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Primary point of contact responsible for all program management activities at the contract level for broad-based training program that supports USMC training worldwide with 190 – 200 personnel with major concentrations in Virginia, North Carolina, California, Hawaii and Japan.Manage all operational, financial and staffing elements of contract performance conducted in over 20 different countries in support of 7400 training events annually of which over 1600 exercises are conducted in overseas locations.Tracks, controls and reports all program costs to include travel, security, time charging and employee compensation of contract labor budgets averaging over $23.6 million annually and travel budgets averaging more than $2.3 million annually.Create and present quarterly briefings to the highest corporate and government management levels covering the status of contract activities, requirements and resolution of performance issues.Determined staff assignments, negotiate salary rates, review and approve new hires for 6 contract teaming partners.

Planed, organized, managed, scheduled, implemented, controlled, analyzed and reported all elements of contract performance for the following contracts; $6.5M US Navy Surface Fire Fighting ContractorOperation & Maintenance Services (COMS) contract and sites in Norfolk, Virginia; San Diego, California; Ingleside, Texas; and Mayport, Florida.$2.2M US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Simulator Hardware Maintenance contract and site in Chattanooga, Tennessee.$1.5M US Navy Software Engineering contract and site at Camp Pendleton, California.$7.6M USMC Range Operations COMS contract and sites at Twenty-Nine Palms, California, Camp Pendleton, California, MCAS Miramar, California and Riverton, Utah. $2.7M USMC Range Operations COMS contract and site in Okinawa, Japan.$4M US Army Range Operations COMS contract and site at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.Identified critical paths and determined milestones, tasks and events required to achieve program objectives of cost, performance and schedule for Army, Navy and Marine Corps customers on seven different contracts.Negotiated company's collective bargaining agreements with seven different collective bargaining units.Designed and implemented successful educational program that transformed site managers from technical supervisors to business managers resulting in their identifying, proposing and pursuingadditional contract work at their respective sites which increased company revenue and profits.Trained, provided program guidance, established priorities and provided financial oversight to four program managers and twelve site managers employed at locations worldwide.Chaired Strategic Planning Board conferences that established budget plans, strategic plans and corporate policies.