Core skills

Project Management Professional PMP skilled in government and commercial IT and emerging IT program project management to include Systems Development, Integration Disaster Recovery, Logistics Project Management Office creation. Considerable expertise in contracts, to include planning and execution of Firm Fixed Price and Time Materials task orders, Federal Acquisition Regulations FAR , budget management, project lifecycle administration in agile environments. Accomplished in Earned Value Management EVM , gap analysis, succession planning and new service development. Proficient in all MS Office applications including SharePoint, Visio Project, experience with data centers and large migration various servers web-based applications in UNIX, Windows and Linux, as well as classified unclassified environments. Strong communicator, published author team builder with proven ability to manage multiple projects on time under budget, remotely on-site.

Areas of expertise encompass:

• Program Project Management IT Emerging Programs Defense Intelligence
• Budget Management Virtualization Information Security MS Office Suite 97-2013

Broad Range of Technologies, including:

MS SharePoint, EMC, CISCO switches and Chassis, Nagios XI, AD, VMWare, Subversion, NetAPP, eVault, CommVault, Manage Engine, VOIP, SalesForce Project Management and Analytics toolkits, Document Repositories, Oracle storage and HA products, Citrix XenApp/Server/Mobile

Professional Experience

Confidential

Senior IT Project Manager for cloud, mobility and security technologies professional services provider and VAR. Engaged with a broad range of clients from large healthcare, banking, universities and regulatory agencies, and some small business. Lead multiple matrixed teams of engineers and project managers in Virginia and North Carolina. Manage ten or more concurrent projects, focusing on scope, schedule, including MS Project Plans, cost and overall quality. Manage the full Life Cycle of Development of virtualization and storage solutions, network designs, migrations, virtualization readiness and applications assessments. Create project, risk and communication plans to prevent and mitigate project related issues. Conduct customer Kick-Offs, status meetings and In Process Reviews. Engage variety of teams to fulfill project goals. Collaborate across the organization and with external stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery and high degrees of customer satisfaction. Create custom statements of work identifying measurable and meaningful milestones, and emphasizing testing, cross-functional training, quality assurance and constant process improvement. Proven track record of restoring failed and underperforming projects and accounts.

Confidential

Dual role as Senior Project Manager and Engagement Manager for a national consulting company focused on high performance computing primarily in the federal sector. Managed multiple and concurrent projects on time and on budget, working with onsite and remote resources, in a part-time billable capacity. Serve as engagement manager in overhead role, working with sales reps, government agencies, primarily for DoD projects and as a contractor for the National Institute of Standards and Technologies NIST , and large businesses to create solution sets for complex projects, securing the necessary engineers, architects and other resources across the country. Primarily responsible for the East Coast operations and business development, frequently engaging partners in the Washington, DC area and Small Business TAC offices. Led the effort towards securing award of GSA IT Schedule 70 and piloted the design and customization of SharePoint environment with Knowledge Base, integrated time, tasking and tracking system, thereby increasing accuracy and availability, while reducing administrative burden across all segments of the company. Also served as the company's training manager.

Confidential

Senior Technical Project Manager, assisted in the creation of new Program Management Office in federal interagency intelligence and counterterrorism organization. Managed all aspects of mission critical cross functional projects, including cost, resources and schedule, with particular focus on interoperability and security between programs. Created Concept of Operations, Standard Operating Procedures, process flows, project risk assessments and briefings to internal and external senior leadership. Managed projects by Agile and PMBOK methodologies, to include iterative project life cycle development and Earned Value Management. Created, maintained and briefed monthly PMO Scorecard to key agency stakeholders. Reported to agency Director and Chief of Staff. Served as primary point of contact and subject matter expert on White House Deputies Subcommittee on terrorism watchlisting.

Confidential

Direct the day-to-day technical operations and help desk for a federal contracting company of 150 employees, with 60M in revenue. Responsible for the enterprise planning, purchase, management, operation and administration of technical infrastructure and information security. Responsible for technical responses to RFPs, Manage staff of help desk/desktop support specialists, system administrators and system engineers in daily tasks, including: management of user accounts with Active Directory anti-virus software, patches, upgrades and back-ups and planned growth projects, such as the addition of network switches for growth and redundancy, firewalls, and provisioning of new servers. Brief CEO, CFO, VPs and stakeholders on deliverables, operations, program baselines, federally owned materiel assets and technical infrastructure expansion efforts, providing best business practice recommendations, annual budget, performance metrics and ITIL-based documentation. Plan and execute trainings for end-users. Designed and implemented Disaster Recovery System as an early adopter of virtualization technology, ensuring continuity of operations.

Confidential

Managed a team of data, systems and business analysts to design and develop by iterative methodology a MS SharePoint site using customized and out-of-the box functionality for the State Department's Office of the Inspector General OIG Middle East Regional Office MERO . Conducted gap analyses to determine process flows, technology assets and overall communications gaps between offices in Washington, DC and overseas. Worked with the Assistant and Deputy OIG, local and international staff, to create a customized solution to MERO's specific gaps, while retaining interoperability between other State Department bureaus. Navigated information security, network bandwidth and availability overseas and data migration issues. Conducted weekly status meetings, In Process Reviews, reported programmatic metrics, identified program deficiencies and proposed solutions. Successfully managed this program and BCPI IT department concurrently.

Confidential

Federal Project Manager for learning and performance management systems. Managed diverse staff of 26 technical programmers, consultants, hosting specialists and business analysts on-site and in off-shore development center. Developed and maintained contractual, financial and programmatic baselines for clients, in accordance with best business practices, EVM and federal laws and policies. Created and maintained Master Schedules, status reports for briefing federal clients and senior management on costs, schedules and functionality. Analyzed program constraints, created risk mitigation plans, executed revenue recognition reports, assessed project deficiencies and made recommendations for improved performance.

Confidential

Program Management Analyst and Chief Budget Manager for the Enterprise Data Center EDC at the Defense Logistics Agency DLA on independent oversight contract. Managed an 82M budget for the migration and consolidation of over 1400 servers. Developed, implemented and maintained procedures and policies to direct daily activities of Program Management Office PMO and staff of 15 on joint enterprise military logistics projects. Created program status reports to brief senior management, including the DLA Chief Information Officer. Participated in senior-level meetings with program managers, top-ranking military personnel and members of the Senior Executive Service SES . Reviewed change proposals, performed cost benefit analysis, preparation, obligation and routing of funding documents, reporting to the program director. Received the United States Department of Defense 3 Star Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Information Operations.

Confidential

Project Coordinator for DLA's Business Systems Modernization BSM IT program and executive assistant to the Senior Executive PM of BSM. Prepared presentations for the program manager for inter-agency meetings and executive briefings on the integration of automated Supply Chain and procurement systems. Created executive summaries for Test Evaluation Master Plans. Coordinated security procedures and legal documentation for BSM government and contractor employees. Tracked and reported to the BSM Business Manager PMO expenses. Entrusted to represent the PM to various senior level meetings in the Program Manager's stead. Promoted after seven months of superior performance.

Confidential

Prepared budget and projections for county's Administration and Evaluation and Research Departments.

Confidential

Assisted with research, software testing and data collection for the Project Manager on a Management Information System MIS pilot program for the integration of disparate data repositories.