EXPERIENCE:

Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Researched the new requirement(s), developed a phased plan of support, elicited buy - in from the DHS CIO, Deputy CIO, stakeholders, and team members.
• Allocated a budget of $12MM for the first year of support.
• Provided personal oversight of the staffing of 86 positions - to include duty descriptions, advertising, vetting, interviewing, selecting, and on-boarding of permanent employees and contractors.
• Created and involved in the negotiation of several multi-million dollar Statements of Work ( Confidential ’s) for external support during the transition of duties away from the existing contracted vendor.

Program / Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented a new Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) model for use by the Confidential ’s Fiscal Service and the Confidential of St. Louis.
• Personally rewrote all FIRST program documentation to insure compliance with all regulatory, security, financial, risk management, and legal requirements.
• Personally developed data, budgets, reports, and recommendations to the Executive Oversight Committee, Management Steering Committee, Contracting Officer Representative, OMB, and key leadership stakeholders throughout Treasury and the Confidential .
• Personally conducted formal technical to all incoming Program Managers and Project Managers working within the FIRST program. This week-long covered all aspects of Project Management as outlined in the PMBOK and accepted industry standards.
• Served as the Confidential ’s technical representative providing oversight of the software being developed by the Confidential on Treasury’s behalf.

Predominant technologies: MS Project, Oracle databases, Java code, JIRA, WebFocus 8, MS Access Programming, Lotus Notes. Also FISMA, NIST, FIPS 0 and 508 compliance.

Sr. Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supervised the retooling and expansion of a data warehouse located within the Confidential .
• This included upgrading all Oracle databases from 9i to 11g, transition the data center from Oracle Data Builder to Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition, updating Business Objects to version 4.1, and designing new data marts for many of the 32 applications supported by Confidential .
• Trained contractors and government staff on the methods and practices of Agile software development. This included personally teaching classes, seminars and workgroups on ways to customize Agile methods to fit their unique needs. Additionally, provided instruction on methods of reporting project schedules, budgets, and mitigating risk using Agile unique documents and criteria.

Predominant technologies: MS Project, Oracle databases, Oracle Data Builder, Oracle Integrator Enterprise Edition, Business Objects, Java code. Also FISMA, NIST, FIPS 0 and 508 compliance.

Sr. Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created, trained, and concurrently led three different software development teams in the automation and redesign of Confidential ’s enterprise contracting processes. This involved the creation of a web based application that executes and tracks ALL contracts needing to be closed within the Agency, and in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Register ( Confidential ).
• Converted all development teams from a classical Waterfall development methodology to an Agile (Scrum) development framework.
• Worked for the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) division to create an electronic Centralized Acquisition Tool ( Confidential ). This project was the first project to use the Agile framework exclusively. The Confidential portal was developed using Liferay as its foundation and went from concept to finished product in 4 months.
• Responsible for each project’s design, development, schedule compliance, resource management, risk mitigation, and financial accountability.
• Introduced Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) to Confidential through the use of the JBoss Business Rules Management System ( Confidential ).

Predominant technologies: MS Project, MS Office, Oracle databases, Java code, JIRA, BPMN, JBoss Confidential, LifeRay, Lotus Domino, SharePoint. Also FISMA, NIST, FIPS 0 and 508 compliance.

Program Manager

Confidential, DC

Responsibilities:

• Using a Waterfall methodology, I led the effort to implement an Electronic Performance Management System ( Confidential ) throughout the Smithsonian enterprise.
• My primary role was to provide oversight of the Halogen contractor as they customized their project to the needs of the Smithsonian.
• Estimated savings for the organization were over a million dollars a year in reduced paperwork and manpower requirements. The project was under budget and on schedule when I left the Smithsonian to begin working on Confidential projects.
• Designed, developed and deployed a custom Project Management application for the Institution’s Office of Human Resources.
• Served as an internal IT consultant to the Smithsonian on process improvement opportunities.

Predominant technologies: Halogen, MS Project, MS Office, SharePoint, MS Access Programming.

Chief Executive Officer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Promoted from Application Development Manger to IT Director, and ultimately to CIO
• Performed an enterprise-wide architecture conversion and replaced the DAV’s IT infrastructure; transitioning from an IBM mainframe-based technology to a web-based .NET architecture.
• Developed a web based system for the organizations members, chapter officers, and departments. This $2.8 MM project combined the efforts of an internal team of 28 personnel, 54 contractors, and was completed on budget and ahead of schedule.
• Maintained over 50,000 email account s and supported 800+ computer systems located in VA facilities throughout the country.
• Developed a web based Case Management System (CMS) that automated DAV offices in all 50 states and US territories. CMS is now used daily by over 600 users and runs on the VA’s internal network. It ultimately improved office productivity by 25%.
• Developed a web based National Fundraising System that unified all DAV fundraising entities. This $3.5 MM project was completed on budget and ahead of schedule.
• Dismantled and restructured the IT Service Desk around the Help Desk Institute’s (HDI) best practices. Subsequently, presented lectures to HDI chapters on how to effectively make the transition to a responsive Help Desk staff.

Predominant technologies: MS Project, MS Office, SQL Server, Oracle databases, .NET code, IBM AS 400 Mainframe, Lawson ERP, JD Edwards ERP, UNIX, Crystal Reports, Visual Basic, Ceridian Payroll, Cisco VPN, Heat Help Desk, Workstation replication, MS Access programming, SharePoint and PCI compliance.

Senior Internal Technology Consultant

Confidential & Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Initial Project Manager for Confidential ’s Global Business Application Development Group. A co-worker and I founded the group and saved $5 MM in the first month.
• Personally designed and developed North American Contractor Tracking System. This system was created to identify and reduce the excessive IT Contractors used by the corporation, and ultimately provided the data justifying the need for the Jedi Program.
• Created the most extensive IT program in Proctor & Confidential ’s known history. The Jedi Program took employees from around the world and gave them four months of in project management, application development, database design, system architecture, and the fundamentals of cost benefit analysis. Class size averaged 50 students.
• Worldwide corporate technology owner for Visual Basic and MS Access technologies.

Predominant technologies: MS Project, MS Office, SQL Server, Oracle databases, .NET code, MS Access programming, Oracle Forms, Oracle databases, Visual Basic, Java code, Toad, Workstation replication.