Lawrence Solliday, Dm, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Springville, IN, US

Springville, Indiana, United States

• Through its Range of Assessments, T2L provides scalable test and assessment support to Government, Industry, and Academia agencies and activities seeking to verify, validate, assess, and transition new and innovative.
• Designed and operationalized innovative test and assessment processes, methodologies, and procedures currently utilized by the Director for Prototypes and Experiments for Mission Capabilities (MC) in the Office of the.
• Served as the Assessments Lead planning for and leading recurring technology readiness assessments, technical assessments, and systems assessments (up to 80 a year) for the Director for Prototypes and Experiments for.
• Played a critical role in the initial design and rollout of OUSD(R&E)’s first Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) event providing critical body of knowledge and evidence information (test and assessment.
• Serve as the Facility Security Officer (FSO) and Insider Threat Senior Program Official (ITSPO) responsible for managing and overseeing the organization’s facility clearance (Secret) and personnel clearances.

Springville, Indiana, United States

• Manage and lead the nonprofit’s pursuit, proposal development, and provision of assisted acquisition management services and professional training, education, and instruction to customers in government and industry to.
• Manage and handle the daily business operations of the nonprofit supporting the daily activities of employees to include human resources, budgeting, accounting, and information technology (IT) requirements and.
• Developed and implemented an Assessments Academy for OUSD(R&E) to include the design and presentation of the ASMT 101 – Fundamentals of Assessment course providing initial test and assessment training to more than 50.
• Serve as the FSO and ITSPO responsible for managing and overseeing the organization’s facility clearance (Secret) and personnel clearances.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Designed, established, and led rapid test and assessment programs and activities supporting defense mission partners to include United States Army Pacific (USARPAC), United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM).
• Developed and implemented innovation programs and activities to rapidly identify, demonstrate, and assess emerging and innovative Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and.
• Developed and implemented innovative test and assessment processes, methodologies, and procedures that are scalable, repeatable, and driven by mission partner needs and requirements resulting in the rapid test and.
• Provided operationally relevant and responsive assessment findings and transition-to-acquisition decision support information required to accelerate the transition and fielding of more than 40 emerging technologies and.

Arlington, Virginia

• Played a critical role in the initial startup of the nonprofit serving as the Senior Vice President (SVP) for Acquisition and Technology (A&T) responsible for developing, facilitating, and leading major technology.
• Played a central role in the identification, capture, and management of three other transactions agreement (OTA) consortium management awards supporting the United States Army [five year period of performance (POP).
• Established the nonprofit’s initial processes, guidelines, policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to contracting, subcontracting, performer agreements, business development, opportunity capture and.
• Served as the FSO and ITSPO responsible for development and implementation of the organization’s two facility clearances (both Top Secret), personnel clearances, and compliance with National Industrial Security Program.

California, MD

• Served as a Technical Advisor to senior Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) program directors, program managers, and project managers providing assisted acquisition management, contracting, and technology demonstration.
• Served as a trusted advisor to both senior defense and homeland security executives, managers, and officials on the identification, demonstration, assessment, acceleration, acquisition, procurement, and transition of.
• Served as a senior advisor to the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) creating and implementing technology strategies and roadmaps that impact and enhance both the company’s and its customers’ daily operations and.
• Oversaw the effectiveness of technology resources utilized by Northeastern Aeronautical program and project managers to include conducting research on innovative technologies and capabilities and monitoring their use.

NSWC Crane, IN

• Established and led an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) credentialed and nationally recognized independent test organization (ITO), the Joint Test and Assessment Activity (JTAA), that provided customer driven.
• Served as the Manager, Requiring Technical Authority (RTA), and Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) for two United States Navy Seaport-E contracts totaling $49.9M and $99.9M supporting the management.
• Developed and managed three interagency agreements (IAAs) with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) providing rapid fabrication, prototyping, integration, and testing capabilities supporting the design.
• Managed, trained, and mentored (led) a high-performing, collaborative team comprised of government and contract personnel operating in multiple locations (Crane, Indiana; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Norfolk, Virginia.

Bedford, Indiana

• Led the effort to capture and subsequently managed (cost, schedule, and performance) a $36M United States Navy Seaport-E contract (with a $99M follow-on contract) to provide rapid, non-traditional test, assessment, and.
• Supported defense agencies and activities, COCOMs, and the Uniformed Armed Forces developing and implementing innovative methodologies, processes, and procedures to rapidly identify, assess, accelerate, and transition.
• Worked with the senior managers and leaders of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division and other DOD programs, agencies, and activities to provide technical and programmatic advice regarding the rapid test.
• Managed, supervised, trained (mentored), and led contract personnel operating in multiple locations (Crane, Indiana; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Norfolk, Virginia; Tampa, Florida; and San Antonio, Texas) responsible for.

Fairfax, Virginia

• Managed and led all national customer accounts supporting the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Air Force, and responsible for agency-wide business development, sales, and customer relationship.
• Managed and led all national customer accounts supporting non-Defense agencies, activities, and programs, and responsible for the agency-wide business development, sales, and customer relationship management programs.
• Managed and led various national business development and sales initiatives, and customer relationship management activities involving national, regional, and local offices and industry partners of the Federal.
• Worked with national, regional, and local Federal Acquisition Service personnel and industry partners to develop and implement strategies and methodologies to increase marketing and sales (vertical and horizontal).
• Worked with and advised senior executives and managers in the public and private sectors to create new business development opportunities, acquisition management plans, and new customer relationships and accounts.

Fairborn, OH

• Served as the Business Development Manager responsible for the General Services Administration Federal Technology Service Great Lakes Region’s business development and customer sales (horizontal and vertical).
• Established, managed, and led the Federal Acquisition Service’s largest regional field office; the Fairborn, Ohio Field Office supporting Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the.
• As a Contracting Officer, developed and led customer-driven assisted and unassisted acquisition, procurement, and contract management support to Federal government programs, agencies, and activities with annual.
• As a Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer’s Representative, worked with regional and local industry partners to identify and develop new business development opportunities, and create new acquisition and.
• As a Manager, supervised, trained (mentored), and led government and contract personnel operating in multiple locations (Fairborn, Ohio; Belleville, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Cleveland, Ohio.

Multiple Locations

• Served as a Security Specialist, Security Supervisor, and Emergency Services Team (special weapons and tactics) Trainer.
• Served as an Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection Officer (Level II).
• Completed multiple overseas deployments to include, but not limited to Operation Joint Forge and Operation Enduring Freedom.
• Assigned to the 183rd Fighter Wing, Illinois Air National Guard; the 377th Security Forces Squadron, United States Air Force (IMA); and the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard.

Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), NM

• Created, managed, and led a rapid, non-traditional test and assessment program providing customer-driven acquisition, procurement, and training support to Department of Defense and Department of Justice programs.
• Played a significant role in the creation and operationalization of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center’s Rapid Test and Assessment Directorate (later redesignated as Detachment One).
• Played a significant role in the establishment of the United States Air Force’s Battlelab program providing technical and programmatic expertise and operational test support to each of the six Battlelabs focusing on.
• Supported Office of the Secretary of Defense and United States Combatant Command advanced concept technology demonstration efforts to rapidly identify, demonstrate, assess, and transition innovative concepts and.
• As the Requiring Technical Authority on multiple United States Air Force contracts totaling more than $50M, provided rapid, non-traditional test, assessment, and engineering services support to Defense and non-Defense.
• As a Test Manager, trained (mentored) and led government and contract personnel responsible for providing rapid, non-traditional test and assessment capabilities to support customer-driven acquisition, procurement, and.

Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), NM

• Provided program and management cost, schedule, and performance analysis support to a major Department of Defense security management and risk assessment and mitigation program and its reimbursable customers.
• Participated in and led operational risk assessment, management, and mitigation projects supporting Department of Defense agencies, activities, and programs to assess and subsequently improve operational, physical.
• Participated in and led rapid test and assessment projects to identify, assess, and transition innovative concepts and emerging and enabling technologies to support and enhance Department of Defense and National.
• Played a significant role in the transition of the Defense Evaluation Support Activity’s rapid, non-traditional test and assessment programs and capabilities to the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center.
• Started Federal government career as a Presidential Management Intern, Class of 1994.

Carbondale, IL

• Served as the lead staff research assistant and researcher supporting a Department of Health and Human Services Grant program to study issues related to government sponsored social work programs, organizations, and.
• Conducted in-depth quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research and analysis to support the grant program’s ongoing projects and initiatives.
• Subject matter expert and lead for projects requiring computer-based and mainframe statistical analysis and evaluation.
• Provided administrative and programmatic support to the Office of the Director, School of Social Work, Southern Illinois University.

Menard Psychiatric Center (MPC), Chester, IL

• Served as a Correctional Officer in the nation’s only maximum security correctional psychiatric center.
• Active member of the institution’s Tactical Unit and Shotgun Squad.
• Responsible for the movement of high-risk inmates inside and outside of the institution.
• Responsible for the safety and security of the facility’s staff and inmates.

Doctor Of Management - Dm, Homeland Security

Granted a Doctor of Management (DM) degree with a concentration in Homeland Security (HLS) and Management. Doctoral research explored the.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Public Administration

Comparative Politics and Public Administration Master Thesis: Bringing Change to the Bureaucracy, Innovations in Public Administration

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science

Comparative Politics and Public Administration

Associate Of Applied Science - Aas, Security Administration

Law Enforcement and Security Administration