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demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment while Paul Marshall
taking on additional responsibilities to support and manage
MIL's relationship at DoS. As a senior leader and business Mohamed Aden is promoted to Systems Administration,
analyst, Cassie is considered the key CGFS SME for the Sr. Associate. Mohamed has been a critical part of the
Momentum financial management systems (DoS’s financial Treasury Executive Office of Asset Forfeiture (TEOAF) team,
management system) and financial operations. Cassie has supporting TEOAF’s transition to a new financial shared
significantly expanded her system and operational expertise service provider. Mohamed has developed superior data
while taking on increasing leadership roles. She is a key conversion tools to automate ETL (extract, transform, and
resource when providing input about how software should load) processes. He also identified discrepancies between
work and serves as an important SME for project members multiple design documents preventing potential downstream
throughout DoS. Her commitment, expertise, initiative, and impacts to the data conversion timeline and built internal
keen business sense within the DoS's financial management controls into the ETL processes to prevent obligations when
arena, has elevated MIL’s reputation and confidence with insufficient funding exists. Mohamed is seen as a leader on the
client leadership. team by both MIL staff and the partner contractor.
Andrew Hibbeln is promoted to Manager. Andrew joined Brandon Coachman is promoted to Sr. Financial Analyst,
MIL in 2018, and over the past few years has dramatically Manager. Brandon has taken on many new responsibilities
increased his role in both project leadership and DoS client on MIL’s Department of State task supporting the Bureau of
responsibilities. This has included increased managerial Diplomatic Security (DS), including mentoring and supporting
responsibilities over the growing Systems Coordination and the Invoice, Reimbursement, and Reporting teams. Not only
Implementation (SCI) RPA team and leading the high priority does Brandon support all three of these teams as a Team
and visible RPA initiative for the GFACS Payroll automation Lead, but he also serves as a backup client contact to ensure
project. In addition, he has led the effort to successfully issues are resolved in a timely manner while providing subject
bring RPA capabilities to the Bangkok embassy. Andrew is matter expertise. Brandon has earned the client’s trust and
considered the CGFS SME for RPA development and has been helps maintain high client satisfaction levels, especially on the
a key figure in the adoption and expansion of RPA at the State reporting and reconciliation teams.
Department. Tamika Cutler is promoted to Network/Systems
Rudy Limlingan is promoted to Manager. Rudy joined MIL Administration, Manager. Tamika stood up a brand new team
in 2015 and has been supporting DoS for 35 years. Prior to at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), providing
joining MIL, he served as a Senior Financial Management help desk support and training for the agency's acquisition
Analyst overseeing the Foreign Missions Center in Embassy software, PRISM. Tamika manages the team, serves as primary
Manila. He currently is managing the PSU Accounting unit client contact, and ensures help desk tickets are resolved in a
in Charleston, where he advises on a wide range of financial, timely manner. She also provides deep subject matter expertise
operational, and technical matters. Rudy is recognized for and has earned the trust of a new client and team. Tamika
his depth of knowledge of embassy financial management ensures high client satisfaction and has provided many
processes, initiative, and commitment to his teammates and recommendations for improvement including steps to improve
customers. The relationships he has fostered with the client documentation, system testing, and automation at EPA.
ensures their reliance and confidence in MIL. Carolina Gil Ochoa is promoted to RPA Analyst, Team
Allison Lubonski is promoted to Senior Analyst. Allison Lead. Carolina has been a critical part of the RPA Team
experienced a very productive year. She has taken on a great developing bots for the Bureau of DS. Carolina has exceptional
deal of extra responsibility and workload over the past two organizational skills and develops superior documentation,
years with a DoS Travel Card Program (TCP) team of four or facilitating knowledge transfer to the client and others on
five team members that normally consists of eight people. the team. Working hand in hand with the RPA developer,
In addition to her normal bureaus and overseas regional she identifies requirements and coding improvements where
coverage, Allison has also been responsible for an additional needed. Carolina single-handedly built internal procedures
overseas region and eight additional bureaus for an extended and protocols to manage the RPA process. Carolina is viewed
period of time. Allison is considered the SME for several TCP as a leader by both MIL and client staff.
processes. She is consistently tasked with several enhanced Esayas Zemedkun is promoted to Financial Analyst,
duties, and individually assigned project work regarding Associate. Esayas supports the Bureau of DS of Overseas
continuous improvement within TCP. As the team has Protective Operations and serves as an integral part of the
slowly begun to grow, Allison assists with training new TCP team. Esayas provides exceptional service to the client,
employees, and has been patient, flexible, thorough, and managing his overseas portfolio at a high standard, which
readily available for her teammates. She has also been tasked allows him to respond to client needs in record time. He
with and taken the lead on several different projects assigned has earned the client’s trust and appreciation for his data
by our DoS client, and she continuously shows initiative in analysis skills and budget tracking. Esayas assists the project
adding to her own knowledge and skill level within TCP. manager in mentoring and ensuring new staff have what
Allison has proven to be a very beneficial and value-added they need to perform their jobs, including in the manager’s
member of the TCP team. absence. Esayas’ “team first” attitude helps the whole project
to succeed.

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