• Serves as a project manager leading IT projects in the OCIO for the Patents business unit at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Coordinates with critical partners to plan and implement software deployments to the production environment. Uses System Development Life Cycle and Agile methodologies (Scrum, Scrumban) to complete development efforts. • Served as deputy project manager for the Utility Patent Number Expansion (UPNE) project, a major USPTO initiative to expand the patent number field in 51 legacy systems to accommodate the issuance of patent 10 million and beyond. Coordinated with business and technical stakeholders to accomplish this goal. Identified and resolved obstacles so the project could maintain its aggressive deployment schedule. The result was the successful preparation of USPTO systems; patent 10 million issued successfully on June 19, 2018.• Served as deputy project manager for Patent Transfer Inquiry (PTI), a software modernization project impacting the 8,000+ users in the patent examining corps by providing them with an updated tool for initiating application transfers between art units. Employed Agile software development methodologies to successfully deliver a viable product to business stakeholders while maintaining schedule and cost constraints.

• Examined patent applications classified in the operations research technology covering optimization, project management, data analysis, and logistics. Received promotion and bonuses due to successfully balancing quality, production, docket management, and stakeholder interaction criteria.• Prepared detailed reports containing rejections based on federal intellectual property statutes. Using persuasive technical writing, established clear records to document patentability decisions.• Investigated inventor claims by performing extensive research. Developed queries using Boolean and proximity operators to search various databases to identify references for supporting rejections.• Interpreted legal opinions from the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit courts to determine their applicability to inventors' patent applications.• Facilitated meetings with intellectual property stakeholders to discuss patentability issues.

• Supported the State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs’ ConsularOne business transformation effort to modernize passport application processes.• Created acquisition and contract documentation such as Performance Work Statements, Source Selection Plans, and Quality Assurance and Surveillance Plans.• Used Microsoft Visio to develop “as-is” and “to-be” process models in Unified Modeling Language (UML), including business process modeling notation diagrams, activity diagrams, use cases, sequence diagrams, and class diagrams.• As project scheduler, used Microsoft Project to develop a robust schedule detailing the tasks, durations, and dependencies for the agile development project. Facilitated meetings with matrix-level stakeholders to acquire and incorporate updates to the master schedule. Reported schedule deviations to the necessary stakeholders and maintained version control on the project’s Microsoft SharePoint site.• Developed technical reports to document the outcomes of key project discussions and decisions.• Critiqued contractor’s logical design artifacts, including System Design Specifications and System Design Documents. Identified gaps in contractual compliance and technical design.

• Served as a Senior Analyst for a Coast Guard PMO. Contributed to the successful completion of technical reviews and milestone events for the client, and the award of four contract option periods for the firm. Promoted to Associate due to client and firm satisfaction.• Supported data migrations from the project’s legacy IT systems to the enterprise’s new SharePoint environment. Aligned organizational needs to SharePoint’s functionality and identified gaps. Defined functional requirements and identified “as-is” and “to-be” states. Contributed to requirements verification by participating in acceptance testing, demonstrations, and inspections. Identified metadata to maximize the effectiveness of the SharePoint environment.• Solved information security and SDLC requirements for the project’s legacy IT system. Led stakeholders in establishing policies to satisfy DHS and NIST security controls. Successfully maintained “Authority to Operate” the IT system.• Led requirements management efforts. Developed and maintained Requirements Traceability Matrix using DOORS. Successfully resolved several DHS traceability audits allowing the project to proceed on schedule. Served as administrator for DOORS database.• Led risk management activities: Facilitated discussions between SMEs from matrix organizations. Analyzed risks for impact to project objectives and maintained risk register. Developed risk mitigation strategies. Successfully completed DHS risk audits.• Authored project deliverables: Risk Management Plan, Project Management Plan, Business Case, Contingency Plan, Analysis of Alternatives, and IT Security Plan. Documents became benchmarks for approving documents for other projects.• Coordinated completion of monthly status reports and participated in progress reviews with clients to highlight accomplishments. Managed spend plan and projections to ensure labor was within budget.• As a career manager, assessed employee performance and generated development actions.

• Spearheaded project management and engineering tasks for producing Navy assets, resulting in on time and under budget delivery of assets meeting client requirements. Presented at quarterly quality reviews to senior management covering project status, risks, and recommendations. • Participated in Lean/Rapid Improvement Events that successfully improved processes by reducing bottlenecks, costs, and labor requirements. Created standard workflows that reduced variations in manufacturing processes and improved safety and health in an industrial environment.• Performed a staffing analysis resulting in a five year projection of the organization’s staffing needs. Evaluated location of resources, construction schedules for 12 ship classes, project phase in lifecycle, personnel composition, retirement projections, skill sets, and man-hours for 120 personnel. Generated an organizational snapshot that did not previously exist. • Developed detailed cost estimates for production projects factoring in available resources, labor costs, and material costs. Initiated sole-source and competitive procurements while conforming to Federal Acquisition Regulations. Served as technical point of contact for acquisitions.• Completed inspections over 60 classified and non-classified systems for naval supply vessels. Facilitated resolution of discrepancies and escalated risks to appropriate management levels.• Managed project schedule data and developed a matrix to capture traceability to its source. Developed an enterprise master schedule of over 60 acquisition projects with 360 events spanning 15 years.• Managed design changes by adjudicating Engineering Change Proposals and Request for Waivers. • Created project documents and SOPs. Referenced technical specifications, standards, policies, drawings, and requirements. Adjudicated action items from project reviews.

• Maximized yield of the company’s armature product by 50% by overhauling acceptance criteria.• Led project for establishing the first website for the supply chain’s quality group.• Populated data into enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.• Managed agreements with suppliers regarding part qualifications, first article inspections, discrepant materials, supplier deviation requests, and inspection plans.• Facilitated communications between engineers, inspectors, suppliers, manufacturing, and customers.• Developed plans of action for new manufacturing issues. Maintained various databases using Microsoft Access. Referred to quality documents and technical drawings. Participated in Kaizen Events and lean manufacturing techniques. • Organized production data for new company locations in Tianjin, China and Juarez, Mexico.