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Reston, VA

• Project Management – Manage and provide oversight to contract’s top projects by hosting project status meetings, tracking deliverables/due dates, ensuring projects remain in scope, and managing risks
• Cloud Education – Lead Cloud Talks and Cloud Days in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Cloud Broker Team experts to educate the workforce on cloud offerings and benefits
• Cloud Adoption – Formalize the business and security approval process to leverage a ServiceNow based ticketing system

• Demonstrated Operational Readiness – Led ORR effort to showcase to the IC that all aspects of the DaaS 1.0 release was operationally ready. Ensured there was complete concurrence from our JPMO customer and BAE team.
• Implemented Process Improvement – Created a Continuous Service Improvements (CSI) release calendar, a standard release templates and a release workflow to help offer visibility to key milestones and deliverables. Also.
• Manage Staff – Prioritized work requests for technical staff and mentored less-experienced personnelSignificant Accomplishment
• Recipient of BAE Impact Award – Recognized by leadership for outstanding performance in getting in DaaS 1.0 approved at the critical ORR milestone

Falls Church, VA

• Manage Release Lifecycle - Own the Release Management lifecycle for major software releases by working with multiple departments (Development, Test, Operations, O&M) from inception to deployment to ensure proper.
• Execute Releases On Time - Strong track record of delivering releases on time by coordinating across departments and ensuring staff understands their roles and responsibilities in the Release and Deployment Management.
• Provide Status Updates/Reports - Keep leadership, client and other key stakeholders apprised of release progress, and identify risks and issues
• Lead Go Live Activities – Seamlessly manage the execution of deployment plans, documentation, approvals/review boards and checklists to ensure a smooth deployment
• On-Board Tenant Applications – Assist applications to on-board to the ADX PaaS by collecting requirements, creating and providing platform documentation/checklists, assigning admin support, scheduling and attending.
• Communicate Release Changes and Dependencies - Ensure tenant applications on platform are aware of changes, testing responsibilities, blackouts and overall schedule impacts Significant Accomplishments

• Deliver End-To-End Services - Educated and shepherded applications through the multi-step and dynamic accreditation process
• Manage Requirements - Collected, negotiated, documented and communicated requirements for software’s development and testing environments across three security domains
• Manage Client Requests – Communicated objectives and served as a liaison between the customer and technical staff to create/upgrade physical/virtual environments
• Build Test Environments – Orchestrated the assignment of VLANs, IP Address, and device names; facilitated network solutions across multiple domains; coordinated the import/export of physical data center equipment; and.
• Solve Problems – Provided initial troubleshooting for account-specific technical issues to include port connections for remote access, user account credentials/permissions, and managed network resources
• Meet Deadlines - Directed technical personnel to ensure projects conform to schedules, escalated workflow issues to client and recommended adjustments as needed

Plan and execute all marketing efforts to secure funding and support from senior government officials. Develop, implement and promote process improvements that enhance the customers’ experience and add structure to an evolving department.

Led the Client Services department that was responsible for strategic planning, execution and analysis of clients’ email, web, and other marketing efforts. Tasked as a member of the executive committee to define product offerings, pricing and positioning, pursue business development opportunities and respond to RFPs.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

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