SUMMARY

• I am an experienced Project Manager wif a background in System Engineering and Information Assurance wif over twenty five years supporting several commercial, DoD and FAA initiatives.
• My experience in understanding the objective of the customer has provided me the opportunity to successfully manage and produce quality market research, training plans, design, change and risk policies, document development i.e.
• project plans, SOW, RFI, PWS, financial forecast etc., integration, implementation, migration and testing of IT solutions.
• Utilized Agile, Waterfall, ITIL v6, Risk Management Framework (RMF) and CMMI project management methodologies wif experience in implementing and designing systems incorporating Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) security requirements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Project Management
• System Engineering
• Information Assurance
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Customer Service

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Leader /Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Delegates and coordinates task completion by project team members. Manages day - to-day activities to include directing employees and subcontractors on assigned projects, participation in and documentation of all on-site project meetings as well as acting as main contact in negotiation of change orders wif all parties.
• Facilitated working group sessions and focus groups wif SMEs to gather and document business requirements then translated into technical specifications during Agile sprint sessions.
• Implemented SharePoint and MS Project server after gathering user requirements for over 30 locations.
• Interpolated MS Project, SharePoint, Excel, Clarity and Doors for scheduling, collaboration, tracking, managing team and projects activities.
• Developed curriculum wif vendors to conduct classes for training end-users on cloud computing and VoIP systems.
• Managed the execution of IT projects in accordance wif government Systems Acquisition Management and project management standards. Creates project plans, and oversee information distribution, team development, Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and information and quality assurance activities. Develops Performance Work Statements (PWS), Statement of Work (SOW), Acquisition Strategy, Source Selection Plan (SSP), Price Model Cost Estimate (PMCE), Goal one Waivers, Request for Proposal (RFP) and Risk Plans wif mitigation recommendations.
• Oversee the application of project management methodologies during phases of the project life cycle consisting of project design, task creation, artifacts tracking, scope management, quality and performance reporting, and cost control.
• Wrote and delivered approved acquisition packages for several I3MP and Military construction Army (MCA) projects. Provides the daily functional and budgetary management of assigned I3MP or IT installation projects.
• Provides supervision and monitoring of security related construction schedules and coordination of on-site technical work from start up, to check out, commissioning and final project acceptance.
• Chairperson and speaker at kick-Off meeting, Quarterly progress reviews and Foundation Coordination Meetings (FCM) conducts weekly briefs for Sr. management and representatives for all stakeholders.
• Oversees all functions between engineering groups, contracting office, outside vendors and clients during projects.
• Created project baselines template use by all Projects Managers. Developed matrix for all awarded projects detailing funding allocated and scheduling for training, spares, manpower, warranty, travel, technical support, risk, changes, incidents and vendors on contractor. Provided recommendations to Product Director (PD) on improving efficiency.
• Serves on Source Selection Evaluation Boards (SSEB) provides guidance to team members and writes final deliverables sent to contracting office.
• Briefs technical and non-technical audiences as required, tailor’s presentations to audiences of varies levels, subject noledge and size.
• Managed three contracts worth over 50 million in funding. Evaluates and recommends approval for Engineering Changes Proposal (ECP) and reviews all incident reports.
• Identifies critical path and contingencies including maintaining all records of project status, changes, material flow and other control records both internal and external.
• Maintains all related project correspondences, changes, risk reports, on-site work status, audits, project schedules and closeout for contracts.
• Saved over 6 million by identifying and reutilizing available resources at other Data Centers sites while completing VoIP software and hardware implementation under budget and on time.

Confidential, Sierra Vista, A

Sr. Systems Engineer/Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provides technical planning, architecture support, integration, engineering, test and evaluation and operational support to implement assigned Army interface into the Joint Enterprise Directory Services (EDS) initiatives. Supports the planning, architecture, system design, and implementation of IT consolidation to include EDS and NetOps capabilities.
• Reports and analyze impacts to cost, schedule, and performance to the Director as situations occur wif recommended solutions. Monitors and documents project implementation activities using established Government guidelines and reporting procedures and provides critical implementation coordination among DoD and Army installations, Regional/Functional Chief Information Officers, the CIO/G6 and PM communities.
• Provides synchronization of requirements throughout Active Directory 2008, SharePoint and Exchange 2007 design stages to include their implementation (site survey, staging, installation, testing, training), wifin schedule, operational and costing parameters and interfaces wif IT management, specialists and engineers throughout the Army.
• Recommends to concur/not concurring to Government on Request for Change (RFC) documents received from all CONUS Army organization. In weekly dialogue wif the Medical Command (MEDCOM) Point of Contact (POC) to provide guidance for MEDCOM migration into the CONUS forest.
• Collaborated wif cross-functional teams and Project Managers to deliver enterprise-wide infrastructure security program. Reviewed and identified security gaps, organized various program tracks to implement and rollout solutions for encryption and security risk/exposure. The program resulted in minimizing audit penalties, prevented security breaches and delivered a robust and stabilized infrastructure to safeguard Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) security requirements.
• Managed and tracked progress of six different projects worth over 2 million each and provided systems engineering support. Wrote Request for Information (RFI) for Directory Services Enterprise Tools to standardized Active Directory and Exchange management.
• Wrote GNEC Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) enterprise Army AD network. Wrote GNEC migration tools standard for Army AD Network.
• Assisted in designing Resource Forest implementing redundant Domain Controllers and SharePoint servers and web servers utilizing Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) for collaborating between SharePoint users in different Forests. Managed testing and assisted in test plans and signed off on deliverables.
• Provides management wif monthly forecasts as well as keeping management and subordinates informed of progress weekly.
• Develop, implement, and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), business plans and performance measures.

Confidential, Sierra Vista, AZ

Sr. Project Manager/Technical Integrator

Responsibilities:

• Develops implementation/migration plans on architectural designs provided by the government. Provides project management, implementation guidance, best practices information and detailed product specifications to support integration of Active Directory (AD) services, SharePoint and Exchange 2003 (E2K3) Server into the Army architecture.
• Receives progress reports of AD and E2K3 migrations from the Army's four regional RCIOs on weekly basis. Writes and conducts weekly AD progress presentation for upper management.
• Provides support in the development of operational guidelines and procedures for the AD implementation, group policy development, organizational unit management, IP security and other AD related functional capabilities in the operational environment for CONUS NIPRNet and SIPRNet AD implementation for 50 sites.
• Manage to completion of over 200,000 users to the AD enterprise Army forest. Lead contractor for E2K3 Transition Team for Information Technology Infrastructure Directorate (ITID). Reviews and provides comments to Project Manager Defense Communications and Army Switched Systems (PM DCASS) on transition of E2K3 to the Network Enterprise Technology Command. Ensures component solutions are wifin scope and will integrate successfully into the Army infrastructure.
• Manages and schedules vendors’ technical support for over 150 Army locations.
• Wrote Army SIPRNet migration plan to remove NT systems off SIPRNet and replace wif 2003 to join existing CONUS AD forest.

Confidential, Sierra Vista, AZ

Sr. Project Manager/Technical Integrator Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Proposes, plans, coordinates, and provides project management leadership for the Top Level Architecture Redesign 2 (TLA-R2) and the Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (NIPS) programs Army wide.
• Support the initiation, planning, execution, control, and data collection of enterprise interrelated projects.
• Provided technical guidance/assistance during scheduling and implementation of E2K3, SharePoint, APC and AD teams.
• Understands and has communicated/ recommend solutions to issues related to implementing Active Directory and Exchange on large, distributed networks. Familiar wif and utilizes AD Domain / Forest architecture best business practices. Reviews test plans and wrote the System Design Plan for the TLA-R2.
• Applies creativity, in-depth technical and theoretical noledge, and experience to solve complex problems. Communicates results to technical and non-technical audiences. Develops scheduling and tracked resources using Microsoft Project; determines task interdependencies; reviews risk analysis; tracks issues and action items; provides various project management visibility and control measures and reports as needed.
• Wrote five-year Program Objective Memorandum (POM) financial plan for 161 Army TLA sites valued at over 100 million. Developed and managed work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.
• Develop contractual documentation including Statements of Work (SOWs) and task orders for acquisitions of IT systems and services to support software development projects and ensuring software development project milestones are met on time, wifin funding parameters, in accordance wif client business objectives.
• Writes Transition Plans, Implementation Plans and budgets for projects. Negotiated wif other departments/customers on floor space and circuits.

Confidential, VA

Senior Information Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assisted wif Global Information Grid (GIG) Panel. Provides comments, attends Video Teleconference (VTC), reviews and updates Air Force Instructions (AFI) on COMSEC and I/A procedures.
• Support the Configuration Management and Control Requirements for the systems. Confidential
• Recommends concurring / not concurring using comment matrix and or executive summary.
• Works wif several DOD and Air Force agencies on daily basis. System Administrator privileges for SIPRNet database.
• Increase AF Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) Certification and Accreditations from 70% compliance to 99% compliance.
• Wrote Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) Strategic Plan for User Assistance Services to include; remote management, standard desktop, configuration management, software management and standardized halpdesk procedures for all Major Commands. Provides additional information assurance support functions to Confidential Air Force as required.

Confidential, PA

Senior Engineering Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Testing networks on connectivity and security issues, reviewing and assisting clients on designs and software updates.
• Recommends and or implements corrective action wif documentation. Intrusion Detection and software tools used are Nessus, SuperScan, Web Inspect, Tripwire, Checkpoint, Dragon and Symantec Manhunt.
• Design over 500 LAN/WAN for Confidential Corp. using VISIO. Reviews all network designs sent to customers.
• Part of a team of Technical Engineers whose primary duties were conducting Quality Assurance (Q&A) testing on all software and hardware provided by vendors. Configures Confidential, Cisco, 3Com, Netgear, Windows and Nortel products. Familiar wif Crystal Enterprise and Crystal Reports. Confidential product line includes; routers, switches, pbx, modems, wireless Ethernet, hubs, terminal servers, firewalls, VoIP, video, software and fiber optic media converters.
• Design and installed test LAN/WAN to troubleshoot or configure new and current products. Monitors all LAN/WAN ports and computers for unauthorized users, scans, software and network vulnerability.
• Managed traffic and network penetration testing using Symantec Manhunt for (IDS), Nessus, Norton Internet Security and Confidential LanVue. Provides after hour support when needed. Network Administrator for all Windows products.
• Tracked all customers’ data wif database software (Maestro). Reviews trends in products reliability and troubleshooting procedures from data stored in Maestro. Make recommendations on how to fix problems and add notes to troubleshooting tips in Maestro.

Confidential, Atlantic City, NJ

Project Manager /Senior Field Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include Shakedown Testing, conducting site surveys, Operations Test and Evaluations (OT&E), supervising FAA customers on interfacing their electronic and computer equipment wif the FAA equipment.
• Identify and recommends equipment required to integrate voice, LANs, WANs and data communication equipment wif the Reconfigurable Cockpit Simulator (RCS) and several aircraft simulators located throughout the United States.
• Designed and constructed an audio interface drawer used to interface FAA communication and data equipment wif aircraft simulators at each simulator site.
• Wrote contracts for equipment, labor, time and cost required for each project. Develop and maintain database used for equipment maintenance, equipment location, vendor, software, trouble tickets and test data. Supported the Ground Communication Engineering Branch on the several projects;
• Reported status on each project to FAA managers and Confidential district manager verbally and thru written correspondence.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: Cisco Routers and switches, Avaya Unified Communications products, Nortel Routers, Confidential Routers, Cisco Firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Netscreen Firewalls, VPN routers, Intrusion Detections Systems (IDS) terminal servers, PBX’s, Multiplexer, Media converters, Ethernet Switches, AS 400 hubs & equipment, Wireless Ethernet access points & bridges, PCs & Citrix, NIPS, NIDS, Web and SQL servers Satellite Terminals, Audio and Visual equipment.

Software: MS Project 2010, Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 server, Skype for BusinessRemedy, Ericsson Order Care, SharePoint, Doors, Excel, Clarity, Oracle, Active Directory, Quest QMM, ADMT, NetIQ, XP, MS Office Suite 1997 - 2010, Norton Internet Security and Confidential LanVue. Intrusion Detection and software tools used are Nessus, SuperScan, Web Inspect, Tripwire, ISS RealSecure, McAfee Intrushield, Retina, Checkpoint, Dragon and Symantec Manhunt for (IDS).