Mike Gold Email & Phone Number

Cary, Nc, Us

- Strong understanding of the enactment process for defense authorization and appropriation legislation.- Provides Legislative, Budget, & Policy Analysis to Army Senior leaders regarding the ground combat vehicle portfolio.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Integrated briefings for presentation to senior leaders, higher headquarters, and external agencies- Assisted in the strategic development of the Army’s position on numerous 2024 NDAA legislative provisions resulting in the best outcome for the Army.

Selected for a paid fellowship by the Department of Defense, while employed by Booz Allen Hamilton.

- Managed, directed, and administrated a $10M Task Order; ensuring labor and material burn rates did not exceed allocated funding. Saved over $2M a year based on restructuring of tasks. - Worked with geographically dispersed stakeholders across multiple commodities to ensure support was provided to meet operational requirements.

- Provided subject matter expertise in SOCOM Acquisition Directive 70-1 resulting in numerous efforts transitioning to full fielding. - Developed an acquisition strategy that captured over $20M of Army money and delivered the capability to users in an accelerated timeline. -Developed a budget prioritization tool to help leadership prioritize numerous spend plan items.

Raleigh-Durham North Carolina

- Employed analytical skills to develop an empirical basis to support analysis and recommendations for reallocation of funds in the calendar year and across future years.

- Forecasted financial resources over a five-year planning cycle and developed a yearly budget linking roadmaps and strategic vision.- Managed the planning, and resourcing, and made recommendations for routine to intermediate information technology (IT) network/system projects based on the CIOs guidance, the IT Strategic Plan, and use case specifications.- Developed a spend plan development algorithm that funded the highest payoff items during the yearly budget development cycle.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

- Command & General Staff College Student - University of Kansas Graduate Student

Ft. Belvoir

Assistant Product Manager for Hard Armor and Nondestructive Test Equipment (NDTE)- Developed a testing strategy resulting in successful Milestone C approval for next-generation body armor. - Provided the PEO with options for executing a $80 million Congressional add that resulted in acceleration of fielding of next-generation body armor vs. buying legacy equipment. - Fielded all military police units with improved ballistic and stab protection vests. - Remained under budget and on schedule for four Acquisition Category III programs.- Evaluated against Cost, Performance, Schedule metrics and their execution across all programs - Developed both contractor and Department of the Army Civilian subordinates for upward growth

Master Of Science In Business With A Focus In Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management, 3.92

B.S., Military Operational Art And Science; Environmental Engineering Track