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Perspecta is now PeratonVeritas Capital has completed its acquisition of Perspecta and merged that company into portfolio government technology firm Peraton. Peraton now doubles in size to approximately $7 billion in annual revenue nearly three months after the company absorbed the former Northrop Grumman IT services business.

United States

This role has allowed me to offer executive-level leadership for talent acquisition, human resources, and organizational development programs. I am principally in charge of driving operational improvements to ensure that all contract programs have the correct mix of human capital in order to assist our clients in transforming their digital environments. We help them secure, modernize, and optimize their enterprises and innovate for the future. Some key achievements so far♦ Revamped organizational structure following merger with two other companies realigning the resource and workforce planning functions back to business segments which speeded up sourcing and staffing of direct billable roles reducing revenue loss due to unfilled positions.♦ Writes compelling proposal staffing narratives and develops qualification documents, visual presentations, and meeting documents for Capture and Proposal Management♦ Support the pursuit teams with identifying key staffing/teaming candidates/resumes for priming and interface with potential subs/teaming partners for subcontract vs prime positions♦ Reduce business disruption instituting effective phone vs. in-person interviews when using SMEs during selection process to validate technical abilities. ♦ Decrease hiring time archiving non-selected candidate resumes for easy review for newly opened positions. ♦ Gain reputation as servant leader continually seeking ways to promote employee growth through trust and a focus on continuous learning through coaching and training. ♦ Expanded employee morale with robust top-talent recruiting strategies while also positioning incumbents for success with leadership development and career advancement. ♦ Produced high-performance team culture with empathetic leadership collaboratively setting clear and attainable goals with performance measures clarifying expectations boosting goal fulfillment.

In this management position, I developed several business plans furthering program growth, but that simultaneously reduced the costs and risks associated with working with a leveraged work force.Key achievements: ♦ Eliminated organizational silos assembling new 12-member team centralizing resource, staffing, and workforce management functions creating sustainable change. ♦ Reduced average onboarding time and minimized unfilled roles causing complex business issues due to lost revenues by implementing robust succession planning procedures allowing employees affected by contract run-off to stay on contract in new capacity.♦ Catalogued employee skills allowing for temporary reallocation of human talent during heavy workload windows until replacement was located. This strategy offered sophisticated contingency plans helping reduce risk exposures caused by unfilled positions. ♦ Slashed hiring time from 5+ months to less than 45 days with in-depth data analysis identifying hiring bottlenecks caused by non-value added hiring steps. Presented findings with recommended changes to senior leaders enforcing established changes.

Client: US Food and Drug Administration. There is a science to talent acquisition and staffing highly technical roles takes a strategic and focused approach. I provided sound HR advice during this contract helping shape talent acquisition strategy when staffing help desk, NOC, SOC, leadership, and service management requisitions. I supervised 26 people who monitored all data, voice, and video operations, maintenance, and tech support within the DC metroplex.Success:♦ Added 100+ new employees within 16 weeks to successfully staff the FDA ICT21 pre-prod & production datacenter start up – a key project deliverable for HP.♦ Contributed to success of new CDC business onboarding and retaining 99% of CDC incumbent personnel while simultaneously sourcing for 100+ requisitions at a time. ♦ Introduced new employee Recognition & Rewards process and employee surveys & forums helping drive talent attrition to less than 2%.

Client: NMCI Northwest, Tech Refresh Implementation. Following several promotions from IT Manager to Technical Delivery Team Manager to Director of IT Field Services, I became a Program Manager for EDS supporting the Navy and Marine Corp. I essentially oversaw the tech refresh implementation projects on the Navy Marine Corp Intranet (NMCI) contract for the entire Northwest region. I directed a 30-person team providing key project management services completing all seat refresh schedules within strict government timelines and budgets.Key Achievement:♦ Replaced environment of contention and dissatisfaction with one of trusting collaboration with strong servant leadership and empathetic listening skills.

Greater San Diego Area

Served as the IT Manager for Nextel Communications which was the foundation for my career growth into IT project management and leadership. My experience with the hiring, developing, and growing of IT operations was the impetus for my career transition into more of an executive HR role in the future.