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• Provides full proposal development life-cycle support for responses to government released RFPs, RPPs, PWSs, and SOO. • Interviews SMEs for the development of technical proposal content. Uses understanding of complex technical systems and engineering background to develop pertinent questions and be able to ask meaningful follow-up questions.• Develops compliance matrices and performs compliance checks of proposal responses to ensure all instructions have been followed and all requirements are met. Provides solutions to meet compliance if necessary. • Develops and manages responses to several scorecard-based opportunities like GSA OASIS+, NITAAC CIO-SP4, GSA Polaris, etc.• Develops analyses to determine the best way to maximize points for scorecard-based opportunities to include determining which contracts a company should use and helping identify partners to help increase win probability. • Acts as Proposal Manager which includes analyzing procurement documents, developing templates and section plans, creating proposal schedule, developing, organizing, and submitting questions to the government, acting as book boss to proposal volumes, participating in color reviews and document recovery, performing compliance checks, compiling all input to the documents, and packaging up final documents for submission. • Identifies and develops pertinent graphics for technical volumes and fine tuned graphics using Microsoft Visio and PowerPoint. • Develops administrative volumes of RFP responses including PM and Transition.• Develops and uses SE processes for management and development of proposal content.• Facilitates meetings in support of proposal development to include Kick-Offs, Daily Stand-Ups, Color Review Debriefs, working sessions, and Gate Reviews.

As Senior Consultant:• Provided full proposal development life-cycle support for responses to government released RFPs, RPPs, PWSs, and SOO. • Interviewed SMEs for the development of technical proposal content. Used understanding of complex technical systems and engineering background to develop pertinent questions and be able to ask meaningful follow-up questions.• Developed compliance matrices and performed compliance checks of proposal responses to ensure all instructions have been followed and all requirements are met. Provided solutions to meet compliance if necessary. • Developed and managed responses to several scorecard-based opportunities. These included NITAAC CIO-SP4, GSA Polaris (All Domains).• Developed analyses to determine the best way to maximize points for scorecard-based opportunities to include determining which contracts a company should use and helping identify partners to help increase win probability. • Acted as Proposal Manager for several efforts which included analyzing procurement documents, developing templates and section plans, created proposal schedule, developing, organizing, and submitting questions to the government, acting as book boss to proposal volumes, participating in color reviews and document recovery, performing compliance checks, compiling all input to the documents, and packaging up final documents for submission. • Identified and developed pertinent graphics for technical volumes and fine tuned graphics using Microsoft Visio. • Developed administrative volumes of RFP responses including PM and Transition.• Developed and used SE processes for management and development of proposal content.• Facilitated meetings in support of proposal development to include Kick-Offs, Daily Stand-Ups, Color Review Debriefs, working sessions, and Gate Reviews.• Participated in proposal development for the following Government Agencies: DOS, SEC, DoD, DHS, FBI, GSA, HHS, NIH, EPA, FCC and Department of Commerce.

• Provided full proposal development life-cycle support for government released RFPs and PWSs. • Developed technical content RFP responses to include storyboarding, narrative and graphics development, color team review and recovery and desktop publishing for submission. Developed technical content in the areas of: Logistics, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Communications Security, Technical Documentation and Training Development, Software Development and Life Cycle, Aircraft Maintenance, Help Desk Support, Configuration Management, Risk Management, and Project Management• Interviewed SMEs for the development of technical proposal content. Used understanding of complex technical systems and engineering background to develop pertinent questions and be able to ask meaningful follow-up questions. • Developed compliance matrices and perfored compliance checks of RFP responses to ensure all instructions have been followed and all requirements are met. Provided solutions to meet compliance if necessary. • Identified and developed pertinent graphics for proposal narratives and fine tuned graphics using Microsoft Visio. • Has developed Basis of Estimates (BOE) of personnel necessary to perform work described in government released RFPs and PWSs.• Participated in proposal color reviews and provided feedback to improve responses. Performed color team recovery of technical content that I authored and that was authored by others.• Responsible for all Microsoft Project schedule development contract transition volume and execution examples. Developed resource loaded maintenance schedule for 400+ maintenance cards for the H-53 RESET proposal. • Researched and developed knowledge of new and complex subjects for the purpose of developing proposal content. • Developed administrative volumes of RFP responses including Program Management and Transition.• Developed and used SE processes for management and development of proposal content.

Aurora Sciences Vice President • Member of the company’s executive leadership team.• Responsible for all company proposal efforts • Worked very closely with many FAA contractors on proposal responses and strategic initiatives • Participated in the company’s strategic planning initiatives which defined the company’s mission, business strategy, and corporate values.• Supervised and mentored other employees and supervisors and at one point had 11 direct reports • Performed the role of contract representative to the prime contractor on four major FAA contracts and one small business effort • Worked closely with Contract Officers (COs) to identify and fulfill contract requirements. • Responsible for identifying internal and external resources to meet task order requirements

• Supported four AJI Programs (Operational Analysis and Reporting System (OARS), Tower Simulation System (TSS), DALR Remote Audio Access System (DRAAS) and Closed Runway Operation Prevention Device (CROPD)) through Joint Resource Council (JRC) Investment readiness decisions.• Developed program assessments to track JRC readiness progress for each program• Supported the development of the Problem Statement, Shortfalls Analysis and Concept of Operations (ConOps) for DRAAS• Developed sections of the Concept and Requirements Decision (CRD) Plan, Initial Program Requirements (iPR) and ConOps and facilitated the JRC Kick-Off Meeting for TSS• Tailored the JRC Checklist for the TSS Initial Investment Decision (IID)• Supported the Air Traffic Control Advanced Training Concept (ATC2) working group with requirements development and management for the transformation of Air Traffic Control technical training as they prepare to engage the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC)

• Responsible for developing training courses for AIT personnel who will be performing RIO management for AIT’s 112 programs• Executed training for RIO Management process and the RIO Management Active Risk Manager (ARM) tool.• Supported the development of the RIO Management governance • Developed a draft training plan to meet the training needs of all AIT personnel.• Responsible for maintaining and management associated with the implementation and conduction of training in AIT.• Provided guidance to AIT Management on all elements of RIO to help them make informed decisions on how to implement RIO throughout their organization.

• Primary focal point for all aspects of RIO Management for the ERAM Program and all future ERAM initiatives including System Enhancements and Tech Refresh and Sector Enhancements.• Responsible for identifying RIOs, developing mitigation plans and managing those plans through completion.• Responsible for identifying, coordinating with and managing resources and stakeholders to ensure RIOs were mitigated within the needed timeframe to help achieve project success. • Responsible for interfacing with stakeholders, including Second Level Engineering, NATCA, PASS, site personnel, Technical Operations, etc. to communicate status of all RIOs on a regular basis• Participated in the mitigation of RIOs and developed, maintained and updated schedules for which mitigations needed to be completed to successfully mitigate the possible ramifications of the RIO being realized.• Responsible for development and execution of RIO training materials for the ERAM program and authored the ERAM RIO Governance Documents.• Twice Participated in the working group that updated the PMO RIO Management Plan • Responsible for tracking and reporting of organization and performance metrics for the ERAM system including Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) and Business Plan goals.• Responsible for developing RIO management metrics on a quarterly basis and presenting those to the ERAM Leadership.• Provided guidance to the ERAM team (FAA and contractor personnel) in performing mitigation plan tasks to completion.• Viewed and evaluated ERAM Problem Trouble Reports (PTRs) from FAA ARTCCs advancing towards Continuous Operations to determine if they needed to be tracked as part of risks for each ERAM site. • Responsible for planning, executing and development post meeting minutes for the ERAM RIO Management Board• Reviewed and Analyzed GIM software PTRs and the proposed solutions prepared by the GIM engineering team.• Reviewed and provided comments on the GIM program requirements documents

Business Development Lead• Represented Aurora Sciences in the development of company relationships which resulted in Aurora Sciences participating in several large FAA Contract Proposals • Developed capability matrices mapping Aurora’s capabilities to the requirements within the statement of work to determine the company’s ability to bid on an opportunity.• Reviewed and provided recommendations on what procurement opportunities should be pursued and possible teammates based on Aurora’s capabilities and the capabilities of the possible teammates.• Identified companies to subcontract to for large FAA procurement opportunities. • Developed technical and cost proposal documentation to meet the requirements of FAA solicitations in accordance with the RFP• Acted as Proposal Manager for Aurora’s prime contractor response to the VOLPE ATEPS Small Business and the FAA eFAST AJI Support Services RFPs. • As Proposal Manager: Developed and maintained the project plan; Assigned proposal sections to be written by company personnel and other teammates; Prepared for and facilitated proposal reviews; Reviewed and provided comments for all submissions; ensured all documentation was compliant with RFP requirements; Performed final edit of the Technical, Management and Cost Volumes and produced the final proposal documents to be delivered to the Offeror. • Acted as Aurora’s representative for RFP responses that we were a subcontractor teammate on.

• Responsible for system implementation planning, coordination, deployment, testing, integration, and acceptance activities for Central Service Area (CSA).• Responsible for the implementation of the ADS-B Service Delivery Point (SDP) at FAA terminal facilities which included performing site surveys, determining site requirements, developing statements of work (SOWs), and coordinating and overseeing installation activities• Developed and conducted presentations to provide site implementation plans and to review the status of current site implementation projects to the ADS-B Implementation Lead. • Conducted outreach, facilitated implementation telecons to discuss and rectify site issues and maintained all data on the ADS-B Implementation KSN site. • Evaluated alternatives determined at site surveys (SDP location, power panel use, grounding options, etc.) and provided recommendations.• Reviewed SOWs and provided comments to the implementation leads for Eastern and Western Services Areas. • Reviewed and commented on the Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to allows the ADS-B to be connected to essential power for sites that do not have critical power on site. • Responsible for the planning and tracking of the transition from the Capstone system to the SBS ADS-B system in Alaska, including development of the Capstone system disposal plan to decommission the legacy system.• Responsible for developing NAS Change Proposals to remove the Capstone system from the NAS.• Developed the Capstone equipment list and coordinated the transfer of the equipment back to the FAA Technical Center to storage and capitalization.

• As a member of the CSA PM team, responsible for employing sound PM and Systems Engineering principles in the management of the installation of surveillance, communications and weather on oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico (GoMex).• Participated in the development of requirements documents including IRDs, ICDs, ADS-B Coverage Requirements, changes in requirements needed to external interfaces (Automation, Surveillance, etc.) to be able to accept ADS-B Data, etc. • Developed requirements to fulfill complete surveillance, weather and communications coverage of all oil and gas platforms in the low altitude airspace and all air routes in the high-altitude airspace over GoMex• Helped ensure all requirements were met and the ADS-B vendor was following sound engineering practices in the implementation of surveillance, weather and communications on oil and gas platforms in GoMex• Developed coverage analyses and participated in data analyses of flight test data to verify coverage goals were met in GoMex• Analyzed, assessed and provided recommendations for the impacts to requirements being changed in GoMex with oil and gas platforms no longer being able to be utilized by the FAA• Supported the Space Based ADS-B Program which included developing functional and operational requirements, alternatives, critical path schedule and documentation essential to the JRC process• Redeveloped the Space Based ADS-B Concept of Operations.• Participated in the development of investment analysis artifacts for the Integrated Display System – Replacement (IDS-R) and the Logistics Center Support System (LCSS) programs which included development of sections of the Implementation Strategy and Planning Document (ISPD), the OMB Exhibit 300, Attachment 2: Business Case Analysis Report (BCAR) and the Program Management Plan. • Participated in updating the final Program Requirements Document (fPRD) for LCSS and IDS-R as part of their AMS Re-Baselining efforts.

• Provided systems engineering support for facility replacement and realignment projects• Developed future equipment requirements of terminal facilities based on current requirements/systems at that site and possible future controller expansion and advancement in technology• Developed an Integration Team with the ATO-T Planning, SE lead which brought together representatives from each Terminal Sector to determine if equipment requirements for future projects could be met and if there was risk associated with each requirement• Provide technical acquisition support to Terminal programs needing to acquire new systems to meet the need of new or replacement FAA facilities.• Developed the KSN site for the Integration Team and maintained the site with up to date information for members of the team.• Developed technical white paper on the need for hand held emergency radios at FAA ATCT and TRACONs.• As a member of the Terminal Requirements Board (TRB) Analysis team, Mr. Hawthorne supported the analysis of Operational Analysis Requests (OARs) by working with the program to determine cost, schedule and risk to implement a need.

• Responsible for meeting the needs of the customer by replacing the current copper cable configuration with a state-of-the-art fiber optic SONET cable loop• Aided in developing the procurement package to acquire a fiber optic multiplexer to be used throughout the National Airspace System (NAS)• Supported the development of common fiber optic platforms to replace discrete architectures that exist on airports throughout the NAS• Participated in the development of the Request for Proposal (RFP) to procure a fiber optics multiplexer.• Reviewed multiplexer submissions in response to the fiber optics multiplexer RFP.

• Worked with FAA field personnel to determine site requirements for replacing the current A/G radios with the new Multimode Digital Radios (MDRs) and UHF radios• Coauthored programmatic documentation including the Radio Disposal Plan for decommissioned radios and the Product Implementation Plan (PIP)• Supported the conduction of the In-Service Checklist (ISR) from the beginning through In-Service Decision (ISD)• Coordinated site surveys, site requirements, government furnished equipment ordering and delivery, and installation with regional personnel in the Central Service Area.• For each CSA site that received MDR and UHF radios, responsible for completion of the Joint Acceptance Inspection checklist including the mitigation of exceptions raised by stakeholders.

• Coordinated with FAA Headquarters and field personnel to develop requirements for the A/G Comm. Site Survey Database• Designed and developed the prototype database and user interface in Microsoft Access 97 • Developed the requirements document to implement the online site survey application.• Led the team that developed the database for the A/G Comm. Site Survey Database in Oracle 9i and the interface in Cold Fusion• Authored the user’s handbook/reference guide for the tool• Developed and conducted training course in all three FAA Service Areas for database usage

• Responsible for conducting site surveys for the East Coast deployment of ADS-B, Traffic Information System – Broadcast (TIS-B) and Flight Information System – Broadcast (FIS-B). • Coordinating with FAA personnel to get access to facilities, conducting the site survey, determining possible locations of equipment at the facility and reporting directly to the program manager with the results and suggestions. • Supported the installation of the Airport Target Identification System (ATIDS) at Dallas – Fort Worth International Airport• Supported the development and implementation of the test plan by coauthoring the document and conducting the tests on the airport surface using a transponder equipped van• Supported the NASA Runway Incursion Prevention System (RIPS) with testing at DFW where he received the NASA Turning Goals into Reality award for his efforts