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 Architecture and Experimentation Division, determining the As-Is Architecture of AFRL IT, assist/advise on determining the implementation towards the AFRL Chief Architect To-Be Architecture. Provide leadership, advisor, and technical decision recommendations on integrated/interoperable architectures. Advise/lead Cloud Migrations, determining feasibility, risk, cloud readiness, cost/schedule/performance impacts. Advise on Enterprise Architecture competencies to build and continue expertise, standards and best practices to guide experimentation and solutions towards interoperable IT/data architecture for the AFRL CA and CDO. Provide broad IT experiential Architecture/Engineering/Programmatic/Test advice to the IZ Directorate’s Divisions, to build a cross-domain/Division work breakdown structure, identifying dependencies, for achievable activities/workstreams traceable to funding.

 Enterprise Business Systems Division Chief Engineer, responsible for agile AF Cloud One migration, alignment with AFRL Chief Architect and development and integration of the AFRL Enterprise Business System (EBS) of Systems, both internal and external to AFRL. Determine and assist Division in writing and evaluation contracts and approach. Lead computer science work involving the application of software, hardware, data management and analytics. Senior Systems Engineer for agile software development and innovate bidirectional traceability and control of the technical baseline’s functional, allocated, and product baselines. Lead advanced planning and direction for new software and hardware systems, assessing cost, schedule, performance, and risk management to advise senior leadership and program managers. Technical leadership for nearly 100 support contractors and maintain relationships with other IT leaders. Source Selection experience.

 Matrixed to HQ AFMC/A4N, advising the branch chiefs, division technical director and chief with technical recommendations on interpretation/implementation of DoD & AF Guidance/Policy/Instructions, Information Technology (IT) systems, acquisition, systems engineering, program management and infrastructure engineering support for transformation of over 240 division logistics legacy IT systems and new capability initiatives hosted across multiple IT engineering domains. Initiated and led the first Virtual Enterprise Architecture team across 2 AF centers, PEO BES, HQ AFMC and HAF/A4 to define the processes and architecture to transform the A4 Logistics footprint to reduction, efficiency, cost savings, and improved performance. Establish and led critical Enterprise Architecture integration with HAF & AFMC Logistics Office of Data Management – resolving critical operational problems for AF & AFMC Chief Data Officers.

 Branch Chief for new/initial EBS Portfolio Management Support Office (MSO) to support 3 DLA/J62E Divisions, Development, Operations/sustainment, and Program Management. Managing cost, schedule, and performance of 15 resources to deliver EBS Portfolio streamlined seven ACAT III Program Acquisitions, non-ACAT build/delivery processes, Systems Engineering processes, Enterprise Architecture compliance, business funds management of $300M annual budget, configuration management compliance, contracting support, Human Resource and administrative support. Source Selection experience. Located in J62E Information Operations

 Towards end of below assignment to AF PEO C3I&N/HNI, I had a new hat as the Deputy Branch Chief/PM while maintaining Chief Engineer. New duties - managing resources, cost, schedule, performance for the Air Force Enterprise Data Warehouse by developing and implementing contracts, financials, and technical program aspects. Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate resources across functional areas of project management, contracting, engineering, configuration, data management, development, test, deployment, sustainment and logistics to execute the Program’s mission to acquire, develop, deliver, and sustain warfighter capability business intelligence ~$50M/yr and approx. 100 contractors in an agile fashion. ACAT I Source Selection Technical Subfactor Chief.

 Develop, implement and sustain a Teradata based Enterprise Electronic Data Warehouse, ~$50M/yr and ~100 contractors, with over 90 inbound feeds and 20 terabytes of data, supporting business analytics across eight Air Force cross functional domains. Led all technical reviews for agile development, deployment of capabilities. Provided expert advice/analysis/insight on enterprise systems engineering, information technology architecture development, infrastructure engineering, and application development best practices across multiple IT engineering domains, to include the Data Services’ Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), the Global Combat Support System Integrated Framework (GCSS-IF) infrastructure, and the Joint USAF/USTRANSCOM/DFAS financial Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system infrastructure – to Program Manager, Chief Engineer, and Director of Engineering.

Hand Picked /detailed temporary promotion for HQ AFMC/A4N during above AF PEO C3I&N/HNI assignment, advising the division technical director and program manager with technical recommendations on general systems, acquisition/requirements, and infrastructure engineering support for all division logistics legacy systems transformation, and new capability initiatives which are hosted across multiple IT engineering domains. Led analysis for significant future division sustainment cost reductions by re-engineer/architect infrastructure services to include re-platform, virtual/operational environment reduction, data storage & archiving policy, Mission Assurance Category (MAC) level, and new hardware technology using sound sustainment engineering practices. Liaison between the US Army Enterprise Data Management Office (EDMO), AFLCMC/HNII Data Services and USAF HQ AFMC/A4N to streamline standup of the Data Competency Center.

 Program lead engineer for the $2B ACAT I D Joint Service Defense Enterprise Account Management System (DEAMS) Program Management Office (PMO) acquisition. First Air Force Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to achieve a Milestone B - successful deployment of the largest financial ERP system in the DoD to USTRANSCOM/USAF/DFAS, the foundation for continued deployment to the USAF. Provided General Systems Engineering (SE) support/consultation/advice across multiple IT engineering domains and disciplines such as enterprise systems engineering, information technology architecture, development, and infrastructure engineering. Directed the work and prioritization for 25 PMO Engineering and Technical Acquisition Support Services (ETASS) resources and a 6 person IV&V team to support all Increments of the ERP program. Worked with the System Integrator(s) and external agencies such as Government Accounting Office (GAO), Office of Secretary of Defense Systems Engineering (OSD), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Air Force Auditing Agency (AFAA), Business Transformation Agency (BTA) and Program Executive Offices (PEO).

Program Manager, Technical Lead, and Systems Engineer for the Commander's Master Plan Objective 5 team for Production Process Control, NASIC’s Product Lifecycle Management System (PLMS), providing direction on program cost, schedule, performance, and briefings of program status, risks, issues, schedule, and budget to the NASIC commander and Defense Intelligence Senior Leaders. Located in XOR Requirements Division.

Senior Systems Engineer in the Communications and Information Directorate National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) for the Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management System (PLMS) in support of a Master Plan objective for automation, resource management, and improved information sharing across the Intelligence production processes servicing 2500 employees across 5 unique functional/IT-technical domains. Led and managed a cross-directorate government/contractor technical/development implementation team, directly responsible for the strategic, tactical, and operational plans to manage cultural, change, and technical implementation/integration of the PLMS seamlessly into the NASIC’s critical national intelligence mission while deploying valuable capability spanning multiple classified networks. Researched, analyzed, and evaluated future/emerging technology. Source selection exp.

Computer Scientist and Lead Application system administrator for two major information systems, servicing approximately 2500 NASIC employees. Conducted scientific analysis of IT technologies, customizations, functional/technical requirements, performance characteristics, upgrade, integration tests, data migrations, and deploy/field/administer IT information systems and database applications. Lead analyst/programmer for two information systems w/US national security level impact integrating with external security agencies. Information System Security Officer.

 Special project team support to consolidate all AFMC Bases’ IT resources’ funding/management to the HQ AFMC/SC Director of Communications and Information office, responsible for 4 AFMC bases.

 Subject Matter Expert (SME) for USAFE Command-unique Fiber Optic Calibration System, Acoustical Calibration System, Infrared Target Simulator Calibration System, Accelerometer and Vibration Pick-Up Calibration System, SME on TACAN/IFF test equipment and LASER calibration system for Laser Guided Bomb LASER detectors. Provided expert electronic/mechanical/laser/optics/infrared knowledge and synthesized with scientific analysis of principles, characteristics, and theory to provide insight/innovation to quickly troubleshoot, repair, and modify unique mission critical USAFE systems - providing effective bombs-on-target support.  Calibrate, test, align, modify, quality assurance, troubleshoot, and repair to component level complex precision test equipment ensuring exacting standards/tolerances, electronic/mechanical engineering principles/characteristics, and maintaining traceability to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through the Air Force Primary Standards Laboratory, electronic digital, analog, and microprocessor based test equipment/systems, such as but not limited to, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, time domain reflectometers, signal generators from 1 mHz to 40GHz, LASER and fiber optic sensors, IR sensors, AC/DC standards, Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) and Identify Friend or Foe (IFF), altitude/pressure, communication, and VOR/ILS.  “Last stop before depot” – Expertise and knowledge frequently sought for innovative/new troubleshooting techniques, repair, alignment, calibration, or testing of the diagnostic equipment/systems that all other laboratory personnel could not resolve.