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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Appointed to manage a large-scale migration program onboarding over 1,000 VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) products to an internal SRP program during their transition over to Broadcom. Collaborated with approximately 70 multifunctional software engineers to ensure digital supply chain integrity and risk management for Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) adhering to Executive Order (EO) 14028 cybersecurity requirements.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Promoted to provide programmatic support for the VMware Cloud Services CSP program providing identity verification, authorizations, single sign-on (SSO), and access management security.Coordinated SaaS releases with a 120-person global software engineering team. Navigated worldwide digital initiatives involving core engineering, product management, and end-to-end testing, within a business and digital transformation office.

Accountable for modernized software operations programs including multi-cloud capacity for worldwide events supporting hands-on labs (HOL), Microsoft’s Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA), and disaster recovery. Led global teams through quarterly drills simulating data center loss and ransomware recovery to ensure prompt restoration of critical applications and infrastructure.Drove program process improvements and facilitated train-the-trainer programs leveraging OKRs working with executive and engineering teams. Provided management by objectives (MBO) goal-setting frameworks to ensure continued team success.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Provided daily oversight for 24-hour incident management with a team of DevOps site reliability engineers. Utilized Agile methods to organize and manage planned work and program initiatives to bolster incident triage and de-escalations along with postmortem reviews.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Responsible for programs designed to elevate data management and infrastructure solutions for the public sector, enterprises, and government. Optimized hardware and software to market AI storage and high-performance computing (CPS) solutions to companies utilizing them.Navigated projects for DDN’s flagship storage platform (Storage Fusion Architecture®) and EXAscaler. with a cross-functional team of over 50 specialists. Collaboratively managed scope, schedule, quality, and technical performance for quarterly, concurrent software releases and new hardware product introductions. Engaged with customers within the healthcare sector and universities to create features based on their needs. Strategized with executives, product and program managers, and engineers to integrate products by designing enterprise roadmaps and release plans leveraging Rally software and Agile and Waterfall methods. Regularly engaged with new product introduction teams and executive leadership to set expectations, provide timely and accurate status updates on program deliverables, and promptly resolve issues before they escalate.Developed consistent processes, checklists, and program deliverables. Credited with mentoring other program and engineering managers to utilize DDN processes and tools.Played an integral part in delivering a next-generation storage product (SFA18KX ) and its software to market. Additionally provided quarterly releases of new software used on other DDN products.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Provided program support partnering with over 125 engineers in 11 CONUS and OCONUS locations. Oversaw purchasing and budget development while managing 10 subcontractors for a $121 million contract.

Managed a multi-disciplined technical team for a Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System (RAIDRS) contract for the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) and Missile Systems Center (SMC). Accountable for finance operations, system engineering, design, integration, and testing of worldwide satellite communication installations.Oversaw data management, technical orders, maintenance manuals, system drawings, and training. Credited with increasing contract value from $53 million to $59 million.Maintained 100% employee retention and contract close out during a division shut down. Generated multiple proposals and ROMs up to $40M including Firm Fixed Price (FFP), CPFF, Cost-Plus Award Fee (CPAF), and Time and Materials (T&M) tasks.

Managed the $32 million Global Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Configuration Control Element (GSCCE) contract (subcontracted by Boeing Satellite Systems). Prepared large-scale proposals, budgets, and financial terms and conditions. Led SDLC, hardware integration, system installation, and testing at six worldwide locations as part of the Army’s Objective Defense Operational Control System (ODOCS).

Administered an $89 million satellite communications contract for the U.S. Army. Managed SDLC and hardware engineering teams providing design support for strategic fixed satellite communications earth terminals to operate over the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite constellation.

Recognized for increasing profit margins for multiple sustainment support and hardware repair contracts valued up to $2.8 million for Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), SMC, STG Inc., Raytheon, and Honeywell. Contracts included: - Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)- Total Engineering and Integration Services (TEIS) II- Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN)- Defense Support Program (DSP)- Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) - Nuclear Detection System (NDS)- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)- Defense Satellite Communications System (DSC)- Single Channel Transponder Injection Subsystem (SCTIS)- ICBM SHF Satellite Terminal (ISST)Contract types included:- Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ)- Firm Fixed Price (FFP) - Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPAF)- Cost-Plus Award Fee (CPAF)- Time and Materials (T&M)

Managed a technical support team of 13 software and hardware engineers for the Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Information, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4I2SR) contract for AFSPC, NORAD, and U.S. Strategic Command.Responsible for staffing, planning, reporting and coordination with finance, contracts, and prime contractor program management office in a cost-plus award fee environment with annual sales of $900K.Hands-on development for client server and web applications through all phases of software development, using Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL, Active Server Pages, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, Microsoft Visual InterDev, Adobe Photoshop, and Microsoft Internet Information and Exchange Servers. Executed multiple, concurrent internet and intranet projects with fixed-cost, fixed schedule constraints, while exceeding customer expectations.

M.S., Computer Science

B.S., Computer Science