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Tampa, Florida, United States

Responsible for managing the company’s internal and external contracts, overseeing business development initiatives, and developing growth strategies that align with Cadence Coalition’s capabilities in IT Solutions, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Intelligence Support Services, and Network Integration. Manages the lifecycle of both internal and external contracts, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements and contract stipulations, particularly in the SDVOSB and small business spaces.Oversees modifications and negotiation processes, acting as a negotiator and signatory on behalf of Cadence Coalition for contract amendments and updates. Collaborates with partners in joint ventures, teaming arrangements, and subcontracting relationships for large-scale government contracts.Develops and implements comprehensive growth strategies to position Cadence Coalition for competitive opportunities in federal contracting, with a focus on IT, cybersecurity, and intelligence services.Leads the identification, qualification, and pursuit of new business opportunities, leveraging knowledge of federal procurement processes and industry contacts. Builds strategic partnerships and alliances with other firms, identifying opportunities for joint ventures, and adding new capabilities to Cadence Coalition’s portfolio. Directs a team of talent management professionals, technical experts, and consultants to produce high-quality, winning proposals.Leads the Operations team in executing Cadence Coalition’s strategic vision, providing mentorship, and fostering a collaborative and results-driven work environment. Oversees talent acquisition, development, and retention strategies to ensure a high-performing team capable of meeting current and future project needs. Ensures continuous professional development of staff through training programs in cyber operations, system integration, and intelligence analysis, in line with Cadence Coalition’s service offerings.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Manages all government programs and subcontracts supporting primes within the Growth Operations division. Responsible for leading and providing oversight to a diverse portfolio of contracts, focusing on Cadence Coalition's service key offerings including military intelligence, software engineering, cybersecurity, information technology and training. Leads strategic initiatives aimed at gaining efficiencies and expanding revenue and performance through customer engagement, proposal strategy and support, and business development efforts. Oversees operations for various contracts spreading across multiple CONUS and OCONUS locations and customers, managing planning, direction, and success of contracts, and deliverables. Manages contractor employee workforce, and internal team supporting Growth Operations and works with the Senior Recruiter helping to identify, interview, and hire key talent, and leading initiatives to ensure employee success and retention. Supports responses to government Requests for Proposal (RFP) and/or Task Orders, including providing solutions through and responses to RFIs and providing white papers and proposal development. Tracks project budgets and identify areas for cost savings, ensuring contract compliance and efficient resource allocation. Collaborates closely with recruiting and security departments to vet cleared employees and distribute digital documentation as needed. Collects quantitative and qualitative data to monitor and measure quality and customer satisfaction throughout project lifecycles.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Leads and provides oversight to a growing portfolio of contracts in the Mission Support business unit. These contracts deliver software engineering, cybersecurity, information technology, training, and policy services CONUS and OCONUS to key DoD and National Security stakeholders. Manages operations for various contracts, serving as a resource and providing Program Manager support to multiple contracts spread across multiple time zones and customers. Manages planning, direction, and success of contracts, deliverables, and research/ technology initiatives.Oversees portfolio budget and identifies areas of potential cost savings. Establishes and controls milestones, schedules, budgets, and costs across multiple initiatives. Approves invoices, timecards, and expense reports for Full Time and Part Time Employees.Manages contract performance to include: providing contract management (as member of the Prime or a Subcontractor), monitoring invoicing, coordinating contract change proposals; and understanding the needs and customer expectations to ensure customer satisfaction. Collects quantitative and qualitative data throughout the life of all programs to continuously monitor and measure quality and customer satisfaction.Works closely with recruiting team to identify, interview, and hire key talent, and lead initiatives to ensure employee success and retention. Supports responses to government Requests for Proposal, Sources Sought and/or RFIs, Task Orders. Writes white papers providing enhanced solutions to government customers.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Program Manager, Barbaricum, LLC. /Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security Training Directorate, Washington D.C. Oversees project budget and identifies areas of potential costs savings. Reviews all contract modifications to ensure funding is coded to Class and appropriate sub-contract. Reviews, signs, validates and submits subcontractor invoices to Barbaricum Accounting department within 24 hours of the completion of any exercise.Tracks specific project processes and results and compares to ensure contract compliance, and identifies way to reduce unsatisfactory results. Conducts and supervises the staffing and conduct of exercises, classes, and events. Specific exercises or events include embassy evacuations, hostage negotiations, force-on-force, peaceful and non-peaceful demonstrations, high value target training and protectee management.Collects quantitative and qualitative data throughout the life of the project to continuously monitor and measure quality and customer satisfaction.Currently responsible for over 200 employees spread over a 300-mile radius that support DoS High Threat Operations exercises at three different geographic locations. This includes four different On-Site Managers that handle day to day operations and ensure the needs of the client are being met.Responsible for sourcing, selecting and recommending employees for immersive training exercises. Also works with recruiting and security departments to vet cleared employees and distribute digital documentation. Conducts an initial screening, provides a standard phone interview consisting of describing Barbaricum LLC and its role and history, the PM role and history, and the expectations for work in support of Department of State Training Group.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Operations Officer, Barbaricum, LLC. /U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force, Washington D.C. & Kuwait COMMISSIONED by the Director as a Strategic Liaison between forward-deployed units and Rapid Equipping Force (REF) rear element located at Fort Belvoir, VA. Chartered to engage operational commanders in nine different countries and assist with the expeditious identification and rapid resolution of critical capability gaps affecting multiple operational missions conducted daily. Responsible for the development, refinement and coordination of broad, international policies, strategic short and long-range plans, and special projects related to strategic mission planning, counter insurgency and defensive preparedness, new equipment training, contingency exercises, as well as staff assisted evaluations and assessments.PROJECT MANAGEMENTMaintains awareness of US Army operations and policies to facilitate REF mission, goals and objectives. Coordinates activities and information with Army Staff, Major Commands, DoD agencies and deployable units in the following US Commands: Africa, Central, Pacific, Northern, European and Southern areas of responsibility. Communicates requirement and project status and significant activities to REF leadership through recurring synchronization meetings, written reports and database updates. Synchronizes and incorporates training, shipping, sustainment and assessment plans for each project into a Theater Deployment Plan to ensure timely and purposeful delivery. Gathers and reviews assessment data on delivered projects to support disposition decisions.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided logistics, engineering and environmental expertise in support of the Joint Forces Headquarters - National Capital Region / Military District of Washington (JFHQ-NCR/MDW). Provided oversight of all logistics and engineer functions for the (JFHQ-NCR/MDW). Co-chaired the Joint Logistics Board and served as the logistics and engineer advisor to the Military District of Washington Commander. Terminal Supervisor of over 1000 contingency directorate personnel. Represented the directorate at senior level operational and logistics forums. Planned, coordinated and integrated command logistics policies and directives. Established and led the Logistics Readiness Center during five international operations. During these operations, used the Army and Joint operations process and strategic planningon National Capital Area logistics actions. Managed and developed all applicable logistics plans and annexes in conjunction with assigned Functional Plans, Contingency Plans and Event Operational Support. Prepared and briefed key support concepts in concert with Joint and Operations Planning Groups.Managed all logistical requirements for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. Coordinated all logistical functions related to the incoming President, the Inauguration itself, all events leading up to and associated with the Inauguration, and the exit of the outgoing President and his family on Inauguration day. Contingency planning for this event started 18 months prior to the event and was comprised of personnel from all branches of the military service, civil service, state and federal government as well as other interagency offices.

Headquarters, First Army Divison East, Fort Meade, Maryland

Directed, managed and oversaw executive staff and resources that supported the planning, management and execution of strategic level business management functions, including procurement and executive correspondence. Independently administered business management functions (i.e. procurement, human capital management, support and administrative services, records management, property management, facilities management, etc.) to organizations regionally dispersed across 24 states and 2 territories east of the Mississippi River encompassing over 330,000 employees; always stressed the importance of the organization’s most crucial resource – its people and their families.BUILT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS with senior leaders and organizations while promoting a professional operating environment among all stakeholders undergoing major transformational initiatives. Developed a strategy relocating senior level employees from diverse backgrounds with extensive experience to various positions worldwide; accomplished against hard timelines and briefed executive leadership on a weekly basis. Project completed ahead of schedule through coordination with internal and external agencies. Applied strategic insight and intellectual capability to understand and effectively operate in a global, complex, matrix environment.WORKFORCE PLANNING: provided workforce analysis to Senior Executive Leadership and Executive Steering Committee pertaining to current and future mission requirements. Served as Branch Chief, responsible for planning, organizing and carrying out all the operations, functions and activities of the Branch. Led and facilitated multidimensional teams and workgroups through the military decision-making process, improving the organization’s operations process. Identified future workforce gap analysis as well as demographic analysis as the organization was re-aligned.

Fort Rucker, Alabama

Directed, managed and led the Air Traffic Services maintenance and logistics programs, administrative coordination, logistical and maintenance support to 23 Active Army, Reserve and National Guard units dispersed in 16 different countries worldwide. Developed, coordinated and executed procurement and contracting, readiness analysis, supply support management, on-site logistics directives and maintenance. Synchronized and coordinated with Program Managers, Senior Item Managers & senior executive leadership. Conducted studies and projects that involved the collection and analysis of a wide variety of data pertaining to organizational level renovation projects.Coordinated and led the planning, development, and implementation of a successful and innovative Equal Opportunity program for a strategic sized organization to ensure over 750 employees had the opportunity to participate. Provided recommendations to Division Director, Managers, and Installation EO Offices in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating equal employment opportunity programs. Identified, defined and analyzed systemic barriers and problems. Assisted in the establishment of operations guidelines, objectives and procedures for achieving solutions. Evaluated and assessed a comprehensive investigation report which summarized the investigative activities, itemized undisputed facts, and stated facts germane to the complainant's allegations.ACCOMPLISHMENT: Revitalized an employee based maintenance program that had been previously outsourced. Through coordination with multiple Senior Program Managers, successfully introduced critical pieces of military equipment back into the military direct support maintenance facilities. This action had an immediate effect on the backlog of work to be accomplished being cut by 50% in the first quarter.

Fort Gordon, Georgia

WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT: Responsible for the welfare, accountability, training, motivation and discipline of over 250 Soldiers undergoing Ordnance Electronic Maintenance Advanced Individual Training as well as over 80 Senior Military Instructors. Directed and led the mentoring, professional development, and direct supervision of seven Senior Managers, three administrative personnel, and twelve middle managers. Enforced strict compliance of Army Regulations as they pertain to the management and training of Initial Entry Training (IET) Soldiers. Planned and evaluated all training. Periodically served as an advocate regarding issues surrounding Soldier disciplinary hearing/actions. As the Soldier's advocate, ensured that the Hearing Officer was aware of relevant details pertaining to the hearing. Ensured that any disciplinary action rendered was fair and consistent with similar infractions or violations. Worked with the Legal Services, Social Workers and other senior leaders to coordinate rehabilitative effort for Soldiers facing punitive actions. Responsible for good order and discipline; during conflict, served as an impartial, neutral and confidential channel with responsibility for informal conflict avoidance and resolutions.Developed, planned and designed staff training instructional materials and aids including the latest computer assisted and computer managed materials. Monitored all education and related programs, particularly in areas of computer assisted and computer managed programs, continuing education, including apprenticeship programs and staff training.Delivered and monitored the delivery of policies and leadership in design and operation of health/wellness programs (Master Resiliency Trainers). Advised senior level audit teams which reviewed and evaluated Soldier education, morale, health, welfare and training programs and reviewed the operation of advanced Soldier training.

Basrah, Iraq

Principal supervisor with a primary focus to advise foreign senior military leadership to develop and maintain the Iraqi military mid-level managers within an 1,850-person organization. Participated and led policy drafting and formulation, to include long-range planning about prospective changes in functions and programs, determinations of projects or program activities to be initiated, dropped, or curtailed; and notable change in the organizational structure. Planned, organized and supervised activities pertaining to the advisory team's training and global operations. Provided tactical and technical guidance as well as professional support to fellow advisors. Developed courses of action, operational orders, and contingency plans to support and achieve operational effectiveness.ACCOMPLISHMENT: Coordinated with community and foreign government leaders to re-establish local facilities and amenities, including the introduction of engineer support (both military and civilian) for repair to the local roadways. Identified crucial problem areas and then drafted contacts with local electricians to improve the power grid. Finally, and truly the most daunting task, collaborated with the public works systems for the improvement of water and sewage lines providing a safe environment for all those involved.

United States Military Academy

First Sergeant for a cadet company of 133 future Army officers; counsels, trains, and develops cadets on leadership and responsibilities; supervises and teaches Drill and Ceremony, military science, Cadet Basic and/or Cadet Field Training. Conducts inspections of all aspects of cadet development; monitors cadet functions; participates in cadet mentorship program.

Fort Gordon, Georgia

Conducted initial entry training for newly enlisted personnel, instructed and assisted in the training of basic combat tasks to recruits, developed recruits in discipline, physical fitness, military bearing, personal hygiene, first aid, pride in military and country. Trained recruits in drill and ceremonies, basic rifle marksmanship and maintenance of assigned equipment. Provided instruction on military history, customs, courtesies and military regulations. Exemplified the Warrior Ethos, the Army Values, and demonstrated an example for all Soldiers to follow.Responsible for the health, welfare, morale, motivation, discipline, training and accountability of a 75 Soldier platoon undergoing Advanced Individual Training; counsels assigned soldiers. Conducts unit level physical fitness training; instructs and tests Common Task testing; teaches and enforces Army Values; reinforces sodierization skills to Army Standards.

Various Locations Worldwide

Managed personnel, equipment, and facility assets for the installation, operation, repair, maintenance, and modification of radio, radar, computer, electronic data processing, controlled cryptographic items, television, fiber optical, radiological and related communications equipment and associated tools, test and accessory equipment. Established section SOPs and instructions to ensure that a proper work environment was maintained. Ensured all assigned personnel adhered to maintenance schedules, The Army Maintenance Management Systems (TAMMS), Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA-QC) procedures, Standard Army Maintenance System - Enhanced (SAMS-E) and Global Combat Support System- Army (GCSS-A).

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Educational Leadership And Administration, General, 3.867

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.78