SUMMARY:

I have over 9 ½ years of direct experience as a Senior Project/Program Manager acting as the senior ManTech on - site Lead on a multi-project IDIQ contract government contract providing system level integration and testing services for DoD and DHS Agencies. I have an additional 24 years’ of project management experience in leading diverse testing teams of various sizes executing the processes and procedures associated with Information Technology analysis, systems testing, system installations/implementations, configuration management, operator training and life cycle testing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Plan, Monitor and Control the execution of 10 to 25 individual testing projects and ~70 exempt and nonexempt personnel at two Confidential (JITC) locations, achieving annual revenues of up to $28 million. Consistently receive ratings of “Very Good” to “Excellent” for all projects under my control. Projects include Developmental Testing (DT), Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), System Integration Testing (SIT), Interoperability Testing (IOP), Operational Testing (OT), and Cyber Assurance to include Certification & Accreditation (C&A) and Computer Network Defense (CND).
• Senior ManTech representative and liaison between ManTech, our subcontractor team members and the Government Action Officers (AOs), Branch Chiefs, Division Chiefs and other JITC and DISA Senior Management personnel. Meet regularly with stakeholders to discuss the status of projects, monitor the progress, budgets, approval rating and take corrective action to improve performance to meet the customer expectations.
• Ensure we provide all deliverables on time, on budget, and in compliance with government standards.
• Lead and coordinate the efforts of ManTech entities and our subcontractor team mates to develop relevant, cost-effective proposals for new projects that are advertised by JITC. These proposals consist of the submission of a Work Breakdown Schedule (WBS), estimated staffing requirements, estimated costs, technical approach, anticipated deliverables and quality control measures based on the government’s Request for Proposal (RFP) and scope of work.
• Coordinate with business office personnel to monitor burn rates for projects under my control and review financials generated for my projects regularly to ensure they are within +/- 10% of original estimates.
• Coordinate with government Action Officers to modify existing projects due to changes in personnel and the scope of work.
• Very knowledgeable in the processes and knowledge areas outlined in the PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
• Assist on-site ManTech personnel with creating both technical and developmental goals to be completed during each evaluation period. Write annual evaluations for 7 local ManTech Group leaders and 4 Direct Reports. Act as the Level two (2) supervisor and approval authority for remaining ManTech personnel evaluations.
• Prepares and/or provides input to both technical and financial reports and briefs to senior government and ManTech Management.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Support the JWID/CWID Joint Management Office (JMO) as the Chairman of the Confidential (AWG). Ensure every aspect of interoperability, Information Assurance (IA), and warfighter utility are identified, documented, exercised and assessed during the annual 2 week Execution period.
• Primary JITC assessment point of contact leading a diverse team of professionals to perform the technical and Information Assurance assessments performed on 40 Interoperability Trials (ITs) participating in the CWID Execution each year.
• Perform formal reviews of the emerging technology proposals submitted by the vendors and government sponsors who wish to participate in the CWID execution to demonstrate their capabilities in response to gaps identified between the US DoD and Coalition partners.
• Perform formal reviews and coordinate each Trials execution plan to determine system capabilities, interfaces, data requirements and system configurations to use during the CWID Execution.
• Conduct formal assessments during the JWID/CWID execution from multiple locations, then generate and deliver documentation associated with the assessments of the NSS and ITS systems directly to the Joint Staff J6.
• Received government ratings of “Very Good” and “excellent” from the government throughout my tenure as CWID AWG Chair.

Project Manager

Confidential, Greenbelt, MD

Responsibilities:

• Senior Titan representative and liaison between the company, test teams, team members, the Government Project Lead and the NASA Contracting Officer. Meet regularly with stakeholders to discuss the status of tasks, monitor the progress of deliverables, monitor the financial status and government approval rating and take corrective action to improve performance to meet the customer expectations. Increased government evaluation rating from 75% to 92% during my tenure.
• Responsible for the activities and 9 personnel on three separate test teams performing integration and interoperability testing of the Science instrument interfaces of the NASA sponsored Earth Observing System (EOS) Ground System (EGS) for the TERRA, and AQUA Satellite missions.
• Manage and coordinate the Earth Ground Station (EGS Integration and Test (EGS I&T) activities, including initial requirements analysis, Test Planning, Test preparations, Test Execution, Integration test scheduling, and generating the test (results) reports
• Ensure we provide all deliverables on time, on budget, and in compliance with government standards.
• Manage the execution and reporting of testing performed for the EGS I&T and Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs). Testing ensured the software developers fulfilled the functional system requirements mandated by the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) project management office.
• Assist Titan/Averstar personnel with creating both technical and developmental goals to be completed during each evaluation period. Write annual evaluations for eight (8) Direct Reports.
• Ensure we provide all deliverables on time, on budget, and in compliance with government standards.

Confidential

Telecommunications Specialist, MD

Responsibilities:

• Interoperability Test Team Leader performing Y2K testing for Naval Record Message Telecommunications Systems.
• Government Test Director responsible for the planning, coordination and performance of system testing conducted on automated Naval Record Message Communications systems. Testing efforts range from Developmental, Integration, Operational, and Interface Certification on Mainframes, Mini and Personal Computer based systems.
• Act as sponsor’s on-site representative during site surveys and system implementations throughout the world at major Naval Communications Stations.
• Receive and analyze reports of failures of automated telecommunications systems and based on those analyses determine general fault location (hardware/software).

Communications Systems Analys

Confidential, Landover, MD

Responsibilities:

• Supervised the conduct of the Hardware Acceptance Testing (HAT) for the activation of the NAVCOMPARS and Local Digital Message eXchange (LDMX) mainframe Naval Shore Communications systems. Testing consisted of verifying all system components, peripherals and internal/external interfaces that use a variety of protocols to include MODE 1, Teletype, RIXT, CUDIXS
• Act as the On-site liaison between the hardware vendor, government sponsor and the installation site representatives during the installation, testing and government acceptance.