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SUMMARY
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A versatile, adaptable multi-tasking leader with over 20 years’ experience solving difficult enterprise scale business and engineering problems on small, large and distributed teams. A highly effective manager drawing upon an extensive background in aerospace, telecom, public safety, federal government and contracting domains. Multiple talents in geospatial systems engineering and enterprise architecture, business analysis, application design and development. Knowledgeable in a wide array of computing and data storage systems, languages, disciplined engineering processes and development methodologies. A capable verbal and written communicator in both technical and non-technical domains with extensive proposal experience.
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EXPERIENCE
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** MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 2006 - present
Principal IT Management Consultant providing solid best practice based IT management solutions for a variety of customers.
* Provided Program Management expertise to a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business, leading company-wide initiatives, new business activities, and large proposal development efforts targeting large Federal Government IT consulting opportunities.
* Helped a Wireless Internet Service Provider Cooperative improve customer service and define project priorities including upgrading network infrastructure for higher bandwidth, greater subscriber capability, and better supportability.
* Concisely summarized important competitive aspects of the geospatial imagery sector for a large financial investment client including important sector business/profit drivers and competitor differentiators based upon solid knowledge of customer needs.
** COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION [ www.csc.com ] Federal Sector / Civil Group 2003 - 2006
Senior Program Manager / Team Lead supporting $40,000,000 USDA contracts in Colorado, Utah, Missouri and Texas.
* Geospatial Data Warehouse Project Lead in charge of up to 10 staff in 4 states. Applied Agile techniques with prioritized delivery lists in short timeboxed delivery windows to achieve transparent progress visibility with extraordinary results including nearly 50 on-time business-valued deliverables in a Firm Fixed Price contracting environment yielding 20% margins. Warehouse contains over 12 TB of replicated aerial imagery [NAIP and MDOQ], scanned maps, and other raster and vector themes exposed via web services, ArcIMS services, a Microsoft TerraServer implementation and SANZ EarthWhere. Three-tier hierarchical storage architecture included EMC SAN and StorageTek tape archive. One of the world’s largest MS SQL Server databases – WinterCorp Top 10 [#2 Windows data warehouse].
* Program Manager for USDA Remote Sensing Laboratory’s RFID-based document tracking system. This multiple phase project included vendor research and qualification phase, implementation, installation, integration, acceptance testing, user training, and project closeout. Brought CSC Corporate RFID consulting group’s expertise to bear on immediate customer need to reliably track location of over 300,000 highly valuable and irreplaceable documents in 3 US locations. Implementation team included 6-9 resources and one subcontractor over an 8 month period at a cost of ~$500,000. Hardware included tags, handheld readers, desktop tracking pads, and integrated tracking database. Added value via customer document handling process reengineering taking advantage of advanced RFID technologies. Project team received highest customer praise. Also supplied additional RFID application opportunity feedback to internal CSC consulting team.
* Prime contractor’s Program Manager for $12M Enterprise Data Architecture program installing/operating EMC SAN / CLARiiON / StorageTek / Veritas Netbackup architecture storing nearly 50 TB of mission-critical data at 5 data center/webfarms.
* Recruited and supervised over 100 total staff including oversight of multi-million dollar budgets utilizing 12+ sub-contracted companies. Organized Program Management Office (PMO) for a geographically dispersed IT application development and computing center operations workforce implementing three major investment portfolios encompassing ~100 applications.
* Promoted from Deputy PM to Program Manager after only four months and won recompete for contract extension while surpassing initial contract target margins by an incredible 50%.
* Work with customer and staff to leverage both local and worldwide corporate resources including High Performance Computing and Enterprise Data Storage Architectures, IT Security, Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), OMB Exhibit 300 submittals, and Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques to ensure projects’ technical implementation meets customer requirements and expectations.
* Lead proposal efforts to develop new business opportunities by applying corporate experience in advanced technologies and processes to enhance the customers’ competitive capability in a timely and cost-effective manner.
** INTRADO [ www.intrado.com ] Advanced Technology / Quality & Infrastructure Development 2000 - 2003
System Architect and Project Lead operating under minimal supervision to implement both product and enterprise infrastructure computer system architectures supporting a wide variety of external customers and internal business processes.
* Project Team Lead for Enterprise International Geocoding Services vendor evaluation. Developed team charter and planned team activities to efficiently attain goals. Lead multi-disciplinary team to conduct vendor informational meetings and document geocoding vendor selection criteria in preparation to release a Request For Information.
* Pilot Project Team Lead for utilizing control vector approach to warp GIS layers between mapping vendor basemap releases. Worked with mapping vendor and internal GIS staff to develop technical approach and project success criteria.
* System Architect for a highly scalable and available n-tiered terabyte-class inter-carrier telecom billing resolution database. Participated from proposal through implementation. Design included SAN, computing platform and billing system vendor evaluation for a clustered Oracle9i/RAC system with multiple enterprise interfaces, independent system failover capabilities, web server load balancing and various disaster recovery options. CTO accepted all design recommendations without change. Represented team at industry trade show, proposal Q&A and customer briefings.
* Project Lead for a time-critical CRM conversion from a legacy Remedy system to CA:Unicenter ServiceDesk. Gathered and documented legacy system requirements in a Statement of Work to be implemented by new ASP vendor and internal development staff. Developed data migration plans, Interface Specification, trouble ticketing templates and system support procedures. Mentored helpdesk, development and SQA staff during the transition. Drove all issues to closure with daily status reports.
* Represented Software Engineering as an integral part of Product Development Process evaluation and improvement team tasked with applying lessons learned to achieve a flexible yet defined and workable ISO-9001 compliant multi-disciplinary team process.
* Developed web-based corporate Change Management process survey as a key member of a process action team.
* Authored System Architecture design documents including as-is and envisioned process/system diagrams, System Interface and Software Requirement Specifications, Business Cases, whitepapers, proposals and corporate file processing standards.
** E-BIZ TRANZFORM Internet Development & Operations 2000 - 2000
Vice President and Chief Software Architect supervising all software and web development and operations activities. Responsible for staffing, organizational structure, budgeting, scheduling and process/methodology/standards development.
* Performed client requirements gathering and vendor due diligence assessments for a large B2B website including Ariba auctions, customer service, push advertising and up-selling, procurement, orders, logistics, bill processing, financials, sales force automation and transaction processing interfaces. Built functional flows. Created project schedule and budget.
** LOCKHEED MARTIN [ www.lmco.com ] Special Programs Models & Tools / Intelligent Library System (ILS) 1996 - 2000
Senior Software Engineer responsible for Java, HTML and C++ development for a servlet-based geospatial imagery library operating in a multi-threaded, RMI environment with an Oracle/Oracle Spatial Cartridge back end.
* Designed and built interface utilizing an ESRI ArcIMS GIS applet and a Java Swing applet. This utilized several communication paths including Java/Javascript, Applet/Applet and Applet/Servlet.
* Chief architect for multilingual internet GUI. Implemented conversion between Unicode, UTF-8 and HTML encoding in both Java and C++. Also utilized Java resource bundles for string internationalization.
* Authored whitepaper on CORBA and Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) wrapper for Intelligent Library System. Principal Investigator and Project Team Leader for Internal Research and Development project.
* Mentored several junior team members; provided estimates for several tasks including man-hours and line of code counts.
Senior Software Engineer performing requirements gathering through coding and unit testing of mission operations software.
* Garnered special customer recognition for developing an orbital analysis library while awaiting clearance.
* Full lifecycle development of a SIGINT spacecraft communications anomaly resolution tool involving close coordination with several other groups and utilizing singleton design patterns, inheritance and operator overloading in C++.
* Awarded Employee Commendation for “stepping outside his own area to help” Command & Control group complete several critical path coding tasks and many high priority code fixes in time to meet an important program milestone.
** KENAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION [ www.kenan.com ] Graphical User Interface Development Group 1994 - 1996
Software Analyst and Developer responsible for GUI/database design and programming for a telecommunications billing, order processing, and customer care application and support tools.
* Support multiple, simultaneous, custom and product releases in a multi-platform environment while producing some of the most bug-free code in the group.
* MS WINDOWS interface development includes: re-engineer existing X-windows interface to run under Windows NT for an international customer base using Visual C++/MFC. Integrate Protogen DataTable control. Layer code to separate GUI and database code. Create customer deliverable DLL’s.
* X-WINDOWS interface development includes: develop customer contracts, usage credits and order dispatching interface; X-atom based interprocess communication; redesign scrolled lists for improved performance on large record sets.
* Design and code reporting tool in PowerBuilder utilizing window inheritance and in-line SQL. Built installation disks. Led test team through build-for-test procedures.
* Define and code Sybase database API layer objects written in C for UNIX and PC platforms.
* Provide client-site installation and start-up support for custom software packages.
** MARTIN MARIETTA ASTRONAUTICS Titan IV and TOS Mission Analysis & Operations 1988 - 1993
Aerospace Engineer responsible for mission design and analysis including software development for several spacecraft programs.
* Developed mission-critical software used for successful near real-time transfer orbit targeting of the TOS/ACTS mission. This involved combining the operation of C and FORTRAN code and modem data transfer software under control of a master UNIX shell script operating over a Local Area Network. Installed and operated software in the Payload Operations Control Center.
* Modified 3 and 6 degree-of-freedom Program to Optimize Simulated Trajectories (POST) for additional coordinate systems, steering methods and mean orbital element calculations. Integrated control system FORTRAN emulations into 6D-POST; included IMU sensor, spring separation system, hydrazine blowdown reaction control system and gimbaled nozzle thrust vector control system models; verified and tested code.
* Authored Mission Data Book which compiles mission requirements, timelines, dispersion data and vehicle capabilities from various disciplines including Propulsion, GN&C, Thermal Control, Communications, Structures, Dynamics and Mass Properties thereby bringing configuration control to the program.
* Led and contributed to software design walk-throughs, mission design panels, software review boards and technical interchange meetings involving customer and sub-contractor personnel. Participated in NASA Space Shuttle Joint Integrated Simulations.
** ROCKETDYNE DIVISION of Rockwell International Advanced Programs Mission Analysis Unit 1985 - 1988
Member of Technical Staff I and II responsible for conducting computerized performance analyses of advanced aerospace vehicles and missile defense systems that supported proposal, contract and IR&D efforts
* Ported FORTRAN strategic defense code (DIDSIM) from VAX to CRAY for SDI Architecture studies, developed PC-based orbital mechanics analysis software and wrote code to analyze various ballistic missile battle management strategies.
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EDUCATION & TRAINING
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Masters in Computer Information Systems (GPA 4.0/4.0, Academic Excellence Certificate); University of Denver
B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (GPA 4.8/5.0, Graduated with HONORS); University of Illinois
Internal PMI PMP Certification Courses; CSC
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INTERESTS
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* Bernese Mountain Dog Club of the Rockies [past President, Vice President and board member for 100+ member club];
* Model rocketry, R/C aircraft, Home brewing, Astronomy, Dog training, Marine fish keeping, Fishing, Frisbee golf, Gardening
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CLEARANCES HELD
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DoD Secret with SCI access, SSBI/CI Polygraph and others; all currently inactive
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SKILLS SUMMARY
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** MANAGEMENT PRACTICES & DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES **
PMI’s PMBOK, Program Management Office (PMO), Team building, Budget projections and control, Project Portfolio Management, Risk mitigation, Subcontract management, Statement of Work (SOW), Performance appraisal, Business development, Proposal writing and evaluation, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), CMM/CMMI; ISO; EVM; waterfall, spiral, iterative, RAD, agile, SCRUM, Quality Assurance, Configuration Management, Change Control, Service Level Agreements (SLA), Service Delivery
** ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE **
CRM, Helpdesk, Billing/Financials, Inventory Control, Sales Force Automation, File Exchange and Processing systems, Disaster Recovery, Business Process workflow evaluation and improvement, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), MOM, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Webservices, Security C&A/ST&E
** GIS **
ESRI ArcGIS Suite, mapping applets, geocoding, Oracle Spatial, NIMA USIGS Architecture, satellite and aerial imagery, remote sensing, image/geospatial data storage/retrieval libraries
** AEROSPACE **
Mission analysis, orbital mechanics, ground systems, launch/on-orbit operations, Operations & Maintenance [O&M], launch vehicles, upper stages, satellites, weapon systems, interplanetary spacecraft, space shuttle, Titan IV/Centaur, National Aerospace Plane [NASP], missile defense, battle management, satellite constellations, command and control, 3 and 6 DOF trajectory modeling and performance optimization
** LANGUAGES **
Java/J2EE, Javascript, C/C++, CORBA IDL, HTML, XML, FORTRAN, shell scripting
** TOOLS **
CaliberRM (requirement management), MS Project, MS Sharepoint, PVCS Dimensions, JBuilder, Dreamweaver, Oracle Application Server, Homesite, JRUN, FrontPage, Visual C++, Structure Builder, Protogen, Rogue Wave, Purify, Macromedia Director, PowerBuilder, Cadré Teamwork, X-Designer, UIM/X, DDTS (bug tracking), Rational Clearcase, MS Office, Visio
** DATABASE **
Oracle9i/RAC, Sybase, SQL Server, embedded SQL, JDBC, DTS, ETL and data conversions, stored procedures, triggers, ERDs, Datawarehousing, Datamarts
** USER INTERFACE **
Java Swing and AWT, Web Browser, Visual C++/MFC, X-Windows/Motif
** OPERATING SYSTEMS **
UNIX, HP-UX, Tru-64, Solaris, DOS/Windows, Macintosh, CRAY OS, NOS/NOS-VE and VMS
** HARDWARE **
PC, HP, Compaq, SUN, EMC SANs, NCR/GSI, IBM, Macintosh, CDC Cyber, CRAY, VAX, RFID |
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