Ty Cassady, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Contributes as a SME in federal IT acquisition contracts administration, policies, processes, and procedures to assist Department of State's Consular Affairs/Consular Systems & Technology (CA/CST) Division. Maintains the Services Transition Support (STS) and Information Security Systems Support (ISSS) portfolios. Provides program & acquisition support services to include acquisition planning, source selection support, contract administration, acquisition training, and acquisition assessments.

ADMINISTRATIVE & CONTRACT SUPPORT. Performed a critical role in the acquisition process by executing pre-award, award, and post-award actions for 60+ contract awards with a total value of over $10M. Reinforced the importance of timely invoice payments by collaborating with the finance center and contracting team to process over $1M of critical invoice payments to help avoid a financial hardship for small businesses. Awarded the CG Commendation Medal. Analyzed procurements and… Show more ADMINISTRATIVE & CONTRACT SUPPORT. Performed a critical role in the acquisition process by executing pre-award, award, and post-award actions for 60+ contract awards with a total value of over $10M. Reinforced the importance of timely invoice payments by collaborating with the finance center and contracting team to process over $1M of critical invoice payments to help avoid a financial hardship for small businesses. Awarded the CG Commendation Medal. Analyzed procurements and validated requisitions to determine the appropriate method of contracting, source selection, evaluation method, and publicizing actions for a broad range of acquisition vehicles to include Information Technology Services, DHS Blanket Purchase Agreements, GSA Multiple Award Schedules, MIPR and IDIQ contract awards. Responsible for all contracting transactions from initiation to award to include reviewing requisition documents, conducting market research, preparing solicitation documents, monitoring solicitations through its entire phase, and issuing administrative modifications. Assigned to support multiple Contracting Officers to help award requirements that were misplaced and reassigned due to a workload realignment. Executed a plan to award eight critical contract requirements over $3M+ within two months to meet the FY21 deadline.Formulated a negotiation strategy with the finance center and AT&T for a total of thirteen months to help satisfy an overdue balance of $36K+ of a complex AT&T mobility service contract that crossed into three fiscal years. Prevented unpaid invoice balances being forwarded to a collection agency by corresponding all invoices to the correct payment history, monthly charges, fiscal year funding, and Undelivered Orders. Show less

Managed Television Direct-to-Sailor satellite services to the USCG Pacific cutter fleet. Standardized support, managed classroom trainings & technical grooms, and prepared contractual procurement documents to include Statements of Work & Military Interagency Agreements – valued at $100K annual cost. Key communications planner in the USCG preparation for the 2018 & 2020 Rim of the Pacific Exercises. Resolved complex communication challenges by coordinating planning conferences &… Show more Managed Television Direct-to-Sailor satellite services to the USCG Pacific cutter fleet. Standardized support, managed classroom trainings & technical grooms, and prepared contractual procurement documents to include Statements of Work & Military Interagency Agreements – valued at $100K annual cost. Key communications planner in the USCG preparation for the 2018 & 2020 Rim of the Pacific Exercises. Resolved complex communication challenges by coordinating planning conferences & training events. Delivered enhanced tactical communications by enabling information sharing through classified coalition networks and the first operational tactical data link network onboard a USCG Cutter. Awarded the CG Commendation Medal. Key member of a communications working group that enabled 10K+ USCG Pacific Area personnel to work remotely during the initial period of COVID-19. Prioritized laptop requests, VDI remote access, and VPN utilization. Awarded the Armed Forces Service Medal. Appointed as a COR for three government support contracts in support of Lockheed Martin Corp. – valued at $2M+, $1.4M+, and $192K+ annual cost. Monitored contractor’s performance, verified deliverables, acknowledged Monthly Status Reports, and managed trusted agent accounts through a re-competition followed by recurring Option Years. On-site project lead for 15+ engineers in the testing, verification, validation, and certification of over 2M+ lines of software code and ensured cyber security compliance of software build patches onboard the USCG National Security Cutters. Led teams to provide a fully compliant Command & Control system with the USCG’s first integrated Gun Weapon System. Awarded the CG Achievement Medal. Coordinated navigation and tactical classroom training for 100+ Operators & Maintainers for the USCG Cutter fleet. Identified and executed a plan to best utilize limited training quotas and funding to ensure crew members were qualified to fulfill mission requirements. Show less

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, 3.97

Completed all AMU’s 39/39 Program Semester Hour Requirements for a Masters Business Administration (MBA) degree with a Government.

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Studies, 3.6 Gpa

Activities and Societies: The National Society of Leadership and Success Awarded B.S. Degree while also receiving a Project Management.

Bachelor Of Arts, Biology