SUMMARY:

• Over 22 years of experience in IT requirements analysis, solution design, data center migrations, data center build - outs, data center upgrades, and enterprise implementations. As a highly motivated and independent self-starter with a versatile technical and non-technical manager competencies. I have the ability and experience of leading and reporting at a high level with the ability to think laterally and have input to proposed detailed, complex solutions to technical issues and impediments. I take personal ownership and accountability for all projects and resources I manage to meet deadlines and achieve agreed upon results.
• Successfully managed projects using project management tools such as Oracle projects, MS project, Primavera, PlanView, Tableau, Jira and MS Excel.
• Manage and assess risk using controlled frameworks including ISO 27001, Confidential SP 800-53, FISMA, and Confidential
• Managed critical security process implementation projects such as Certification & Accreditation for acquiring Authorization to Operate (ATO); 3rd Party Vendor Risk Management, Control and Risk assessments, threat & vulnerability management, compliance management, and independent assurance processes
• Proven ability to facilitate and mitigate any conflicts using conflict management skills that enable effective working relationships
• As a Sr. Program Manager I been responsible for playing a key role in advising Security Steering Committees and IT Management on risk based project priorities, dependencies, impediments and investment decisions as it relates to information security.
• I work strategically to build and manage relationships with internal/external stakeholders in IT and Security Business to influence strategies, manage expectations and rally support of information security initiatives.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. InfoSec Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for senior-level leadership and functions as an “integrating function” in IT, and has overall responsibility for the definition and delivery of successful technology-enabled projects at AARP on behalf of Confidential .
• Provide strategic direction to project definition, coaches and mentors peers and partners, and is accountable for IT functional/departmental financial, and execution results.
• Key areas of responsibility include:
• Responsible for driving the development of the IT Strategy including risk/capability assessment, platform and technology definition and evolution, organization and skills strategy, and processes and tools needed to successfully operate the business of IT,
• Responsible for partnering with key business stakeholder functions to develop the plans and roadmaps of technology-related projects and investments and the project estimating and portfolio planning efforts,
• Responsible for leading the development of project and steering committee status reporting to guide the overall project decision making at Confidential,
• Responsible for overseeing the execution of projects and the attainment of financial results in a matrix environment,
• Responsible for driving improvements in technology project planning and delivery across the information technology organization.
• My role requires deep experience operating in a heavily outsourced, multi-location, global IT delivery model is required, along with a process orientation, understanding of IT strategy, strong project management skills, and outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Responsible for providing engineering and technical assistance to develop a framework for developing remediation plans and risk vs. cost vs business value rationalizations in relation to remediation efforts.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Lead Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed OPM customer engagements and serves as a senior member of cross-functional project teams consisting of individuals from various IT departments and business units.
• Responsible for blending traditional project management principles and practices with an Scrum development approach in the right proportions to fit large, complex, mission-critical, enterprise-level projects and with the appropriate level of planning and provide the right balance of agility and predictability
• Manage business application accreditation request for customer that need to maintain their ATO status, via Confidential or Fed Ramp compliancy policies
• Effectively addresses evolving and competing objectives and possess a mastery of project management tool such as Jira (for storyboard and sprint scope), MS Projects (for scheduling and resource loading)
• Excel (for Confidential and forecasting), and Primavera 6 (for scheduling and resource loading)
• Provided engineering and technical assistance to develop a framework for developing remediation plans and risk vs. cost vs. business value rationalization in relation to remediation efforts
• Reported project status and strategy to key federal stakeholders on SDLC project
• Engage with cross-functional infrastructure and enterprise teams for change management and request
• Responsible for leading teams to perform quality controls audits and perform remediation of quality issues for Confidential compliancy, specifically regarding the following:
• Conduct assessment that lead to mitigating vulnerabilities that impact the ATO (Authorization to Operate) compliancy and approval
• Responsible for running scans against IA documentation and providing results to clients, specifically vulnerabilities
• Provide customer mitigation strategy for POAMs
• Developed the necessary artifacts and evidence for Confidential compliance

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed customer engagement and serves as a senior member of cross-functional project teams consisting of individuals from various IT departments and business units for infrastructure projects. Customers include federal agencies and private companies including SSA,CDC, CMS, Raytheon, NGC, and CDC
• Managed customer deliverables and services for Advanced Services Team which include Routing and Switching technologies, Unified Communications technologies, Cyber Security, Telepresence, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP), Video, and Wireless technologies
• Manage network accreditation request for customer that need to maintain their ATO status, via Confidential, FIPS199 or Confidential compliancy policies
• Managed transition of security policy stands from Confidential to Confidential
• Document key phases of the Confidential certification process, capturing milestones and deliverables for the added purpose of replicating the Confidential process for production environments
• Responsible for coordinating, planning and implementing large infrastructure and data center migrations, moves and new enhancements for customer infrastructure projects
• Effectively addresses evolving and competing objectives and possess a mastery of project management tool such as Oracle Projects (for Confidential and forecasting), Primavera 6 (for scheduling and resource loading), and MS Project (for scheduling and resource loading)
• Reported project status and strategy to key federal stakeholders on infrastructure projects, migration, upgrades and new implementations
• Manage network accreditation request for customer that need to maintain their ATO status, via Confidential or Fed Ramp compliancy policies
• Managed cost/revenue forecasts for Cisco’s Public Civilian Sector division for Advanced Services infrastructure projects
• Performed Quality Assurance testing and auditing to ensure quality standards are met and systems are compliant.
• Managed VOIP IPv4 to IPv6 migration for several Cisco government clients
• Experienced in enterprise penetration testing and security scans
• Managed and implement Unified Communications
• Directly responsible for capturing requirements, documentation, managing and tracking the following requirements for Confidential compliancy projects
• Engage with cross-functional infrastructure and enterprise teams for change management and request
• Responsible for leading teams to perform quality controls audits and perform remediation of quality issues, specifically regarding the following:
• Conduct assessment that lead to mitigating vulnerabilities that impact the ATO (Authorization to Operate) compliancy and approval
• Responsible for running scans against IA documentation and providing results to clients, specifically vulnerabilities
• Provide customer mitigation strategy for POAMs
• Developed the necessary artifacts and evidence for Confidential compliance
• Engaged/manage and assisted in driving mitigation of vulnerabilities that are inhibiting Confidential compliancy, with the primary deliverable a Confidential -compliant cloud solution.

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• As a Program Manager my primary responsibility is the management of multiple government projects such as, application projects and network/enterprise projects, including sustainment projects, SDLC projects, operations and management projects, Help Desk projects and Data Center build-outs. By using the Agile framework to manage SDLC releases for the government on a monthly and quarterly basis
• Performed Quality Assurance testing and auditing to ensure quality standards are met and systems are compliant.
• Manage network accreditation request for customer that need to maintain their ATO status, via Confidential, FIPS or Confidential compliancy policies
• Managed transition of security policy stands from Confidential to Confidential
• Document key phases of the Confidential certification process, capturing milestones and deliverables for the added purpose of replicating the Confidential process for production environments
• Responsible for capturing pipeline revenue activities, customer facing activities that include Federal Sales teams and business units.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Sr. Project/Release Manager

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities as a Sr. Project/Release Manager is to enhance, implement and oversee the IT Security Services and SDLC release using the Agile framework for effective release and project performance; in addition, to promoting and communicating sprint and release progress to the data center production environment, outcomes and results to the GSA customer and Lockheed leadership
• Responsible for facilitating the estimates for each sprint/release to the production/data center environment to promoted backlog requirements to the production/data center environment in a work breakdown structure with project schedules with project teams
• Responsible for blending traditional project management principles and practices with an Agile development approach in the right proportions to fit large, complex, mission-critical, enterprise-level projects and with the appropriate level of planning and provide the right balance of agility and predictability
• Managed customer engagement and serves as a senior member of cross-functional project teams consisting of individuals from various IT departments and business units
• Effectively addresses evolving and competing objectives and possess a mastery of project management tool such as Visio, MS Excel and MS Project (for scheduling and resource loading)
• Experienced with managing enterprise-wide projects (as an engineer and P), including managing third party staff, working through contractual issues, proofing deliverables and booking new deals/work that is out of the current scope
• Provide leadership Story Card information to prioritize backlog requirements for Sprint iterations and sprint scope for each release to be promoted to the production/data center environment
• Responsible for Software development projects that are subject to strict security compliancy and security requirements ( Confidential and Confidential ) that are hosted in the Data Center

Confidential

Program Manager, Falls Church, VA

Responsibilities:

• As a Program Manager my primary responsibility is the management of multiple government projects, application projects and network/enterprise projects, including sustainment projects, SDLC projects, operations and management projects and Data Center build-outs. By using the Agile framework to manage SDLC releases for the government on a monthly and quarterly basis
• As Program Manager my other responsibilities are to oversee and direct IT service management and support activities related to service provider contracts, data center operations, COTS/GOTS system software, systems support, and technical contract performance, including budget management, release management, incident management and Service Level Agreements (SLA) support

Confidential, Laurel, MD and Springfield, VA

Sr. Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading quality control and information security audits and perform remediation of quality issues, specifically regarding Contingency Plans for Disaster/Recovery.
• Responsible for running scan against IA documentation and providing results to clients.
• Managed a team of 6 IA Engineers responsible for preparing C&A package for Department of Commerce, Confidential Agency for FIPS 199 compliancy.
• Responsible for blending traditional project management principles and practices with an Agile development approach in the right proportions to fit large, complex, mission-critical, enterprise-level projects and with the appropriate level of planning and provide the right balance of agility and predictability
• Responsible for managing team of testers for scans on network servers, routers and switches to ensure compliance, assesses the performance of IA controls

Confidential, Washington, DC

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, organizing and managing projects in the Confidential Special Interest Team for the Department of Defense for successful performance consistent with contractual agreements for cable and infrastructure projects

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• As the Project Manager for Business Objects Enterprise Architect Project; my primary responsibility is to establish and maintain processes to manage scope over the project lifecycle.