Herbert Narvaez-Vazquez Email & Phone Number

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Direct $3.2B aircraft replacement project, program development and procurement. Program provides Air Moving Target Indicator, and Airborne Battle Management, and Command and Control capabilities that enable the long.
• Provide recommendations on requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, supplemental information, and program execution to program offices.
• Ensure that the program office obligates/expends the President’s budget according to the Office of Management and Budget directives.
• Review and distribute final presentation materials for legislative hearings, program documentation, briefing packages and read-ahead documents for Congressional staffer visits and other high-level events ensuring.
• Draft, edit, and present Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution (PPBE) documents and pre-decisional briefings to Congressional Staffers and senior Air Force staff personnel regarding the DoD Future Years Defense.

• Direct supervisor to 12-member team supporting IT hardware and software installation, troubleshooting and upgrades.
• Ensured that the network was 98% available to support the Office Chief Army Reserve (OCAR) mission.
• Supported the OCAR’s Lieutenant General and its staff, in addition to over 600 employees distributed on-site, across three states, and remote across all 50 states.
• Accurately forecasted and managed $1.5M annual budget, ensuring spending adhered to government regulations and customer requirements.
• Focal point between customers and the IT department to ensure that requirements were met, and budget was expended properly.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States

• Direct supervisor to 12-member team supporting IT hardware and software installation, troubleshooting and upgrades.
• Ensured that the network was 98% available to support the Office Chief Army Reserve (OCAR) mission.
• Supported the OCAR’s Lieutenant General and its staff, in addition to over 600 employees distributed on-site, across three states, and remote across all 50 states.
• Accurately forecasted and managed $1.5M annual budget, ensuring spending adhered to government regulations and customer requirements.
• Focal point between customers and the IT department to ensure that requirements were met, and budget was expended properly.

Bolling AFB

• Supported the planning, programming development, procurement, and product support of 10 information dominance programs valued at over $500M.
• Programs provided safe and reliable aircraft landing and take-off during deployments, training, and inclement weather.
• Drafted, edited, and presented PPBE documents and pre-decisional briefings to Congressional Staffers and senior Department of Defense personnel regarding the DoD FYDP.
• Provided recommendations on requirements, acquisition strategies, program documentation, program phase transition plans, and program execution to project offices.
• Reviewed and distributed final presentation materials for legislative hearings, program documentation, briefing packages and read-ahead documents for Congressional staffer visits and other events to ensure an.

Alexandria, VA

• Information Technology project manager in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts. Supervised a diverse IT team, planned, and executed, on time and under budget, the information technology system design and.
• Researched technical requirements and coordinated the purchase, delivery, and installation of a universal power supply (UPS) unit that provided uninterrupted power to the critical Coast Guard Search and Rescue mission.
• Supervised and evaluated four government employees (military and civilian) and two contractors on technical proficiency, task management, and completion.
• Successfully managed a program valued at $96M+ yearly. Responsible for all aspects of command administration for 865 members, such as military and civilian billets, evaluations, awards, and civilian hiring, in addition.

Yorktown, VA

• Led, evaluated, coordinated training and IT certifications for ten military and eight contractor members ensuring members were up to date on all IT mandates, providing them the most effective and up-to-date tools to.
• Transitioned over 1,500 Coast Guard and foreign members to two-factor authentication to meet DISA and Coast Guard mandates to secure the network. Set up enabling policy, testing and deployment schedule. Transitioned.
• Gathered requirements, provided guidance, coordinated purchases, delivery, and installations of IT systems to 12 Coast Guard training schools supporting more than 1,000 military service students yearly.
• Planned and coordinated the mitigation of over 10,000 information technology vulnerabilities with limited personnel to comply with the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) cyber protection mandate safeguarding.
• Ensured rapid and reliable internet and voice connectivity to over 800 on site permanent Coast Guard members ensuring 100% training availability and day to day operations.
• Managed a yearly $590K budget, with zero discrepancies.

Washington, D.C.

• Designed, tested, deployed, and maintained over 70 SharePoint document tracking sites for 55 departments, with an average of 250 users daily. Sites supported paperless efforts and ensured document coordination and.
• Effectively coordinated and prepared official correspondence, senior staff briefing materials, Congressional inquiries’ responses, Department of Homeland Security Secretary briefing memos and White House and U.S..
• Directly supported seven Admirals; expertly drafted, edited, and delivered time sensitive briefing materials; ensured senior leadership received timely, accurate and relevant information to support national level.

Alexandria, VA

• Responsible for the standard configuration management, development, engineering upgrades and support of Communication Area Master Stations and associated communication stations.
• Successfully negotiated a $425k contract for an extensive refurbishment of the Enhanced Mobile Incident Command Post. Refurbishment ensures continuous access to secured long range satellite communications networks for.
• Coordinated information technology maintenance and updates/upgrades on mobile command centers and emergency communication vehicles to ensure rapid and reliable deployment in support of critical missions and natural.

Alexandria, VA

• Led a $3M project to upgrade VHF/UHF/DSC tactical radios Coast Guard-wide.
• Radio Upgrade provided secured interoperability telecommunications among federal and local agencies, and the Coast Guard on multi-mission platforms.
• Oversaw contractors’ on-site surveys, and radio and equipment installations. Liaised between units and contractors. Reviewed statement of work, installation plans, evaluated performance, and ensured that the project.
• Led a contractor’s team conducting evaluation on distress calling communications sites across three states. Provided results and solutions to ensure accurate and expedited assistance is dispatched to distress callers.

Portsmouth, VA

• Administrative support for over 175 members dispersed throughout six states. Members' missions ensured information technology and electronics equipment were 100% ready and available to support Search and Rescue, and.
• Supervised and evaluated military members on equipment purchasing and accountability of inventory per Coast Guard instructions.
• Property Officer that managed a budget of over $8.5M of property with zero discrepancies.
• Developed and implemented a paperless document tracking system, saving over $600k a year in equipment lease and supplies. The system allowed for seamless document processing and tracking.
• Led training program for unit emergency response team members. Team certified on deploying, installing, configuring, and operating crucial satellite and voice over IP communication equipment in support of contingency.

Computer Science, Computer Programming/Programmer, General

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Network Security And Management