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Reston, Virginia, Us

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Supervisory Program Manager, Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization Information (DHMSM), Program Executive Office, DoD Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS), Arlington, VALed the deployment of the MHS GENESIS as the Military Electronic Health Record (EHR) with a budget of over $500M DoD overseeing funding and an organization of well over 400 military, civilian, and contract personnel. Responsible for controlling the program cost, performance, and schedule for a transformational program supporting 9.4 million DoD beneficiaries and approximately 205,000 MHS personnel globally.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supervisory Program Manager, Defense Medical Information Exchange (DMIX) Program Executive Office, DoD Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS)

Washington, Dc, Us

Program Analyst (Acting Deputy Program Manager), Interagency Program Office (IPO), Integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR), Arlington, VALead the day-to-day operations for the Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) iEHR Program Management budget of approximately $700M of joint DoD and VA funding. Organized the development and execution of the FY13 spend plan for the PMO. Manage iEHR Increment 1 effort with a total life-cycle cost estimate of ~$1B, successfully achieved Milestone B approval to execute the development and delivery of the capability. Led the preparation and coordination between Department-level organizations, FY13 Requests for Proposals (RFPs), total value of $80M. Direct the development and execution of IT acquisition strategies, goals, plans processes and procedures fulfilling the Information Management (IM) requirements of the Military Health System (MHS) based on new or revised legislation. Provide overall direction and guidance for the development, acquisition, testing, product improvements, fielding, and sustainment of major automated information systems, to include ACAT I and ACAT III IT programs and numerous legacy systems.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Led the JPEO JTRS East office in support of the next-generation voice-and-data radio for DoD field operations. This complex program provides four radio systems plus common waveform software required for operational interoperability across the four service components. Analyzed and incorporated emergent Joint War fighting capabilities for Secure, Internet Protocol (IP) line of site networking waveforms and Advanced Tactical Data Line. Supervising two engineers and contractor resources, detected and proactively mitigated JTRS cost escalation and reduced annual cost growth to less than ten percent, thereby keeping the program executable. Coordinated key decision meetings and regularly presented program health and risk mitigation plans to JPEO JTRS, the Army Acquisition Executive, and Congressional Professional Staff Members. Conducted meetings and discussions with senior executives to fine tune complex issues for Milestone Decision Authority determinations. Recent presentation to Congressional staffers resulted in restoration of $300M in Congressional marks and increased confidence in the JTRS solution.Advised the Joint Program Executive Officer and other key JPEO executives based on detailed insight of stakeholder positions for each Service, DoD organization, and acquisition executive. The result was an approved program execution plan with all critical comments favorably adjudicated. Developed and presented the JPEO position to Department of Defense (DoD) and Army leadership during the Ground Mobile Radio (GMR) Nunn-McCurdy process. Conducted the complex analysis, reviewed compliance with federal acquisition and procurement policies and procedures, and negotiated with component stakeholders to confirm the way ahead to deliver required capability within budget constraints. The outcome was a successfully re-base lined program valued in excess of $2 billion.

Mclean, Va, Us

Provided expert guidance and input to senior Booz Allen Hamilton leadership in support of both established government contracts and development of responsive proposals to emerging Request for Proposals (RFPs). With direct insight on senior Army Acquisition Corps leadership and Army culture, facilitated successful meetings between company leadership and the Army Acquisition Executive.Served as the Department of the Army Systems Coordinator for five ACAT 1D Joint Tactical Radio System programs with a 2011 development budget over $650M. Provided the Joint Program Executive Office and the five Program Managers with detailed information on actions occurring with the Department of Defense and all Services. This liaison support increased interdepartmental communication between key stakeholders and ensured product development continued on schedule and within budget.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Product Manager, Warfighter Information Network- Tactical (WIN-T) Increments 2 and 3, US Army Program Executive Office, Tactical Command Control Communications, Ft. Monmouth, NJDirectly responsible for the cost, schedule and performance of two ACAT 1D program increments valued at over $15B.Managed a team of over seventy-five highly skilled engineers, business managers, program analysts and logisticians.Led the program to a successful Defense Acquisition Board Milestone C decision thirty-three months after inception allowing WIN-T Increment 2 to move into Low-Rate Initial Production. Based on detailed analysis and successfully adjudicated acquisition documentation, coordinated critical acquisition decision forums with Senior DoD and Army acquisition executives for timely execution and delivery of capability to the warfighter.Oversaw the award of several hundred million dollars of contractual actions including the initial production award for WIN-T Inc. 2. This allows the Army to maintain the Acquisition Production Baseline schedule for the Production Qualification Test – Contractor, Production Qualification Test – Government, and the Initial Operational Test and Evaluation. Led the successful completion of the Developmental and Limited User Test for WIN-T Increment 2, less than eighteen months from program inception. Developed and executed revolutionary technology readiness experiments and assessments resulting in the maturation of nineteen critical technologies. This revolutionary approach has become the benchmark for the DoD technology readiness assessment process.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Program Analyst, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA G8) Program Analysis and Evaluation, Washington, DC• Developed the Army Weapon System Review process. This process simplified a very complex process for Army Program Managers to present funding requirements to Headquarters, Department of the Army. The result was increased efficiency in the development of the Program Objective Memorandum (POM).Lead POM analyst for the Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) for Resource Integration for two years. Provided detailed analysis directly to a Senior Executive Service (SES) of the impact of funding changes to Army programs.Lead Program Objective Memorandum (POM) analyst for the Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Program Analysis and Evaluation for three years. Provided detailed analysis to Army senior leadership direct, independent analysis of programs, alternatives, and priorities to make informed decisions regarding future years planning and programming to meet Army strategic objectives.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Deputy Chief, Operations and Management Branch, Systems Division, Army (Acquisition, Intelligence Directorate), United States Central Command, MacDill AFB, FLLed one hundred member organization of contractors, government civilians, and military members to provide mission critical intelligence system support for over one thousand intelligence personnel throughout the world. Directed day-to-day operations for over sixty intelligence applications, over one hundred servers, and over one thousand workstations cumulatively valued in excess of $35M.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Technology Integration Center, Ft. Huachuca, AZ Led a five civilian engineers team for the design, plan, procure, and installation of a $1M upgrade to the organization’s four hundred user data network. Reorganized the network administration staff to better support the users and reduce operating costs.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

U.S. Army InfantryFt. Campbell, KYFt. Lewis, WAFt. Benning, GA Commanded a Mechanized Infantry Company of over one hundred soldiers and fourteen Bradley Fighting Vehicles for two years. Led thirty soldiers in a Ranger Rifle Platoon, an Air Assault Scout Platoon, and Rifle Platoon for three years. In these leadership positions, I was responsible for all training, accountability, performance, and discipline of the unit. The result was a high level of sustained readiness for rapid deployment into combat situations.