John Kirkpatrick Email & Phone Number

Charlottesville, VA, US

Alexandria, VA

• Provides FAA Subject Matter Expert (SME) support to the Aviation Management Associates (AMA) office for developing business cases, product support services, and creation of business concept ideas for industry to.
• Directly supports the CEO of AMA in developing and maintaining a database for all US Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
• Provided significant input to a consolidated report for the FAA on UAS future projections of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the National Airspace for 2015 – 2035.
• Provided papers and briefs to help various companies develop strategies for supporting the FAA’s need to supply Aircraft Access to SWIM (AAtS), System-Wide Information Management (SWIM), and User Access Terminal.

Opnav N96 Pentagon

Provides senior level program requirements management at the Resource Sponsor level to OPNAV N96 Surface Warfare. He has over ten years of program requirements management experience and possesses intimate knowledge of DoD acquisition policies and procedures. He regularly interacts with senior leadership of internal and external agencies and organizations..

Arlington, VA

• Provided acquisition and program management support to the Navy’s SBX Major Program Manager. Coordinated across Navy (NSWC/MSC) and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) leadership and directorates to ensure that all.
• Developed and managed the Navy SBX Risk Management program and orchestrated the integration of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) risk program into a Joint SBX risk program.
• Oversaw integrated program management products (i.e., CONOPS, Operational Software, Logistics Documents, & Communication Information Assurance certifications, etc.) coordination and was responsible for the resolution.
• Contributed to management decisions with respect to policy development and implementation, organizational and functional analyses, management studies, corrective action, delegations of authority, and other management.
• Coordinated the efforts of a diverse MDA/NAVSEA engineering team to develop detailed plans for the disposition and correction of 489 INSURV discrepancies to include recommendation for upgrades and/or modernization to.
• Coordinated the efforts of the SEA 05 Ship Design Manager (SDM) to implement compliance of the ship’s self-defense weapons and armory with Navy regulations.

Arlington, VA

• SM-3 Blk IIa Missile Project, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) (BecTech Inc) 02/08 05/09Provided program management support as the project lead to the Aegis BMD, SM-3 Blk IIa Missile Manager by coordinating the.
• Provided SME Defense Department acquisition services for the Blk IIA Missile Manager, ensuring program schedules were maintained and deadlines adhered too.
• oversees integrated program management products (i.e., design documents, test and evaluation requirements/test results, software requirements for the Blk IIa program, etc) coordination.
• Provided insight into the resolution of technical internal issues requiring senior-level decisions and contributed to management decisions with respect to policy development and implementation, organizational and.
• Coordinated the efforts of a diverse engineering team to develop detailed plans for the design of the SM-3 Block IIa missile and associated container and launching hardware.

Alexnadria, VA

• Provided business management and business development expertise to medium and small business owners and Program Management support expertise to NAVSEA, OPNAV, and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
• Provided consultant support to a Maryland-based company by analyzing US Navy Pay network operations, defining system hardware and software requirements, and developing a Security & Risk Assessment Plan for the Naval.
• Provided contract SME support to the CEO of an 8(a) company bidding for an accounting support RFP for the Missile Defense Agency.
• Provided Chinese translation support services to a major US Bowling company seeking business in mainland China. Translated system design and operation manuals into Mandarin Chinese to support export of bowling.

Arlington, VA

• Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Program Manager for the MDA Analysis Center (MDAAC) 8(a) contract for the Test and Evaluation (T&E) Directorate (DT) with responsibility for planning, execution, post-event analysis of all.
• Responsible for coordinating with the other Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) elements regarding system architecture testing using Modeling and Simulation (M&S) software and Wargaming events.
• SME of hardware/software for C2BMC, Patriot, THAAD, FBX-T, SBX, SBIRS, JTAGS, Aegis BMD, GFC, GMD systems of the BMDS and Integration of test objectives within a Joint Testing environment using M&S tools.
• Significant experience/knowledge of communication architectures using LINK-16, S-TADIL-J, variable message format (VMF), Extensible Marking Language (XML), and B/C series and Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS).
• Participated in the Combined Test Force (CTF) Integrated Product Team (IPT) and the Responsible Test Organization (RTO).
• Was a member of the Test Configuration Working Group, the Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP) Working Group, and numerous other IPTs and working groups.

Arlington, VA

• Department of Defense OPNAV N81In a collateral effort, managed the OPNAV N81 sub-contract for Extended Air Defense (EAD)Sim analysis support to N816 with the prime contractor, SAIC.
• Identified data sources and provided datasets researched at Wallops Island Test Center to update the EADSim database to be used for N81 futuristic predictive analysis for Seabasing support effort.
• Managed the day-to-day support effort tracking labor hours, contract budget, and administrative contract functions. Finished effort in less than half the contract period and saved the Government approximately $40,000.

Washington Navy Yard

• Naval Sea Systems Command (PMS 465) Program Manager for the US Navy Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) program supporting PMS 465. Draft, evaluate, and maintain ACAT ID Acquisition Program Baseline documents.
• Member of the Integrated Product Teams for the PMS 425 and PMS 435 product lines. Coordinated and administered IPT meetings and resulting meeting minutes, action items, and action item tracking.
• Tracked program progress and analyze impact on the PMS 425 and PMS 435 Test and Evaluation Programs. Analyze and advise on budgets and resource requirements. Assisted Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force.
• Supported the PMS 425, PMA 281, PMA 282, and PMW 173 Program Managers and Program Managers Working Groups in analyzing and resolving integration, communications, and networking architecture issues in enhancing.

Washington, DC

• Federal Aviation AdministrationSenior Systems Engineer providing program management and technical engineering support to the FAA's Associate Administrator for Research and Acquisitions (ARA) which provided leadership.
• Directly responsible for all phases of FAA program/project management including creating and writing all DoT acquisition documentation and maintaining configuration control over National Air Space (NAS) lighting.
• Aggressive management of an annual program operating budget in excess of $45M for various programs over a five-year period utilizing MS Office products as management aids.
• Installed 140 New Generation Runway Visual Range (NGRVR) Systems, 34 Collaborative Decision-Making (CDM) software interfaces for 12 online commercial carriers, and commissioned 9 various Congressional mandated.
• Saved the government $1-$3M/contract through aggressive contract negotiating techniques with pre-screened qualified vendors for Runway Visual Range (RVR) and Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) programs.
• Generated strategic business relationships with commercial vendors for hardware manufacture, equipment installation, and equipment support valued at $2-$3M per year.

A consummate Navy professional (0-4) with thirteen years as an enlisted Electronics Technician (E2 – E8) working on Communication and Radar systems, managing Test Equipment Labs, and teaching Navy/US ARMY Electronic/Weapon/Combat Systems courses. Commissioned as an Electronics Limited Duty Officer (Naval Officer) managing electronics professionals afloat.

Ms, Computer Information Systems

B.S., Sociology