Our Expertise

Human capital is the lifeblood of any organization, and can significantly increase the ability to achieve its mission and goals.

Human Capital Strategy

Strategic Human Capital Planning

LinkVisum collaborates with our clients to tailor human capital strategies that accomplish organizational missions, goals, and objectives. We facilitate an iterative process to define each and align them with the clients’ business strategies and desired outcomes. Using this information, we develop strategies and tactics to identify associated activities, milestones, and performance metrics in support of the overarching human capital mission.    

Change Management

Our certified change management professionals use a prepare/manage/reinforce framework to engage stakeholders at the individual, organizational, and leadership levels across the organization. This integrated approach not only encourages stakeholders to take ownership of the change but ultimately helps them accept and adopt the change, while seamlessly incorporating it into the organizational culture.

Organizational Assessment

LinkVisum assesses clients’ organizations to identify gaps and opportunities, develop customized solutions, and drive enhanced operational effectiveness and efficiency. Leveraging client leadership vision, mission requirements, and existing documentation, we develop a tailored a systematic approach to assessing the desired area, whether it be structure or staffing, workforce culture and morale, process effectiveness, workload, or other human capital functions. We use tools such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups to collect information and gain perspective from staff and stakeholders.  

Performance Culture

Performance Management and Employee Engagement

The 2017 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) lists the government-wide employee engagement index as 67% favorable – the highest rating since 2011. While this index has been trending modestly upward, several agencies have shown that it’s possible to make far more dramatic improvements in their levels of employee engagement. LinkVisum uses a root-cause methodology to help clients pinpoint specific areas of opportunity and then develops targeted action improvement plans that result in measurable changes.

The model for maximizing employee performance is undergoing significant change. Rigorous performance expectations, tightly aligned with an organization’s work unit requirements, are replacing ineffective performance plans and infrequent performance feedback. LinkVisum helps organizations create a new employee experience to help facilitate this shift, including the adoption of coach-like behaviors by managers and supervisors to engage employees in innovative ways that contribute to improved performance.  

Diversity and Inclusion

Modern business thrives on the many contributions of a diverse population, illustrating that inclusion is present when we leverage the benefits of our differences and not become divided by them. Today’s government organizations can better understand and meet the needs of their workforces when they reflect this full diversity. To this end, LinkVisum partners with clients to advance the goals of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2016 Governmentwide Inclusive Diversity Strategic Plan. Here, we focus on a data-driven approach to diversity and inclusion as a smarter and measurably effective way of engaging leadership and employees.

Talent Management

Workforce Planning and Succession Planning

LinkVisum understands how important it is to have the right people in the right place at the right time. We use a multi-dimensional approach to integrate our clients’ talent management frameworks, identifying drivers, and forecasting requirements, while building and sustaining the workforce to meet the future mission. As part of the process, we take the following measures to ultimately develop and implement workforce strategies that support the mission:

  • translate business strategy into human capital needs
  • identify mission-critical occupations as well as talent gaps
  • analyze workforce demographic and trend data
  • assess workforce supply and demand (including current and future staffing, skills and competencies) and workload
  • identify critical positions, potential successors, and supporting successors through a sound succession management approach.

Recruitment

Talent recruitment and outreach is a collaborative and dynamic process. It establishes the starting point for onboarding new employees in the quest to foster an open, supportive organizational culture. As such, it requires a holistic approach. LinkVisum helps clients assess and manage the entire process, from posting and sourcing to interviewing and reporting. We work with clients to clearly define position requirements and target a network of diverse talent. We set up models to effectively identify candidates with unique skills and experience who can bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the workplace and challenge the status quo. We assess the fit for both the organization and the candidate to create a foundation conducive for individual and organizational growth.

Training Curriculum and Development

LinkVisum has in-depth experience in developing training programs for federal agencies. Our expertise includes reviewing clients’ current training curricula, making recommendations for the overall process, and developing and delivering new courses.

We are a full-service training design and implementation provider with proven capabilities in designing customized learning solutions, as well as building on existing training programs or programs we’ve developed for other clients to meet and deliver high-quality, targeted materials. Our facilitators and training consultants are not only skilled in training and adult-learning best practices, tools, and solutions, but also bring business knowledge that is essential to the success of your mission.

In addition to best-in-class instructor-led training (ILT), we design blended solutions that incorporate new technology, such as eLearning courses across all four levels of interactivity: passive learning, limited participation, complex participation, and real-time participation.

Coaching

Our success with coaching comes from taking a solution-focused approach with our clients. We work with each client as an individual, bringing our extensive coaching experience and deep understanding of human behavior to relate to and guide each person to a higher level of self-awareness.

Our approach challenges a client to understand how current thoughts and behavior patterns may serve immediate goals, but may in fact hinder progress in achieving more self-fulfilling goals. LinkVisum helps clients identify and set meaningful goals, and supports them as they work through the steps required to reach those goals.

Evaluation​

Business Analytics

Human capital analytics is entering a golden age that is enabled by increasingly sophisticated HR information systems. The challenge is to move beyond traditional activity-based metrics to outcome-based measures that better support data-driven decision-making – a key goal of the new OPM HRstat process. LinkVisum helps agencies develop the next generation of business analytics that measure the impact and progress of human capital goals to support the achievement of their strategic goals.

Fatimah Moody
CEO
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Fatimah Moody co-founded LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc., in 2007 to apply her passion for providing exceptional client service, creating innovative solutions for modern business, and working in collaborative environments. She has more than 25 years of experience leading teams to assess key human capital business challenges and in designing and implementing effective, sustainable business strategies. Her expertise includes strategic planning, organizational and leadership development, intervention design, process improvement, and change leadership. A trusted consultant, leadership coach, and organizational development professional, Ms. Moody has successfully advised many organizations in both the public and private sector. Prior to founding LinkVisum, she was a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, responsible for change management and strategy for the Federal Government sector.

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Michelle Amante
Vice President of Federal Workforce Programs, Partnership for Public Service

Michelle Amante currently serves as the Vice President of Federal Workforce Programs for the Partnership for Public Service.  In this role, she works with agencies to research and find solutions to challenging human capital issues such as employee engagement, workforce planning and talent recruitment and development.

Before coming to the Partnership, Michelle served as the Director of the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance and worked in public sector consulting for Deloitte in their Labor and Workforce practice.  She has deep experience in project management, systems integration, business process transformation and employee engagement.

Michelle has Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Relations and History from Syracuse University and a Master’s of Public Administration from the George Washington University.  

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Christine Lawrence
Christine Lawrence
Director
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Lawrence brings more than 15 years of experience assisting organizations in the design and implementation of strategic programs including training and development, workforce planning, organization design, process improvement, selection, performance management/assessment, succession planning, change management, and communications. Ms. Lawrence is a project management professional (PMP) and is highly skilled at managing complex client projects.

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FirstNet

LinkVisum has provided human capital support to Department of Commerce, First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) since the creation of the public-private partnership. In response to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)/Office of Personnel Management (OPM) memorandum in June 2021, FirstNet contracted LinkVisum to support with an organization-wide survey to capture employee feedback regarding return-to-work perceptions, concerns, and expectations. Employee feedback was compiled into a senior-level briefing and served to inform changes and updates to remote and telework policies and forms. LinkVisum supported the effort to modify the telework agreement for all employees, develop an annual telework form for supervisors and employees to sign, and initiated the project plan for managing the creation of a remote work arrangement policy and guidance. This new policy will be introduced according to a communications plan based on change management and change adoption strategies. To read more about LinkVisum’s work with FirstNet, Click Here

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Department of Transportation OST-B

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Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs (DOT OST-B) sought assistance from LinkVisum to support the goals of retention of talent, re-engagement of staff, improving communications, and supporting employees and supervisors as they transition from primarily remote workspaces to the hybrid work arrangements approved by DOT and Office of Management and Budget (OMB)/Office of Personnel Management (OPM). LinkVisum helped to facilitate a virtual strategic planning session for division leaders to identify process improvements, operational efficiencies, technology systems considerations, and workforce planning in preparation for the return to the office and anticipated increase in hiring. To read more about LinkVisum’s work with DOT OST-B, Click Here

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Department of Transportation PHMSA

Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (DOT PHMSA) contracted LinkVisum to help with updating the PHMSA Onboarding Experience in the form of three checklists. Each checklist was specific to each of the new re-entry to work arrangements. These checklists were created for both employees and supervisors to utilize and track the various tasks that need to be completed during the new hires’ first 30 days, first three months, and first year of their federal employment. To read more about LinkVisum’s work with PHMSA, Click here

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Dr. Russell Robinson
Founder of Amplified Research and Consulting LLC

Dr. Russell Robinson is the founder of Amplified Research and Consulting, LLC, which provides research, analysis and consulting solutions regarding employee engagement, voice and silence, and talent management. 

Russell has spent over twenty years as a civil servant within the US Federal Government. In his current role as the Senior Advisor of Training & Engagement of an agency’s component, Russell provides solutions to improve the workforce experience; and help leaders inspire and influence those within their span of control. Additionally, Russell is an adjunct professor at American University where he teaches graduate-level leadership.

Russell received his Doctor of Education (EdD) degree in Human Organizational Learning from the George Washington University. He received a Master’s in Public Administration from American University’s Key Program, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Dayton.

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Donna Powell
Senior Advisor of Management Directorate for the U.S. Department of the Treasury/Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)

Donna Powell is a Government Leader recognized for delivering direct and influential leadership to develop sustainable programs and facilitate change; which includes successfully managing enterprise-wide human capital programs and improving organizational effectiveness.  She is a Senior Advisor in the Management Directorate for the U.S. Department of the Treasury/Bureau of Engraving and Printing.  She works multiple programs and projects, including organizational change management and personnel transition planning.  

Prior to joining BEP, Donna worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC).  In addition to working in the DOC/Office of the Chief Information Officer, she was the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent authority within the DOC/National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).  At FirstNet, Donna led the daily operations and developed strategic solutions for human capital management, training, travel, employee safety and health, facilities management, logistics and records management.  She successfully led numerous initiatives, including facilitating a 91% organizational growth.

Donna earned of Bachelor of Science Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, Master of Science Degree from Central Michigan University, and a Master Certificate in Project Management (IT Project Management) from the George Washington University. 

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Keith Moody
President
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Moody co-founded LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc., and utilized his more than 25 years of experience providing professional services to bring strategic direction to the organization. His expertise includes operational process improvement, cost-benefit analysis, organizational design, technology assessment, and technology deployment. During his career, he has supported projects at the Department of Agriculture, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Treasury, and Department of the Navy.

He holds a BS in Management Information Systems from Syracuse University and an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Fatimah Moody
CEO
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Moody co-founded LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc., in 2007 to apply her passion for providing exceptional client service, creating innovative solutions for modern business, and working in collaborative environments. She has more than 25 years of experience leading teams to assess key human capital business challenges and in designing and implementing effective, sustainable business strategies.

Her expertise includes strategic planning, organizational and leadership development, intervention design, process improvement, and change leadership. A trusted consultant, leadership coach, and organizational development professional, Ms. Moody has successfully advised many organizations in both the public and private sector. Prior to founding LinkVisum, she was a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, responsible for change management and strategy for the Federal Government sector.

Ms. Moody earned her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and her MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

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Zina Wilkes
Director of Human Resources
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Wilkes is an innovative, results-oriented, and strategic HR Leader with more than 23 years of experience driving effective initiatives to acquire and nurture talent, reduce costs, alleviate risk, and ensure compliance. She is an analytical strategist skilled in successfully navigating corporations through periods of accelerated growth, including departmental start-ups, achievements, and restructuring. A collaborative communicator, Ms. Wilkes is persistently focused on building relationships and promoting synergy across business lines to effect cohesive, comprehensive business approaches and enhanced profitability.

She earned her MBA in Human Resources Management and Services from Strayer University.

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Tony Souk
Director of Strategy and Business Development
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Souk has over 15 years of business development and capture experience in federal, SLED, and commercial environments, spanning DoD and Civilian agencies, large systems integrators, Fortune 500 commercial companies, and R&D startups. Mr. Souk is responsible for LinkVisum’s growth with new and existing federal customers and manages business development activities across the organization.

Mr. Souk holds a BA in English Language and Literature and History from the University of Virginia.

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Christine Lawrence
Director
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Lawrence brings more than 15 years of experience assisting organizations in the design and implementation of strategic programs including training and development, workforce planning, organization design, process improvement, selection, performance management/assessment, succession planning, change management, and communications. Ms. Lawrence is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and is highly skilled at managing complex client projects.

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Julie Vianello
Director
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Vianello has over 18 years of experience, 10 of which have been focused on providing strategy, communications, change management, and program management office support for federal government agencies. She has worked as a project manager and leadership coach. Ms. Vianello is a Myers-Briggs® Type Indicator (MBTI) certified practitioner and is certified in the Prosci® Change Management Process.

She earned a BA in psychology from Colgate University, an MA in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University, and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

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Denise Wardlaw
Director
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Wardlaw brings more than 25 years of experience managing large and complex programs, involving multiple projects and tasks for government and private sector organizations. Her work focuses on identifying, planning, and leading the execution of major change management initiatives, process improvement programs, training programs, and IT implementations. Ms. Wardlaw’s experience includes managing multi-million dollar budgets, developing program effectiveness metrics, implementing quality assurance procedures, developing executive and workforce communications products, building change management plans, developing web-based and instructor-led training courses, and fostering productive and collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including those at the highest levels of management.

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Rob Schmitz
Director
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Schmitz has more than 18 years of experience with federal civilian government agencies and large corporations. His expertise includes project management, operational analysis, training and facilitation, human capital strategy and execution, communications, transformational change management, and workforce planning.

With an MBA from the University of Virginia, he has led strategic planning efforts for the Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Office of the Chief Financial Officer. He has conducted operational assessments, provided detailed analysis and recommended process improvement in a variety of areas with the Department of the Navy, Department of Labor, FAA, Department of Transportation, and Department of Treasury, and he has coordinated communications and training plans with the Department of Labor, Defense Logistics Agency, and FAA. Mr. Schmitz has also led and managed projects at the Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of the Navy, and Department of Transportation Maritime Administrations.

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Reginald Perry
Director
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Perry is an experienced management consultant, specializing in human capital and change management initiatives. He has over sixteen years of consulting experience advising various private and public-sector clients. He has executed human capital initiatives, defined organizational structures, identified process improvements, developed and managed employee engagement plans, and led client service delivery teams. Mr. Perry is a Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner, capable of implementing change management strategies.

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Claudel Antoine
Director
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Antoine is a director at Linkvisum Consulting Group, Inc. At Linkvisum, Mr. Antoine advises federal clients on change management, data-driven decision-making, process improvement, and portfolio management with a special focus on IT and acquisition portfolios. Prior to joining Linkvisum, Mr. Antoine was a contractor managing both domestic and international projects for commercial and nonprofit clients. His clients included Comcast, Ralph Lauren, Duke Energy, Snyder’s-Lance, M&F Bank, CCI South Africa, the National Urban League, the Harvest Foundation, and Nando’s Restaurants charitable foundation.

Prior to becoming a strategic consultant, Mr. Antoine joined General Electric as a regional program manager at GE Healthcare responsible for building strategic product development partnerships in the southeast United States and Latin America. Before joining GE, he was a member of the founding team and head of project management for the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the largest nonprofit biomedical and genomic research company established by contributions from Eli Broad and Ted Stanley.

Mr. Antoine holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in chemical engineering and management from Tufts University.

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Tony Yang
Senior Manager
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Yang has over eighteen years of experience providing consulting services to federal and state government agencies and large corporations. His experience includes program management, operational strategy, process improvement, and change management. Mr. Yang is certified in the Prosci® Change Management Process and has acquired a broad range of business management and financial knowledge.

He earned a BA in Business Management from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the Boston University Questrom School of Business.

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Lisa Thomson
Senior Manager
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Thomson has over fifteen years of organizational change management, human capital consulting, and project management experience working with a variety of clients across government, healthcare, and finance sectors. Her deepest experience and interest lie in preparing organizations for large-scale transformations, shaping learning strategies, developing learning and communications, and leading complex projects. She has supported projects at the Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, and Department of Veterans Affairs.

She holds a BS in Marketing from Bradley University and an M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction, with a concentration in Instructional Design and Technology from George Mason University.

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Douglas Haynes
Senior Manager
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Douglas Haynes has 15 years of experience in training delivery, design and development for federal, state, local and nonprofit organizations. For the past decade, Mr. Haynes has worked closely with the FAA designing and delivering training as part of large software implementation. Douglas is skilled in group facilitation for small groups and large audiences in formats ranging from working group discussions to training lecture sessions. Douglas was also responsible for working with our Department of Transportation client in developing and facilitating training for new supervisors as part of a transition team.

Douglas is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Change Practitioner (Prosci). Douglas has a MA in Industrial / Organizational Psychology from George Mason University, and dual BA degrees in Psychology and Economics from Oklahoma State University (graduating Magna cum Laude).

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Lori Howard
Senior Manager
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Lori Howard joined LinkVisum with over 20 years of experience in private and public sector organizations. As a Senior Human Capital Manager, she provides support and coordination of Federal Human Capital initiatives and workforce planning efforts for LinkVisum clients. Since 2010, Ms. Howard has been engaged on human resources and human capital projects for some of the oldest and newest organizations within the Federal Government. Lori’s work with government organizations includes the Dept of Defense, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Transportation, and Dept of Justice. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with majors in Management, and Marketing. Her professional certifications include Professional in Human Resources (PHR); Society of Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP); Strategic Workforce Planner (SWP), and Digital Marketing.

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Laura Clancy
Senior Manager
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Clancy brings over 20 years of experience in training design, development, and delivery for virtual and in-person trainings for federal, state, local, and non-government organizations, nationally and internationally. She has supported projects with the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She is experienced in training methodologies, competency evaluation methods, qualitative and quantitative analysis, adaptive management, strategic planning, and program design. Ms. Clancy is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 15 years of management experience in non-profit and public education. She holds a M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction Design, with a concentration in Computer Education.

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Danielle Aldawood
Senior Manager
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Aldawood has over twenty years of experience in education and training development working across government, education, for-profit, and non-profit sectors. She brings expertise in instructional system design, training, and project management. Prior to consulting, Ms. Aldawood was an Assistant Professor and Department Coordinator at the Community College of Baltimore County.

She holds a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from North Central University and an M.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Columbia International University as well as an M.A. in Social Justice and Human Rights and Ph.D. in Justice Studies from Arizona State University.

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Marcus Gough
Proposal Manager
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Gough brings more than 17 years of experience managing large and complex proposals for government and private sector organizations. His work focuses on planning and leading the execution of major proposal initiatives while engaging and motivating a diverse group of capture mangers, engineers, project managers, consultants, and subcontractors. Mr. Gough’s experience includes the management, development and production of multiple multi-million-dollar projects for HHS, DHS, DoD, DOJ, among others.

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Connie Jackson
Senior Manager
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Jackson has over 18 years of experience in training delivery, design and development with extensive experience working with clients at all levels of the federal government. She has supported projects at the Department of Justice, Department of Transportation, and the Department of Health and Human Services. She has worked as a training facilitator, instructional systems designer, and project manager. Prior to consulting, Ms. Jackson worked as an educator for Richmond City and Fairfax County Public Schools as well as a lead trainer for the American Red Cross.

She holds BS in Administration of Justice from Virginia Commonwealth University and M.Ed. from Virginia State University.

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Helena Lyttle
Senior Manager
LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc.

Ms. Lyttle has over 20 years of experience in project management working in private and public sectors. She has supported projects at the Department of Justice and Department of Transportation. Prior to joining LinkVisum, Ms. Lyttle had oversight in media and strategic planning at The Walt Disney Corporation for the ABC and ESPN Radio Networks. Her experience includes managing cross-functional teams in the design, redesign, and launch of innovative business solutions to increase productivity.

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