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Program Management, Team Management, Software Implementation, and Solution Delivery: Managed portfolio of 40+ product-based, multi-year programs for federal clients, leading ~10-member teams to deliver training, software, and hardware solutions with a combined annual revenue of ~$16M.Project Management, Process Quality Improvement, and Financial Management: Drove contract activities from capture to close, bringing projects to completion within cost and time requirements. Implemented improvements in areas such as requirements gathering, scope management, and financial tracking that increased contract margins from 5% to 17% and annual op income by 242%.Client Relations, Relationship Building, Communication, and Business Development: Continually refined and elevated the client experience, enhancing communications, transparency, and synergies throughout the project lifecycle. These improvements fostered strong client relationships, created additional business development opportunities, and led to follow-on contracts.Strategic Leadership and Staff Retention: Led by example with a goal-oriented style, engaging, inspiring, motivating, and retaining a strong and efficient team with an average tenure of 17 years on the program.Product Innovation, Teamwork, and Revenue Generation: Worked closely with team leads to continuously update products, processes, and tools. Notably, added 2 new product lines that generated a total of $8M in revenue.Agile Methodologies, Change Management, Progress Monitoring, and Cost Savings: Transitioned software development practices from Waterfall to Agile methodologies. Utilized Agile, Scrum, and Kanban to manage timelines, monitor progress, and remove obstacles and roadblocks. These changes reduced the software critical path by 20% and saved $200K per delivery order.

Quality Management, Quality System Compliance, and ISO 9001: Developed, implemented, and maintained quality systems procedures, practices, processes, tools, documentation, and objectives that complied with ISO 9001 and CMMI ML3 requirements.Risk Management and Strategic Collaboration: Collaborated with 5 program managers to establish new baseline processes for delivery templates and capture requirements, evaluating and mitigating risk, and implementing workforce capabilities.Quality Auditing, Corrective Actions, and Follow-through Skills: Performed 6 internal ISO 9001 audits, identified corrective actions, and followed through on all required changes.

Reston, Virginia, United States

Software Project Management, Team Leadership, Budgeting, and Making Deadlines: Oversaw planning, development, and implementation of product and software solutions, providing leadership to ~15-member teams that supported alignment with schedule and budget restrictions.Method Development, Cost Models, and Time Efficiency: Designed tools and cost modeling methods that cut turnaround time on new business and pricing activities.Retention Strategies, Mentoring, Training, and Skill Development: Mentored, motivated, engaged, and inspired team. Gathered and incorporated team feedback to increase morale and retention. Introduced ~200 hours of annual training to expand competencies and growth.Key Performance Indicators, Organizational Streamlining, and Cost Reduction: Introduced a tool, KPIs, and controls to mitigate financial and schedule risks. These solutions transformed reporting processes and eliminated $150K in costs per delivery order.New Business Opportunities and Revenue & Profit Growth: Implemented new business pipeline and record keeping practices that grew projected revenue and percent win likelihood (PWIN) for the business unit by ~$15M annually.

Leesburg, Virginia, United States

Operations Management, Staff Oversight, Customer Service, and Event Planning: Led operations at a ~500-employee location, which included directly overseeing 30 front-end staff, training staff on customer service, supporting human resource activities, and planning special events.Corporate Sustainability, Recycling, and Expense Reduction: As sustainability champion, headed 25% increase in recycled materials, reducing operating expenses.Operational Analysis and Efficiency Optimization: Completed 100% of simplification audits, ensuring efficiency of practices impacting staff and customers.Employee Training and Driving Results: Introduced front-end training, materials, coaching, and tools that increased items scanned per minute by 18%, cut labor costs by 6%, and vaulted the store’s performance from 9th to 1st in its division.

Laurel, Maryland, United States

Teaching and Presentations: Created and delivered undergraduate instruction to ~140 students over 7 semesters, covering topics such as circuit theory, electronics fundamentals, DC/AC circuit analysis, and semiconductor devices.Curriculum Development and Accreditation: Updated course curricula, contributing to a 100% score on accreditation requirements.

Dulles, Virginia, United States

Hardware Development, Hardware Testing, Space Systems, and Operations Support: Designed, documented, tested, and delivered space system hardware for electrical power systems, coordinating across teams to deploy complex solutions that supported operations on multiple missions.Problem Solving and System Requirements: Applied problem-solving methodology to design solutions that met technical systems requirements and positively impacted business objectives.Transition Management, Training Documentation, and Reporting: Spearheaded company-wide transition from PSpice to Cadence Allegro Design Workbench software. Developed training/reference materials and documented outcomes for upper management reporting.Standardized Work and Optimization: Standardized design/test review and report templates, shortening the design review process by 30%. Optimized digital capture of testing report materials, cutting report submission turnaround time by 50%.Initiative and Cost Reduction: Proactively took on design tasks from senior engineers, reducing labor costs by 25%.Resource Allocation, Team Building, and Outcome Driven Innovation: Identified, recruited, and negotiated resource allocation of internal staffing for a research and development program. Together with new team, designed and presented C-suite executives with a circuit board for the power system component that was 60% smaller, 60% lighter, and 40% less expensive.

Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering