Master skills inventory

The work looked ordinary because I knew how to do it.

A lot of capability gets swept under the rug as “just Tuesday.” This library documents the problems I solved, the judgment they required, where each skill started, and how it developed.

99evidence-backed skills
28strategic ownership
54advanced capabilities
14core capability areas

Built from the work

Evidence, not keyword soup.

This inventory is based on demonstrated work across my full career, not the most flattering interpretation of a job title. Each skill is connected to an example, a level of depth, and the roles where it developed.

The distinctions matter. Exposure is not ownership. Partnership is not sole authority. Technical fluency is not software engineering. The result is a clearer picture of what I can step in and own today.

What I can own today

Five strengths that show up again and again.

Different industries, titles, and operating environments. The same pattern of turning ambiguity into useful, measurable work.

01

Customer & client experience

Escalation strategy, complaint resolution, journey improvement, client health, retention, and communication that protects both trust and business outcomes.

02

People leadership & development

Hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, morale, difficult conversations, and helping people build skills they carry into their next role.

03

Operational excellence

Finding the failure point, redesigning the workflow, clarifying ownership, building the documentation, and measuring whether the change actually worked.

04

Project & change delivery

Requirements, implementation planning, risk and dependency management, stakeholder alignment, launch readiness, adoption, and post-launch stabilization.

05

Cross-functional leadership

Working across WFM, HR, Legal, L&D, Product, Engineering, Sales, Finance, vendors, and senior leaders to move shared work forward without pretending partnership means sole ownership.

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How the capability grew

A career built by solving the next problem.

The titles changed. The scope expanded. Each role added another layer to how I lead people, customers, operations, projects, and change.

01

Age ~14–15

Figaro's Pizza — Employee

Frontline → de facto store operator

Independent operations, keyholder, cash controls, inventory, complaint resolution, business continuity

02

Age ~16–17

Shopko Express — Employee

Structured retail operations

Planograms, new-store setup, regulated transactions, USPS fulfillment, inventory

03

Age ~17–19

Fox Valley Autism Treatment Program — ABA Line Therapist

Independent service/caseload ownership

Behavioral intervention, data tracking, caregiver coaching, adaptive communication, safety

04

Age ~18–23

West Business Solutions — CSR → Team Lead

First formal people leadership

~20-agent leadership, QA governance, queue management, client alignment, reporting

05

2014–2015

Alorica / DirecTV — CSR

IC role after relocation; organic peer leadership

Retention, technical troubleshooting, floor-walking support for ~50–60 agents

06

May 2015–Mar 2020

Public Storage — CSR / SME

High-trust frontline SME / project contributor

Training, RCA, NPS, UAT, reporting, content, pilots, executive complaints, remote transition

07

Mar 2020–May 2021

Public Storage — Customer Service Supervisor

Formal people leader during rapid scaling

Employee lifecycle, dashboards, escalation redesign, CCS design, engagement program, BPO alignment

08

May 2021–Dec 2025

Public Storage — Customer Service Manager

Manager-level operational/function ownership

Solutions, ~5k escalations/mo, VoC, BBB/AG, incident management, BPO governance, CRM/change, leadership development

09

Dec 2025–Jul 2026

QuantumRhino — Project Manager / Client Success Lead

Client Success function owner + technology PM

Seven-client portfolio, requirements, SOW/pricing, Jira, delivery, churn/renewal/expansion, matrix leadership

10

Nov 2026–Present

JDA TSG — Operations Manager (Seasonal)

Leading experts while building domain fluency

About 35 tax experts, operational leadership, staffing, performance, escalations, and communication

Calibrated on purpose

Confidence is more useful when it is precise.

Leadership scope

Experienced manager of individual contributors and team operations. I do not claim sustained manager-of-managers ownership.

Financial scope

Experienced in project financials, budgets, commercial tradeoffs, expansions, and recovery. I do not claim enterprise P&L ownership.

Technical scope

Technically fluent business leader who can translate requirements and partner deeply with engineering. I am not a software engineer.

Analytics scope

Strong operational analyst who turns performance data into decisions, workflows, and action. I do not position myself as a data scientist.

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