• Led a complex set of projects and initiatives, and drove results on key Strategic Programs for DOE. Drove the execution of Procurement processes and tools that support DOE operations and Heads of DOE Contracting Agencies to ensure operational systems across more than 40 sites. Regularly communicated with senior management on progress, risks, and change control. Guided cross-discipline virtual teams, managed projects, and performed executive presentations. Collaborated with stakeholders to drive consensus for, and adoption of the most efficient operational procurement systems available contributing to over $2.8B saved by DOE.• Worked closely with the President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to implement and lead the DOE’s Category Management (CM) Program, including participating as a key member shaping the governmentwide program resulting in savings of about $70B annually. • Led the DOE’s CM Working Group in developing new initiatives, establishment and implementation of department policy, procedures, training, metrics, and oversight. This led to recognition as one of the most dynamic and notable CM programs in the federal government.Included trained over 500 Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists in CM greatly exceeding the government goal of 150 trained.• Established the policy for, then oversaw and expedited the implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) which facilitated the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s review of thousands of Information Technology (IT) procurements across the entire department to eliminate duplication, increase IT security, and save over $8M.

Led a dynamic Division of 9 Procurement Analysts, Contracting professionals, and Administrative professionals:• Receive and timely distribute ~4,500 Purchase Requests resulting in the obligation of over $900M in contracts and grants. Achieved 100% on-time rating for the first time ever;• Manage the FHWA Purchase Card Program including ~30K transactions valued at over $10M and while transitioning these transactions into Procurement Request Information System’s (PRISM’s) paperless option. The paperless option saved $1M and decreased the Procurement Acquisition Lead Time (PALT), the time between request and receipt of supplies or services, by 2 days per transaction;• Establish accountability of 160 Contracting Officer’s Technical Representatives (COTRs) and their certification status, and subsequently increased the certifications from 63% to 92%; and• Establish a PRISM and Electronic Business team which provided over 70 training sessions to over 300 contracting professionals, daily “Help Desk” support for hundreds of system inquiries, and the expansion of PRISM’s and the Federal Procurement Data System’s footprint to three new procurement offices systematically creating efficiencies that benefited the entire FHWA.

Procurement Division Director for Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) for the National Capital Region (NCR), Defense Information System Agency (DISA):• Led more than 50 Contracting Officers, Contract Specialists, and Purchasing Agents annually awarding over $1.4B and 7,600 award/contract actions of all types, while administering over 10,000 active contracts.• Served as a critical member of the Procurement Directorate's (PLD's) senior staff, providing expert acquisition, procurement, and contracting advice to Senior Executives within DISA.• Oversaw procurement and administration of Information Technology (IT) and IT services contracts valued at more than $1 billion annually in support of worldwide Department of Defense and Presidential communications operations, including all DISA classified and special access programs.• Led a diverse team of contracting, policy, finance and accounting professionals through the transition of DITCO-NCR from appropriated funds to the Defense Working Capital Fund. This allowed PLD to, for the first time, charge a fee for its services and generate over $10M in annual revenue in the first year. • During the FY08 End of Year operations led DITCO-NCR to achieve all obligation and disbursement targets for the first time ever.• In response to the Joint Interoperability Test Command’s (JITC’s) immediate need for dedicated contracting support, I established the JITC Contracting Support Branch at Fort Huachuca, Arizona in 2007. This new branch provided procurement support for crucial testing of mission critical systems being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Contracting Team Chief with unlimited $s procurement authority, supervised 3 Contracting Officers on a Contingency Contracting Team, supporting over 50,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and contractors at Camp Anaconda, Balad, Iraq and at Fort Benning, GA:• Led my team to award over 70 contract actions in preparation for the brigade's January 2005 deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) III.• Trained 118 Field Ordering Officers (FOOs) and Paying Agents (PAs) from across the brigade in preparation for OIF III. Once deployed to Iraq, I delegated limited contracting authority to the FOOs to expand our procurement impact across the battle space.• Led my team to award and administer contracts valued over $33 million dollars during our one year OIF III deployment. We reduced the requirements backlog from 140 contracts to zero in 75 days. These requirements were high on the combat commander's priority list and involved Force Protection, Iraqi Army facilities and training support, and life support for US soldiers.• Restructured and corrected contracts awarded by my OIF predecessors to recover $50,000 dollars paid to contractors by mistake. • Collaborated with supporting Resource Management leadership in Iraq to establish procedures to pay Iraqi contractors at local finance offices which allowed remotely located contractors to be paid without subjecting them to dangerous travel in Iraq. This was a major initiative that greatly improved Iraqi contractor safety, morale, and performance. • Before redeploying from OIF III trained five incoming Contracting Specialists, my teams’ replacements, on the Regional Contracting Command’s policies and procedures leading to a smooth combat support handoff.

Completed Masters in Military Arts and Sciences

Served as Contracting Branch Chief for Defense Contracting Command-Washington (DCCW) withUnlimited $s procurement authority. Supervised 4 contracting and administrative specialists, executing over $700 million in contracts in support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and TRICARE Management Activity.

Speechwriter for the Commanding General providing acquisition/procurement related content and expertise for executive correspondence, private coordination, presentations and speeches.