Kevin L. Email & Phone Number

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Hired as a GDIT Engineering Director to fulfill the role of Chief Engineer / Architect for program(s).

Reston, Virginia, Us

Hired by the Chief Technology Strategist as his deputy to develop solutions using broad experience in technology for federal customers with goal to extend to commercial customers. Focus on Agile, DevOps, and hybrid SDLC methodologies for rapid application development and continuous deployment with incorporation of continuous testing and continuous inspection as part of CI/CD that would surpass MVP standard.June 2014 - March 2017Assigned to the US Census Bureau as one of the Sr Solution Architect roles to develop the baseline architecture for an Enterprise DevOps capability to support one of the largest application development efforts of a Federal customer - Decennial Census. March 2017 - January 2023Assigned as a Lead System Architect/Engineer for IT systems on the DHS Technical Implementation Program (TIP).

Hired to aid US Courts Administrative Office on WebSphere Portal architecture, best practices, and capabilities.

Taking larger management role at InCase Group, a global Professional Services and Technical Training organization, with subordinate companies. First subordinate company, TestIT, focused on test management across multiple IT disciplines. Second subordinate company, ShipIT, focused on IT Strategy and Management specializing in cargo ships. General consultancy practice focused on vertical markets of Banking, Healthcare, and Government. As CTO, served as lead technology architect, lead system engineer, lead consultant, program/project manager, and Director-level manager of Professional Services for a multi-national organization with customers in 20+ countries supporting infrastructure projects, software development, networking, network security, IT strategy, and IT system integration. Implemented best practices of system engineering, ITIL, LEAN, and multiple software engineering lifecycles.Convinced executive management to create a blended training program combining classroom and remote students that resulted in higher attendance rates and significant increase in revenue. As Technical Infrastructure Manager fulfilled role of Global IT Director with office locations in 5 countries, subordinate companies, and supporting remote consultants and technical trainers in 20+ countries. Created multi-year budgets with CFO to support IT renewal initiatives and projections. Lead initiatives to move internal infrastructure to Cloud solutions. Through cost benefit analysis, illustrated for executive management reduction in expenses then proving reduction in TCO by lowering support costs for infrastructure and administration.Worked with CFO/COO on multi-year budget forecasts for Professional Services, Training, and internal IT management support across organization with multiple subordinate companies operating in multiple countries across EMEA.Began evolution that lead executive management to understand and support IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS as part of service portfolio.

Serving dual roles for technical training and a management role in a Professional Services organization.In role as Global Training Manager, played primary role in expanding services across EMEA. Starting from a single office in Denmark and customers in less than 7 countries with operating costs of 650K GBP and revenue of 550K Euro to multiple locations across EU and growing customer base across 20+ countries and revenues in excess of 10Million Euro with a net operating profit every year.Created transition plan for IBM Training BeNeLux to InCase IBM Partner Training. The transition plan was effectively used again to transition IBM Training Denmark and IBM Training Finland to InCase IBM Partner Training.In role as GM for Delivery, worked for COO as Professional Services manager. Participated in customer engagement, business development, pre- & post-sales, responded to RFPs, created SoWs, and expansion of professional services across customer base created by Global Training Manager role. Wrote partner agreement, partner policies, and procedures to support expansion. Over 100 partners were signed under this agreement to support professional services program. In both roles, managed recruiting, hire/fire, and placement of consultants and support team in roles across EMEA and US. Mentored staff to replace role in training to take larger role in executive management, professional services, and creation and direction of service offerings.

Headed startup of US Division for an international Professional Services and Technical Training organization. Created and executed business plan establishing customers for both technical training and professional services. Responded to RFIs, RFPs, and wrote SoWs to execute and manage customer expectations.As US economy slowed, created and presented a multi-year Business Plan to InCase Group CEO and CFO to expand services portfolio in EMEA. The plan was accepted and approved by InCase Group Board with elevation to new position in organization as Global Training Manager & General Manager of Delivery (Professional Services Manager).

Initially started company as a sole-proprietor offering certified technical training in Novell and Microsoft. Broadened course delivery across multiple technologies and began course development and consulting practice:■ General Networking─ Obtained CCNA certification and delivered non-certified training for CCNA certification with 100% pass rate─ Delivered CCDA and CCNP level consulting services to customers─ Worked on CCIE certification and cross-trained many CCIEs on non-Cisco networking platforms─ Created course for customer on networking security from certificates to encryption methods─ Started on work experience for CISSP certification─ Implemented several firewall platforms - Sonicwall, CheckPoint, Juniper, & NetScreen• Enterasys Networks - Switches, Routers, Server Load Balancers, Port Security (802.1x)• Nortel Metro 3500 - Fiber Optic Networking (Sonet, FDDI, DWDM, 100BaseF, & 1000BaseF)• Foundry Networks (now Brocade)─ DataCenter (BigIron, NetIron, ServerIron) & Distributed (FastIron, EdgeIron) platforms─ Switching, Switching Routers, Routers, & Global Server Load Balancers■ IBM Products and competing products─ Delivered training and consulting on WebSphere Application Server Administration & Development, WebSphere Portal Server Administration & Development, and WebSphere MQ & Message Broker─ Delivered training and consulting on Linux and IBM AIX administration─ Delivered consulting on WebLogic Server ■ CIW training─eCommerce Servers ─Web Development─Networking ─Web Server Infrastructure – Windows IIS & Linux■ Application development & management─ Developed applications and lead teams using Java EE, Portlet APIs, ColdFusion─ Lead teams using Waterfall and several iterative SDLC methodologies■ Management engagements─ Program Manager _ EduTech Education─ Director, Technical Training & Business Development _ National Institute for Telecommunication Education

Three months after hiring became Training Manager and participated in management team that expanded training from 4 classrooms at single facility to 15 classrooms in two locations and training team from 4 members to 15 members.Left management role in late 1996 to focus on technology and take role as lead technical instructor for Novell and Microsoft programs.