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Columbus, OH, US

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

• Lead acquisition teams comprised of contracting officers, contract specialists, financial management personnel and client agencies through the complex Federal acquisition process while delivering contracts on-budget.
• Oversee a portfolio of approximately $300 million in Federal requirements, primarily consisting of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III projects for multiple Department of Defense (DoD) commands.
• Perform business development to identify new clients and projects, which has resulted in more than $200 million in new business.
• Manage Federal dollars through establishing interagency agreements, accepting client funding, reviewing and approving invoices and managing the contract burn rate and ceiling.
• Perform cradle to grave functions as a project manager, contract specialist and contracting officer’s representative.

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Rota, Spain

• Contract Specialist
• Responsible for cradle-to-grave functions for all contract actions valued above the simplified acquisition threshold.
• Recognized as employee of the quarter for efforts associated with awarding two large telecommunications contracts and supporting a bid protest at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
• Coordinated with officials at both the civil and criminal divisions of the Department of Justice, the Navy Acquisition Integrity Office, and NAVSUP Office of General Counsel to draft a responsibility determination and.
• Performed cradle-to-grave contract functions for a $60 million contract for air terminal and ground handling services in support of Naval Station Rota in Rota, Spain.
• Administer twelve contracts for commercial services with a total value of approximately $100 million. Contracting Officer

Arlington, VA

• Led negotiations for more than $1.1 billion in sustainment infrastructure, site stand-up, support equipment, engineering services and spares.
• Performed high-level proposal analysis, including detailed cost analysis of proposed labor hours, labor categories and work breakdown structure elements.
• Conducted cost and price analysis, negotiated and definitized three undefinitized contract actions for complex hardware totaling $80 million.
• Worked with cost analysts and members of the JPO technical team to negotiate a reduction of more than $120 million from proposed not-to-exceed prices.
• Facilitated complex contractual actions while coordinating with three U.S. Services and eight international participants.
• Managed Government furnished property for Sustainment contract actions and helped the program office comply with Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) directives.

Great Lakes, IL

• Efficiently completed 30 task orders from acquisition planning through contract closeout.
• Created a new multiple award construction contract that reduced cost, cycle time and front-end engineering efforts allowing task order award in less than 30 days while maintaining a price-competitive environment.
• Drafted acquisition strategy memoranda, acquisition plans, justification and approval documentation, determination and findings, source selection plans, price evaluation board reports and solicitations.
• Developed evaluation factors and sub-factors as well as evaluation criteria for source selection plans.
• Developed public solicitations, evaluated proposals and chaired a Price Evaluation Board.
• Planned and executed a coordinated effort for Public Works Department Central to close out more than 70 contract actions, thus reducing the backlog by 30 percent.

Master’S Degree, Public Policy And Management

Education record

Bachelor’S Degree, Government And Politics