Michael Kappert Email & Phone Number

Reston, Va

• Oversee the planning and resourcing of a 10 person system integration team for the implementation of the Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) Performance Budgeting (PB) software for the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS); system supports end-to-end programming and budget formulation processes for DFAS’ $1.5 billion Working Capital Fund budget.• Manage the relationship with DFAS’ project management to ensure CACI is meeting all contract expectations and that all project tasks remain within cost, scope, and schedule. • Reverse engineer system requirements from legacy solution of over 30 Access databases; analyze requirements to configure the PB solution and identify gaps in existing COTS functionality to ensure the solution adequately meets DFAS requirements.• Collaborate with system architect and developers to design and develop an integrated JAVA extension application to provide DFAS budgeting functionality not contained within the COTS PB software.

Fairfax, Va

• Led the 5 person Reports Team for the EBAS Momentum project; conducted thorough review of requirement documentation and test plans for over 200 reports, queries and dashboards to minimize defects and ensure that software met government business needs; reduced new defect rates in BI reports by over 95 percent in less than one year.• Designed and implemented the first dashboard tool utilized by the Joint Staff Comptroller office to provide accessible, real-time metrics of key performance indicators to executive-level staff members.• Developed SQL queries to support the creation of over 50 new reports in Cognos to provide accurate budgeting, execution, forecasting, and metrics data to the Joint Staff Comptroller’s office to assist in financial management decision making.• Implemented a robust audit monitoring reporting tool in Cognos providing real-time reporting of business rule exceptions and access control violations to support mitigation and continuous governance of audit and system integrity risks; reduced costs for supporting audit readiness control testing efforts by over 50 percent.

Fairfax, Va

• Led the 5 person Reports Team for the EBAS Momentum project; conducted thorough review of requirement documentation and test plans for over 200 reports, queries and dashboards to minimize defects and ensure that software met government business needs; reduced new defect rates in BI reports by over 95 percent in less than one year.• Designed and implemented the first dashboard tool utilized by the Joint Staff Comptroller office to provide accessible, real-time metrics of key performance indicators to executive-level staff members.• Developed SQL queries to support the creation of over 50 new reports in Cognos to provide accurate budgeting, execution, forecasting, and metrics data to the Joint Staff Comptroller’s office to assist in financial management decision making.• Implemented a robust audit monitoring reporting tool in Cognos providing real-time reporting of business rule exceptions and access control violations to support mitigation and continuous governance of audit and system integrity risks; reduced costs for supporting audit readiness control testing efforts by over 50 percent.

Fairfax, Va

• Analyzed business processes and software capabilities to elicit and document requirements for new and enhanced software functionality to reduce manpower needs and increase cost analysis capacities for three DoD agencies.• Developed and executed extensive unit, system, regression and integration testing for up to ten interface and system components to minimize defects and ensure that software and configuration changes met government business needs.• Formulated training materials and conducted training for government employees and CACI team members to ensure proper change management in the implementation of new business processes and system capabilities.

Fredericksburg, Va

Prepared individual and fiduciary federal and state tax returns.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

- Analyzed health care reform legislation to assess potential impact on Medicaid populations.- Reviewed U.S. Statute and Regulation to write an overview of the Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) requirements for nursing facilities published on the CMS website.- Extensively researched the issue of long-term care balancing to present a report to the Medicaid Balancing Team providing recommendations for future long-term medical care reform.