Procurement Analyst supporting the Contracting Directorate of the Huntsville Engineering and Support Center, Business Operations Branch. Duties are to assist the Chief, Business Operations Branch in the review and assessment of the effective of procurement operations. Responsible to revise and analyze proposed procurement actions which may include policy and regulatory waivers, and justification and approvals. Reviews documentation to ensure conformity with acquisition and socio-economical related laws and regulations. Reviews and analyzes completed and proposed procurement actions or plans in order to evaluate their technical effectiveness and degree of compliance with regulations, directives, and good business practices. Reviews requirements with an Independent Government Estimate of over $50M during the Solicitation Review Board (Business Clearance) and the Contract Review Board (Contract Clearance) process. These reviews happen prior to local clearance and prior to routing approvals to the Command level as threshold levels dictate. Track review findings for trend analysis and other training opportunities and develops and presents training to correct the trends and findings. Interprets regulations and provide guidance to conflicting regulatory procedures. Facilitates communications between Headquarters and the local contracting community.

Contract Specialist in support of the Army Central Metering Program (AMP). Duties included building solicitations for competitive acquisition of meter installation and integration services to support EXORD Order 028-12 and provide Contract Administration for on-going metering services worldwide. The AMP program is supported by Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) and several Single Award Task Order Contracts (SATOCs) with a combined value of over $3.5B. The goal of the ACMP and the EXORD is to implement installation facility energy and water usage.

Senior Contract Specialist that performs normal contract administrative support for the Department of Defense’s only contract to purchase, develop, and maintain the PATRIOT Advanced Capability 3 (PAC3) missiles. This includes missiles destined for US partnership countries. Contracting team member during the procurement of next installment of PATRIOT PAC3 deliveries to include being involved in negotiations to establish share rations on the Fixed-Price Incentive Fee contract. Responded to contractor requests for modifications and documentation of production deviation, methodology and compliance. Interface with the Defense Contract Management Agency to complete modifications and approval during the normal performance of contract execution.

Provided leadership to 22 personnel as Chief, Base Operations and Support Flight. Served as a Team Leader and Contracting Officer with a limited warrant of $10,000,000. My team is responsible operational contracting support to the 48th Fighter Wing, 100th Air Refueling Wing, and the 352nd Special Operations Wing located at RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall in the United Kingdom. Responsible for a $50,000,000 contract portfolio to include both commodity and services. I am responsible for developing procurement strategy and overseeing workflow and work assignments for contracting personnel. I maximized efficiency for product and service acquisition to ensure the most appropriate procurement method and instrument is used. I control requirement flow and contracting approval to ensure quality procurement documentation and execution.

Provided leadership to 11 personnel as the Director of Business Operations and Deputy Chief of Contracting. Team Leader and Contracting Officer with a limited warrant of $10,000,000. Quality Assurance Program Coordinator (QAPC) responsible for training and providing guidance to all Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) assigned to the 501 Combat Support Wing. Managed $20,000,000 in commodity and service contracts to support forces at seven geographically separated units and 52 installations in six different countries. Responsible for developing procurement strategy and overseeing workflow and work assignments for contracting personnel. Maximized efficiency for product and service acquisition to ensure the most appropriate procurement method and instrument is used. I control requirement flow and contracting approval to ensure quality procurement documentation and execution.

Senior Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer responsible for the full range of acquisition activities of the mission of the Directorate. I displayed knowledge of the full range of federal contract laws, policies, methods and contract types. I prepared government pre-negotiation objectives for complex actions and acted as a leader and spokesperson for the government during complex negotiations. My responsibilities included planning, directing, coordinating and accomplishing acquisition planning, contract negotiations, execution, and contract management in acquiring complex weapon and non-weapon systems, supplies, equipment and services. I was responsible implementing contract management of all types of contracts. As Contract Specialist, I obtained award approval and presents in final form to the Contracting Officer for contract execution. I was responsible for establishing necessary administrative controls and procedures to insure contract compliance. I administered contracts where the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) does not provide such support, including government-owned contractor-operated facilities on Redstone Arsenal. I was the lead Contract Specialist and Contract Administrator on the Army Logistics Transformation (ALT) service contract and the Redstone Arsenal Information Technology Services (RITS) service contract; a combined value of over $240 million over five years.

Provided leadership to six personnel as a Team Leader and Contracting Officer with a limited warrant of $2,000,000. I managed $23,000,000 in commodity and service contracts to support forces at seven geographically separated units and 52 installations in six different countries. I was responsible for developing procurement strategy and overseeing workflow and work assignments for contracting personnel. Maximized efficiency for product and service acquisition to ensure the most appropriate procurement method and instrument was utilized. Controlled requirement flow and contracting approval to ensure quality procurement documentation and execution. I conducted pricing analysis of contractor proposals, to include developing government negotiation positions and strategy, leading negotiations and documenting results. This includes all the required documentations, notes, pre and post negotiation memorandums and resulting contracting action. Experienced in conducting market research to develop acquisition strategies, such as requests for information, market studies, research data automation systems, vendor fairs, and commercial market inquiries. Awarded and administered two $1,800,000 intelligence training contracts that cover all of Europe in support of the Defense Intelligence Agency. My responsibilities included performing as a Business Advisor to command structure.

As the Office Chief, performed as the only Contracting Officer assigned to the Base Support Flight. Directed the activities of 10 contracting professionals assigned to the busiest Global War On Terrorism cargo hub in the US Air Force. I planned, organized, inspected, evaluated and managed commodity and services requisite procurement activities in excess of $25,000,000. I was directly responsible for all facets of the acquisition process to include solicitation, contract award, administration and close-out. Provided oversight for USAF's most complex construction program valued at over $55,000,000. As Construction Team Lead, I managed the $18,000,000 construction program to renovation program to modernize 235 military family housing units. Oversaw the $15,000,000 quality assurance program to ensure accurate surveillance was being conducted according to prescribed schedules. I provided Quality Assurance Evaluator (QAE) Phase 1 & 2 training for several contracts in the absence of the Quality Assurance Program Coordinator.

As a Team Leader, was responsible for the purchase and administration of contracts for services and construction valued at more than $114,000,000 annually. Prepared negotiation strategies, conducted negotiations, and finalized contract award documents. Performed contract administration duties on over 25 service contracts valued at $12,000,000 annually. Assessed customer requirements and decided on the best procurement method on a case-by-case basis. Controlled workload assignment to eight subordinate contracting specialists and monitored status for metric reporting and schedule adherence. Reviewed contractor performance and resolved contractor claims. Inspected and evaluated the effectiveness of the contracting activities within the office. I served as a Contracting Officer with a limited warrant of $1,000,000. As a Contracting Specialist, prepared and issued solicitations and ensured proposals and offers complied with solicitation criteria and statements of work.