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Project Manager
University of Pittsburgh
My project management positions at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology have contributed to implementing and administering grant-funded research and development projects in the area of assistive technology. I currently am responsible for overseeing day-to-day activities of the multi-year NIDILRR DRRP IMPACT program (Initiative to Mobilize Partnerships for Successful Assistive Technology Translation) and have worked successfully with Pitt faculty, staff and external stakeholders to implement the grant’s work plans.
I am an experienced senior business leader who has been instrumental in launching and running start-up organizations dedicated to helping businesses grow. I have extensive experience collaborating with organization members and industry leaders, including in-depth involvement with Boards of Directors on strategic and tactical planning and implementation.
Current projects to highlight:
Initiative to Mobilize Partnerships for Successful Assistive Technology Translation (IMPACT), NIDILRR DRRP grant, 2018-2023. The IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh provides tools and approaches to comprehensively understand barriers and facilitators to successful Assistive Technology Tech Transfer (ATTT), raise awareness and increase the capacity of researchers and entrepreneurs to perform successful ATTT. Through research, training and technical assistance, the IMPACT Center's diverse team helps researchers and entrepreneurs take an assistive technology idea and turn it into an impactful solution.
International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP), USAID grants, 2015-2023. The University of Pittsburgh has led product standards, service standards, evidence-based practice and advocacy initiatives to support the professionalization of the wheelchair sector, with an emphasis on low-
resourced settings. ISWP’s vision is to have all people who need wheelchairs receive appropriate products and services with dignity, enabling them to access education, employment and health care and to participate in their communities. ISWP is moving out of the University of Pittsburgh to be its own self-sustaining U.S. 501(c)3 organization in 2023.