SUMMARY:

• PMO / Multi - Project Management / Needs Assessment / Analysis / PlanningProposal Development / Cost Control / Process Engineering Risk Mitigation / Team Leadership
• Perform with excellence in roles and environments demanding the strategic, operational, technical, and program management skills required of the most accomplished program and project-oriented manager.
• Strong in pursuing cost economies.
• Exercise adaptive skills in quickly identifying and successfully resolving rapidly changing organizational performance challenges despite severe budget pressures.
• Broadly acknowledged as a strong information technology manager and thought leader in the resolution of complex, solution challenges.
• Effectively utilize requirements management in improving organizational project success rates.
• Prevent problems from becoming threats to organizational performance.
• Turn potentially costly issues into creative solutions that served as the foundation for significant growth.

SKILLED IN:

• Anticipating, preventing, and resolving project impediments
• Setting project cost, schedule, and productivity benchmarks
• Enabling teams to provide contract deliverables consistently
• Creating productive internal and external client relationships
• Gaining cooperation among program participants and stakeholders
• Leading programs and projects to consistently successful completion using effective requirement management processes

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: PC, SUN, VAX, IBM

Operating Systems: DOS, Windows, RSX, VMS, SUN/OS (Unix), SUN Solaris (Unix), DEC Ultrix (Unix)

Tools: Atlassian Confluence and Jira, MS Teams, Serena ToolSuite, SYBASE, DBX, Codecenter, Software through Pictures, Teamwork, Rational ToolSuite, FrameMaker, Interleaf, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Visio, DOORS, RAPIDS and CMPlicity

HISTORY AND HIGHLIGHTS

Sr. Project/Process Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided support in the form of CMMI appraisal team membership services whose goal was to obtain Maturity Level 3 (ML3) using the CMMI Development model v2.x.
• Confidential participated in the Readiness Reviews and the Benchmark Appraisal.

Sr. Project/Process Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• tasked with completing the Quality Management Plan (QMP) and its knowledge transfer, which included the following tasks: finalized the Practice and Process checklists supporting the QMP; reviewed and update QA audit schedule; assisted with at least one audit; edited the QMP to ensure ISO 9001:2015 compliance; developed QA audit SOP and workflow diagram; assisted projects and Confidential Practice Area Leads with continuous improvement support activities.

Sr. Project/ Process Consultant

Confidential, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Provided process improvement expertise in establishing and transitioning the client’s business processes to the workforce to be re-accredited ML3 using the new CMMI Development model v2.0.
• Actively involved with planning, developing, and facilitating business processes, work-aids, and SOPs for software life-cycle development (i.e., Project Planning, Requirements Development & Management, Design & Development, and Verification & Validation) using tools such as MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Atlassian Confluence and Jira. Additionally, represented the interim Quality Assurance (QA) role in ensuring compliance with business processes through the execution of audits.

Delivery Order Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as the Delivery Order (DO) Manager on the Information Assurance Technical Services contract, a multiple award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) T&M DO-based contract providing technical services to the Information Assurance Directorate (IAD).
• At its high point, the project employed 120 personnel.
• Confidential PMO provided IT management services and IT life-cycle support for engineering, integration, staging, testing, training, documentation and maintenance of systems and applications in unclassified and classified environments.
• Through the Confidential Program, DO personnel provided information system security engineering, microelectronics, software and network engineering, agile software development, systems and database administration, lab support, and COTS and GOTS (commercial and government off-the-shelf) product evaluations.
• Identified new business opportunities and maintained communications with external and internal program stakeholders.
• Wrote and reviewed DO bid proposal responses and ensured resume compliance with labor category qualifications.
• Served as a member of the Network Assurance, Support and Operations Division Leadership Team, leading process improvement within the division. Acted as the Branch Manager for Confidential personnel.
• Structured process that drove multiple contract wins. Confidential (Information Assurance Technical Services) was an IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity) multiple award/delivery order, T&M, lowest acceptable cost contract needed to help win DO bids while meeting Confidential ’s contract profitability goals. As a member of the Confidential PMO, established DO bidding and candidate submittal processes, including defining DO bid response templates based on DO submittal guidelines and resume templates.
• Negotiated rates for the best qualified Confidential prime and subcontractor candidates.
• Automated the processes using MS SharePoint. Enabled Confidential PMO to win 26 out 36 DOs while maintaining contract profitability goals.
• Additionally, served as the program QA Manager and conducted process/product audits to ensure program/project processes supported the purpose of preserving CMMI ML 3 accreditation.

Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as Program Manager for the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract providing IT services to the Confidential.
• Services included video casting and podcasting, web collaboration, video conferencing, AV room design and support, and assistive technologies.
• As Division Hiring Manager, responsible for ascertaining division program needs, opening job requisitions, reviewing candidate resumes, interviewing candidates, dispositioning candidates, and facilitating job offers.

Deputy Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as Deputy PM for the Defense Security Service (DSS) Web Support contract, providing web development and sustainment support for DSS websites.
• Responsible for providing external and internal communications for the DSS Web Support project team, interfacing with and reporting status to the customer and CEO. Managed day-to-day Engineering, IT support, web development, testing, and sustainment.
• Established and maintained project schedule, providing project financial tracking and reporting, and developing and reviewing project documentation. Established and maintained program requirements with the customer and project team.
• Orchestrated establishment SDLC processes (i.e., Planning, Requirements, Development, and Testing) and the automation of project processes using the Serena Enterprise toolset (i.e., Change Management, Release Control, and Testing).

Program Manager / Process Manager / SDM

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed several subcontracts
• CES CPC was a cost-plus award fee performance-based contract, and NSOC/OMS was a time-and-materials contract.
• Both contracts provided technical engineering services on-site to Confidential .
• Monitored technical performance, project staffing, financial control, and project risks.
• Served as Software & Database Engineering Division branch manager, supervising as many as fourteen employees.
• Provided performance reviews, personnel staffing, and career development planning.
• Acted as chair for the division Technical Council to promote technical staff excellence.