Alice Muellerweiss has joined Atlas Research as Director of Health Care Strategy and Human Capital, where she leads human capital strategy, training and development, and organizational performance improvement services. She is a combat Veteran who began her career more than 30 years ago as an Army private, culminating her federal career as a senior executive.
Ms. Muellerweiss led several human capital transformational efforts in her career. As the Dean, Department of Veterans Affairs Learning University, she led the development of the first-ever corporate learning university to provide a unified full service competency based learning organization for its more than 300k employees. Her organization received multiple awards, to include the 2012 Harvard University’s Kennedy School “Bright Idea” Award for positively impacting employment in the midst of a challenging economic climate.
As the Department of Veterans Affairs Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for IT Human Resources Career Development she led its human capital transformation to build and sustain a high performing workforce. Developing a plan and acquiring the funding enabled more than 7000 employees. This effort contributed to operational improvements for VA’s major IT systems, saving nearly $150M in cost avoidance from improved project management and successful achievement of 89 percent of IT project milestones.
Ms. Muellerweiss was selected as the Secretary of the Army's Task Force Chief of Staff for the Review of Education, Training, and Assignments for Leaders. In that role she facilitated integrated cohort (Officers, Noncommissioned Officers and Civilians) meetings; conducted gap analysis; and developed integrated requirements. This effort led to the Secretary of the Army’s approval to integrate $1.6B into the planning budget for human capital management and training.
Ms. Muellerweiss holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA and a Master’s degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma. Along with a Bachelor’s degree in Management from the University of Maryland, University College.
She was awarded a lifetime Platinum Learning, Professional Certification from Elearning Institute in December 2012 for her contributions in the field of learning and was named a 2012 Finalist for the prestigious Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Management Excellence.