Managing software development projects for the National Cancer Institute's Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) including a data federation and master patient index.

Contractor Supporting Frederick National Laboratory (FNL) managing software development projects for the National Cancer Institute's Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI).

Senior level manager with extensive experience in the public sector. Proven ability to improve business operations, and achieve organization goals through achievements in business process improvements, successful system implementations, contract management, and financial management. Capture manager and proposal team member of several strategic initiatives.Key leadership roles included establishing the Program Management office for the company’s Healthcare Technology Solutions (HTS) Group and leading the Health Services Solutions group. Responsible for staff management, resource allocation, integrated schedule development, project monitoring, and cross-task coordination. Monitor projects to ensure progress, develop strategies to avoid risks and perform troubleshooting where needed. Ensure projects follow CMMI 3 standards to deliver work. Coordinate with organizational leadership to perform capture related activities including strategy and proposal development. Monitor group budget to ensure revenue targets are met, including group and individual utilization across projects. Project Manager for several projects including work with NIH, CMS, the State of Maryland and AHRQ.

Senior level manager with extensive experience in public sector administration. Proven ability to improve business operations, and achieve organization goals through achievements in business process improvements, successful system implementations, contract management, and financial management. Demonstrated technical, management, and programmatic capabilities in public sector systems implementation, program management, business process reengineering, organizational redesign, strategic planning, and budgeting and financial management.Concurrent responsibility for business development and practice management including leading teams providing finance, accounting, business process improvement, and information technology consulting services to federal and state and local governments. Project Manager for the implementation of a Health Information Exchange Implementation for the District of Columbia. Tasks include the full range of implementation support including requirements validation, design document preparation support, communications strategy plan and implementation, training and user acceptance testing support. Worked with Agile development team to deliver work products according to RFP requirements. As part of the Project Management Office, lead the development and implementation of the Program Management Plan, Risk Management Plan, Communications Plan, Knowledge Transfer Strategy and Plan, Staffing Plan, transitional plan and operational readiness/cutover plan. Manage the project budget, including spend plan development, monitoring, billings and collections. During the RFP stage, tracked the opportunity as part of account, led the technical response, and supported the cost development. Worked with firm leadership to identify resources to staff the project.

Senior Manager of a management-consulting firm serving clients in the public sector. Concurrent responsibility for business development and practice management including leading teams providing information technology, project management, business process improvement, finance, and accounting services to public sector clients. Project Manager for several engagements, with extensive experience in the development and maintenance of technical and cost proposals, and project budgets. Experienced with SDLC and CMMI methodologies.Managed a team for project management and independent verification and validation services to the District of Columbia Medicaid agency.Managed a team that implemented Montgomery County Public Schools Oracle 11i financial system. Monitored the day-to-day activities, reviewed deliverables, provided change management, training, and communications support. Project Manager to develop financial portal for the District of Columbia’s budget office to facilitate agency and program financial performance. Monitored day-to-day activities of project team, deliverable review, user acceptance testing, training and communication support.Project Manager for the post-implementation support of District of Columbia’s enterprise financial management system. Oversight of a team who provided operations and maintenance, help desk and training. Project Manager for the development of accounting manager training program. Developed and implemented standardized training modules to enable District super users to take over maintenance of the system.Assisted an e-government start-up to develop standardized operating policies and procedures to including a methodology to client implementations; a sales and marketing strategy; and an RFP methodology. Conducted an operational review of the offices of the Secretary for the Department of the Treasury. Provided program management support to Navy program offices. Participated in budget formulation and execution support.

Participated in an organizational assessment of the administrative offices of Prince George’s County Public Schools.Provided Program Management Support to the Naval Service Warfare Dahlgren AEGIS Program. Instituted Program Management Improvement Process to facilitate enhanced reporting and project management with the goal of achieving greater CMM compliance. Provided business process reengineering support to document the “as-is” processes of the Navy AEGIS program. Documented the business processes across multiple project and sites.Provided program and financial management support to several Navy program offices. Participated in all phases of budget formulation and execution including development of the President’s Budget. Performed contract and financial management over the life of the project. As part of position held Secret Clearance.