Nicholas Arnone, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis

• Integrated Data Environment (IDE) / Global Transportation Network (GTN) Convergence (IGC) Program Manager in support of the DoD logistical workforce in JSJ4; the program of record for in-transit visibility and asset visibility. A DoD equivalent to FedEx/UPS tracking – “Where is my stuff?”.• Execute cost, schedule, performance, and risk tasks of a $20M annual budget, with three prime vendors, and a 30-person Integrated Project Team. • Managing key IGC tasks in support of COVID-19 PPE and vaccine movement; curating logistical data used by Congress and the Executive branch.• Established logistics data pipeline to DoD’s big data platform for advanced analytics – ADVANA. These pipelines inform DoD leaders.• Executed PM duties for the USTC JOPES Modernization effort and MITRE FFRDC tasks. Engaged senior USTC and DISA leaders to provide updates for these critical efforts across the enterprise. • Led an 18+ month technical refresh initiative to include 3 distinct platforms, 4 different locations, 100+ servers, 3 operating systems, 10 COTS products, and a team of 50+ professionals: an $8M+ undertaking! High visibility and high praise!• Received USTC/TCAQ Program Manager of the Year in 2020, with only 11 months on the job. These honors were due to support of COVID 19 logistical response, ADVANA data pipeline, and execution to IaaS pivot from JEDI Cloud to an On-Premises technical refresh strategy.

Greater St. Louis

Cyberspace Security and Control System (CSCS) Weapon System Requirements Lead in support of HQ ACC A6 and A5 as a focal point for development and document definition of operational requirements for new and existing cyber capabilities.• Supported a $200B requirements portfolioo Directed course of action working group to provide senior leaders with options to replace end-of-life infrastructure in the USAFE AOR; bolster mission assurance• Participated in meetings such as validation & certification boards, configuration control boards, engineering review boards, integrated project teams and working groups• Organized and led working groups for requirements drafting, requirements prioritization, lifecycle sustainment, and annual Project Objective Memorandum (POM) recommendation • Applied analytical and evaluative techniques to the identification, consideration and resolution issues or problems concerning efficiency and effectiveness of network operations• Coordinated changes to the weapon system with AFLCMC/HNI, ACC AFNIC, and the 24 AF through well-defined processes; conducting interviews with functional personnel to obtain information about organizational requirements, functions, and work procedures to accurately evaluate user requirements• Requirements Manager in the DoD Enterprise Service Management Framework (DESMF) pilots and the AF IT Service Management (AFITSM) strategy; lean forward with SAF CIO to implement the AFITSM strategy o Ushered two DESMF requirements through the pilot and into phase two of the pilot• Requirements Lead in support of the ACC Enterprise IT as a Service (EITaaS) Integrated Program Office (IMO), a line of effort that will selectively leverage the private sector to provide standardized, innovative, and agile IT services to the Air Force through the use of worldwide commercial business services and best practicesExtensive travel in support of the pilot bases in AK, CO, MA, and VA.

Dayton, Ohio Area

The Enterprise Sourcing Group (ESG) IT Specialist. Duties include: FSA, CSA, PD2, ConWrite, FPDS-NG, IT Purchasing, Help Desk, Printers, VTC, Information Assurance, Physical Security, Blackberry Support, and all things IT Program Management.

Team Lead of a Joint IT mission for JCC I/A - MNF-I in Iraq and Afghanistan. The team supports contracting efforts using the Standard Procurement System (SPS), Procurement Desktop Defense (PD2).

provided outstanding technical and customer support for the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW). He supported users on similar SPS systems as he did at CIFA and DTRA. In addition, he supported: CONWRITE, Automated Business Service System (ABSS), Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), and EZ-Query. He has supported a technical refresh, software upgrade, and database upgrade; all with minimal downtime and transparent customer support. Worked with AFDW senior management to setup a 15 person satellite office at Brooks City Base, TX. He was instrumental in the implementation of a firewall tunnel solution to link the Brooks office to the DC office. Coordinated with the 311th contracting squadron to transfer 300+ contracts from their CONWRITE system to the PD2 system of AFDW. Administered the ADFW close-out reporting plan using EZ-Query, Electronic Document Access (EDA), and FPDS-NG data that was reported to the general of AFDW. Coordinated with the Veteran Affairs contracting office to transfer 100 contracts from the VA to the AFDW Brooks office.

served as a Database and System Administrator for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in support of the Standard Procurement System (SPS) Department of Defense (DoD) paperless contracting initiative. In this capacity, he was responsible for maintaining the Procurement Desktop Defense (PD2) application and accompanying Sybase database. He ran database maintenance on a Sybase Adaptive Service Enterprise Server that houses the 20+ gigabyte database. He utilized Structured Query Language (SQL) to facilitate this maintenance. In addition, He was on call to 150+ users of the application in both a functional and technical capacity. With all his duties, he felt integrity was vital in a customer service oriented position. He maintained integrity in all his work and it shows in his high customer service skills. As a functional administrator, he ran COGNOS Impromptu reports for users and formatted them for analysis. He also organized and facilitated the SPS Users Group (SUG). The SUG was used as a forum for users to learn and bring up issues in an organized setting. Along with those duties, he created and maintained training documentation for the SPS software. Major functional accomplishments include, but not limited to, the following: - Creating and Facilitating the SPS Users Group; - Creating multiple SPS training aids.As a technical systems administrator, he was tasked to keep up with changes to the software. He performed two major upgrades, two server migrations, and coordinated a server move with DTRA personnel. His daily tasks include planning schedules, gant charts, and extensive coordination with cyber-security. He utilized File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to securely transfer award data to a congressional reporting agency. Technical accomplishments include, but not limited to, the following: - Planned and executed two vital upgrades with minimal downtime;- Planned and executed two server migrations with no data lose and minimal downtime

Master'S Degree, Military Operational Art And Science/Studies

Electical Engineering, Leadership, Six Sigma, Project Manager, Signals, Software, Hardware, Database

Activities and Societies: IEEE, ASQ, PMIMinor in Engineering Leadership and Development (4.0 GPA)