Information Technology Project Management

Results-driven and quality-focused professional commanding 20 years of combined success in project program management, information technology, and systems implementation on global scale. Detail-oriented leader offering background across government and military operations, from federal agencies to multibillion-dollar defense contractors. Resourceful visionary providing record of managing high-tech programs, meeting key deliverables, deploying multimillion-dollar initiatives, and delivering large-scale projects within strict time, budget, and quality requirements. Possess global experience encompassing North America, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Demonstrate strong leadership, team-building, problem-solving, analytical, and communication abilities. Holds a Top Secret SSBI with CI Poly security clearance.

Scope of Excellence

• Needs Assessment Project Program Management Organizational Development Operations Management
• Quality Assurance Staff Leadership Client Vendor Relations International Business Reconnaissance Ops
• Training Development Risk Management Systems Analysis Integration Budget Administration
• Customer Relationship Management Software Configuration Project Lifecycle Management Logistics

Career History

Confidential

Provider professional services to the Department of Defense, other government agencies and the national security industry. The Calhoun management team brings recent and relevant operational and management and experience at the cutting edge of special operations.

Research Analyst.

Provides US Central Command with tailored gist content from a vast database of historical and on-line artifacts from a query search of a topic term. Utilizes a specialized search engine to scour vast databases and flat file storage bins for relevant search terms. Research led to actionable actions to mitigate losses.

Confidential

Provider professional services to the Department of Defense, other government agencies and the national security industry. The Lukos management team brings recent and relevant operational and management and experience at the cutting edge of special operations.

Project Manager Principal Acquisition Specialist .

• Provided acquisition support to US Special Operations Research Development Acquisition Center, Program Executive Office Fixed Wing, Unmanned Aircraft Systems UAS . Helped to prepare the annual and 5-year budget planning cycle submission, supported acquisitions of UAS, and support of sustainment activity strategy. Provided annual and bi-annual integrated product team meeting agendas as well as scenarios for validation efforts of payload deliveries. Assisted Government in developing Requests for Information RFI , Requests for Proposal RFP , and Statements of Work SOW , for activity from vendors.
• Drafted planning, management acquisition, and sustainment plans of UAS projects three consecutive years
• Created a New Start Program for UAS Payload, enabled new capabilities and system enhancements
• Integrate SUAS Program Plan with SUAS Payload Plans into one SUAS Portfolio Master Schedule
• Team worked with stakeholders for funding 21M over 5 years that double UAS inventory by 2020
• Refined Operator requirements through RFI, RFP, and SOW Proposals through Contracting Officers to Vendors
• Wrote test scenarios to verify payload equipment operations by Operators for different capabilities
• Documented 23 capability gaps and implementation risks during stakeholder requirement meetings
• Supported requirements with Quad-Charts, depicting Needs Statement, Timeline, Budget, Solution
• Maintained Portfolio's Risk Register, reviewing challenges and opportunities at Integrated Program Reviews
• Maintained Portfolio's budget plan was up-to-date with plan, actuals, and expenditures

Confidential

Provider of specialty services instructional and training support, and technical services.to federal agencies and prime contractors throughout US and Asia, including total security, intelligence support, network services, computer and server configuration management.

Senior Electronics Engineer

• Directed satellite ground communications, signal processing, and data storage for 36 national reconnaissance systems within Afghanistan area of operations. Installed video surveillance camera system on the INSCOM Camp Slayer compound of 24 cameras, routed back into a video processing server. Managed VSAT communication systems and intelligence collection systems maintenance for US Army Intelligence Security Command USINSCOM provided tier-1 through tier-3 on-site support. Maintained web status portal with 150 systems within areas of operations. Supervised system upgrades while managing daily progress of 22 concurrent initiatives. Oversaw 32 technicians at 4 geographically dispersed sites, monitoring daily functions and scheduling system maintenance. Presented daily systems status reports to Genesis Program Manager and staff on status changes and ongoing repairs. Collaborate with other site organizations for power, equipment, and training systems. Provided lifecycle sustainment management for various communications and intelligence systems. Served as interim CACI workforce interface to MINUTEMAN leadership, delivering guidance to technicians.
• Managed a project upgrade of 15 satellite communications systems upgrades valued at 2.5M
• Developed with Site Lead courses of action to upgrade, sustain, or shutdown sites based upon customer schedule developed personnel planning for theater sites, funding profile, and new hire sustainment rate
• Championed 13-system satellite communications upgrade project, which included changing current site configurations and decreasing reliance upon legacy equipment systems were upgraded within time and budget requirements.
• Learned Cisco switch 2800 / 3700 programming to support tasks by book, and over the shoulder
• During Scheduler's leave, assumed duties and kept operations running without an unscheduled downtime
• Played key role in bringing 2 inoperable systems out of state of disrepair to fully mission-capable systems were deployed in time to support force protection
• Directly influenced standup of 5th site within area of operations, which included conducting site survey, noting billeting, and heading services requirements. Customer support will reduce travel times to affected systems by 2 days, thereby restoring systems to operations and continuing force protection to coalition forces.

Confidential

Acquisition Specialist, Biometrics Forensics Program

• Provided program and acquisition support to United States Special Operations Command USSOCOM Biometrics Forensics Program Office. Established program management portfolio via leveraging 12M in procurement funds. Played integral role in testing, validating, and accrediting devices selected for program. Reviewed vendor performance and developed metrics as needed to validate quality of vendor-delivered units. Authored several statements of work SOW to selected vendors, reviewed proposals, and identified weak areas requiring clarification. Communicated with government customer to ensure contract requirements were met.
• Supported USSOCOM Identity Operations with Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System updates to database supporting Biometric Operations of the SEEK and Cogent Fusion equipment systems for two years
• Worked with the National Forensics Science Technology Center, Largo, FL to validate a finger print and hand scanner for USSOCOM field teams enabled field captures of prints for case files
• Executed FY09/FY10 22.5M congressional authorized budget for program, detailed 2.5M FY11 budget, and developed program objective memorandum for FY12 to FY15, totaling 89M.
• Improved overall coordination, resource allocation, budgeting, and risk identification through creating and maintaining templates, organizational materials, and processes.
• Orchestrated and executed several multimillion-dollar acquisition and training projects within time and budget constraints, exceeding customer expectations.
• Developed source selection criteria for Biometrics Forensics devices under consideration identified 8 possible solutions for program requirement using vendor product sheets, interviews, and product demonstrations.
• Avoided 3.4M in waste by identifying 88 failure rate during product validation testing upon receiving vendor's product vendor's product was repaired or replaced before office accepted delivery.
• Played key role in Biometrics Forensics Program being selected as test case for system accreditation or program products.

Confidential

• Championed development of COOP diagrams for DIA USCENTCOM operations, which identified critical infrastructure shortcomings in support of required applications, services, and capabilities.
• Participated on project murder boards, recommended adjusted hardware resources and timeline sequencing
• Coordinated with DIA to support group licensing effort to reduce cost per license with single purchase buy
• Lauded as 1st person to document data storage capacity and capability of DIA facility within USCENTCOM, identifying storage requirements and capacity of supported systems.
• Contributed as key tester in project server implementation for South East Regional Service Center SE RSC identified architecture shortfall capabilities, participated in shortfall resolutions, and eliminated shortfalls in service implementation.
• Identified data hosted on replicated servers and data storage devices, enabling implementation of data management schema for SE RSC and Latin American operations.
• Interfaced with government customer to ensure products reflected data schema for North America, Latin America, Qatar, Bahrain, Horn of Africa, and Afghanistan operations.
• Instrumental in the development of requirements down select of tool sets for Information Operations
• Worked with vendors and operators on software requirements towards development of specialized tool suite

Confidential

• Worked to close-out a telemetry project residual, preventing cost overrun through oversight of prior PM
• Completed six-month task order on-time and as budgeted for events planned

Confidential

Information Technology Data Analyst Systems Engineer

Installed Dell 6500 servers into equipment racks, Windows 2000 software onto servers, and conducted student training on collaboration software. Routinely installed service patches and updates onto SQL and Windows operating systems and updated virus protection software. Installed personal computer operating campus-wide installation as well as updated virus software applications. Maintained Windows 2000 MCSE certification, administrated sixteen enterprise data servers, four SQL, and four web servers. Deployed Windows 2000 implementation at three locations, and implemented replication with root server.