John Sammarco Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Reston, Virginia, US

Thirty five years of experience leading, managing, and consulting to top public and private sector organizations. Founded Definitive Business Solutions in 2003, which provides world-class group decision-making solutions. Created Definitive Pro™, a group decision support solution to help organizations build consensus and make complex, multi-criteria.

Reston, Virginia, US

• Key Client Engagements:
• For the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), led the development and implementation of the IT portfolio management process in support of budget formulation.
• For PayCycle, Inc., assessed the operational policies and practices for compliance with the Bank Security Act (BSA), Anti Money Laundering (AML), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) using bank examination.
• For GMAC Financial Services, managed the project portfolios for Global Real Estate and Global Procurement. Established performance measures, metrics, and reporting. Also facilitated development of new business process.
• For Fannie Mae, led the transformation of project/program/portfolio management organizational maturity. Deployed twenty-four standards, measured adherence, and controlled continuous process improvement.
• For Accenture, facilitated world-wide strategic decision-making sessions centered on technology services and outsourcing, resulting in a new operating model and plan to achieve significant financial savings.

College Park, Maryland, US

Serving as an adjunct professor, teaching courses for the Department of Decision, Operations and Information Technologies within the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, US

Responsible for assisting the VP Strategy and Government in collecting data and assessing the strategic direction of the chapter, and translating the conceptual strategy into an actionable plan to be reviewed and approved by the Board.

New York, NY, US

• Led the definition and development of a company-wide portfolio management and risk management capability to govern technology investments. Authored the Portfolio Management Body of Knowledge and developed the Portfolio.
• Led the Corporate-level Portfolio Management Team for the AOL CFO, optimizing technology investments. Developed and deployed a Performance Management System for the CFO.
• Led a team of twenty-two to provide project-based operational support services to the company, to include Portfolio Management; Measures, Metrics, and Reporting; Project Administration; and Tools Administration.
• Led Sarbanes-Oxley control gap analysis and remediation for the Enterprise PMO

Bethesda, MD, US

• Led the Business Services Online organization for the Social Security Administration, with full lifecycle responsibility for the Government-to-Business (G2B) suite of Internet applications.
• Led a project team that designed and developed the prototype for PATRIOTS, an interoperable system that assists in finding and tracking terrorists and their financial assets.
• Provided project leadership for the Expanded Federal Parent Locator Service (EFPLS), a large software development program within the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. Led the effort to gain compliance with.

Austin, Texas, US

• Led a nation-wide consulting practice. Managed delivery of Oracle Consulting Services to the aerospace industry, to include National Security and Intelligence Agencies, the Air Force, NASA, and commercial Space.
• Managed profit & loss, developed new business, delivered existing business, and developed strategic partnerships / alliances.
• Co-authored business plan to establish the Oracle Space Group, a License Sales & Consulting Services business

Bethesda, MD, US

• Managed cost, schedule, and technical performance of twelve Intelligence Community software development programs, developed and implemented long-term strategic plans, served as Program Manager for two programs, and led.
• Assessed new business opportunities for strategic plan consistency, mentored Capture Managers and Proposal Teams, developed business cases and win strategies, established teaming arrangements, managed budgets, led.
• Served as Capture Manager for the Systems Programming & Technical Assistance Phase II opportunity.
• Led a major study to consolidate customer data centers for a global Space agency.
• Managed a multi-mission data center (300 personnel) for a global Space agency).
• Served as proposal manager for a follow-on multi-mission operations contract.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Managed a distributed Project Management Organization of 100 project managers and system engineers.
• Provided operations systems engineering and integration leadership of large-scale development programs and select government missions into East Coast operations. Received three consecutive 100% Award Fee scores.
• Led the development and implementation of project and portfolio management processes, tools, and templates to improve resource management. Managed a portfolio of 30-40 diverse engineering projects.
• Served as the Chairperson of the Lockheed Martin Engineering Review Board, which reviewed all proposed program changes for technical adequacy, schedule feasibility, and cost acceptability.

Cincinnati, OH, US

1982, B.S. In Computer Science

1991, M.S. In Systems Management