PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

• Certified Project Manager with a proven ability to assess projects and tailor plans and procedures necessary to deliver quality products within cost and schedule constraints.
• Efficient at gaining management and team buy - in while implementing, monitoring and measuring the progress throughout the lifecycle.
• Focus on risk mitigation and process improvement using metrics designed to track areas of interest. Incisive adjustments using controlled change management.
• Leadership experience in every aspect of Software/System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as well as Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC).
• Technical leader with experience with a wide variety of government contracts dealing with satellites, air traffic, research and development and .
• Recognized by internal and external customers as the go to person for System/Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes as well as tailoring for SCRUM and agile based projects. Leader in Program Level Reviews, Six Sigma Teams and Capability Maturity Model (CMM) assessments.
• Strong Manager/Supervisor for teams from 5-50 with the ability to balance employee career development with business requirements.
• Over 15 years of successfully recruiting, coaching and retaining hundreds of professionals with varying experience levels and backgrounds.

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential, McLean, Virginia

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Acting Deputy Project Manager, supporting the Confidential Office of the Chief D Confidential Officer ( Confidential )
• Supporting effort to develop Platform as a Service in the government cloud for enterprise information management based on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using agile/SCRUM development
• Managing all government programmatic related to PaaS including financial reports, high level requirements, process development, program plans, schedules
• Successfully acted as Deputy Project Manager for proof of concept prototype for Platform as a Service and D Confidential as a Service supporting the Confidential enterprise
• Performed all duties as Project Manager on Confidential administrator initiative coined “Got D Confidential ” which allowed general public access to Confidential authorized d Confidential through ESRI open d Confidential portals and application program interfaces (APIs)
• Took courses, exam and received PMP
• Took additional courses covering Cybersecurity, Grant Writing and Financial Management
• Expanded volunteering while continuing to substitute teach in the classroom
• Coordinated/Participated in family activities including elder care and after school activities

Confidential, Frederick, Maryland

Release Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Implemented SDLC processes for all disciplines within DMCS System under the Federal Student Aid ( Confidential ) Program under the Confidential of including related plans such as Change Management Plan, Configuration Management Plan, Requirements Management Plan, Test Master Plan, Software Development Handbook and the Implementation/Deployment Plan
• Planned Release Management including schedule planning and earned value weighting and implemented release management using stage gates including Kickoff, Requirements Review, Test and Production Readiness Reviews.

Confidential, Rockville, Maryland

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Implemented Confidential processes to address Federal Aviation Administration ( Confidential ) test and operational problem reporting for the ERAM Software Releases, part of Confidential which replaces existing Aviation EnRoute System.
• Worked with multiple technical triage teams covering all functional areas; triage teams planned for software deployment, addressed technical issues and assessed impact to operational sites.
• Trained over 500 employees on the problem reporting process and related tools; performed trade-offs on variety approaches to be used.
• Streamlined Confidential problem reporting processes by 35% as key member of joint Six Sigma Team.

Engineering Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Team performed requirement analysis, development of test plans and procedures to 2000 of 8000 technical requirements (25% of the program), problem determination for site issues
• Honored with multiple individual and team s for successful managing several SDLC releases covering technology refreshes, new requirements and system maintenance.
• Staffed/Trained/Supervised a team of 10-40 people with varying skill levels working on multiple sub-teams on varying shifts.
• Forecasted work load and kept the pipeline fed by recruiting new employees, procuring subcontractors and transitioning employees while overseeing budgets from $2-$10M.
• Cultivated a team of engineers responsible for the software releases supporting the Skyline™ Product, advanced aviation technology for Flight D Confidential Processing ( Confidential ) and Confidential Processing (RDP).
• Assured performance on various international programs using Skyline™ by managing a diverse SDLC team consisting of System Engineers, Software Developers and Testers.
• Managed cost involving funds from IRAD, Contract Reinvestment, ed Contracts and Bid and Proposal funds ranging from $100K-$2M.