With a Ph.D. in Operations Research from North Carolina State University and a B.S. in Mathematics from Spelman College, Dr. Barnette is experienced in developing mathematical models and analytical procedures to solve large-scale decision-making problems. She has led business process re-engineering projects and prepared federal organizations for certification as a Quality Management System under ISO 9001 requirements. Via focus group facilitation and development of data collection methodologies, she has documented the “as-is” workflows within organizations, and presented recommendations for improving data flow via “to-be” workflow diagrams. She has also designed and performed workflow simulations to increase organizational and business system efficiency in both the private and public sectors, as well as written new standard operating procedures and provided implementation training.

Dr. Barnette has supported a diverse list of clients including Federal Emergency Management Agency, Veterans Health Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Navy, and Department of Labor to name a few. For the FAA, she contributed to software tool development projects for the Air Traffic Airspace Laboratory by defining requirements, performing quality assurance testing and regression analysis, and conducting user training sessions. Using UML (universal modeling language), she developed the content profile for the metadata layer of AIXM (Aeronautical Information Exchange Model), an emerging global standard for computer to computer exchange of aeronautical information.

Dr. Barnette is particularly effective at client relationship management. In addition, she has composed numerous written and oral technical proposals and reports, and designed and delivered project briefings to managers and agency administrators.