* One of the largest energy companies in the US, focused on clean energy growth and electrical grid modernization.• Directly responsible to deliver several projects totaling over $25M, which form part of one of the company’s most visible capital programs portfolio: New York State’s Reforming the Energy Vision • Responsibilities include strategic planning, procurement activities, vendor management, business analysis, data analysis, process improvement, cost reduction initiatives, and direct coordination of matrixed teams exceeding 100 people• Helping to transform the client’s in-house program office by promoting higher standards, placing emphasis on repeatable processes, documentation, and by promoting the use of industry-standard tools• Assertively managed users and stakeholders, and quickly gained their trust and assistance to meet Distributed Generation Interconnection, Current Voltage Optimization (CVO), Modernizing Protective Relays & SCADA, and Grid Modernization project milestones• Proactively address project risks and institute aggressive cost-cutting measures, for both labor and hardware, to increase project output value• Reduced Modernizing Protective Relays & SCADA, and Grid Modernization project costs by 70% (over $200M in long-term savings) by insisting on culture change and implementing a Just-in-Time (JIT) outsourcing strategy• Initiated, negotiated and directly managed multiple vendor engagements• Drove the locations selection process for Modernizing Protective Relays & SCADA by utilizing dynamic leadership techniques to focus all stakeholders on the best value approach for the company • Conceived an interactive Modernizing Protective Relays & SCADA project GIS map interface to help visualize the scale of the project and to aid in the locations selection process. The map also included a layer of “connected” renewable energy Distributed Generation locations to amplify the intrinsic value of the locations selected for the project

* A start-up company focused on Technology Consulting, Staffing & Recruiting, Digital Marketing, and Small Business Solutions, with an emphasis on helping Veterans.• Directly responsible for the company’s strategic direction & growth, aligning all resources to focus on our mission goals and customer success• Responsible for conceiving and developing the company’s business services portfolio• Accountable for company operations and business development activities• Have successfully fostered numerous business relationships, which have led to sub-contractor partnerships for the company increasing business reach and revenue, including becoming a Microsoft Partner in collaboration with SherWeb Inc.• Have created significant value by controlling spending, improving processes, and implementing “Force Multiplier” IT tools, which allow our team to do more within the same amount of time• Created a cost-effective and scalable IT & Telecom strategy by evaluating the company’s needs and performing an in-depth analysis of Cloud services that would best meet the company’s requirements• Led the full Cloud implementation and adoption of Office 365 Enterprise E5 with Cloud PBX & PSTN • Responsible for evaluating and selecting all business tools to help the company deliver its services

* The agency tasked with overseeing the City's use of existing and emerging IT technologies.• Assisted the Agency in successfully conducting a highly visible technical assessment of one of the City’s major COTS (.Net, C#, Java, SQL) customized IT systems supporting over 250k customers• Led, mentored, and prioritized a team of business analysts and data architects on a day-to-day basis to ensure work was conducted as planned. Also, led matrixed resources including developers, network engineers and external vendors working on-site, and assisted in the interview process of team members• Created project plans, documents, and reports using Microsoft Project, CA Clarity, Visio, and Excel to tracked project burn rate while maintaining an organized document library in SharePoint• Swiftly gained the trust and cooperation of stakeholders and users, including several senior officials both within DoITT and external City Agencies such as OMB, DOE, and the Law Department• Successfully obtained user feedback during working sessions and assisted in documenting findings and recommendations in the areas of business process, UI/UX, system performance, and network infrastructure• Effectively planned, architected, and led the targeted testing and documentation of the system’s network performance across multiple primary sites throughout the City using the Dynatrace tool, NETSCOUT devices, and other network tools• Drafted the contract language to engage Dynatrace during the assessment and drove the effort to expedite the contract award, additionally managed the relationship with Dynatrace and coordinated the test activities of their engineer on-site• Briefed C-level executives, led weekly meetings with stakeholders, tracked actions, and escalated issues• Created budgets based on findings to implementing the required upgrades and fixes for the application and network infrastructure• Assisted in the drafting and review of the final Technical Assessment Report

* The agency tasked with overseeing one of the most complex urban transportation networks in the world.• Successfully migrated the Agency’s mainframe permitting system and replaced it with a modern (.Net, C#, Java, HTML 5, SQL) mobile-friendly web application portal leveraging hardware virtualization, data collection design & tools, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Warehousing, Data Archiving, E-Commerce solutions, GIS technology, Microsoft Single Sign-On (SSO), and Cloud IaaS for Disaster Recovery and Continuity• Directly responsible to deliver the Agency’s largest IT project, including directly managing a team of 20+ direct reports and orchestrating the day-to-day operations of the project team and matrixed support teams• Transformed the Agency’s in-house software development by implementing the Agile / Scrum SDLC framework• Successfully built a diverse team with a strong identity and a professional culture of collaboration and ownership of the project. Individually mentored, grew, and retained the team from 5 to 20+ developers, database administrators, business analysts, and QA analysts• Led the team to successfully complete a high-visibility $14M capital project without any down-time. The new system generates over 450K permits with annual revenues of $60M• Productively conducted strategic planning, addressed project risks and delivered the project $9M under budget• Effectively created and delivered oral presentations to C-level Executives• Assertively managed stakeholders expectations and gained their trust and assistance• Instrumental in the design of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) custom mobile-friendly web-app, including UI/UX design and significant business process improvements. The web-app leveraged the Software as a Service (SaaS) model• Initiated, negotiated and managed vendor contract engagements• Designed and delivered training, including training videos

* A CPA firm which conducts financial audits of companies, including software development and IT companies.• Took charge of the IT & software development discovery during a CPA audit of a Money Transfer Company• Used project management & software development knowledge and skills to perform detailed discovery of client records to ascertain what IT & software development activities had actually taken place as recorded in the accounting records• Evaluated software systems to determine whether the product was custom made or COTS• Created the project plan for the IT & software review portion of the audit• Managed multiple matrixed resources provided by the client

* A startup company providing project management and engineering support services to the Department of Defense. • Provided business and technical leadership to the company and project management direction to company staff• Responsible for new business and partnership development, and cultivated relationships with existing customers• Developed short and long term business strategies & company policies and procedures including HR and accounting• Implemented proposal writing, budget and pricing strategy• Negotiated contracts• Managed vendors and made purchasing decisions• Created project roadmaps and project plans• Oversaw and completed several projects related to COTS software evaluation and implementation, and developed the documentation necessary for the project to be accredited and implemented on the DoD networks• Designed and coordinated proof-of-concepts / pilots for COTS products to be tested on the DoD networks

* A company providing project management and research consulting services to the Department of Defense. • Led the research and writing of a software acquisition manual intended to assist Government employees understand different predictive and adaptive software development models (i.e. Agile, XP and Scrum) in order to better evaluate and acquire software systems• Prepared project plans and coordinated matrixed resources to conduct research and complete the final writing of the document

* An international company providing many services including project management to the Department of Defense.• Assisted with the successful implementation & support of 40,000 interconnected ruggedized laptops that embarked around the world to support US Navy and Marine Corps expeditionary units as part of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) project• Oversaw the planning and installation of thousands of Pier-side network connections for US Navy ships worldwide• Helped lead the design and implementation of several failover sites to backup multiple Network Operations Centers (NOC’s) at strategic locations throughout the world• Instrumental in developing the Project Management Office to include project management governance standards, policies and procedures, escalation, change management, communication strategies among stakeholders, and process improvement methods like Lean Six Sigma• Took charge of planning, initiating, and executing new or improved solutions, to include project plans and timetables, monitoring of financials, resource management, and problem resolutions• Responsible for site surveys, evaluating and reporting on implemented solutions, and gathering new requirements• Converted technical requirements into contractual documents to include, SOWs, RFPs and contract modifications• Created and presented technical & business case presentations to various audiences, often directly to C-level executives• Led cross-functional teams in developing solutions and oversaw project meetings to review overall project status, risks, issues and action items. Ran steering groups and working groups with membership in the hundreds• Directed the development of software utilizing Agile / Scrum; created testing strategy and acceptance criteria• Developed and conducted user training at remote sites

• Responsible to defend US Navy vessels and their crew from enemy missile attacks by expertly operating and maintaining the Electronic Support Measures and Countermeasures systems [A/N SLQ-32 (V)3] in the Combat Information Center (CIC)• Work center Supervisor (USS Wabash & USS Antietam)