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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Duluth, Ga

Fixed SATCOM Hubs & SATCOM Solutions Business Areas. Responsible for Profit/Loss, Program Execution via Earned-Value Management through Engineering Development and Systems Integration & Manufacturing, Bid&Proposal. U.S. DoD and International Customers

Life Cycle Value Stream Management/Product Line Management of the Fixed SATCOM Hubs & SATCOM Solutions Business Areas. Responsible for Profit/Loss, Program Execution via Earned-Value Management through Engineering Development and Systems Integration & Manufacturing, Bid&Proposal. U.S. DoD and International Customers.

Responsible for leading an Advanced Software team (13), managing Customer Escalations from major Fortune 500 companies, managing facility/operations. Human Capital Management/Learning Management software suite.

NGIT/PUBLIC HEALTH Division: Program Manager for FFPAF ($9.7M) Task Orders-SAP project for Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Phase 1: Blueprint creation and Prototype development. Team size (43), BI, CRM, ECC, EP, and XI. EVM tracking.

Program Manager for $15.5M T&M SAP development & implementation project for U.S. Army (Global Combat Support System-Army). Team size (16), SAP NetWeaver2004, MDM v5.5, XI, EP, BW, & PLM to integrate the tactical (GCSS-Army (F/T)) and national (LMP) components of the Single Army Logistics Enterprise (SALE).

Project Manager for $2M CPAF Alaska/Hawaii Army National Guard, Team Size (9), $2.2M IDIQ/T&M, FFP U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF) Support Services Contract, $1.6M T&M Software Architect Support Services Contract under Boeing/SAIC FCS Program; Team Size (5). Project Manager for IR&D software project (Fast File Transfer). Bid & Proposal work on other pending contracts/projects (Army Knowledge Online, ENCORE II). Directly supervised 15.

Responsible for the technical and financial (EVMS) performance of CACI’s IDIQ/FFP, CPFF $6.5M subcontract under the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue 21 Program. This included project planning, project tracking and control, and management of the design, development and nation-wide deployment of equipment at over 270 remote sites. The two major subsystems include the Radio-Direction Finding Subsystem and the Wide-Area Network (WAN). http://www.uscg.mil/rescue21/overview/index.htm

IT PROGRAM MANAGER, INFORMATION & TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISIONDeputy Project Manager for Defense Threat Reduction Agency Arms Control Enterprise System Project: Web-based Software Development Project using IEEE 12207/CMMI SW/Sys Level 3/RUP standards/practices, J2EE framework via Struts, Java, XML, HTML, Oracle 9i RDBMS, BEA WebLogic Application Server. 5yr, $24M CPFF Contract, Team Size (10-50). Specific responsibilities include: Action Item Management, CMMI Audit Prep, Risk Management, Software Integration Planning, Software Size Estimation, Subcontract Management.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR RESTON, VA 2001 – 2003Responsible for assisting Customers and System Implementers/Integrators with the implementation of Oracle Applications Products (ERP & CRM). Team Size (2): Project Managers.SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REDWOOD SHORES, CA 1998 - 2001 ERP “Best of Breed” Product for Consumer Packaged Goods Industry. Responsible for: Release Management (including Ports & Translations), Program Management, Software Config Management, Documentation, Environment Creation/Maintenance, QA. Developed/maintained overall development plan and individual release/version plans. Executed releases by coordinating with Engineering, Product Management, Oracle Consultants, Customers, 3rd Party Vendors/Partners. Completed major release (11i) ahead of schedule. Completed 9 base releases, 4 ports, 3 translations. Team Size (8): QA Manager, Project Lead, Software Config Engineer, Tech Writer, 4 DBAs.

Distributed (IBM RS6000, SP2), on-line client-server (two tier), IBM-AIX, Informix/ESQL, C application. Interfaced with customer/end-user for problem tracking/resolution and definition of new or improved features. Developed project plan/schedule, led software development, coordinated turnover to QA, led implementation at customer site. Team Size (9): 7 software engineers, 1 DBA, 1 System Administrator.

PROJECT LEADER (GPS DESIGN ENGINEER): Global Positioning System (GPS)-based Attitude Determination System product (embedded PC, multiple GPS receivers, Ada95, Rational Apex). Coordinated with Marketing & Management to define requirements, developed project plan & budget, executed project, tracked (EVM) schedule & cost, presented status to upper management. Prepared project for SEI CMM Level 3 audit and successfully passed an internal audit. Team Size (8), Budget ($2M). PROJECT LEADER: IRAD Military GPS Reference Receiver Prototype. Developed project scope, plan & budget, executed project, tracked (EVM) schedule & cost and demonstrated prototype to UK Royal Artillery. Team Size (3), Budget ($500K).SYSTEMS/APPLICATION ENGINEER: Designed, coded & tested (MATLAB simulation & field trials) Kalman Filter to integrate GPS and Laser Range Finder target data for new handheld GPS-based product (VIPER).

Electronics Engineering Cener: 9/1992 - 11/1995PROGRAM MANAGER (LT/O-3): Defined System & Software requirements (2167A), Led QA Testing of prototype software, Planned & Executed continued software development(Ada/C/HP-UX/HP9000/40kSLOC) for Command & Control of new, nationwide Differential GPS radionavigation service. Led System Engineering & Acquisition (COTR) of centralized (X.25/FTS2000) datacomms network. Led Acquisition of COTS DGPS Receivers for USCG Buoy Tender Fleet. Team Size (9-25): Military, Civilian Govt, Contractors, Budget ($2M).MLC Atlantic, NY: 1987-1990SECTION CHIEF (LTJG/O-2): Local email system & LAN (Ethernet), Procurement of computer hardware/software for all East Coast Guard units. Team Size (6): Contract Systems Analysts, Budget ($2M).USCG Cutter RUSH, Alameda, CA: 1985 - 1987ENSIGN/O-1: Engineering Supply, Shipboard Electrical, Shipboard Damage Control & NBC Defense, Engineering Dept Training. Team Size (10): Military, Budget ($200K).

Master Of Science In Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control Systems, 3.48

Activities and Societies: Eta Kappa Nu, IEEE Senior Member

Certificate, Project/Program Management

M.S., Electrical Engineering, 3.48

Activities and Societies: Eta Kappa NuConcentration in Automatic Control Theory; including Kalman Filters.

B.S., Marine Engineering