Joe Crane Email & Phone Number

We work in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and Washington DC as licensed general contractor specializing in concrete installation, roofing and structural repair for commercial and residential clients.On a negotiated basis, we will work as a general contractor.Internationally, we work with the US government, foreign governments, NGOs and private investors to design and execute vertical, industrial and investment construction projects.

Alexandria, Va, Us

Develop federal opportunities for small and large federal systems integrators by identifying opportunities, determining PWin and developing go/no-go metrics.Lead and write proposals (technical and self-score) in numerous industries to include systems integration, construction, IT and management services.

Mission of Firm: Raydar International is the sister company of Raydar & Associates tasked with leading construction that specializes in design-build construction projects in emerging markets for regional governments, NGOs, the UN and the US Government.Accomplishments: • Captured and managed the Engineering, Procurement, Management and Construction (EPMC) contract in a Joint Venture for the rehabilitation of the 13-story Central Bank of Liberia and greenfield construction of the adjoining parking garage.• Captured and managed the construction of medical facilities for the SPLA in South Sudan under the AECOM AFRICAP program.

Mission of Firm: Raydar & Associates has been providing premier government services to the US Navy since 1997 primarily under the SEAPORT-e program as a prime contractor. Raydar & Associates specializes in electrical engineering, radar restoration and repair, technical training, information assurance, and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) of US Navy and Marine equipment at its 36,000 square foot facility outside the North Gate of Crane NSA, Indiana. Accomplishments:• Worked with the founder to reassume control of the firm after a failed Leveraged Buyout (LBO) occurred in 2006. This required negotiation of the two term-loans with local banks used to finance the original LBO, removal of the C-suite and approval of the minority shareholders all of whom were either current or former employees.• Established a new division focused on supplying the US government with Nonstandard (non-NATO spec) Ammunition and Weapons to SOCOM and US allies and orchestrated the business development, capture and PMO for a 250M Blanket Order Agreement with the Army Contracting Command.

Mission of Firm: The Crane Group was established in 2005 as an IT consulting and WiMAX/WiFi/VOIP integrator specializing in large rollouts for Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) use by the US military personnel. In 2007, a deliberate change occurred and the firm began to focus on construction and export management projects globally.Accomplishments:• Obtained startup capital with three SBA loan packages and later raised a seven-figure investment into a spin-off government services firm specializing in US Federal Government projects in the Horn of Africa (HOA).--Export Management and Logistics• Obtained the first issued export license in South Sudan under a JV to export scrap metal. Coordinated the labor, transportation and sales network to cut, ship and sell scrap steel to refineries in Uganda and Kenya.• Established and assisted public and private international firms to obtain a legal presence and business licenses along with visas and work permits to support US and UN projects along with private initiatives.--Information Technology and VOIP• Proposal Manager and chief technical advisor for Resolute Partners in the bid for a wireless network for five bases in Kuwait containing 25,000 Coalition troops (approximately 7,400 nodes). (value: $47.1M)• Prime to install a metro-wireless (WiMAX) network at Fort Shelby, Alabama to provide wireless internet access for US Army troops (approximately 3,000 nodes).• Prime to perform a five-base site survey in Germany and Italy to design the infrastructure for the installation of an Internet Service Provider over existing copper lines (16,700 nodes). Later acted as proposal manager in a five-company partnership• Established and sold a VOIP carrier business which had over 200 VOIP carrier interchanges (contracts with other carriers) before the sale.

Reston, Va, Us

• Started as a business development consultant to ramp up operations from June 2007 through June of 2008 and returned in February of 2009 (through October 2010) as a general manager for operations and business development.• Established the company's presence in South Sudan and Kenya, eventually establishing a Joint Venture with Arkel International that captured and performed over $100M in construction and life support contract revenue during my tenure, to include (non-extensive) the following projects and revenue streams:- Assisted AECOM, PAE and Dyncorp on multiple Department of State AFRICAP programs in writing TORs (proposal and pricing development) and managing various aspects of the captured programs such as: an 18M civil works contract in Duar, South Sudan; a 12M upgrade contract for hospitals throughout South Sudan; and multiple life support and construction contracts throughout East Africa.- Lead the successful capture, business development and proposal for a 23M, 5-story office compound for a telecom company in Juba.- Lead the capture and later was the program manager for multiple upgrades at the US Consulate at Juba both direct with the Consulate and with the Louis Berger Group (LBG) under a USAID program.- Lead the successful capture and management of the Naval Facilities Command (NAVFAC) Center of Excellence construction in Congo for the training of the Congolese military as a subcontractor to AECOM.- Captured and managed multiple construction, life support and logistics contracts such as United Nations Development Program (UNDP) food supply contracts, compound construction for NGO, UN and USAID programs and a radio station construction for EDC under a USAID program.• Lead the purchase and expansion of the physical plant which included housing for staff and partners (over 50 rooms), a restaurant (which was under my purview of management) and lay-down yard.

• Head of IT Division (GS-15 position) which managed seven American specialists and multiple Iraqi nationals in the daily maintenance of a 400-node network (over 54 acres).• Provided armed security for convoys while moving into unsecure areas of Iraq and was part of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) for base defense (all work in this regard was carried out legally with a Ministry of Interior Weapons Permit).• Negotiated and managed the cabling, VOIP and server farm installation subcontract.• Managed the software development for a contract and security management database which streamlined contract management, coordinated security efforts, tracked supplies (and other contract deliverables) and measured productivity.• Managed the installation of a UHF radio network.

• Coordinated the creative direction, content and design for multiple website initiatives including secure, streaming content for paid subscribers.• Managed the design, construction and technical installation of a video studio for in-house video broadcasts, weekly audio broadcasts via the internet and for live television and radio interviews.• Developed marketing material for live events, new books and accounting services.• Developed interactive video and Powerpoint presentations for live events and training seminars.

• Assisted IT department (G6) during inception and later in meeting complex certification standards for SIPRNET and NIPRNET.• Pre-deployment Instructor for Microsoft Office including Frontpage.• Wrote and managed an Access database to coordinate deployment statistics on Brigade (and subordinate Battalion) personnel for quarterly command briefs on personnel readiness. • Built temporary field networks for exercises and operations.• Constantly meet and exceeded Special Operation Forces (SOF) physical and mental standards in the United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC).

Hixson, Tn, Us

• Organized and prepared a weekly docket with an average of 75 files per week.• Prepared clients for attorney meetings and court hearings.• Coordinated a file system with over 1,000 files.

• NBS was started when I was 18 years old and was run while I was taking a full course load in college and enlisted in the US Army Reserves. My intent in starting the company was to leverage my graphic design, programming and overall computer skills in order to avoid a large debt service from attending college. The slogan for the company was "The Write Tools for Your Business."• Coordinated the startup, business plan and marketing plan for Andorrl which brought new medical devices to market in China. As a minority owner in the firm, NBS was tasked with sourcing new products for the Chinese market. We identified, vetted and interviewed over fifty potential companies and were successful in bringing a new heart stint technology to market and passed through the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).• Wrote several dozen business plans and websites for Chattanooga companies for marketing and finance-sourcing opportunities.• Hired and managed several part-time employees (who were also university students) to coordinate design and writing projects for the firm.

Certificate In Entrepreneurship And Innovation

Bachelor Of Arts, English