Working with the Office of the Director and the Office of the Chief Information Officer to manage hardware, software, and cloud portfolios for NCI CBIIT. Identifying opportunities for business intelligence solutions to increase transparency for government client operations. Focus on connecting systems and people to increase ease of use and integration with business work streams and decision processes.

Project lead for Capabilities Transfer Team for NCI-DOE Collaboration. -Responsible for transfer and dissemination of all models, data and software associated with high-performance computing and artificial intelligence activities of the NCI-DOE Collaboration.-Leads diversified team in developing procedures, establishing communications and validating work done.-High-profile position requiring interaction with upper levels of of NCI and DOE leadership.

Project lead for Capabilities Transfer Team for NCI-DOE Collaboration. -Responsible for transfer and dissemination of all models, data and software associated with high-performance computing and artificial intelligence activities of the NCI-DOE Collaboration.-Leads diversified team in developing procedures, establishing communications and validating work done.-High-profile position requiring interaction with upper levels of of NCI and DOE leadership.

TPM for Cancer Research Data Commons, a contract under CBIIT of the NCI. Our goal is to connect researchers and big data and enable analysis in the cloud. Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. runs the FNLCR.• Responsible for client interactions, demonstrations, presentations, meetings, etc. and ensuring the client vision is achieved.• Leads project team through software development life cycle (SCLC) in developing a Cloud-based information sharing portal (data commons), centering around a graph database. Facilitates meetings for exchange of ideas on database and system design, innovation, data ingestion, and software development.• Serves as the Agile scrum master using three-week sprints and semi-weekly scrums.• Responsible for negotiating and writing subcontracting proposals/awards, quarterly Cost/Schedule/Performance reports, monthly progress reports, and overall project documentation.• Responsible for overall project schedule, budget, scope and staffing for approximately $5M worth of projects.• Manages three diverse projects with competing priorities simultaneously through constant communication at client and team level (Integrated Canine Data Commons, Cancer Data Service, Proteomic Data Commons). Led ICDC from contract award to Production deployment of system.

Volunteer EMT-B, EMS Provider II for the Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department (GWGVFD) and the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS).

• Lead customers through Initiating and Planning processes for custom software solutions: defined scope, budget, and schedule. Planned resource management and created work breakdown structure (WBS) in an Agile SDLC environment.• Analyzed business needs and planned software architecture. Produced UML and workflow diagrams and developed requirements documentation to meet business rules.• Directed and managed project work by managing schedule, communications, stakeholder engagement, acquiring resources, developing the team and managing quality.

-Successfully brought together an inter-disciplinary team of experts to setup the basis for the Rare Tumors Patient Engagement Network and led the team through the process of Mission/Vision/Goals and produced the report of the meeting.-Established two contracts with external vendors, through NCI Intramural program, for sequencing and research services.

• Agile SDLC Project Manager for various in-house software development projects such as: HelpDesk, Committee/Meeting Management, QC/QA Audit Tracking and Financial Management system for Committee Members. Designed and coded systems. Mentored and trained three new database designers/VBA programmers. Closed projects as they were completed and provided deliverables to clients. Examined and improved process efficiency (e.g., decreased time required of staff by 75%).• Successfully managed $1Million project to renewal (previously at risk of cancellation). Set goals and defined project vision. Led two teams to analyze and update the data, design an interface for future updates and develop new CDEs. Hired 6 staff and worked with cross-functional teams on a short time line of 6 months.• Consolidated GCIG website organization, eliminated workflow impediments and increased efficiency150%.• Project Manager for two NICHD clinical trials, G-Force and OBUS, each with a staff of approximately 4. Negotiated contract timelines, developed and reviewed budget, performed budget analysis and tracking. Produced deliverables (e.g., quarterly/annual reports, data sets), Institutional Review Board submissions, and overall system architecture documentation. Weekly meetings with sponsor and stakeholders ensured smooth data flow and operation within budget constraints.• Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for efficiency, process improvement and project risk mitigation.• Developed prototype data-entry system for extraction of information from protocols which was later developed by another contractor into an Enterprise wide system for NCI.

We design and develop custom software applications to achieve holistic solutions to everyday problems. We specialize in incorporating all aspects of the business into one application, thus eliminating duplication of effort, increasing reporting capability and streamlining the business process.

National Testing and Research Laboratory, Biomedical Services Scientific Support Office• Improved clinical tracking processes across 14 testing facilities and 40 regional coordinator by developing relational databases in MS Access for HCV and HIV Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) Investigational New Drug (IND) application, including implementation of barcode reading for data entry.• Directed data migration team in conversion from MS Word documents.• Solved sample storage and retrieval problem during West Nile Virus (WNV) epidemic of 2002 by developing a data management system to coordinate receipt and sampling of 100,000 pooled blood samples.

Contractor for GenBank: National Center for Biotechnology Information• Processed and updated over 1000 submissions to the nucleotide and protein databases in UNIX environment. • Detailed analysis, phylogenetic interpretation and correction of errors in submissions and correspondence with submitters.