SUMMARY

• Results - oriented, experienced and decisive information technology leader with proven success as a change agent and problem-solver across diverse technology, infrastructure and operational roles.
• Extensive qualifications in grasping the big picture: conceptualizing, developing and implementing cost-TEMPeffective, best-fit scientific and enterprise-wide IT, cloud and data center solutions for industry and the Federal Government.
• Extensive qualifications in cloud computing service models (IaaS, PaaS, iPaaS, SaaS), cloud computing types (On-premise, private, hybrid, public), data center optimization and consolidation, virtualization and web technologies for Federal and commercial enterprise-scale programs.
• Proven ability to lead technologists, systems and software engineers in high-growth, high-demand environments, including the application of disciplined enterprise software development (ESDLC), mission-oriented and enterprise-wide systems engineering best practices, the mentorship of technologists in leading-edge cloud architecture technologies, and the communication of technical strategy and policy to industry and government executive-level stakeholders.
• Demonstrated profitable track record in business and proposal development and hands-on technical management of space, aerospace, defense, Information Technology, government and commercial programs involving complex software design, systems engineering and architecture, cloud computing, integration and test, process documentation and state-of-the-art research and development.
• Change agent with extensive capture, proposal and strategic business development experience leading small and large businesses in successfully positioning themselves to compete and win new and high-value contracts within the Federal Government sector.
• Successful application of various Project Management methodologies to ensure mission success such as Top-down (waterfall), progressive prototypes, spiral models, Rapid Application Development, Rational Unified Process, Ten-Step, Extreme Programming, Agile Software Development, service-oriented architectures-SOA, SEI CMMI, Earned Value Systems, and PMBOK (5th Edition).
• Extensive experience in Earth science research, geographical information systems (GIS) applications, and data processing including the ingest, process, catalog, archive and distribution of multiple Petabytes of remote sensing (satellite) and aerial observation data within NASA’s Nebula cloud-computing platform.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Full-life Cycle Systems Engineering & Enterprise Architecture
• Program Management, Cost Analysis & Control
• Cloud Computing Services, Infrastructure & Operations
• Cloud Technology Adoption, Integration, & Service Management
• Software Engineering
• Capture, Proposal & Business Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Providing cloud computing subject matter expertise to Census Enterprise Data Collection and Processing (CEDCAP) projects as they move progressively from an on-premise environment toward application migration, test and infrastructure build out/delivery of cloud-based computing environments for the integration, test and production of the 2018 Releases and 2020 Decennial Census operations.
• These environments include provisioning of AWS, Azure and hybrid infrastructure cloud services (me.e., IaaS and PaaS) which require cluster, VPC and Availability Zone build outs, application configuration for best-fit performance, load/stress and performance testing, and establishment of secure network connectivity for external and internal-facing systems (involving Title 13 and Title 26 data) possibly using a Cloud-based Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) which is under evaluation.
• As Cloud SME, provide suitability assessments for candidate CEDCaP systems considered for cloud deployment, identification of infrastructure requirements for cloud deployment, and testing and transitional capabilities and services dat support Census IT and business policies in a commercial cloud environment.
• As lead of the CEDCaP Technical Integration Engineering Team, currently providing strategic and technical subject matter expertise for in the performance of Engineering tasks, including the review of work products for correctness, adherence to architecture and design concepts and to Census Bureau eSLDC standards, and for progress in accordance with Program and Project release schedules.
• Providing immersive support to project teams for phase gate documentation, data modeling, operational workflows and integration test and production readiness for the largest and most central of CEDCaP systems, ECaSE (the Enterprise Censuses and Surveys Enabling platform) including the critical Internet Survey Response (ISR) system as the project’s lead technical steward and liaison to Census leadership.
• Assisting all CEDCaP project teams in development of eSDLC documentation, API ICDs, Point-ot-point ICDs, and ISAs (security agreements) for all CEDCaP 2018 Release systems and the non-CEDCaP systems they interface with.
• Providing support and technical guidance for 2017 ECaSE Performance Test Readiness, review and identification of ECaSE ISR-PRIMUS requirements for comparative performance testing/analysis of ISR capabilities across multiple (13) AWS clusters (using dynamic load and stress testing for thousands of concurrent users per cluster) for 2018 Release D.
• Proposed as Program Manager/Director for the Census Bureau’s $600M Cloud BPA (Phase II) to allow the Census to acquire enterprise wide Cloud computing services and expertise with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities in place to transition their current legacy and developed applications to the Cloud for both common IT and 2020 Decennial-specific needs.

Confidential

Cloud Computing Subject Matter Expert/Program Manager IV

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic, cloud-computing and program management support to the Office of the Confidential Assistant Chief Information Officer for Weather (ACIO) as the principal member of the Enterprise Program Management Office team.
• Architected conceptual design, development, and implementation (proof-of-concept stage) of an Enterprise-wide Business and Information Technology (IT) Transformation program dat utilized a cloud-based Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) capability initially across National Weather Service (NWS) Headquarters and tan for use across all CONUS NWS regions.
• Developed and implemented repeatable project management, service delivery/shared services best practices and integrated operating models which included business process management, cloud, and data center optimization/consolidation services, and cloud technology subject matter expertise to all NOAA/NWS business units and stakeholders.
• Provided noledge, expertise and best judgment to meet the performance objectives and business requirements of the NWS including: project and program management support, strategic planning and enterprise architecture, business and services requirements analysis, transition and technical management, communication and noledge management, cloud computing and data center consolidation.
• Provided project management and transition support for the logical and physical migration/transition of over 1,000 NWS administrative and mission-based end-user computing devices, servers, and related assets into NOAA’s Enterprise Corporate Services (a NOAA-managed private cloud.)
• Leveraged cloud brokerage services to investigate, analyze, and determine the level of capabilities and availability of potential cloud service providers to provide commercial cloud services and deployment types (me.e., Public, Private, Hybrid, and Community) for hosting terabytes of NWS applications and data.
• Implemented and executed business models to facilitate NWS Enterprise Cloud Service Brokerage functions including defining, developing, and deploying a repeatable Application Migration Process for migrating NWS' and NOAA’s system of applications to potential cloud services models (me.e., IaaS, PaaS, SaaS using providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and others etc.)
• Developed enterprise-wide, cloud-based solutions (CONOPs) and delivered corresponding transition plans, readiness assessments, total cost of ownership (TCO) analyses, and recommendations within the context of NOAA’s and NWS’ ongoing strategic and tactical initiatives to implement Presidential Directives and Congressional mandates.
• Founding member of NOAA’s Cloud Computing Working Group chartered to establish and implement cloud-computing best practices, infrastructure and services across the Administration and its Line Offices under the leadership of the Confidential CIO Council.

Confidential

Senior Associate

Responsibilities:

• Provided strategic business direction, capture (positioning and identification/qualification of new business opportunities) and development of competitive strategies for teaming, cost and price, and solution development and deployment of cradle-to-grave cloud services with current and for potential clients.
• Responsible for Enterprise and cloud solutions delivery of programs/projects across the firm's Civil Market, Borders, Transportation & Technology (BTT), Justice and Homeland Security (JHS) portfolio which included DHS, FEMA, DOT and the FAA, TSA, CBP, Dept. of Justice, FBI and ICE.
• Developed strategic and tactical plans and solutions teams dat drove Federal IT organizations to solid repeatable results. Designed and deployed Enterprise-wide IT systems using software and enterprise architecture best practices, processes and tools, and successfully managing IT product delivery under tight/agile deadlines with increasing budgetary constraints.

Confidential

Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for the Intranet Modernization Initiative at the U.S. Agency for International Development ( Confidential )
• Identified potential cloud models (PaaS, iPaaS, IaaS, SaaS) for the Confidential Intranet from agency business and technical requirements and proposed Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) as to wat technology platforms would be feasible and ideal for modernization and phased deployment.
• Responsible for applying various intranet technologies and the latest in intranet/internet concepts: including open-source, Microsoft and other proprietary solutions, enterprise level deployments of Intranets - particularly around social media/social intranets, noledge management and enterprise search/taxonomies.
• Led interactive (sprint) sessions with agency stakeholders, technical and noledge management teams in requirements definition, and collecting and analyzing the results from these sessions.
• Led requirements analysis and verification, ensuring dat requirement statements were complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable, and dat they conformed to Federal and agency standards.
• Implementation phase responsibilities included: Reviewing the chosen Confidential Intranet cloud-based SaaS technology solution; Assessing gaps in business and functional requirements and user-interface needs of Confidential end-users; Provide detailed set of recommendations in a Cloud Solution Assessment, Gap Analysis and Recommendation report, including a Requirement Capability Matrix for support.
• Worked closely with Confidential stakeholders and chosen cloud SaaS vendor for planning feature and customization efforts, requirements, functionality and schedule for PHASE 1 release (roadmap) of the new Intranet including addressing future release planning (extended roadmap).
• Primary and lead responsibility for working with Confidential stakeholders and chosen vendor to strategize and plan the migration/consolidation/decommissioning of Confidential enterprise systems for PHASE 1 of the new cloud-based SaaS Intranet solution and future releases.
• Assisted chosen vendor with execution of cloud migration/consolidation/decommissioning of Confidential enterprise and legacy systems for PHASE 1 release of Confidential ’s cloud-based SaaS Intranet.
• Documentation of a “Quick Win” Migration, Strategy Document for PHASE 1 release and the Cloud Migration, Consolidation, Decommission Strategy documentation.

Confidential

Principal Technology Consultant & President

Responsibilities:

• Provided proprietary proposal development services (as technical, management, resume, past performance volume lead and/or contributor including integrated master schedule, traceability matrix, EVM, RTOs and BOEs) for clients bidding on multi-year Federal IT contracts valued between $50M-$400M.
• Responsibilities included providing complete proposal services dat halped clients win more government contracts (me.e., proposal development from RFP decomposition to proposal delivery, and/or subject matter expertise in a critical technical area (e.g., cloud-computing services)
• Acted as lead and/or participated in blue, pink, red, and glod team reviews.
• Past proposal services has been provided to commercial clients for successful contract bids with the following Federal agencies: NASA, NOAA, DOD, DOT, GSA, Census Bureau, TSA, ICE, DHS, Department of Labor, IRS, and the Department of Education.

Confidential

Vice President, Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Content Management System and Cloud-Computing Subject Matter Expert (SME) to the U.S. Department of Transportation HQ, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA).
• Assessed and recommended a Cloud-based Content Management System for the U.S. Department of Transportation using Verizon/Terremark platform.
• Developed CMS Implementation Plan, Master Schedule and governance model.
• Performed capacity estimation and pricing for implementing RITA's CMS in a Terremark’s computing cloud environment versus DOT's on-premise datacenter.
• Performed UNIX administration and configuration of a test server (using LAMP stack) to demonstrate Proof-of-Concept for the RITA CMS prior to establishment of a CMS production environment in a cloud environment. Provided another Proof-of-Concept (on same test server) using Apache Hadoop (Java) to demonstrate use of this open-source framework for processing 30+ years of archived transportation statistics using MapReduce for trend analyses and data patterning.
• Performed software development of custom PHP modules and refresh of critical real-time JAVA applications and libraries for migration of 300,000+ HTML pages (complex statistical tables) into the cloud-based Drupal 7 Content Management System and connection to Oracle database servers. Custom PHP/Perl module development to apply Section 508 accessibility to migrated HTML pages. Development of iOS app (written in C++) to display yearly Transportation Pocket Guide produced by DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
• Initiated, developed and coordinated cloud vendor procurements, including SOWs and sole source justifications, for RITA's CMS “Proof of Concept” services and training.
• Identified and re-organized (prioritized) RITA web content suited to customer demands, web traffic analysis, internal requirements, usability and accessibility standards and best practices.
• Communicated and coordinated with RITA Offices and Programs regarding the current state of their web content, personnel involved and possible migration into the RITA CMS cloud solution.
• Collaborated with the RITA Strategic Advisor to establish and deploy CMS workflows and procedures for RITA web and cloud services management.
• Developed a Cloud Migration Plan for RITA's organizational web sites, databases and applications into RITA’s cloud-based CMS Production Environment hosted in the DOT’s private cloud at Verizon/Terremark.

Confidential

Principal Technology Consultant & President

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as a Principal Technology Consultant to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), Office of the Chief Information Officer ( Confidential ) to provide executive-level information technology, design, development, legacy and cloud-based applications and infrastructure, and internet/intranet services.
• Initiated and implemented modal and department-wide initiatives as directed by the CIO and DCIO, to dramatically improve and maintain the DOT’s external and internal (MOSS 2007) web presence, web and governance policies, workflow and management processes;
• Assisted in the development of an agile information technology strategy to include the in corporation of Web 2.0 technologies, technology toolkits, and the rapid deployment of customer-focused web systems all within an evolving cloud-computing environment;
• Evaluation, recommendation and procurement of cloud-based Business Intelligence tools according to the requirements of the DOT Budget and Performance communities.
• Evaluation and live testing of cloud-based enterprise content management systems (open source and proprietary) for use by the OST/ Confidential web team and possible deployment across the Department.
• Development of cloud and web-based policies, governance, style guide and best practices documents for the Confidential and Department-wide compliance.

Confidential

Project Manager/Systems Engineer V

Responsibilities:

• Led the project activities of large teams of software and systems engineers in the design, development and implementation of large IT systems and subsystems for the U.S. Census Bureau's 5-year $600 million dollar Field Data Collection Automation (FDCA) program.
• Designed, developed, tested and deployed (pilot) advanced, automated systems for the FDCA program dat delivered near real-time data using an architecture with multiple and overlapping security features, including fingerprint autantication, password autantication, role-based access, automatic data encryption, firewalls, and virus protection.
• Responsible for managing project planning, cost/schedule control, EVMS and project execution including customer interfacing and participation in reviews, performance evaluations, and hands-on technical problem resolution.

Confidential

Chief of Technology, Science Division

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for group management of engineering personnel and assigned tasks for two large Mission Systems Engineering and Mechanical Systems Engineering contracts at the Confidential Goddard Space Flight Center.
• Managed over 100+ mission systems engineering tasks, including cost, schedule, and performance requirements as well as the application, management, and compliance enforcement of software and systems engineering practices (such as IEEE, IEEE, DoD STD-498, & various NASA & CCSDS standards) to such tasks.
• Authored and managed the Data Migration Plan for the MSES (Mechanical Systems Engineering Services) II/A contract transition, a $400M/5-year contract at the Confidential Goddard Space Flight Center. This effort initially involved the development of a methodology and a roadmap to migrate approximately 25 Terabytes of engineering data and personnel from the incumbent MSES contractor to the Confidential team within a 1-month transition period including definition of transition team roles and responsibilities, schedule for data migration, and plans for transfer and validation.
• Managed the Confidential Data Migration Team in performing hardware, tools and data acquisition, deploying the data infrastructure into a Confidential facility (including hardware orders, and laboratory, server, program management and engineering infrastructures), transferring specific data and toolsets (including mechanical, thermal, structural analysis, electrical and generic data).
• This data migration and move of IT and engineering assets was performed in coordination with our Confidential customer and to their satisfaction enabling Confidential to achieve a smooth contract transition.
• Performed as a functional manager establishing performance goals for assigned personnel, developing training plans, overseeing safety compliance, personnel issue resolution, performance appraisals, and hiring, including interviewing, candidate assessment, and making offers.
• Performed as lead engineer and/or task lead for tasks exhibiting technical, schedule, cost or other performance problems;
• Managed specific task teams of engineers and designers, providing guidance and direction in developing and maintaining schedules; and as a recognized expert in mission systems engineering, served as an expert advisor in directing the technical approach to task problems.
• Provided technical team leadership of spacecraft project execution and review teams and provided hands-on experience in the architecture, software development (C; C#; C++; .NET; Perl, JAVA), analysis, assembly, integration, testing, and/or calibration of space-flight instruments and components for scientific or remote sensing space-flight systems.
• Generated and reviewed contract task-plans and reports, monthly progress reports, task deliverables, and other task documentation;
• Provided expertise to special assignments, analyses, and studies, either of a technical or programmatic nature.

Confidential

Chief Technology Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for advising Confidential corporate senior management on matters relating to technology, assuring a corporate investment strategy for advanced innovative technology and acting as the principal corporate advocate for advanced technology.
• Led the development of corporate-wide technology goals and objectives, and review of corporate technology policies, programs, processes and capabilities to ensure dat company technology programs supported the company’s commercial objectives during a period of extraordinary growth for the company.
• Addressed common technology requirements across multiple enterprises and external commercial interests. Developed 5-year corporate technology execution plan.
• Provided key programmatic and technical support of Earth Science research programs managed by the Confidential Goddard Space Flight Center’s Earth Sciences Directorate including design and development of web and cloud-based technologies and applications to collect and disseminate useful and timely research and remote-sensing multiple Petabytes of observation data (stored in a Distributed Active Archive Center/Nebula Cloud) for access by disaster management and scientific communities and organizations worldwide.
• Organization and coordination of interagency conferences (between Confidential and FEMA) on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Applications of Remote Sensing to Disaster Management. These conferences focused on the current accomplishments and future potential of satellite remote sensing and GIS for natural disaster management at global, national and local levels;
• Assisted in the creation and implementation of the Office of Science Utilization (OSU) at the Confidential Goddard Space Flight Center. In support of the office and Earth Sciences Applications Program at Confidential HQ, responsible for identifying potential applications of science discoveries, scientific observations, data analyses, and technology dat could benefit other government agencies, industry, and the public. Worked with Confidential scientists to identify scientific activities dat may has potential use, and with external organizations to explore need, feasibility, and benefits. Where potential applications existed, successfully worked with Directorate scientists and engineers and with the potential users to prototype, document and demonstrate the concept, evaluate the results, and support the transfer to operational use including development of transition plans.

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing system developments in business process automation applications with a specific focus on process workflow and document processing.
• Oversight responsibility for development of system architecture design documentation, trade-off analyses, modeling/simulation of distributed systems, performance engineering, technical/proposal writing, and software development.