SUMMARY:

• Confidential has over 10 years of extensive IT experience, leading teams through business analysis, requirement definition, data analysis, application design and development, data conversion, testing, implementation, and sustainment. He has management experience with both Agile and waterfall project management methodologies.
• Since 2014 Confidential has been performing project management and technical leadership for the Solutions Delivery Division and Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solutions program offices of the Defense Health Agency.
• Confidential has outstanding oral and written communication skills; he has routinely provided presentation, briefing materials, and reports for Senior Executive Service personnel and commanding officers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Agile Software Development: Manage the software enhancements of each project using Agile Methodology. Oversee daily Sprint calls, First Views, Final Demos, and Retrospectives.
• Communications Management: Communicate regularly with project stakeholders to brief program status, mitigate/resolve any issues, and plan for future improvements or changes in requirements. Manage communications between and among project matrix staff.
• Cost Management: Provide validation of contract deliverables and cost reports. Control all other mitigating factors which could influence project budget and ensured the government was aware of any potential risks to project costs.
• Data Management: Work cooperatively with contract support teams to ensure organizational standards for data management and quality were followed within both the operations and developmental processes.
• External Services: Assist with the writing and review of Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Performance Work Statements (PWS), and Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCs).
• Integrated Schedule: Create and maintain an integrated master schedule (IMS) for the project systems.
• Integration Management: Work with other project teams to ensure coordination between systems and environments, as well as the program office, to guarantee compliance with the overall objectives and mission. Ensure integration and cooperation with other agency information systems linked with the MDR, M2, and/or ESSENCE and manage those dependencies.
• Organizational Process Assets: create, maintain, and ensure organizational processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are documented and delivered.
• Program Support: Support the DoD mission and organizational objectives by continually assessing, determining, and communicating priorities within the project to balance organizational processes, leadership directives, and the integrity of the project. Coordinate with other projects within the program as needed to ensure program mission is achieved.
• Project Closeout: Oversee lessons learned and retrospectives for each sprint or technical effort within the project.
• Project Monitoring and Control: Provide validation of contract deliverables and ensure contract terms are met. Provide input/concurrence for statements of work (SOWs), task statements, and other contract requirements. Prepared weekly project status reports to the government. Complete quarterly Interim Progress Reports, Annual Performance Plan reports, and reviews.
• Project Planning: Plan and oversee project life cycle management.
• Quality Management: Work with project teams conducting internal confirmation of documentation deliverables, requirement inspections, independent verification and validation of delivered software, software code quality checks, and completion of technical reviews.
• Risk Management: Proactively manage risk by ensuring ongoing risks to the project are identified and any issues are raised. Hold bi - weekly project meetings to review and amend project risks and issues and potential mitigations/strategies.
• Scope Management: Comply with organizational configuration management standards and processes. Ensure scope of contracts is managed and maintained.
• Technical Management: Coordinate the work efforts of contract support teams, including technical personnel and subject matter experts, to execute successful software development, sustainment, and operational activities. Supervise and coordinate efforts to ensure cybersecurity requirements and possible vulnerabilities are prioritized and addressed with expediency.

Confidential

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed the day-to-day activities for DHSS Data Processing Operations (DP Ops) to include schedule review and coordination, system analysis in preparation for data center migration, and validation of various technical documentation (Interface Control Documents, Pre-Deployment Documents, Risk Registers).
• Assessed leadership information needs and collaborated with project system engineers and various support contractors to create and distribute taskings required for an organizational common services migration.
• Worked closely with project managers and government leads to identify functional requirements, define project responsibilities, and systematically consolidate input needed for ESSENCE, Health Level 7 Pilot (HL7), and Theater Enterprise Wide Logistics System (TEWLS).
• Provided mobile application quality assurance expertise and institutional healthcare knowledge to ensure product met customer, government, and organizational requirements/regulations.
• Led bi-weekly product functionality demonstrations to customer and organizational program office which highlighted incremental progress and allowed for immediate customer feedback.
• Supported Air Force Chief Information Office (CIO) integration project which included evaluation of process requirements, identification of roles and responsibilities, an understanding and active mitigation of risks/issues, and accomplishing agreed-upon tasks within project scope.
• Contributed to completion of required project deliverables - integrated Master schedules (IMS), process models, and user manuals.
• Examined and evaluated corporation’s individual project adherence to organizational processes in preparation for CMMI audit and overall business process improvement/re-engineering.

Confidential

System Engineer / Deputy Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded initiative to work with recently combined program offices and consolidate two disparate Interface Control Document (ICD) processes into one agreed-upon procedure and document template used by the entire organization.
• Successfully facilitated and implemented system modifications to meet customer requirements while ensuring compliance with proper organizational and governmental policies.
• Briefed senior leadership on product procurements, system enhancements, risk mitigation, and DoD directives requiring government approval and/or oversight.