John Mason Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

• Provides acquisition expertise assisting National Media Exploitation Center’s (NMEC’s) Information Technology (IT) division in acquiring infrastructure and services to support DOMEX mission requirements.• Performs market research for IT software, hardware and service requirements and documents findings for Government stakeholder, project and team lead review, validation, and approval.• Works with technical SMEs to generates technical details in support of business and architectural requirements such as market analysis, purchase justifications, material lifecycle plans and bills of material.• Drafts IT product and service oriented statements of work.• Performs cost benefit and market analysis to determine if requirement details meet DOD requisition policy for use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solutions and recommends the most efficient acquisition approach.• Assists the Government in organizing and tracking technical investment plans and purchasing roadmaps to ensure execution of the current year spend plan for all NMEC divisions, in order to meet functional goals and fiscal timelines.

Haymarket, Va, Us

• Provides assistance in acquisition support functions to include development of provisioning requirements, logistics support analyses, total life-cycle costs, systems analysis and design, data and/or network management and the development of associated technical documentation.• Assists pricing analysts in the development and completion of large dollar, high complexity pricing cases in support of contracting officer negotiations. • Supports client’s policy team by conducting reviews of policy and contracting guidance including recommending changes to the FAA’s Acquisition System Toolset (FAST) clause matrix.

• Provided program management support assisting the NRO's Communications Directorate’s Information Technology Infrastructure consolidation and modernization efforts for the Network Engineering Group’s Broadside Transformer effort. • Performed in-depth technical market research and analyses of past performance to prepare acquisition planning recommendations for senior Program Managers and lead Contracting Officers. • Conducted assessments of the risk inherent in acquisition strategies and identifies actionable options for mitigating those risks that met the prevailing technical, security, operational and financial constraints. • Created and supported the development of the technical portions of request for proposal (RFP) documentation including requirements documents, statement of work and Section L & M evaluation criteria that meet Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and DOD Enterprise IT policy requirements for software and hardware procurements. • Identified and consolidated legacy IT Enterprise software licenses and network hardware components to better define the existing IT baseline for potential Broadside bidders.

Reston, Virginia, Us

• Provided “cradle to grave” USG contracting support including pre-solicitation, solicitation, administration, and closeout functions by reviewing requirements package, recommending appropriate contract type, and preparing all contractual supporting file documentation. • Supported all aspects of cost and pricing support including the development of Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) and program cost estimates for congressional budget request submittals. • Performed pre-award functions by analyzing all proposals, including cost/price proposals, assisting the Contracting Officer in conducting negotiations or preparing negotiations positions, and preparing contractual award documents.• Monitored CAS compliance and Disclosure Statement acceptability by completing examinations of contractor data and recommends corrective actions for non-compliance issues.• Performed post award functions by monitoring contractor’s performance, preparing contract modifications, and performing contract closeout.• Assigned mission critical workload requiring O-10 level approvals and was relied upon to develop consensus among multiple stakeholders under difficult circumstances.

Reston, Virginia, Us

• Acquisition and contracting expert performing pre- and post award contracting support and analysis of complex problems and contracting solutions to maximum effectiveness in relation to cost or risk in support of the CENTCOM Contracting Command-Iraq. • Performs reviews to determine, and recommend to client, most effective course of action. Participates in various review processes to verify that results are correct. Researches contract files, prepares correspondence, updates tracking database.• Interfaces with Senior Contracting Official- Iraq office, Administrative contracting office, and program offices to determine status of various contracting actions and facilitates responses required to award contracts, orders, and agreements.

Reston, Virginia, Us

• Provided “cradle to grave” USG contracting support including pre-solicitation, solicitation, administration, and closeout functions by reviewing requirements package and preparing all contractual supporting file documentation. • Performed pre-award functions by analyzing all proposals, including cost/price proposals, assisted the Contracting Officer in conducting negotiations or preparing negotiations positions, and prepared contractual award documents.• Executed post award functions by monitoring contractor’s performance, prepared contract modifications, and performed contract closeout.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

677 AESG/TO- Simulators System Program Office (SPO)• Responsible for awarding Task orders and contract administration for the F-15C and F-15E Commercial Training Simulation Services (CTSS) contracts. • Lead Contract negotiator/ administrator for the $370 Million F-15C CTSS Contract.• Lead Contract negotiator/ administrator for the $285 Million F-15E Mission Training Centers (MTC) Contract. • Member of the F-15C follow-on contract Source Selection team.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

650 AESS/PK- F117 SPO• PCO responsible for awarding and administering depot, modernization, and sustainment actions for the F117 weapons platform. • Primary PCO for F117 Fleet Retirement and Program Shutdown efforts.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

ASC/PKWI, Centralized Contracting• Journeyman buyer/PCO acquiring commercial Information Technology (IT) services and supplies to support Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) and Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) wings, groups and squadrons IT requirements.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

ASC/YFK- F/A 22 SPO• Senior production buyer for the FA-22 Production Branch and Government Furnished Property (GFP) contracting specialist for the FA-22 program.• Integral member of the Lot 4 production team and assisted in the $3.15 Billion definitization of the high visibility Lot 4 negotiations.• Essential member of the Lot 5 production team and assisted in the award of the $492 Million Lot 5 Advance Buy Contract.

Masters, Masters In Business Administration

Bachelor Of Arts, Management Of Information Systems