Engineer Project Manager

KIRAN RATHOD

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Results-oriented professional with CIO/CTO experience. Adept in start-up/turnarounds, strategic planning,

P&L management, strategic transformational initiatives, business development, operations management and

strategic marketing. Proven leadership managing businesses up to $250+ million in size with 100+ personnel

as direct and indirect reports that successfully generate revenue, drive quality improvement and positively

impact corporate culture. Led the growth of three companies/businesses ranging from 200% in two years to

300% in three years, acquiring clients from Fortune 500 firms to major Federal agencies. Earned reputation

for building strong client relationships, improving organizational effectiveness, high level of enthusiasm for

business success and consistently demonstrates integrity while simultaneously projecting a positive personal

and professional image.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Executive with CIO/CTO experience in the domestic and international market who thrives in challenging, fast-

paced IT organizations delivering and maintaining advanced technology, business systems and solutions while

combining business and operations management to meet performance and financial goals. Below are highlights of

achievements:

Led the growth of Paragon Technology Group through technology leadership/due diligence of acquisition to

realized increased annual revenue from $18 million to $60 million.

Led the strategic growth of Galaxy Engineering Services wireless practice, growing it by 300% and in

profitability to 21% ROR in 3 years.

As CIO of Lockheed Martin IS&GS division, improved organizational effectiveness, efficiency and quality

to realize $150 million in cost savings and 60% ROI.

EXPERIENCE

Paragon Technology Group Vienna, VA 2013 – Present

Chief Technology Officer 2013 – Present

Lead the overall technology strategy to support, enhance, and expand business processes, products and services.

Key member of the company’s leadership team reporting to the CEO, providing top-level guidance in identifying,

acquiring, utilizing technology tools and/or corporate acquisition to advance the company’s ability to solve

customer challenges through innovative solutions and provide business value. Manage a team of skilled 45+

professionals responsible for the overall management and day-to-day operations of the company

information technology infrastructure.

Provide technical leadership and guidance on best practices across all business units; and leading projects that

result in advancing company competitive position. Interface with executive leadership team in areas of Legal,

Finance (CFO), Human resources, Marketing, Procurement and Management.

• Focus in the core areas of Supply Chain and Logistics, Health Care IT, Data Management and Business

Intelligence/Data Analytics within government agencies and commercial customers. Build and manage a cutting

edge technology team and oversee research and development. Increased revenue from $18M to $60M through

interpreting and assessing technology and market trends agnostically as a foundation for technology and product

roadmaps for potential acquisition targets. Lead several high profile strategic transformational initiatives that

directly impact the success of the business.

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Lockheed Martin EBS Rockville, MD 2003 –

2012

CIO, IS&GS Division 2003 – 2012

Led coordination of technology infrastructure, enterprise applications, global voice and data connectivity and

centralized IT services in support of the business area of 30,000+ employees fro 24X7 operations. Directed and

managed IT-oriented strategic plans, security policies, disaster recovery plans, technology support services,

network communications, and business intelligence systems to accomplish business goals and objectives. Managed

a team of 100+ direct and indirect IT and Telecom professionals in domestic and international operations for

internal and external programs.

Actively engaged in developing both strategic planning and operational activities to manage IT strategic

investments, and to effectively set and balance technology priorities and efficient IT operations across the

organization to realize $150M in cost savings and 60% ROI. Built and promoted collaboration and transparency

across the company over decisions on alignment of IT resources and strategic direction, including prioritization

and timing of IT projects. Provided leadership and fostered an environment of open dialogue to ensure alignment

with the CEOs strategic plan. Provided and supported technologies that enable effective and efficient global

operations, transparently integrating geographically remote offices, employees, and vendors. Provide capture and

contract management vendor and service provider support for procurement opportunities internally as well as

existing and potential commercial and federal customers. Cross-functional interaction with leadership team in

areas of Legal, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Procurement and Management.

• Developed and aligned Technical Roadmap for government agencies offer vertically integrated solution

leveraging internal IRADs and cost effective industry solution offerings in areas of Data Center Consolidation,

Business Intelligence/Big Data Analytics, Healthcare IT, Energy, Mobility, Cloud (SaaS,IaaS and PaaS), Cyber

Security and Mission Critical Data Lifecycle Management.

• Chaired the Engineering Change Control Board, IT Infrastructure Council and the Infrastructure Financial

Control Board developing and maintaining the annual infrastructure operating plan and identifying and tracking all

resulting capital and expense purchases totaling $165,000,000.

Engineering Network International Washington, D.C. 2003

Director RF Engineering & Operations/Program Management

Managed 60 engineers for domestic and international GSM/CDMA/iDEN/EVDO deployment and implementation

operations. Developed and controlled a $30,000,000 budget, operational effectiveness, forecasting and long-range

plans for various projects. Led lifecycle design of various software product developments regarding simulation,

testing and training of wireless software/hardware applications for major wireless carriers. Developed engineering

service proposals, supported sales/marketing presentations and assisted in contract negotiations. Performed overall

project management, resourcing, scheduling, timeliness, quality and customer satisfaction of ENI projects.

• Implemented strategic/design plan to incorporate future technologies and RF tools for design, optimization

and implementation.

• Developed and maintained business relationships with major wireless carriers and vendors through business

development of services from these carriers, vendors and government agencies.

LCC International Dallas, TX 2002 – 2003

Senior RF Engineer/Project Manager (sole contractor)

Developed and documented requirements, generated and modified Statements of Work, assessed engineering and

subcontract changes, conducted subcontractor/BOM risk analyses, managed funding and subcontract purchase

orders and managed site support activities. Prepared link budget analysis for the network. Ran Propagation,

Interference and Performance analyses. Performed BSIC/frequency planning for GSM overlay sites. Designed and

optimized new GSM overlay for Cingular Wireless. Prepared site Antennas configurations, BTS configurations

and RF cable type.

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Comsearch Inc. 2001 – 2002

RF Manager

Galaxy Engineering Services 1998 – 2001

RF Engineering Manager/Program Manager

AT&T Wireless Services 1996 – 1998

Senior RF Engineer

Northern Telecom 1994 – 1996

RF Systems Engineer

LCC L.L.C. 1993 – 1994

RF Engineer

Motorola Inc. 1992

Systems Engineer

Earned a patent with Motorola developing channel-monitoring techniques.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 1990 – 1992

Computer Systems Operator

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications Southern Methodist University 1994

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics University of Maryland 1992

CERTIFICATIONS

Cisco Certified Network Associate and Cisco Certified Network Professional

ITIL v3 Foundations

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ATM • Frame Relay • ISDN • TCP/IP • Cisco Routers • X.25 • VLAN • WLAN • BGP

EIGRP • OSPF • RIP • VLSM • ColdFusion • C++ • LabView • SAP/Oracle • People Soft

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