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• Division Chief leading multiple teams providing life safety, security, and government compliance across 42 facility locations, 15,000 employees, and 60+ federal client engagements. Manages daily operations of 59-member.
• Ensures compliance with government accreditation requirements for 33 secured operating locations
• Coordinates all Mergers and Acquisitions activities for security in support of corporate growth targets
• Orchestrates mutual support of multi-disciplinary teams to achieve corporate goals for efficiency and cost
• Focal point for classified contract and subcontract management for all cleared agency engagements
• Identified and supported automation and simplification of existing processes to drive increased efficiency

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Answered corporate leadership need for an enterprise-wide Business Continuity Program of record. Established impactful resiliency plans supporting Emergency Readiness, Crisis Management, and Disaster Recovery. Created.
• Transformed C-suite requirements into clear objectives and engaged support of cross-functional teams
• Successfully managed quality and timely BCM program deliverables all within budget
• Proved effectiveness of plans in several real word events such as the 2017 hurricane season, the 2018/2019 Federal Government Shutdown, and the COVID-19 pandemic
• Implemented effective business recovery strategies based on risk assessment and business impact analysis, avoided millions of dollars in potentially lost revenue and negative impact to client delivery
• Integrated business continuity planning and IT Disaster Recovery (IT/DR) for seamless execution

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Responsible for security operations for newly established subsidiary company. Overhauled all physical and technical security functions and controls for 44 facility locations throughout the United States.
• Optimized operations by establishing and implementing corporate policies and procedures to support the company’s growing corporate access control, intrusion detection, and video surveillance programs
• Provided Crisis Management Leadership, guiding a burgeoning company through numerous potentially catastrophic situations, reducing impact to operations, and managing risk exposure

Orlando, Florida Area

• Deputy PMO Lead responsible for daily operations on $10B competitive contract engaging 12 teaming partners. Automated proposal development, project startup, and delivery management through one-stop web portal. Lauded.
• Managed and authored numerous proposal efforts, including technical, management, and cost volumes
• Provided budget analysis and oversight for DoD business development & delivery; kept costs competitive
• Successfully led five client delivery projects and pioneered integration of Agile methodology to company

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

• Provided valuable insight and direction to the technical development of modeling and simulation at the USAF Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC). Performed scenario development & mission planning, proposal &.
• Assistant Project Officer (APO) for USAF Virtual Flag Exercises and DoD testing/training events
• Technical Manager for Scenario Generation System (SGS), a milestone in automated scenario planning
• Recognized as a subject-matter expert (SME) on Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Electronic Warfare (EW), Information Operations (IO), and assigned simulation systems

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