Experienced Senior Program Manager skilled in Government, Navy, Systems Engineering and Acquisition Management. Strong program and project management professional with a BS focused in Marine Engineering from United States Merchant Marine Academy. 42 years of Government ship acquisition program management experience specializing in commercial ship design and shipbuilding/conversion projects requiring complex mission systems integration. Responsible for the acquisition of various special mission ship operating platforms for unique United States military and federal Government missions, including responsibilities for management of new construction ships for cable laying and repair, oceanographic survey and research, fisheries research, underwater surveillance, missile data collection and tracking, and an acoustic research ship conversion. Directed all acquisition planning from requirements development, design execution, contract solicitation, source selection and award, budget and cost analysis, oversight of the detail design, construction, and shipbuilder test and trials program Managed mission-related procurements and ship platform interface management and post-delivery mission demonstration planning and execution verifying operational performance prior to turnover.