PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Innovative Program/Project Manager with a proven record of accomplishment in program and project management, client support and implementing large - scale, and high quality program management services over program lifecycles in both Federal and private sectors. Highly adept at building and maintaining strategic partnerships, assimilating data, and delivering innovative actions and presentations that optimize organizations’ efforts and overcome program hurdles. Recognized for effective leadership, creative problem-solving, customer service, and effective interpersonal skills.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Confidential T4 Project Management
• Information Assurance (A&A)
• Enterprise PMO Management
• Rational Team Concert/SharePoint
• PM Planning/Scheduling/WBS
• Requirements Development
• MS Office: Project/Visio/PPt/Excel
• Agile/PMBOK-based Management
• Written and Oral Communications
• CMMI Level 4 Project Management
• Change and Risk Management
• Engagement Quality Assurance

CAREER H ISTORY:

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Direct two large scale Confidential T4 IT performance-based task order teams across broad technical and business disciplines for the Confidential .
• Received Exceptional Confidential ratings from Confidential for task order management.
• These teams include platform as a service support, information security (Assessment and Authorization, Confidential, scan management), system scan management, and a CMMI Level 4 legacy system software modernization and development.
• Guide teams to deliver comprehensive services, strategic and operational planning, concise reports, and on-time service to optimize Confidential ’s Identity and Access Management platform and software re-engineering processes.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Director

Responsibilities:

• Provided IT security, PM, and infrastructure support services with a Confidential, Veteran-Owned Small Business.
• Proven record of serving Federal and private sector organizations based on successfully supporting large-scale IT system security and non-IT programs and initiatives.
• Provided program management life cycle support to Federal and private sector clients.
• Identified and act on opportunities to serve clients and contribute to their mission success.

Confidential, Reston, Confidential

Director, Business Development and Federal Solutions

Responsibilities:

• Identified business opportunities and maintained commercially productive relationships with both new and existing Federal clients to contribute to the Federal service and increase revenue and profitability.
• Supported business development initiatives and prepared concise, value-based proposals to ensure client requirements were met for all contracts.
• Developed a qualified pipeline of new business opportunities exceeding $20M.
• Supported successful engagements for Dept. of Homeland Security & U.S. Coast Guard projects.
• Identified, positioned, and won new prime IDIQ contract vehicle in the Legislative Branch.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Director

Responsibilities:

• Recognized by OMB for successfully leading Confidential ’s identity and credential security management program onto a track for full compliance. Worked within Confidential PMAS/ProPath structure to develop and enhance Confidential ’s HSPD-12 enrollment and management program.
• Established a foundation of PMBOK@ best practices throughout the Confidential ICAM program lifecycle. Provided technical/management leadership on major task assignments and established ICAM-related plans, solutions, schedules, tasks and responsibilities that met program goals.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Executive Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Developed and supported a new Departmental emergency management, personnel security, and law enforcement office on behalf of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
• Developed and implemented “from the ground up” a Departmental Organizational Change Plan that resulted in the Secretary’s approval of a new security, law enforcement, and continuity program which became an Executive Branch leader. Represented Confidential at COOP/COG events.
• Successfully negotiated and obtained Congressional approval to establish a new Assistant Secretary position, leading to the establishment of the new Emergency Preparedness organization.
• Formulated and executed OSP’s budget; including calls, passbacks, OMB submissions, and leadership briefings and reviews. Worked closely with internal and external stakeholders.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Special Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Selected by Confidential ’s Chief of Staff to support the Department’s response and recovery efforts during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
• Developed and implemented response strategies and resolved organizational, financial, and logistical conflicts that arose during the hurricanes.
• Prepared Congressional briefings, and collaborative interagency response activities within highly-charged political and public environments.
• Served as the Chief of Staff’s interface for recovery teams that required political sensitivity in working with Federal, State, Local Officials and Veteran groups.
• Confidential was formally recognized by the President and Congress for its outstanding emergency response and recovery efforts.
• In recognition of contributions, was selected by the Confidential Chief of Staff to lead the establishment of a new Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness organization.

Confidential, Wash, DC

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Established at Confidential a sustainable organizational change management and program evaluation process that identified Departmental policy and program gaps and implemented collaborative mitigation solutions that reduced Departmental lost time injury case rates by 14% over a 3-year period and fostered key stakeholder buy-in for further program successes.
• Utilized dispute resolution practices at DOT to mediate a contentious inter-departmental dispute between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
• Innovative mediation resulted in a resolution of the dispute that threatened to disrupt air transportation across the country and the establishment of a new national safety standard - since codified by the Confidential as a government-wide Federal safety regulation.
• The dispute resolution effort was adopted as a case study in organizational conflict management at the Federal Executive Institute.