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Provide engineering, management, and proposal support and guidance to senior managers and executives in defense and aerospace sectors. Services include strategic planning; operations, engineering, and program management; and all elements of capture process to include proposal management, writing, and review facilitation. Current clients include logistics and aviation services, equipment manufacturers, and systems integration providers.Provided key leadership support for successful $100M+ competitive proposalSupported multiple competitive proposals as reviewer and author; proposals are still in evaluation

Madison, Ms

Provided executive leadership and program management direction for a large portfolio of programs that deliver contractor logistics support, maintenance, and maintenance training for a wide variety of fixed wing aircraft platforms, including T-6, T-1A, T-45, T-38, T-39, C-12, C-27J, B-200, A36, C-172, C-208, and several rotary wing platforms, including TH-57, UH-60, UH-1N, and S-92. These programs serve a broad array of customers including the US Air Force and US Navy in the US, as well as international customers in Israel, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The portfolio drives over $450M in sales per year. Excellent customer satisfaction evidenced by consistently high CPAR scores across the portfolio. Provided executive leadership for multiple significant new business opportunities, including Columbus Air Force Base Maintenance Support Contract, Vance AFB Maintenance Support, Kuwait S-92 (re-compete), Israeli Air Force B-200/A36 (re-compete), Israel T-6 (re-compete), and a significant expansion of the Afghanistan Basic Trainer/Light Lift program. Achieved significant cost performance improvement on the T-1A COMBS program, turning the program from a loss position in FY11 to profit in FY13 by driving innovative methods to reduce material costs. Provided frequent support to new business activities across the division through participation in and leadership of proposal review teams.

Madison, Mississippi

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Business Area Leadership: Leadership of the Theater Command and Control Programs business area, with P&L responsibility of $70M per year. Served as Program Director for the Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS) Program, a $550M system development and integration contract to evolve the theater air battle management command and control functions for the Air Force and Joint Forces. Directed program support to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Noble Eagle in response to 9/11 attacks. Led significant business area growth by leveraging the success of the TBMCS Program to win three related new business opportunities: Web Enabled Execution Management Capability (WEEMC); Integrated Air Development/Manufacture (IADM-2) [similar capability for British Ministry of Defence]; and Mission Planning Enterprise Contract (MPEC).Business Development Leadership: Business Development Director with primary responsibility for opportunity identification, qualification, and capture management to support the significant growth goals of the LM IS&GS Operational Support Services business unit. Led collaborative efforts in key market areas, including satellite operations support, Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN), and cyber warfare support. Served in all capture management leadership roles, including capture lead, proposal manager, volume lead, and cost lead, and led or served on numerous proposal review teams and Black Hat teams. Performed as proposal manager for the successful corporate priority capture of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Support Contract, valued at more than $2B. Coordinated support from Operational Support Services to proposals by other LM organizations, including the highly successful capture of the GPS III program and extensions to LM’s AEHF and SBIRS programs. Served as a mentor to business area personnel involved in all new business opportunities.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Program Manager for the Command and Control Sustainment Contract (CCSC), a $300M program that provides for the operation and sustainment of the Air Force Satellite Control Network's (AFSCN's) Command and Control Segment (CCS). Responsible for successful development and deployment of multiple system upgrades per year, together with 24x7 support to the CCS at Schriever Air Force Base and Onizuka Air Station. Led highly successful efforts to ensure CCS was "Y2K Ready".Program Manager for the Network Operations Upgrade Contract, a $65M program to implement functional upgrades for the Air Force's Satellite Control Network. Assumed PM responsibility in the third year of the contract when program was experiencing serious performance issues. Effectively resolved significant customer satisfaction issues and ensured the successful delivery of two major capabilities on schedule and within budget.

Gaithersburg, Md

Senior Software Engineering Manager for a 100+ -person organization, responsible for the implementation of the Requirements and Scheduling functions, user interface, and database functionality for a major classified program. The scope of this effort included development of over 360,000 source lines of C++ code, subcontractor management of multiple teammates, and management of a budget of more than $40M per year.

Gaithersburg, Md

Program Manager for the Commercial Logistics Application System (CLAS) program, leading a team of 45 LM and subcontractor employees in development of approximately 100,000 lines of code and integrating a suite of commercial off-the-shelf products to provide an end-to-end acquisition and logistics capability for the Central Intelligence Agency. Took over as Program Manager of this troubled program (two consecutive 0% award fee scores) and successfully turned the program around; award fee scores earned during program management tenure were 92%, 96%, 100%, 100% while successfully bringing the system to initial operational capability.Program Manager for a classified SIGINT program for the NSA. Managed development and implementation of a complex signal processing system, successfully completing the program on the original bid schedule, under budget, and with very high customer satisfaction evidenced by high award fee scores (average >95%). Scope included software development (120,000 lines of code) and integration of special purpose COTS hardware.

Gaithersburg, Md

Software Engineering Manager for several classified programs for NSA and other customers in the SIGINT community. Development was conducted on a variety of platforms, including mainframes, dedicated front-end communications processors, M68000-based single board computers, and PCs, and implemented using a variety of programming languages. Achieved unprecedented software quality results through pioneering implementation of extremely rigorous peer reviews. As a result, all programs were completed on schedule and under cost.

Gaithersburg, Md

Bs, Computer Science

Ms, Computer Science

Executive Leadership