Senate Knowledge Management System (KMS)

Congressional offices faced chronic loss of institutional knowledge due to high staff turnover, fragmented IT systems, and the absence of a formal mechanism to preserve legislative records—creating policy inconsistency, operational risk during emergencies, and permanent loss of historical material.

I originated the concept, secured funding, led development, and implemented the system end-to-end.

• Early-stage enterprise technology with no Legislative Branch precedent
• High-pressure political environment with elevated security and continuity requirements

I designed and led delivery of an enterprise knowledge management and collaboration platform that consolidated document storage, search, workflow, and permissions into a single browser-based system. The platform standardized how staff created, reviewed, approved, and accessed documents while integrating seamlessly with existing desktop and office productivity tools.

• Achieved 100% staff adoption by replacing local and shared file storage with a single default document system
• Standardized all document storage, collaboration, and search into one platform accessible from office and remote locations
• Enabled full remote access and continuity-of-operations capability years before cloud computing became mainstream
• Automated document versioning, review, approval, and notification workflows across legislative, press, and administrative teams
• Avoided approximately $40K–$50K in projected six-year infrastructure refresh costs by eliminating legacy file services

This project demonstrates my ability to identify systemic organizational problems, design pragmatic technical solutions, and lead teams through full adoption in high-stakes environments with significant time, cost, and political constraints.