Jason Ard Email and Phone Number

• Cost Account Manager overseeing $91M in scope• Extensive experience directing large multidisciplinary teams • History of executing projects on time and within budget • Team lead for GNC, signal processing, simulation & embedded software • Experience managing subcontractors and suppliers • Skilled in negotiation with customers, business partners and supporting organizations • Developed and captured $2.9M in program opportunities through cost savings • Excellent track record of schedule acceleration and driving results • Experience managing subcontractors and suppliers• Certified Chief Product Owner with many years of experience in Agile methodologies • Published & presented software design and architecture articles in many locations• Demonstrated product solutions and fielded technical questions from government customers• Innovated new methods for real-time infra-red image processing • Implemented neural networking solutions for use on embedded target selection software • Designed and implemented a software risk mitigation plan which prevented months of delay • Rescued a failing software system through redesigning a scalable object-oriented architecture• Implemented configuration management practices which reduced integration time and greatly increased the quality of software products • Received numerous awards for technical excellence • Consistently received excellent, top ranking performance reviews