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Virginia, United States

Key Lead Project Manager Role DescriptionPosition OverviewServes as the primary Project Manager responsible for executing acquisition projects for C5I systems, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and maintaining effective coordination between stakeholders.Core ResponsibilitiesProject Leadership- Acts as principal authority on task order performance- Maintains project continuity through Alternate Key Person designation- Forms and leads acquisition project teams- Defines project requirements through market research- Develops acquisition strategies aligned with government needsTechnical Management- Oversees C5I system acquisitions throughout lifecycle: - Design, development, and deployment - Analysis and evaluation - Operation and maintenance - System improvements and decommissioning- Manages implementations for shore-based and maritime assets- Collaborates with C5ISC Product Line Managers and Division representativesDocumentation & Compliance- Creates and maintains PWS documentation- Develops acquisition planning materials and solicitations- Ensures compliance with FAR, DHS HSAM, and USCG procedures- Produces evaluation reports and project briefs- Follows C5ISC acquisition guides and processesCommunication- Demonstrates strong English communication skills- Manages stakeholder relationships- Delivers clear project updates and documentation- Coordinates between government representatives and team membersRequired Skills- Expert knowledge of federal acquisition regulations and procedures- Strong project management and leadership capabilities- Excellence in written and verbal communication- Comprehensive understanding of C5I systems and their lifecycle management- Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and complex technical requirements

Virginia, United States

As the Task Leader, serving as the single point of contact for the Contracting Officer (KO) and the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). Ensuring successful task completion within the scheduled timeframe consistent with the established scope of work to include technical solutions.Responsible for recommending and coordinating development, enhancement and maintenance of business systems and processes. Overseeing development of project plans and milestones, status reports and other deliverables, and monitors the execution of the task for quality and against planned timelines. Leading a small to medium sized team.Supporting projects through all SELC (Software Engineering Life-Cycle) phases and update and maintain all SELC project documentation.Supporting Government Project Managers in developing and resourcing multiple, simultaneous Project Management Plans (PMP), including but not limited to building Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Integrated Project Schedule (IPS) using approved Enterprise Project Management (EPM) system(s) - currently using CG-EPM Project Web Application.Conduct studies, research and analysis, as required by the customer, to assist in the execution of programmatic decisions, and to provide data for end of the FY Performance Reports.Providing customer communication management, creating and presenting project briefings, creating project reports, and providing summary statistics, as appropriate.Supporting Government Project Managers in the development of staff, command, and flag level briefs as required.Providing input to project planning and control assisting the Government Project Manager with finding efficiencies in the execution of their Project Management Plan.Develop identify and document project risks, issues, and other supporting documentation.Generate Life Cycle Cost Estimates. Assist in developing annual budget.

Virginia, United States

As the Task Leader, serving as the single point of contact for the Contracting Officer (KO) and the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). Ensuring successful task completion within the scheduled timeframe consistent with the established scope of work to include technical solutionsResponsible for recommending and coordinating development, enhancement and maintenance of business systems and processes. Overseeing development of project plans and milestones, status reports and other deliverables, and monitors the execution of the task for quality and against planned timelines. Leading a small to medium sized team.Supporting projects through all SELC phases and update and maintain all SELC project documentation.Supporting Government Project Managers in developing and resourcing multiple, simultaneous Project Management Plans (PMP), including but not limited to a Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and an Integrated Project Schedule (IPS) using approved Enterprise Project Management (EPM) system(s) - currently CG-EPM Project Web Application.Conduct studies, research and analysis, as required by the customer, to assist in the execution of programmatic decisions, and to provide data for end of the FY Performance Reports.Providing customer communication management, creating and presenting project briefings, creating project reports, and providing summary statistics, as appropriate.Supporting Government Project Managers in the development of staff, command, and flag level briefs as required.Providing input to project planning and control assisting the Government Project Manager with finding efficiencies in the execution of their Project Management Plan.Develop identify and document project risks, issues, and other supporting documentation.Generate Life Cycle Cost Estimates. Assist in developing annual budget.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

• Serving as an On-Site Installation Coordinator (Electronics Technician) on the Above Water Sensor Installation Team in the Surface Search Radar Branch – Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme, VA Beach Detachment• Internal Controls. Experience with monitoring schedules for due dates, slippage and impacts on current installations via POA&M. Providing recommendation to the Prime AIT to meet upcoming key events, milestones & their impacts to stake holders and the overall installation/removal of Navy radar systems.• Customer Service. Provides day-to-day customer service and support to all Team Leads & Managers on tasking, status of tasking/progress and future events to keep the project on track. Providing broad technical advice to management officials• Administrative. Manipulating documents & POA&M's using office software tools and databases. Prepared, reviewed, and modified technical documentation associated with the installation and check out of equipment in order to provide life-cycle support. • Quality Assurance. Prepared installation guidance documents and inspected installation drawings, such as SHIPALT Installation Drawings. • Analytical Skills. Prepared analytical evaluations, reviewed proposed or existing technical documentation for assigned systems. • Training Qualification Standard, per PHDNSWCINST 4355.4, and interface with the designated AIT in a shipboard environment. • Experience with Liaison Action Records (LARs), develop Installation Requirement Manuals (IRMs), and write shipboard industrial test procedures. • Generated individual and group reports associated with progress and provided oral and written information for Program Sponsor, program review, or other appropriate meeting/activity. • Experience with RMMCO Check-in/Check-out procedures and verifying QA Workbooks.

Virginia Beach, Va

• Responsible for overseeing teams of personnel and sub-contractors that are responsible for the removal and installation of Various Radar Systems and upgrades.• Extensive planning, documentation, and detailed execution (to include serving as an Alteration Installation Team (AIT) lead as-required) aboard US Navy ships and Shore locations.• Perform Pre-Planning, Estimating, Financial Oversight, Contract or SOW development and review, POAM development, Document review and/or modifications, Material Procurement, and travel.• Provide daily coordination and communication with various AIT team leads, logistic personnel, system engineers, government project engineers, and various shipyard personnel.• Coordinate with the customer and AIT team leads for the appropriate approach and prioritization of System installation to support Ship or Shore requirements and schedules.• Review or update Quality Assurance plans for each alteration being installed.• Ensure lessons learned relative to all aspects of previous installations/removals are implemented, coordinate test plans, procedures, and schedules with government Onsite Installation Coordinators (OSICs) and AIT leads, including daily callouts, test support, and QA documentation.• Coordinate documentation completion (redlined ship installation drawings, test reports, problem reports) to support equipment installation and test efforts and ensure all installations comply with all Military Standards (MIL-STD), ship and Shore program requirements.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Supporting the AN/BPS-15/16 Radar Surveillance & Voyage Management System (VMS) Program efforts in supporting the Naval Surface Warfare Center PHD - VA Beach Detachment.Tasks Include but not limited to:• As the Interim Lead, assist the Project Manager by managing a team of engineers, technicians, and logisticians to provide full spectrum In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) services for the BPS radar programs.• Maintenance. Developing maintenance standards and procedures for use by others. Analyzing repair practices and developing procedural instructions for use by others on methods and steps to repair equipment.• Fabrication. Designing and analyzing circuits, determining design feasibility, evaluating equipment performance under varying environmental conditions, and collecting performance data. Designing or modifying designs to achieve performance and cost objectives. Evaluating the adequacy of equipment for such purposes as repair, calibration, and testing.• Testing and Evaluation/Research and Development. Developing or evaluating new or modified electronic systems. Completing testing, evaluating data, and determining acceptability of equipment modifications, validity, test procedures and data, or legality of operation. Supporting professional engineers in performing experiments, research, and developmental activities requiring an in-depth knowledge of technical engineering methods, applications, practices, and principles to work on concepts, prototypes, and experimental projects that are without precedent and support state-of-the-art research.• Troubleshooting. Analyzing and diagnosing faults in the operational configuration of electronic systems and equipment. Interpreting circuit wiring, logic cable diagrams, drawings, specifications, and schematics of complete systems and equipment to understand the function and interconnections of the various assemblies and troubleshoot the system.

Virginia Beach, Virginia Area

• As the Radar Team Lead, assist the Project Manager by directing the activities of the Depot Radar repair Team. Directing priority tasking to 4 depot bench technicians and 3 Field Engineers, and ensuring all projects are on schedule and all systems/material is available and in RFI condition• Working as an intermediate bridge of communication between the Project manager and Team, to include Government ISEA Lead direct communications/needs to the Radar Team. Provide the Project Manager with installation/Radar Depot Repair status and implements risk response plans and recommended work-arounds.• Responsible for the control and updates of the QA Plans, Test Procedures, Standard Operating Procedures, modifying AutoCAD engineering drawings and Test Workbooks.• Served as Lead for establishing the Depot Level Repair Lab and implementing Lean Six-Sigma along with 5-S practices for better laboratory organization and functionality. • Incorporate and initiate 5-S procedures in accordance with ERP Lab management. Responsible for integrating all procedures and laboratory layout. Results proved an increase in quality work output while cutting the turn-around time by half • Successfully lead our Depot Repair laboratory in the certification process audited and approved by NAVSEA PMS CODE 435.

- Experience operating Computer Aided Design systems - AutoCAD -, including creating, updating and modifying Field Change Drawings that comply with Naval Sea Systems Command. - Conduct research for parts needed in the fabrication phase of different systems, along with compiling parts used to be included for a parts list on drawings.- Communicate with engineers and technicians for specifics on AutoCAD modifications and updates.- Experience with generating, modifying, and integrating 2D autoCAD drawings to support procedure package modifications to the Planning Yard for approval.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

· Support the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division, Virginia Beach Detachment (NSWCPHD, VBDet) efforts to repair and maintain US Navy radar equipment and systems.· Develop technical documentation, procedures, and reports in support of all aspects of radar maintenance.· Provide parts support by inspecting and repairing items to be returned to Category A condition.· Provide technical support to ship and land-based test sites for installation and troubleshooting of assigned Radar systems.· Coordinate and conduct radar test and evaluation events.· Perform Radio Frequency, Troubleshooting and repair to the component level. · Perform system/field change equipment assembly and pre-installation preparation.· Troubleshoot and repair radar hardware and software related faults.· Conduct micro-miniature repairs at the circuit board level.

Chesapeake, Virginia

As an Electronic Technician:• Trained and instructed junior electronic technicians on correct cable dressing, routing, measuring, and Mil-spec connectorization in support of installation of specialized classified electronic equipment involved with SATCOM installation, which also included instillations of highly classified equipment.• Successful installation of SPN46 system and radar dome along with connectorization of RF cables and heliax with 100% test check. Successful installation of CBSP onboard USS HARRY S. TRUMAN.• Installation of network communication systems for CANES install.• Installation of communication racks for CANES install.• Installation of radars and radar domes on various other platforms• Installation and test of CBR&D projects on board many classes of ships. • Over 1000 different types of mil spec copper connectors built.

Chesapeake, Virginia

•As electrical/electronic technician, responsible for connectorizing, repairing, and installing various types of electronic equipment onboard US naval surface vessels•Experience with CANES installations and project objectives •Evaluated technical reports for Naval Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) Systems to support Navy Modernization Program (NMP)•Developed and used technical documents including controlled work packages, formal work processes and procedures, test documents, and reports.•Scheduled, reports and briefed customers and senior management. •Performed quality inspections on finished product.•Successfully initiated duties outside of specialty in order to complete installation and work assignment.•Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions by using test equipment/software•Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation•Understand and be familiar with NAVSEA Standard Items. •Interpreted and understood technical publications and installation drawings to include Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, and other specifications.•Repair and adjust equipment, machines, and defective components as needed•Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter•Measure, cut, crimp, wires and cables, using measuring instruments, hand tools, and special tools for solder jobs

Hampton Roads, Va

- Served as a consecutive interpreter on contract for NASA Langley. Communicated aerodynamics terminology between the NASA Project manager and two College interns from Puerto Rico in 2013.- During the interpretation the Project manager would pause to allow interpretation of whole thoughts, rather than small pieces, which allowed me as the interpreter to have the whole meaning before rendering the Spanish translation to the two college students, then would verify the information was understood.

Newport News, Va

As an electronics technician, my job is to troubleshoot but not limited to the following:•SMR Systems, In-Building Systems, Repeater and Voting Systems, Trunked and Simulcast Systems, Mobile and Portable Two-Way Radios, Consoles, SCADA Systems, Paging Systems, AVL and Data Radio Systems, Strobe Lights and Sirens, emergency Call Boxes, Towers, Radar and Hampton emergency vehicle recording systems.

Virginia Beach

•As part of FLEET READINESS COMMAND OCEANA, leading the maintenance department’s assist shop team responsible for connector building, cable fabrication, inspecting, troubleshooting, and manufacturing electrical/electronic systems used Shipboard and on F-18 air-crafts.Other duties included the following:•Directly contributed to the qualification of an additional 4 Quality Assurance Inspectors, increasing the number of qualified inspectors by 75%•Trained and inspected personnel in connector building, using technical knowledge of electronics principles in determining equipment malfunctions, and applied skill in restoring equipment operations, in result reducing the number of outgoing repaired defective equipment by 97%• Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter• Measure, cut, crimp, wires and cables, using measuring instruments, hand tools, and special tools for solder jobs• Maintain tools, equipment and keep parts in order• Perform semi-skilled laboring duties related to the installation, maintenance and repair of a wide variety of electronic systems and equipment• Disassemble defective electronic equipment, replace defective or worn parts• Examine electronic units for loose connections and broken insulation

Virginia Beach

As an electronics technician directly contributed to the engineer/technical repairs of the Automatic Wire Test Set, applying advanced technical knowledge to solve unusually complex problems by isolating malfunctions, and incorporating engineering changes ensuring uninterrupted maintenance support which resulted in $59,000.00 replacement cost avoidance. ●Being a key member to repairing, the ASX-345 Power Supply Unit, saving over $10,000.00 in shipping and repairing cost that enabled NMC OCEANA to maintain mission readiness•Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions by using test equipment/software•Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation•Troubleshoot and repair/replaced as needed complex industrial electronic equipment•Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks•Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, and other specifications•Repair and adjust equipment, machines, and defective components as needed•Installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications to meet the needs of the shop•Practiced and Instructed personnel in proper ESD procedures

Virginia Beach

Responsible for working on various circuit cards in maintenance repair requiring basic and advanced micro miniature electronic repairs. Providing training on electro-static discharge and various techniques pertaining to component removal to entry-level personnel, and other disciplines on various electrical distribution systems. Other duties included the following:•Provided necessary coordination with contractors and subcontractors•Ensured all safety and security procedures were followed in accordance with operational procedures•Directly supervised cross functional teams in meeting the assigned tasks of the units•Took action with a diverse team of personnel by utilizing them to their best efficiencies resulting in an increase in effectiveness of the ship

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Project Management

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Graduated December 20, 2015

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Electromechanics Control Technology

Electronics Control Technology

High School Diploma