Dustin Thomas
Fairfax
Summary
Experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of leading teams and enhancing operational efficiency. Proficient in implementing strategic projects to increase productivity and drive company expansion. Acknowledged for effectively utilizing leadership and communication skills to foster collaboration and achieve business goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager
The Partnership for Public Service
01.2023 - Current
- Workforce optimization program and project manager.
- Tier 1 program lead (Best Places to Work)
- Organizational project management lead
- Workforce engagement product developer
- Training implementation facilitator
- LOB strategic analyst
Senior Program Manager
United Service Organizations (USO)
05.2013 - 12.2022
- Innovation SME for global family programming portfolio. Principal program developer and planning manager.
- Organizational PMO lead
- Innovation program lifecycle manager
- Strategic program delivery architect
Deputy Director, Military Family Programs
National Military Family Association (NMFA)
01.2009 - 01.2013
- Operation Purple program lead. Developed and modernized program delivery through research.
- Lead program developer
- Global delivery project manager
- Brand experience narrator
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA01.2008
Skills
- Project planning and delivery
- Effective change implementation
- Analytical decision making
- Process optimization expertise
- Database design and implementation
- Reporting management
- Inventory management
- Business strategy optimization
- Employee engagement strategies
- Strategic partnership management
- Interdisciplinary team management
- Interdepartmental collaboration expertise
Accomplishments
- Implemented digital project management tools that maximized staff capacity and created a profit within two years.
- Supervised team of over 20 staff members and across a global network of 30,000 volunteers to reach 4,000 program participants in pilot.
- Collaborated with a team of nonprofit business partners to save a youth program by creating a new funding model that continues to sustain the program.
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) PMI, June 2025
- Change Management Practitioner PROSCI, 2023
- Strategic Management Cornell University, 2021
- Innovative Program Strategy AMA, 2020
- Lean Data Design Acumen, 2019
Timeline
Senior Manager
The Partnership for Public Service
01.2023 - Current
Senior Program Manager
United Service Organizations (USO)
05.2013 - 12.2022
Deputy Director, Military Family Programs
National Military Family Association (NMFA)
01.2009 - 01.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
Georgia State University
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