SUMMARY

• Results - oriented, strategic thinking Enterprise IT professional with experience in Defense and Civilian Government organizations. Adept at assessing needs, generating recommendations, and implementing optimal solutions in collaboration with clients and stakeholders. Well versed in all phases of acquisition lifecycles. Experienced at managing projects from the requirements gathering/needs identification phase to implementation and monitoring.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Identifying program issues, and develop solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual requirements
• Managing staff of up to 8 team members and provide guidance in the performance of client support services
• Developing resource estimates and monitor contract execution
• Ensuring contract deliverables are delivered on schedule
• Assigning contractor schedules,
• Communicating policies, purposes, and goals of the organization to new team members

Confidential

Lead Enterprise Architect/Strategic Planner

Responsibilities:

• Recommends and participates in activities related to the design, development and maintenance of the Enterprise Architecture (EA)
• Participate in Monthly USDA Enterprise Architecture Committee meeting
• Ensure IT strategy, IT method processes, architectural principles and standards are adhered to in project delivery and solution development.
• Enterprise architecture models developed, maintained, and communicated for business, information, applications, and technology architectures.
• Advises and recommends enterprise architecture strategies, processes and methodologies
• Maintain Planning IT Application Catalogue, Application Architecture, Component Models and related technology baseline details.
• Recommends and participates in the analysis, evaluation and development of enterprise long-term strategic and operating plans to ensure that the EA objectives are consistent with the enterprise’s long-term business objectives
• Work directly with business stakeholders to support the development of business strategies and provide technology impacts and subsequent supporting technology strategies.
• Technology strategies and IT plans drafted for review and stakeholder endorsement.
• Technology strategies and IT plans communicated/presented to relevant stakeholders.
• Provide analysis support to the demand management process in consultation with the Portfolio Manager.
• Maintain relationships with strategic software vendors
• Lead and guide the solution options analysis process for project delivery.
• Membership of procurement panels as appropriate.
• Guide the Solution Architecture team on capital and operational projects to ensure that the business strategic outcomes and customer goals are delivered.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to not only the Solution Architecture team but also other IT teams and business stakeholders to deliver on both the short and longer term goals of USDA.
• Incremental improvements and maturity growth in Confidential on the use of technology to delivery customer outcomes and become a world class service provider.
• Build and maintain a strong, constructive working relationship with their staff, focussed on achieving business goals and enabling their staff to work safely to their full potential.
• Ensure business plans are developed to achieve strategic priorities and performance goals of team members are aligned, ensuring accountabilities and authorities are clear and that direct reports have the authorities needed to be able to achieve their work.
• Support USDA Enterprise Solution Architecture Team.
• Review and audit Confidential architectural deliverables.
• Maintain Confidential architectural standards and principles.
• Provide architectural support to major projects.
• Define and develop USDA enterprise architecture models and roadmaps in alignment with Department business and technology strategies.

Confidential

Senior IT Portfolio Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provides IT Planning, Budget, Reporting, and Analysis support to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Organization.
• Supports the management of the Agency’s IT portfolio, which sets investment priorities and aligns business processes to ensure IT architecture and products align and support mission requirements.
• Ensures compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, policy, and IT portfolio management and capital planning guidance.
• Reviews annual IT Budget Capital Planning Guidance to ensure compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, policy, and guidance for IT portfolio management, and related capital planning processes.
• Supports Enterprise Portfolio Management and Investment Review Board business processes, including IT investment dashboard scoring, PortfolioStat process, and data inventory for data.gov.
• Supports the evolution of portfolio management processes and associated objectives and outcomes.
• Ensures compliance of mandatory FITARA requirements in the areas of investment management, acquisition oversight, and risk management.
• Coordinates FedStat (in conjunction with entities outside of the OCIO), PortfolioStat and TechStat.
• Administers and maintains Electronic Capital Planning and Investment Control (eCPIC) system and program.
• Designs data collection strategies that minimize administrative burden and conduct portfolio build and portfolio monitoring analyses that enable leadership to make data-driven decisions.
• Supports the CIO organizations in accomplishing the development, preparation, submission, and justification of the Agency’s IT budget exhibits including monthly updates and CIO evaluation scores of Major IT Investments to the Federal IT Dashboard.
• Interfaces directly with federal clients and project and program managers across the Agency to comprehend the current portfolio of projects and make recommendations for improvement.
• Designs and implements predictive analytics to inform portfolio management and investment decision processes.
• Develops customized portfolio management artifacts, templates, and analytic tools to assist Agency offices with comprehending the condition of project portfolios and maturing portfolio management processes.