Jim Blades Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

1666 K Street, NW DC 20006

Will use 40+ years of experience in federal contracting and government administrative and financial functions to help Jefferson clients meet their goals and objectives. Will assist with strategy on efficiencies and effective change, research, and recommendations for implementing and monitoring enterprise-wide best practices in client organizations towards.

Washington DC

As Senior Advisor, provide advice, guidance and recommendations to the Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of Administration and Finance Department. Also, trouble shoot and lead initiatives within the A&F functional areas, including contracts and grants management, budget and finance, information technology, human resources, administrative services.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Vice President (Acting), Administration and Finance April 2016 – October 2016Deputy Vice President, Contracts and Administration June 2015 to April 2016Responsible for leading contracts and grants management (CGM).
• Serve as executive sponsor of the CEO and VP/CFO’s #1 priority – relocating staff to a new workplace in December 2015. Project delivered on schedule and under budget (<2%), with successful change management delivering.
• Success on the lease project elevated MCC’s A&F Department as a strategic partner within the agency. Success on Lease/Move project earned the team the Annual 2014 Cost Saving Award and 2015 CEO's Excellence Award.
• Obtained 80% employee viewpoint move-related satisfaction rating in 2015 federal EVS.
• Overcame challenge of GSA relocation of tenants out of MCC’s newly leased space, avoiding extensive GSA related delays and related cost impacts to MCC to the tune of $2.5M dollars.
• Project involved developing requirements, design/construction, sustainability, property disposal, change management/ communication strategies,turnover of old space to landlords, moving, and relocation of 420 staff.

Contracts And Grants Management (CGM)

• A strategic partner and member of the senior staff for the Administration and Finance Department,
• Responsible for awarding contracts, assistance agreements, inter- agency agreements, and real-estate transactions; managing the charge card program, and managing MCC acquisition workforce development, including.
• Led CGM to achieving the highest employee viewpoint survey - global satisfaction rating for the agency 3 years out of 5, with 2015 being 78% (agency at 52% and government at 59%); increased customer satisfaction 2.
• Planned, solicited, evaluated, negotiated, and awarded the single real property lease for MCC, achieving 38% savings from the earlier lease(s), by both reducing the footprint (25%) and negotiating lower rates over a 10.
• Matured the agency's corporate procurement/contracting operation, focusing on organizational alignment and leadership, policies and processes, human capital, and knowledge and information management, e.g., automation.
• Met or exceeded the CGM division goals in support of corporate goals each of the 5 years.

Deputy to the Senior Procurement Executive, Chief Acquisition Official for the Millennium Challenge Corporations. Deputy to the Managing Director of the Contracts and Grants Management Division, Department of Administration and Finance.

Washington DC

Sep 2015 - present - member of the Small Agency Council Executive Committee which is comprised of principal management officials from all functional areas in small agencies with diversified missions.June 2012-Sep 2015 - represented 90+ small agencies on the small agency council as Procurement Committee Chair, in support of the Office of Federal Procurement.

Washington, DC

• Division Manager, Contract Services Division 04/2006 to 11/2007Led four branches (Executive/Managerial Support Branch, Facilities/Technology Support,Engineering/Technical Support, and Enterprise Solutions Support).
• Managed successfully high volume of contract actions (2700 with $900M annual spend) from over 100 customer organizations with expectations for quick turnaround times.
• Provided executive level management to 4 GS-15 branch managers and roughly 40 contract specialists/officers.
• Ensured consistent practices, procedures and communications followed across all divisions; accomplished planning, solicitation, evaluation, negotiation, award, and administration of all contracts, including.
• Delivered award-winning presentation on performance-based services to 350 senior FAA managers at a Leadership Summit and 150 contracting professionals at Annual Procurement Conference.
• Initiated formal 1102 development program for agency’s contracting workforce.

Washington, DC

Branch Manager, Executive and Managerial Support Services 08/2003 to 04/2006Addressed deficiencies and poor customer satisfaction; managed annual spend of $350M; analyzed lead and turnaround times; met with customers to gain perspective; developed an awareness briefing on the contracting processes; and conducted a communication and awareness tour of all 45.

Organized, analyzed, and negotiated 25 outstanding undefinitized contract actions within 9 months; settled outstanding claim resulting in savings of $8M. Managed team of specialists responsible for contract administration for various multi-million dollar contracts for Flight Service Station, Weather Processor, Voice Switch Recorder, Inter-Facility.

Crystal City, VA

Sr. Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer 02/1988 to 10/1992 Acquisition support for the ACAT 1 Navy T-45 Aircraft & Training System Program. Negotiated significant savings while establishing a fair and reasonable per/unit baseline for the first production run of this new aircraft, i.e., the $735M proposed was settled at $630M. Negotiated key Special.

Education record

Completed the Senior Executive Fellows Program in May 2014

Mba, Contract Management

Ba, Political Science, Graduated With Honors

Activities and Societies: Member: Political Science Student Association and Pi Sigma Alpha

Education record

Activities and Societies: Member Varsity Wrestling