Provides leadership direction for the successful delivery of product software and software development for an assigned project using an agile methodology. Assignments require developing detailed plans, goals, and objectives. As Product Manager, responsible for the long vision of the product(s) roadmap and must insure that all enhancements lead to the realization of that vision.• Manages all phases of the software development effort from Initiation through Planning, Execution, Monitoring/Controlling and Closure.• Communicates product requirements clearly into epics and user stories to software professionals and works closely with the team through design, implementation, testing and delivery. • Prioritizes development tasks within each sprint for multiple development teams and responsible for verifying the acceptance criteria for each feature has been met at each sprint retrospective.• Responsible for managing, creating, and prioritizing the product roadmap and product backlog for an enterprise (ERP) logistics software solution.• Analyzes market best practices and competitive conditions that delivers a valued product based on customer needs.• Coordinates estimating and planning activities; establish and manage project/program budgets• Develops and maintains a project/program schedule, risk, identify and track milestones and identify and manage cross-functional dependencies with integrated schedules.• Establishes and manages internal stakeholder or customer expectations as it pertains to the status/progress of a project/program/product.• Tracks financial performance of assigned project/programs.• Prepares status reports and performance metrics, including executive dashboards to communicate critical project/program information.• Interact with customers to compare their business processes to those supported by the product.

Managed, scheduled, and coordinated the software development life cycle (SDLC) activities supporting the modeling and simulations program. Other responsibilities included planning, organizing, directing, and tracking all aspects of operations and support for major simulation exercises scheduled by the U.S. Army and Joint Forces Simulation Centers. • Served as Program Manager for the Company’s Department of Defense (DoD) Modeling & Simulation software development branch (a 3-5M$ per year program), mentored 2 Project Managers, a Lead Program Engineer, 8 Software Engineers, and 3 Logistics Subject Matter Experts.• Defined customer requirements into system requirements and reviewed feature demonstrations and approved deliverables prior to customer acceptance.• Responsible for overseeing reported issues – prioritized defect resolution, managed changes through the change management processes. • Developed techniques and methodologies for construction of LOEs and ROMs, to include tasks, cost tracking procedures, projected burn down rates and cost tracking. • Scheduled, prepared and executed Program Management Reviews (PMRs) and Quarterly Review (QRs) with the customer. • Tracked and made program adjustments to meet schedules on delivery of development tasks, coordinates with government Program Mangers well in advance of schedule delays or performance issues. • Planned and coordinated integration tests, validation events and technical and functional exercise support. • Developed linkage plans for interfacing to other combat simulation models in other federations such as WARSIM and OneSAF. • Planned and coordinated simulation/stimulation of new Battle Command Sustainment Support System (BCS3) releases and Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) in order to ensure support to exercises.

Military experiences span wide range of U.S. Army assignments, from joint (multiple branches of service) duty positions, materiel management centers, and medium to large retail supply warehouses. • Supervised and coordinated workload activities for 15 Commodity Managers responsible for reviewing customer and retail requisitions.• Developed Structured Query Language (SQL) database queries to retrieve, define, and manage data for identifying trends that may influence readiness.• Provided detailed cost analysis for senior leaders to ascertain and manage materials that affect their annual budget and readiness.• Developed and maintain multiple statistical reports for 22 warehouses to determine disposition of repair parts.• Led and mentored 20 individuals responsible for processing incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and distribution of materials, and keeping accountability of a warehouse inventory valued in excess of $12 million to support 8 customer units on three different installations in Korea.• Responsible for technical guidance and management for 53 personnel using the Army’s automated supply system.• Accountable for establishing and maintaining operational procedures for incoming and outgoing shipments, keeping of warehouse inventory worth more than $20 million, and handling and disposition of materials.• Constantly surpassed the Army’s warehouse standards by 4-8% annually (even after workload increased by three-fold); inventory accuracy – 96%, location accuracy – 100%, and stock zero balance – 4%.