Mike Sutherland Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Peterson Afb, Co

-Leads a diverse team of over 65+ personnel providing systems engineering, systems integration, test & evaluation, life-cycle logistics, and application software development for multiple systems in operations and sustainment. -- Provides organizational and performance management including direct supervisory responsibilities for project leads- Manages a diverse set of strategic and tactical MILSATCOM systems and infrastructure.-Develops and manages overall tasking associated with the Sustainment Integrated Process Team (IPT), including the yearly development of the Technical Content Matrix (TCM), updates or changes against the TCM, and proposals for changes against the technical baseline-Holds authority as the Control Account Manager for the Sustainment IPT, including forecasting, planning, budgeting of staff resources, Other Direct Costs (ODC), and travel expenses.-Develops and briefs reports and status to government counterparts, leadership, and stakeholders-Leads recruiting and staffing efforts for the sustainment IPT, including developing requisitions, screening and interviewing candidates, and supporting the hiring and on-boarding process-Coordinates with subcontractor leads for staffing, performance management, and cost/hours-Leads eighteen person test team across five primary terminal programs -Conducts baseline test and evaluation (T&E) activities, from requirements formulation through test planning and performance verification, for compliance with approved test strategies and plans --For areas identified as not being compliant, recommend actions to bring into compliance and/or improve the effectiveness and efficiency of those T&E activities -Provide test monitoring; anomaly resolution; procedure reviews; instrumentation planning and assessments; facilities design and assessments; test data, reduction analyses reviews and evaluation of test techniques.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

- Successfully maintained and executed $2.8M budget to conduct operational test and evaluation on a $10.3B Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) MILSATCOM system- Resolved operational testing issues with the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), AEHF Systems Program Office, AF MAJCOMs, other military services and allied nations Defined test concepts to support and conduct operational test and evaluation- Determined schedule, identified test resources, assessed readiness and evaluated system effectiveness, suitability and mission capability. Reported test findings to OSD.- Led AEHF operational utility evaluation, test planning; integrated developmental test results into operational evaluation; command and control system ready for warfighter - Skillfully reported AEHF test results; informed Army mobile communication fielding; prevented $1M/month storage cost- Streamlined AEHF test reporting; cut report staffing 28 days; 58% savings maintained Air Force Space Command operational acceptance timeline- Coordinated operational testing externally for a 50-member team to include Army, Navy, Marines, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Canada; ensured requirements were met and addressed from each organization- Awarded National Defense Industrial Association Military Tester, International Test and Evaluation Association and General Leaf Test Team of the Year (2010 - Air Force Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC))- Oversight over Multi User Objective System (MUOS), Enhanced Polar System (EPS), Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) programs

-Led effectiveness evaluations supporting operational test and evaluation (OT&E) on 19 space, missile and missile defense programs worth $81B. Devised measures, plans and procedures for test of battlefield communication satellite systems and ground support equipment- Directed Wideband Global SATCOM tiger team; reworked 150-pg test plan, fixed schedule and set $2B program back on track

- Provided the full spectrum of military support and executive administrative activities, for any threat of war, to include air base defense, disaster response, civil engineering, communications, recreation services, and all personnel mission support affecting 3,400 active duty and civilian personnel- Managed all command section activities for 1300+ person mission support group - Performed quality controls on 1800 correspondence packages to include awards, decorations, officer and enlisted performance reports, and packages requiring group and wing-level coordination and signature; improved on-time rate from 47% to 94% in 4 months

- Managed logistics, systems maintenance and integrity of satellite command, control, communications and computer systems for the AFSPC mission including the $8.2B AFSCN supporting over 170 Department of Defense satellites- Directed transportable operations team in the development of mitigation planning for network antenna upgrades; managing over $12M in assets for contingency planning- Led multifunctional flight consisting of 12 individuals supporting unit deployments, training, security, force protection and group augmentation programs- Facilitated independent transportable contingency operations for 11 Geographically Separated Unit (GSU) within the Air Force Satellite Communication Network (AFSCN).- Led 50th Network Operations Group to an excellent rating in 2005 Operational Readiness Inspection; awarded wing professional performer- Chief advisor to 50th Space Wing senior leadership concerning all issues related to regression testing of space systems for the Operational Software and Maintenance Flight

Hampton, Va

- Managed all aspects of computer operations to support 500 classified and unclassified systems. Meticulous attention to detail in case analysis. - Procured, installed and maintained all high-end workstations and file/print and web servers.- Forecasted information system requirements, developed technical solutions and briefs to senior management on system implementation and integration plans.- Network administrator supporting levels 1 and 2 computer and network operations, classified and unclassified - Engineered, procured and installed $160K intranet and over $500K of desktop and network hardware/software upgrades.- Developed training plans, conducted training and performed task certification for Work Group Managers, supervised one direct report

Mba, With Information Technology Management Concentration

B.S., Computer Information Systems