Independent Consultant. Used business development; strategic planning; solution, system and enterprise architecture; knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to identify, develop, and execute a successful multi-year consultancy.

Company name change from ITT to Exelis on October 31, 2011Function: Information Security Architect; Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSAA)- Developed FAA weather system acquisition documentation centered on Information Systems Security; Section C with CDRLS and DIDs and System Specification Document (SSD) security control requirements based on NIST SP-800-53 Rev 3 for Information System Security Categorization of MODERATE.- Conducted conformance review and out-brief report of customer Exelis FedRAMP submission against FedRAMP CONOPS, FedRAMP Program Description, ISO/IEC 17020, and relevant OMB Memoranda. Presented out-brief and review records to corporate level staff. - Conduct review of and develop comment matrices for FAA Cloud Computing Strategy –v0.04 and 0.05.- Develop and present organizational brief on OMB M-10-15 Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), 2002 with Continuous Monitoring (FISMA 2.0).- Developed and presented organizational brief on Records Management (Executive Order 13589 — Government Wide Initiative).- Used professional and technical KSAs in FDCCI, CLOUD, 25 Point Plan, and OMB Circulars and Memoranda to develop organizational awareness and informational brief on six OMB IT Initiatives; U.S. CIO; 25 Point Implementation Plan To Reform Federal Information Technology Management (25 Pt Plan) and Federal Cloud Computing Strategy and Federal CIO; Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), Transition to IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), Security Authorization of Information Systems in Cloud Computing Environments - (FedRAMP), and Federal IT Shared Services Strategy — “Shared First”.- Develop Data Center Consolidation Initiative (DCCI) awareness and informational brief for VP PMO.

Company name change from ITT to Exelis on October 31, 2011Function: Organizational Strategic Planner- Subject Matter Expert (SME) for PMO reorganization Sub-Teams--Program Control, Goals & Metrics, and Systems Engineering, applied BPMN v2.0 based process implementation diagrams for development and documentation. - Reviewed and supported Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) by review, comments review, and out-brief developments to Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) Task Force 5 (TF5) NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force Report, (NGIP) and NextGen Segment Implementation Plan (NSIP) Portfolios.- Developed and presented “Brown Bag” seminars for Exelis personnel entitled “SOA-101 and SOA 102; A Series — Unfolding SOA Constructs.”

Function: Network Communications Corporate Strategic Planning. - Network Communications Division (NCD) Representative to Northrop Grumman, Corporate Policy Council-sponsored Naval Systems Integration Group (NSIG).- Served as the Communications Integration Group (CIG) point-of-contact for all network and communications (N&C) planning, issue statements, and documentation related to NSIG customer shaping activities.- Provided leadership on NSIG/CIG synergy, developed corporate NSIG Architecture implementation paradigm and plan against extant US Navy Shipbuilding Plan. Produced and/or supported maturation of numerous NCD strategy documents, including Organizational relationship diagrams linking CIG/NCD to NSIG; Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) Maritime Networks and Communications Strategy; and networks and communications roadmap for use in all NCD maritime domain support activities across the corporation. Work led to a Division re-organization.Function: Senior Systems Architect (DoDAF). - Served as NGC, NSIG, DoDAF SME in direct support to NSIG Architecture IPT, Modeling, Simulation, and Analyses teams. Mentored teams to inform and evolve an integrated architecture construct through object class examination of entities, relationships, and attributes which are the components in Master Data Management (MDM) Relational Databases key to Operational Architecture (OA) and Systems Architecture (SA) sub-models in the greater DoD Architecture Data Specification Model (ADSM.) Shared guidance resulted in top-down, bottoms-up review of potential project mission oriented constructs tailored from Joint Requirements Oversight Council’s (JROC) Functional Capabilities Boards (FCB), Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) derived Joint Capabilities Areas (JCAs) (Tier 1 and 2), the JCS Universal Joint Task List (UJTL) (Tier 3), and the Universal Navy Task List (UNTL) (Tiers 4 and 5). Provided support in examination of and conceptual construct for project Integrated Dictionary (AV-2.)

- Developed briefs in response to separate “Why to…?”, “…Corporate Benefits?”, and “How to…?“, queries by Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA), Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Chief Architect, was tasked to design, develop, and author a National Airspace System (NAS) Enterprise Architecture Framework (NASEAF) three book set, its Integrated Dictionary (AV-2), and its implementation guides for individual NAS Enterprise Architecture (NAS EA) products. - Supported FAA, ATO in acquisition program-specific development and execution of NAS EA products. - Lead & mentored teammates previously unknowledgeable in systems architecture principles to develop and mature NAS EA products & populate AV-2 with vetted data and metadata. - Informed and constrained AV-2 terms to be reflective of ATO “As Is” business processes and systems with goal of improving performance and substantial repeatable use capabilities for intermediate “Target Architectures” as well as the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) “To Be” 2025 state.- Conducted peer reviews of team generated EA products for architectural integrity and process consistency. Accomplishment: NASEAF achieved ATO signature status 09/29/2006 and OMB acceptance as valid for ATO use in various budgetary processes and Exhibit 300 generation. - Analyzed Commercial and General Aviation operating constructs in NAS to promote long term operating cost savings for FAA. Developed white papers, reports, diagrams, principles to drive measurable results, and trade studies against potential operating paradigms and documented resultant potential Federal Regulation impacts. - Developed simulation scenarios, including rules, triggers, event states, process execution, and outcome metrics for analysis and presentation to FAA customer. Developed operational constructs, constraints, and customer vetted scenarios. - Conducted and presented formal geospatial airspace model and simulations against approved operating paradigms.

Managed assigned subcontract team, interviewed and recommended new hires, created subcontract monthly reports

Function: Modeling and Simulation Systems Architect. Provided direct systems engineering, systems architecture, and long term planning and programming support to Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA), Office of Architecture and System Engineering (ASD-100) through the FAA Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA-II) Contract (prime contractor BAE Systems). Conducted analyses of National Airspace System to Commercial and General Aviation operating constructs based on organizational goals of evaluating long term operating cost savings for the FAA.Function: Modeling, Simulation, and Analyses. Conducted interrelationship analyses of complex National Airspace System to Commercial and General Aviation operating constructs with goal to produce Ground Based Navigation Aids (GBNA) long term operating cost savings to FAA.• Developed white papers, reports, diagrams, and trade studies of potential operating paradigms and their Federal Aviation Regulation impacts. Developed business case for modeling toolkit comprised of hardware, software, and programmer support requirements to implement an ESRI® formal geospatial airspace modeling capability for conduct of simulations against potential operating paradigms.• Specified hardware, software, and interviewed and hired programmer support to implement an ESRI® formal geospatial airspace modeling toolkit.• Managed development team including toolkit hardware, software, and programmer support to execute (3-D and 4-D simulation) developmental models. Developed all simulation scenarios, including entity relationships, execution rules, event triggers, model states, process execution granularity, and outcome metrics for analysis and presentation to, and approval by FAA customer.

Supported FAA Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Program Manager (PM), (AND-730.) Developed, coordinated, and implemented necessary and sufficient Acquisition Management System (AMS) documentation (The six Mandatory Program Documents). Goal - ensure WAAS program could garner successful Joint Resources Council (JRC) In-Service Decision (ISD) at conclusion of its AMS guided Deployment Planning Process (DPP) execution. Accomplishment: Recognized by Director, Office of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) Systems (AND-1) as SME in specialties of System Safety and other non-FAA Type Acceptance /Type Approval domains including FCC; Underwriters Laboratory (UL) Listing, Classification, and Recognized Component Marks; National Security Agency (NSA) TEMPEST Endorsement Programs (TEP); European Union (EU) CE Mark Certification and Harmonization; and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Homologation processes.

Actively developed and managed a high tech, systems architecture, and engineering design firm, specializing in application of state-of-the-art and emerging technologies to equipment and systems development in support of Federal and commercial sectors. Responsible for oversight of day-to-day company operations including compliance with and proper filings to Federal and state regulatory agencies, in general, and specific compliance as required for each Federal contract including coordination of corporate compliance with U.S. Export Regulations included in International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR).To support icti’s proposal development for systems design and development contracts, developed engineering solution concepts, determined levels and mix of skills and resource allocations of labor hours, materials, and equipment needed to develop the proposal response and to perform on the actual contract, if awarded. For awarded contracts, managed and technically contributed to the systems development, using engineering software tools to conduct design analyses, material or component and methodology trade-off studies; directed technical teams composed of employees and/or consultants to bring the concept and design to fruition. When work was performed in concert with a production contractor, served as single point of contact and coordinated company’s efforts with the team partner. Responsible for ensuring that icti’s products including hardware and software documentation packages were complete and met client specifications (usually MIL-STD). icti was repeatedly complimented by clients on superb engineering skills, innovative solutions, and the completeness and accuracy of engineering documentation.

As Executive Vice President, was responsible for the administration and operation of the corporation, requiring day-to-day oversight of the company’s production department, as-well-as, progress in new product development, coordination of corporate compliance with U.S. Export Regulations included in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Corporate technical POC for SSTI’s DoD and NATO Allied intelligence agency clients. As principal corporate technical representative, traveled to various countries to meet with prospective NATO clients, provide technical briefings, and conduct product demonstrations.Concurrently, as VP of Research and Engineering, conceptualized, designed, selected data compression and algorithmic implementation strategies, and brought to fruition a new product, FAXCOMM, world’s first PC hosted system to automatically store, forward, transmit, and receive encrypted SENSITIVE and/or CLASSIFIED record message traffic consisting of all combinations of keyboard data, scanned images and/or magnetic media stored data. Designed prototyped, tested, and proved a National Security Agency (NSA) approved transfer device permitting FAXCOMM units to operate world-wide in an unattended DATA SECURE mode over the public telephone system. Attractiveness to Intelligence and Command and Control communities with limited funds was FAXCOMM’s capability to use any dial-up telephone circuit versus the situation where ALL other earlier government approved equipment required dedicated leased-line, point-to-point service.Demonstrated FAXCOMM to U.S. and selected Allied Government with full encryption capabilities, approximately five years before internal facsimile processing and modem boards were available for general public purchase and use. FAXCOMM was adopted for use by the U.S. Executive Branch as the replacement for failing analog facsimile equipment.

Used strategic planning and engineering process control expertise to identify, develop, and execute a successful multi-year consultancy with this sample of relevant consultancy descriptions.• Secure Services Technology, Inc., (SSTI) – Performed feasibility analyses and systems architectural design for proposed product development, marketing state-of-the-technology, TEMPEST certified telecommunications facsimile equipment. Managed and participated as hands-on member of hardware engineering design and software developmental teams. Grew market from preliminary DoD interested parties to include Departments of Energy (DOE) and State (DOS), FEMA, and several Allied and NATO governmental organizations. Directed three products through full National Security Agency (NSA) acceptance in 18 months, a process that, according to NSA, typically requires three years per product.• CACI – Developed systems level architectural design for U.S. Postal Service (USPS) winning bid and subsequent multi-million dollar system build. Led multi-national systems engineering design team of engineers, computer systems analysts, and programmers to successful in-plant and field acceptance testing.• Calculon Corp. – Provided expert technical support to Office of Secretary of Energy in computer and telecommunications security policies. Developed initial COMSEC compliance and implementation plans, procedures, and policies, performed analyses of all DOE computer and telecommunications system architecture for weaknesses in data and telecommunications security. Designated DOE single point-of-contact for all matters relating to Data Encryption Standard (DES) cryptographic equipments, implementation policies, and procedures. Appointed by Secretary of Energy letter and served as DOE technical liaison with National Security Agency (NSA) for all DOE security and cryptographic matters. Conducted systems architectural analyses and developed preliminary design of DOE-wide, telecommunications system.

Assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Within weeks, recognized critical capabilities deficiency (Mission Need.) Developed white paper described a total program solution, the Surveillance Towed-Array Sensor System (SURTASS), that would ameliorate deficiency. Briefed proposed Program to Secretaries of Navy and Defense. Based on demonstrated initiative and geophysics special duty status, designated Department of the Navy (DON) SURTASS Program Action Officer (sponsoring activity’s PoC). Managed development of initial twenty year integrated SURTASS program (incl funding) plan. Gamed operational and manning concepts, platform (ship hull-type) options, phased satellite communications implementation solutions, and funding stream requirements including R&D, production, operation, personnel, training, and technical refresh. The outcome resulted in three (3) proposed system definitions; charted each defined system from advanced and engineering development, prototype design, implementation, test, acceptance, and fielding for IOT&E, production decision support, operational implementation, and commissioning.As DON SURTASS Program Action Officer, met with U.S. Ambassador to & participated with U.S. Law of the Sea Delegation to explore potential of Law of the Sea Treaty impact on CLASSIFIED SURTASS modes of operation. Crafted and obtained programmatic SURTASS Operations Security Policy and SURTASS Material Declassification Guidelines within the DON, OSD, and the National Security Council.Authored program documentation, coordinated comment and approval through the DON and OSD. Twice successfully managed this ACAT-1 program through incremental Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council (DSARC) milestone readiness processes.Attention to detail and diligence resulted in Deputy OSD declaring that the SURTASS Program broke all records for the shortest program approval period while achieving the proposed Navy program of choice.