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Washington, Dc, Us

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

• Provided management analysis support to Veterans Administration (VA) initiative to implement Category Management across the VA as part of the Category Management Support Office (CMSO). Performed oversight of the Training, Data Analysis, and Strategic Communications workstreams, including o Relations between the Veterans Administration Acquisition Academy and the CMSOo Identification of training material and training gapso Producing planning materialso Planning of and production of contracted spend analysis and government purchase card (GPC) spend analysiso Assemble and process stakeholder data• Managed the Cathexis component of the project team and subcontractors, to include specification and acquisition of additional employees.

Fairfax, Va/Radcliff, Ky

• Provided organizational and workflow analysis for government services contractor serving seven US government organizations to create highly granular SharePoint solution for multiple audiences with varying permissions and security levels. Designed and implemented solution using multiple modular, interlocking groups with nested permissions which could be assembled to create tailored access for any individual. Supervised IT partner in finalizing server configuration and creating metadata schema. Provided security analysis and recommendations. Produced training materials for system administrator and senior leaders to implement the resulting architecture.• Wrote and collaborated in group writing of proposals for US government customers, including Veteran’s Administration (VA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Includes business and technical analysis of Performance Work Statements (PWSs), level-of-effort and cost estimating, and writing, editing, revising, and integrating technical volumes.

Fort Knox, Ky; West Point, Ny; Pascagoula, Ms

• Led creation, development, and support of software systems to deliver instructional, testing, mobile support, and strategic communications materials for US Army, National Guard, US Navy, USMC, and the five US Service Academies, including Alion’s proprietary Core LS™ LMS, video Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs), and dynamic, database-driven mobile applications (Android and iOS). Managed up to 22 employees, contracts of $3 million per year, up to five simultaneous subcontractors or teamed contractors.• Created and maintained Core LS system which served as LMS for US Army organizations: Armor School, Army National Guard, Center for Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE), Chaplains School, Aviation School, Infantry School, Maneuver Center of Excellence from 1998-2013. o Created courseware validation tools that became Army-approved standard to automate TRADOC Sequential Validation process, test item and time-use analysis to measure content validity and reliability, and tools which identify, deter, and prevent online cheating and misuse. Allowed Armor School to be only TRADOC school to validate its courseware in real time.o Managed and provided Tier 1-3 Help Desk support for 30,000+ users (three TRADOC schools and associated National Guard Regional Training Institutes (RTIs), five Service Academies) since 1998. o Created SJT delivery and management system used by US Naval, Military, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine Academies and US Army ROTC to study integrity. Managed, tracked, analyzed, and provided help desk support for 3300 participants.• Produced 13 mobile applications for Android and Apple mobile devices for US Army, providing expanded dissemination of information and access to online tools from any location. Use of agile, iterative, and rapid development processes allowed early demonstration of core functionalities which could be expanded and refined as the customer gained confidence with the new technology.

Fort Knox, Ky; Huntsville, Al

• Managed all aspects of company distance learning and other web application development: contract management, business development, client relations, supervising software programming, integration and 10 personnel.• Created and managed development, integration, and support of Athena LMS, winner of United States Distance Learning Association’s 1999 award for Excellence in Distance Learning Programming for Government.(Includes predecessor organizations Entelechy, Inc., IBS Interactive)

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

• Wrote, designed, developed, supervised, and edited wargame products: 11 boxed games, 5 rule books, 39 supporting books and modules, 35 magazines, one computer product, and 2 novels.• Managed Design, Text, and Art Departments (12 persons plus freelancers) to create games of consistently high quality in seven wargame lines plus two bi-monthly and one quarterly magazines.• Created Traveller: The New Era science fiction game line, winner of Best Role Playing Game of 1993, plus three other nominations for best historical or science fiction game.