Flatwater Group is the government “products” contracting division of Ho-Chunk, Inc. In 2013 it was decided that Flatwater Group would expand their sphere of influence to include facility management and/or facility operations and maintenance. This decision then provided Flatwater Group with three “vertical” offerings to the federal government: (1) Information Technology (IT) equipment; (2) Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E); and (3) facility management and/or facility operations and maintenance.

Senior Acquisition Management Analyst Provided Budget, Acquisition, and Contract Management Support Services for the Secretary of Defense Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer.• Gathered past budget and performance data and conduct extensive analysis on contract financials• Research and participate in new written policies and revision of existing procedures• Coordinated acquisition demand signals, identify potential human and financial resource requirements, and facilitate effective communication for all business activities for OSD-ODCMO• Developed standardized performance measures and accumulate performance data• Received high accolades for completing the Tri-annual review, closing over $10M in unliquidated obligations.

Manage matters relating to Business Development for this $1.2B division specializing in training, institutional capacity building, and logistics. Identify, develop, and qualified new business opportunities.• Lead planning sessions to include organizing the semi-annual BD Conference, resulting in key support information being delivered to BD staff.• Managed Proposal Color Team Reviews resulting in laudable proposal submissions.• Managed $5M IRAD Budget, charting the path for technological improvements with L-3 MPRI’s product divisions.• Provide Quality Control for L-3 corporate reports resulting in timely and accurate submission.• Provide training and Quality Control to MPRI Business Pipeline System (GovWin).• Awarded for transitioning a new acquisition into the company.

Planned and developed marketing operations for a $12M entity that provided Facilities Management, Information Services and Training to government agencies. Developed new business through expanding company capabilities and acquiring new work from identifying new opportunities. Managed strategic marketing, proposal development, and client relationships.• Marketed LAI through developing strategies for various trade shows, business opportunity fairs and other events resulting in a 40% growth in sales.• Acquired extensive knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, Small Business requirements and Department of Labor statistical reporting. • Served as Facility Security Officer (FSO), processing clearances for over 100 applicants.• Lead a winning A-76 proposal effort with the Department of Energy.• Won 100% of re-competes.

Held a variety of increasingly progressive more responsible worldwide positions throughout an extensive career. • U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Evaluator Provided evaluation for the Sustaining Base Information Services System (SBISS) and the Corp of Engineer Financial Management Systems (CEFMS), developing Measures of Performance (MoPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MoE’s), evaluating test results and providing findings.o Operationally tested and approved CEFMS• On-Site Inspection Agency, Finance Officer Managed Accounting and Finance activities, to include: accounting, disbursing, travel and commercial accounts for the Agency, which has the mission to oversee U.S Nuclear Proliferation (now called Defense Threat Reduction Agency).o Additional duty of Assistant Inspector General• 1st Infantry Division, Division Automation Officer Managed automation assets for the Division, to include the fielding and new equipment training (NET) of the Maneuver Control System (MCS). o Deployed MCS to Operation Dessert Storm and completed a successful Limited User Test of upgraded hardware and operating system.• 266th Theater Finance Center, Company Commander Responsible for all aspects of command and control, personnel services, and administrative support to include: discipline; operations and training; strength management; safety and security; resource management; retention; logistics; and moral and well being programs of 200 soldiers in support of the U.S. Army’s Financial Management mission in Europe.