Project Manager

Skills

Employment History:

Confidential

• Provide Serco Inc. with three specific areas of focus, Business Development, Program Management and Team Leadership. Manage programs, projects and related Task Orders with Revenue ranging from 3-15M. Responsible for cost management through continual cost control and review using standard PMP processes and procedures for task design, development and delivery. Assist the company in Business Development activities expanding both the client base and the product/services offerings. Duties include providing expertise on task order and customer expectation/information management throughout projects. Using an extensive advanced knowledge, decades of experience and understanding of the work projects including the processes and procedures involved ensuring successful completion.
• Provide advanced technology insertion as training/education interventions including simulations, mobile application development and computer based blended learning elements of traditional classroom instruction. Developed training curriculum and Training and adult learning with distance learning expertise .Managed multiple projects including 11 courses for transitioning soldiers Army Career Alumni Program ACAP , two courses for the Retirement Services Officer program and built an interactive User's guide for the Navy used for Budget preparation. Each of the courses was developed by multiple teams at multiple locations simultaneously. These ACAP courses were used as the basis for the U.S. Congress' Vow to Veterans Transition Assistance Program training used by the entire Department of Defense.

Confidential

• Provided leadership of Program Management and Operations in the Government market space of a growing and dynamic advanced technology training development firm. PM of a heavily competed prime MAC IDIQ contract supporting the Navy. As the project manager of a single award multi year contract supporting the Military Sealift Command MSC , we completed three required courses saving the MSC an estimated million dollars per year. These courses were all built in the International Maritime Organization format. Developed training curriculum and training and adult learning with distance learning expertise. Mobile application development was incorporated for customers as part of our distributed learning paradigm.
• Working in all four quadrants of the Business Development model, conducted business development to provide education and training products and services for corporate and government organizations. To increase client knowledge and help define requirements, a considerable amount of time was generated advising clients on the use of the most advanced technologies available to capture, mentor, and challenge learners to reach new levels of performance which make traditional distributed learning approaches seem flat in comparison.

Confidential

Program Manager and General Manager

• Proposed, awarded and was PM for the SEAPORTe Contract and the heavily competed PEOSTRI STOC II both Large and Small Lots . Proposed, won and managed 15 Task Orders on the TRADOC Distributed Learning Education Training Products DLETP Contract. Proposed, authored both the technical and price volumes for Imedia.it, won and was appointed the PM for the Navy's Education/Training Products and Support Services Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity IDIQ contract a 47 Million dollar value - multiple award contract in 2009. In this contract vehicle, responded to, won and managed multiple task orders.
• Activities in this period included introducing time saving development methodologies, which reduced cost for clients by as much as 25 percent. Demonstrate an actual 27 percent reduction in learning time periods at the Army Military Intelligence Center in one of the courses developed for 96B soldiers. Developed training curriculum.
• Managed multi-functional and geographically dispersed teams. Responsible for overall leadership, supervision and management for the entire East Coast operation of this industry standard setting training development firm.

Confidential

Market Sector

Was responsible for development, program and acquisition management in support of Navy and Special Operations Market Sector. Using knowledge gained helping shape the Army's Distributed learning domain, assisted the Navy in its Revolution In Training, by providing state-of-the-art training technologies coupled with the most successful current cognitive behavior modification approaches. On a single award contract my teams provided courses that improved the JFCOM J9 Cultural Awareness and antiterrorism content areas. Successfully pursued, won and managed 7 M of contract work including five contracts with military clients.

Confidential

Deputy Division Manager

Deputy PM for program management support of the Total Army Distance Learning Program TADLP . Was a core asset in bringing a one billion dollar Army ACAT I program into existence. Transitioning to the Deputy Division Manager position, oversaw the Distributed Learning team directly, at one point personally managing as the PM 17 different Distributed Learning Task orders simultaneously, valued at 13 Million dollars. This body of work included multiple award winning products, such as the Joint Staff's J34 Antiterrorism Awareness Course Level, which was awarded the eLearning magazine's Success Award for 2002. This course remains a training requirement every DoD member and their contract staff are required to take annually. Training and adult learning with distance learning expertise.

Confidential

As the Deputy Director of the Central Training and Testing Facility CTSF located at Fort Hood, TX, responsible for the initial building and site construction then the facilities management for three separate sites including 20 buildings and properties. Developed training curriculum, In support of operations at these sites, supervised the shipping and receiving department which operated for all agencies government and civilian companies involved in the Force 21 arena. Directed motor pool operations staff, conducted daily maintenance activities for a fleet of 150 vehicles. Managed the property book section of the site all property management inclusive of all real property and all prototype Force 21 initiatives . Supervised the depot operations focused on cable fabrication and repair. As part of the AWE program, managed the entire contractor support provisioning and logistics, out loading and embarking including construction of the Fort Irwin CA Test Site for the 1500 person contractor support package testing the AWE.

Confidential

Logistics Analyst/Manager

Conducted start-up operations for the Exercise Control Cell of the Force 21 transition effort. This series of Army Warfighting Experiments AWE ushered in the digital Army. Assisted the Army in converting, uploading and staging the entire 1st Brigade of the 4th ID from outdated steel Brigade unit to the first of the digital Brigades in 90 days by planning the individual company or troop rotation through the assembly and training sessions to a successful deployment through the National Training Center rota