Brian Dotson, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Md, Us

Strategic Program Manager with over 25 years of professional experience in the US Air Force and as a Navy Government Contractor. Skilled in streamlining operations with a proven record of managing project life cycle with multiple projects simultaneously from initiation through closeout. Exceptional ability to lead cross-functional teams to identify project capabilities, assess resources, and collaborate with personnel ensuring projects delivered on time and within scope of budget.

Edgewood, Md

• Provided support to two Senior Program Managers in coordinating and managing all activities, resources, procurement, manufacturing, testing, and delivering X-Ray and chemical detection equipment for two large federal contracts in excess of $700 million dollars.• Managed subcontractor performance to ensure compliance with contract provisions, quality assurance, and costs remain within scope—processed subcontractor invoices to ensure on time payments.• Prepared and presented status reports and monthly program management reviews with executive leadership.• Responsible for developing a Project Charter, Project Management Plan (PMP), Risk Management Plan,Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Integrated Master Plan (IMP), and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

Suitland, Md

• Project lead responsible for overseeing execution of the statement of work (SOW) and managing task budget oversight to ensure man-hours and travel costs remained within scope.• Established and maintained a quality metrics program for US Navy and Pentagon executive leadership to measure level of effort and budgetary allocations towards mitigating national and Department of Defense (DoD) intelligence gaps—program adopted as the model for all DoD entities to report maritime intelligence activities.• Provided technical and operational support to US Navy and Pentagon executive leadership to assist with the development of maritime intelligence concept of operations/doctrine and strategy, policy, plans and programs. Provided expert counsel and advice concerning policy, strategy, programmatics, and managerial issues.• Developed an electronic collection process to capture activities performed by maritime intelligence funded positions—providing executive leadership with continuously updated metrics on maritime intelligence activities.

Suitland, Md

• Managed a US Navy Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle at the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)—11 projects (seven simultaneously) in excess of $9 million dollars involving over 40 personnel.• Maintained financial oversight, managed costs and approved invoices associated with ONI projects, utilizing quality control processes to identify potential problems and develop remedy plans as needed.• Provided monthly financial reports to government contracting officer’s representatives (CORs) detailing planned/actual costs and hours, underruns/overruns, and the status of each project.• Responsible for directing the inflow of contract RFPs, reviewing SOWs to determine appropriate response, and writing/overseeing the execution of project proposals to ensure deadlines and expectations are met.• Responsible for Parsons business development and strategic direction at ONI and managing the allocation of resources towards a proposal bid/no-bid decision—directly managed proposal budget and cross-functional coordination with corporate contracts and subcontracts managers, pricers, and security personnel.• Supervised the on-site needs and recruitment process of employees, including subordinate supervisors, and conducted reviews to evaluate personnel performance.• Monitored subcontractor performance to ensure compliance with contract provisions, quality assurance, and costs remain within scope.• Presented a quarterly program technical review to senior management detailing all aspects of the IDIQ contract, including detailed financial analysis, project staffing and performance, challenges/concerns, and strategic planning for follow-on projects.• Responsible for the execution and performance of Parsons on-site safety program ensuring employee adherence to safety, health, and risk management.

Suitland, Md

• On-site lead and primary point of contact for more than 20 projects and responsible for the daily management of Parsons employees.• Provided direction and guidance to project task leads and ensured compliance with project SOWs.• Served as the project lead supervising a team of six personnel developing complex maritime intelligence capability studies against foreign maritime forces to determine capabilities, limitations, intelligence gaps, and potential solutions to satisfy those gaps.• Effectively maintained project budget to ensure man-hours/rates and travel costs remained within scope.• Met weekly with each customer to address project status, changing priorities and emerging requirements.• Assisted Program Manager and Proposal Manager in developing proposal win strategies and responses.

Suitland, Md

• Assisted the National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC) Director in strategic outreach, information sharing projects, and interagency governance.• Established messaging and marketing tools to promote NMIC organization and mission. Created talking points and speeches for the NMIC Director’s conferences and meetings with interagency organizations.• Developed a branding brief to assist NMIC in streamlining the strategic message and establish branding awareness. Assisted in the creation of marketing tools used to promote the NMIC organization and mission.

Suitland, Md

• Managed the implementation and development of a 24-hour watchfloor training program and required curriculum—authored more than 85 Standard Operating Procedures.• Simultaneously managed the implementation and development of both the JAC Molesworth Maritime Watchfloor and the Indications and Warning Watchfloor training programs outlining training goals and competencies, timeframe for completion, and assessment requirements.• Supervised and directed a team of four training software developers to create over 40 computer-based training lessons detailing basic and advanced operational procedures.• Effectively maintained project budget oversight to ensure man-hour/rates and travel costs remained in scope.

Ft. Meade, Md

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Information Systems

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Military Applied Sciences