William Yip Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Provides overall technical vision and oversight of the 55-to-1 transformation effort of US Navy Human Resources (HR) legacy systems into a family of modern, cloud-based systems. • Serves as the lead of the Portfolio System Integrator (PSI) which consists of 30+ geographically-dispersed military, civilians and contractors. Responsible for the overall architecture of the modernized System-of-Systems (SoS) and orchestration of development activities across multiple Lines of Business with an annual budget of over $300M. Championed Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) across multiple system integrators to ensure schedule and capability alignment.• Champions Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) culture and principles across 200+ developers, cybersecurity professionals, and operation team members by promoting automations and “baked-in” cybersecurity throughout Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).• Embraces the culture of innovation to improve user experience of enterprise services. Presented the winning idea (System Status Dashboard) in the inaugural PEO MLB Innovation Day in 2021. Cultivated partnership among NIWC LANT, PEO MLB, and MyNavy HR IT Solutions to pilot a solution to productionize the winning idea. Provided mentorship to the winning team (MyNavy HR Chatbot) in the 2nd PEO MLB Innovation Day in 2022. Led team to present winning idea to the Naval Research & Development (R&D) Board, consisting of multiple 3-star flag officers.• Fosters a supportive workplace atmosphere where everyone becomes a leader and holds each other accountable. Builds coalitions with technical directors and other senior leaders within PEO MLB in order to promote sharing of best practices and design patterns, to solve common and complex problem sets, and to encourage design and adoption of enterprise services.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Served as enterprise architect for a portfolio of 12+ enterprise business systems and platforms with annual budget of up to $35M. Championed Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) methodology within the program office and promoted digital engineering strategy throughout a program’s acquisition lifecycle.• Conducted cloud hosting assessment for multiple unclassified and classified programs. Completed engineering analysis to architect cloud-based solutions to meet the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s Cloud Smart strategy.• Led application performance monitoring efforts in integrating cloud-native solutions to ensure that each application in the PMW 250 portfolio meets its respective Key Performance Parameters (KPP).• Represented Program Executive Office for Manpower, Logistics, and Business Solutions (PEO MLB) in cross-PEO discussions with NAVWAR 5.0 leadership on acquisition strategy for Software Acquisition Pathway (SWAP). Investigated emerging technologies in DevSecOps and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) implementations to accelerate capability deployment to warfighters.• Provided technical oversight of the iNAVY program with an annual budget of $8M+ that served as the Navy's designated SharePoint portal hosting capability for 300,000+ users across the DOD.• Served as cloud architect to lead a team of 8 engineers in the migration of iNAVY from Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) DOD Enterprise Portal Service (DEPS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud Region. Facilitated discussions with Navy Cloud Brokers (NCB) to identify NCB service model that meets the requirements of iNAVY. Performed cost-benefit analysis of leveraging NCB’s Virtual Datacenter Managed Services (VDMS).

• Provided technical and financial management support to numerous Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) in the cyber domain, with each program funded at over $20M across 3-4 years.• Conducted semiannual technical review for each FNC research program in order to provide technical guidance to program performers that include private industry, universities/colleges, and Navy laboratories.• Coordinated with resource and acquisition sponsors on transitioning technologies from research to Programs of Record (PoR); documents program transition paths through Technology Deployment Agreements (TDA). • Prepared proposal packages and reviewed technical proposals related to FNC and grant submissions critiquing the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed effort.

• Served as cloud architect for the migration of APAN from a Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC) facility to Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud Region. Oversaw all technical aspects of migrating a 50+ server infrastructure that included system and network management, security, and application stacks. Designed a multi-AZ (Availability Zone) architecture that provides high availability and low latency that exceeds the performance of the DISA DECC environment. Collaborated with cybersecurity engineers to develop Risk Management Framework (RMF) package for accreditation of cloud infrastructure.• Conducted system designs, risk evaluation, feasibility and cost studies to evaluate and recommend cloud solutions to DISA leadership.• Collaborated with 10+ contractors to design a DISA-accredited virtual security stack that fulfilled the requirements of a Cloud Access Point (CAP). Coordinated with the DOD Chief Information Officer (CIO) to receive a CAP waiver in which APAN became the first IL4 application that did not traverse a physical DISA or Navy CAP.• Led automation effort on instantiating the initial cloud infrastructure through AWS CloudFormation scripts and Chef cookbooks in order to maintain a consistent configuration and repeatable process, as well as to reduce the downtime required for monthly Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) patching.• Helped shape vision and product roadmap of APAN to align with the DISA strategic vision and to fulfill the requirements of warfighters across major combatant commands (COCOMs) and DOD’s non-traditional partners with over 200,000 users.• Applied and standardized the Agile Scrum development methodology for a team of about 15 engineers to develop capabilities that meet customers’ needs by continuously collecting feedback and refining requirements.

• Led data migration effort in transitioning Navy customers from on-premise SharePoint 2007/2010 infrastructures to OPEN, hosted in Amazon Web Services East Region.• Led automation effort on cloud infrastructure instantiation and configuration in order to reduce system downtime, minimize risk, and improve consistency.• Designed SQL Server 2012 Always-On architecture to provide redundancy to SharePoint data storage and to reduce system downtime.• Collected and analyzed Navy customers’ requirements and designed cost-effective, cloud-based solutions using a combination of Infrastructure and Platform as a Service (IaaS/PaaS).

• Led development effort on providing customized SharePoint solutions for information sharing and collaboration used by USPACOM J7 (Training and Exercise Directorate).• Discussed requirements and presented prototypes to action officers and executive agents on a weekly-basis to ensure that capabilities meet the operational objectives of the respective joint and bilateral exercises.• Provided development and knowledge management support during execution phases of a number of major exercises (e.g. Terminal Fury, Talisman Saber) hosted at USPACOM J7.

• Developed ASP.NET applications for situational awareness and knowledge management.

• Provided development and operational support to Terminal Fury as well as a number of real-world events such as Operation Enduring Freedom.• Designed and implemented low-bandwidth solution using replication technology to meet fleet requirements and to enhance collaboration among U.S. Navy ships and coalition partners.

Master Of Science (Ms), Information And Computer Sciences

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering