Executive, I've dedicated over two decades to leading transformation in both public and private sectors through strategic management, organizational development, and innovative data analysis. At the heart of my approach is a blend of creativity, leadership, and project management skills, honed to perfection as a PMP and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Key Achievements:

Developed competency models for over 30 occupations in a large government agency, creating a robust framework for talent development and performance management.

Led comprehensive proposal efforts for various consulting projects, playing pivotal roles from business development and capture to proposal writing and project management, showcasing versatility and a results-driven mindset.

My philosophy: "Use data to tell a story." I focus on integrating multiple evidence points, such as surveys and objective data, to craft compelling narratives and drive impactful decision-making. This approach has not only enabled comprehensive assessments but has also been instrumental in identifying powerful indicators for organizational growth and innovation.

Looking Ahead: 

My aspiration is to be a go-to resource for the seamless integration of AI tools, serving as a thought leader at the innovative forefront of consulting. I am deeply engaged in understanding and advocating for the "human touch in the age of AI", a critical emerging trend that balances technological advancement with human-centric approaches.

Let's Collaborate: 

I am eager to connect with like-minded professionals to exchange ideas, foster mutual learning, and collaborate on projects that challenge the status quo. Whether you are seeking an advisor, a motivation expert, or a public speaking resource on consulting and AI topics, I am open to a variety of opportunities that fuel innovation and creativity.

Project Manager / Senior Data Advisor

United States Space Force

Project Officer

The Resource Co

After an incident resulted in the loss of five months of company-wide data at Wright Global Graphics, I was called in to help out with manual information re-entry.

In the first 1.5 months, I recreated shipping, sales, and purchasing information for an entire plant (working with those three departments), allowing for full operations to resume. That operation was originally estimated to last for 3 months, but was cut considerably short by my work efficiency. While there, I also created an index of their paper filing system allowing sales reps and production workers to save more than 60% of their time previously spent on filing and retrieving folders. I also re-digitized a paper card filing system, creating similar productivity boosts.

I then switched to the corporate office for another month helping accounting remove $5.5 million in accounts receivable from a partial system backup to allow the ERP to return usable information for reports. Along the way, I found methods to complete many tasks in fractions of the original estimated time using Excel shortcuts and in one case, automating the problem using Python.

https://bedtimesmagazine.com/2021/04/how-wright-global-graphics-handled-a-data-breach/

Data Entry Clerk

Over the course of 48 days as a customer service representative at the Guilford County Board of Elections, I handled 1,748 calls, scanned 53,019 absentee envelopes, and filed and accessed 22,871 pages to ensure 69,233 voters had their voices heard in the 2020 general election. I also created dashboards to visualize my productivity during that time.

Customer Service Representative

YMCA of Greensboro

Customer service, sales, and facility maintenance.

Member Services Representative

Accentuate Staffing

As a continuation from contact tracing, I was promoted to case investigation, where I additionally:
Updated a HIPAA-compliant state reporting database
Learned how to ask questions to find information that clients would not want to initially answer
Obtained ~100 contacts for contact tracers to call

Case Investigator

Hired through Accentuate Staffing to work with Community Care of North Carolina in the Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative as remote surge staff to assist local health departments
Connected clients with resources
Updated and managed Microsoft Dynamics database
Extensive on-the-job training
Learned how to ask sensitive questions without making clients defensive
Learned how to actively listen without making clients overly defensive
Called 500+ people to explain quarantine and monitoring

Contact Tracer

As a production intern working for The Resource at Ecolab:

• I was part of a surge workforce to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic to help increase the production of cleaning and sanitizing equipment for quick-service restaurants.
• I learned production techniques through experiences on five production lines.
• I filled more than 14,000 bottles and packed another 22,000 while indirectly impacting more than 91,000 bottles.
• I toured the quality assurance lab and learned about ensuring product quality.
• I actively engaged in workforce COVID-19 mitigation discussions with management, voicing questions, and offering suggestions for improvements.

Production Intern

👋 Welcome to my profile! I’m David.

🔭 I use math, data, and physics to further humanity's space ambitions to expand into and beyond our solar system.

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My current role is focused on ensuring humanity maintains free access to Earth’s orbit to foster non-military space exploration and rapid economic development within our solar system. 🌎

I make great visualizations and find data insights using R and Excel (check out my featured posts for examples). The next step on my data journey is to create useful dashboards to shorten the decision-making process and build my artificial intelligence expertise. 🤖

To maximize our ability to explore our universe and expand humanity’s sphere of influence outside of our Sun’s influence, we will need to figure out ways around the light speed barrier. The method I consider most promising is warp drive. While it may not become a practical propulsion method in my lifetime, I collaborate with others to collate General Relativity literature developments to the warp drive metric to spur intellectual development in that direction. 🚀

Ad Astra! 🌠

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