• Serve as Senior Strategic Advisor providing direct support to the Deputy Program Manager for NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC).• Responsible for meeting with federal agency acquisition leadership proving guidance on acquisition process options. Conduct briefings and trainings delivered throughout the United States and International locations.• Provide overall expert assistance with planning, coordination and delivery of the Federal Agency Strategic Solutions Team’s (FASST) activities.• Provide typical contracting mechanisms and propose innovative contracting approaches to both internal and external customers.• Serve as a high level mentor for those actions that require escalation and are forwarded for action. In addition to typical contract/delivery order awards. • Provide both pre-award and post-award acquisition functions involving highly complex, visible and specialized processes. • Provide advanced acquisition planning; develop procurement objectives for the given program that encompasses various procurement and program goals while incorporating the mission and vision of the program itself for outside customers as part of the FASST Team.

• Serve as Senior Acquisition Specialist and Subject Matter Expert for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) performing a variety of staff management functions relating to planning, directing, managing and advising on contractual matters involving complex program in advanced Information Technology and multiple acquisition management for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), Acquisitions and Grants Service Staff (AGSS).• Serve as on-site Team Lead providing overall supervision to the contractor staff of the day-to day planning, operation and administrative issues and problem-solving solutions required to support the client.• Responsible for overseeing and managing acquisition planning and contract management functions required to support a project with a mission of development, acquisition, testing, integration, production and fielding of management information systems relating to the integration of Digital Transformation.• Serve as a primary representative and advisor to program officials and other stakeholders in acquisition planning, budgeting, scheduling, financial management execution, contracting, cost/risk analysis, engineering and/or logistics planning.• Advises on all phases of negotiation with the contract specialist/contracting officer for contract modifications, change orders, supplemental agreements and delivery order processes including requirements, definition, justification and approval for service contract extension, method of contracting, evaluation of proposals and all phases of contract administration.

• Serve as Senior Contract Specialist and expert for the Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) negotiating, administering, and terminating contracts for the Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services (OAGS).• Responsible for all pre-award and post-award functions on contracts, nearly all of which are complex and differ greatly from each other. Acquisitions include cost-reimbursement; cost-sharing and fixed price type actions.• Responsible for a full range of contracts, including competitive and sole source requirements under special acquisitions regulations governing them.• Reviews, analyzes and implements acquisition policies and procedures issued by various federal organizations, as well as by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the FDA.• Establish procurement plan, including identifying and establishing milestones for each assigned procurement.• Identifying and analyzing acquisition process problems, trends, and emerging needs. Formulating and justifying new statutory initiatives to address unique problems, to meet newly emerging acquisition needs, and to resolve critical procurement process problems.

• Serve as Subject Mater Expert/Program Manager for the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) supporting the Acquisitions and Grants Office.• Serve as on-site Team Lead providing overall supervision to 40 contractors of the day-to day planning, operation and administrative issues and problem-solving solutions required to support the client.• Contract Specialist with responsibility for all pre-award and post-award functions involving moderate and highly complex negotiated procurements of significant importance to the Agency.• Assists in the review of procedural aspects of contract actions. Participates in contract administration sufficient to ensure contract terms and conditions are met and that the contractor delivers the required goods or services in a timely manner to achieve the objectives of the Agency's projects and programs.• Determines the most suitable method of procurement and tries to find new ways to improve production while ensuring that all requirements of law, governing regulations, and security policies have been met.• Direct the full range of contract administration actions required for system acquisition to include issuance of contract modifications, negotiation of changes, exercise of options, investigation and resolution of contractor delays, contractor performance appraisal, subcontractor surveillance, disposition of claims, and cancellation of contract.• Plan, develop, and establish the contractual strategy for the overall acquisition process.

• Serve as Senior Contract Specialist for the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) supporting the Acquisitions and Grants Office.• Serve as on-site expert and Team Lead providing overall supervision to 40 contractors for the day-to day procurement planning, operation and administrative issues and problem-solving solutions required to support the client.• • Responsible for all pre-award and post-award functions involving moderate and highly complex negotiated procurement's of significant importance to the NOAA valued up to $22 million.• Assists in the review of procedural aspects of contract actions. Participates in contract administration sufficient to ensure contract terms and conditions are met and that the contractor delivers the required goods or services in a timely manner to achieve the objectives of the NOAA's projects and programs.• Determines the most suitable method of procurement and tries to find new ways to improve production while ensuring that all requirements of law, governing regulations such as the FAR, and security policies have been met.• Advertises for and negotiates procurement of products and services using variety types of contract.

• Serve as Senior Procurement Analyst for the Library of Congress, Resource Management Group of the Information Technology Service Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI/ITS).• Provide guidance in major areas of procurement management and support, procurement policy, contracting support and operations and procurement oversight.• Assist with the development of procurement strategies, including advising program areas on contract vehicles such as GSA Schedule, Government Wide Acquisition Contract, etc.• Acted as Procurement Lead assisting OSI/ITS Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs) and technical point of contact in contract administrative functions, reviewing all procurement actions in their entirety for accuracy, adequacy, appropriateness and procedural requirements. • Provides ongoing technical advice, policy analysis and interpretations and serve as the primary contract office liaison for complex contracts for OSI/ITS.• Performs contract administration activities for significant, highly specialized procurements related to information technology and related service acquisitions.• Serves as the subject matter expert assisting the servicing unit CORs in the preparation of technical technology procurement documentation such as statement of work, brand name justification, sole-source documentation and vendor research analysis and the development of statements of work.• Monitors financial status of contractual agreements including: reviewing, verifying and providing reports on invoice payment status, researching and proposing solutions for workflow problems that have arisen in payment processing.

• Serve as Senior Acquisition Specialist for Customs and Border Protection, Facilities Management, and Engineering Directorate.• Acted as the senior advisor and subject matter expert to the Program Manager and the Contracting Officer’s Representative supporting the Policy and Acquisition Management Division.• • Developed Acquisition Strategies for the procurement of service support contracts valued up to $150 Million..• Reviewed, edited, and drafted requirements documents, which include Acquisition Plans, Market Research Reports, Statements of Work, Statement of Objectives, Performance Work Statements, and Independent Government Cost Estimates.• Drafted and reviewed Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotation and other supporting documents including Determination and Findings, Justification and Approvals and contract modifications.• Reviewed and drafted Source Selection Plans, Communication Plans, and Risk Management Plans.

• Served as Senior Contract Specialist for the Department of Health and Human Services negotiating, administering, and terminating contracts for the Department of Health and Human Services.• Monitored contractor’s performance against measurable performance metrics and provided written analysis to the client.• Coordinate the contract administration phase for awarded contracts, including monitoring contractor performance and compliance to contract requirements, negotiation and implementation of modifications which change the requirements of existing contracts, revisions to task requirements, changes to scope, including the issuance of task orders, contract modifications, and negotiation of changes, exercise of options, investigation and resolution of contractor delays, contractor performance, subcontractor surveillance, disposition of claims, terminations or other needs (cradle to grave).• Coordinated with Program Offices to determine requirements and establish acquisition strategies for unique and highly technical services.• Developed requirements documents for medical equipment and supplies, research and development initiatives and special studies and analyses. • Reviewed and analyzed proposals and quotes submitted by vendors for technical compliance and price.