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Engineer Management

Location:
Bowie, MD, 20720
Posted:
November 17, 2010

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Akeloe Facey, PMP, CAPM, ITIL v*

***** ********* ****, *****, ** 20720

215-***-****

abh4f8@r.postjobfree.com

project coordinator

Information Technology (IT) Project Management Professional (PMP),

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) and Information Technology

Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certified with an Active DHS Public Trust

Clearance and 4 years of IT project management experience. Specialization

in systems development life cycle (SDLC) projects, with emphasis on risk

planning/management, quality planning/management, quality assurance,

requirements management, risk monitoring/controlling and program analysis.

Performed and supported Systems Engineering and Independent Verification

and Validation (IV&V) activities for DHS agencies such as U.S. Customs and

Border Protection (CBP), and United States Visitor and Immigrant Status

Indicator Technology (US-VISIT).

Key focus areas

Risk Planning/Management Quality Software Requirements

Planning/Management Management

Software Requirements Program Analysis Risk Monitoring/Control

Analysis

Quality Assurance Quality Software Requirements

Monitoring/Control Validation

EDUCATION

. Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology, Temple University,

May 2006

. Master of Science in Information Technology: Software Engineering,

University of Maryland University College, expected May 2012

certification

. Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional

(PMP)

. Project Management Institute (PMI) Certified Associate in Project

Management (CAPM)

. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation

Certificate

Security Clearances

. DHS/CBP Level II, 2009

. Public Trust Clearance, 2010

Experience

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

Systems Engineer / IV&V Systems Analyst, September 2009 - present

. Systems Engineer supporting IV&V activities of over 35 US-VISIT

projects and their ongoing effort of providing safeguard

initiatives for border protection utilizing biographic and

biometric information.

. Called in to improve the documentation analysis process in an

effort to better identify technical and editorial inconsistencies

of the artifacts produced on the US-VISIT projects; this resulted

in more detailed and effective assessments of the condition of the

system.

. Performed concept document evaluation on System Test Plans such as

Component/Assembly Test (CAT) Plan, Product Application Test (PAT)

Plan, Product Integration Test Plan (PIT), and Performance Test

Plan, which facilitated the execution and management of the various

testing phases.

. Performed requirements analysis and validation to ensure software

and system requirements were correct, unambiguous, consistent and

testable in accordance with the specified capabilities of the

product.

. Performed software design evaluation to verify that all terms and

design concepts are documented consistently and to also ensure that

particular elements of the design (i.e. hardware, software, design

controls) are captured in the System Design Document (SDD).

. Conducted interface analysis to verify that data format and

performance criteria have been provided, and that the interface

descriptions are consistent among all the applicable requirement

and design documents.

KFORCE Inc.

Systems Engineer / IV&V Systems Analyst, February 2009 - September 2009

. Systems Engineer supporting IV&V activities of over 35 US-VISIT

projects and their ongoing effort of providing safeguard

initiatives for border protection utilizing biographic and

biometric information.

. Developed consolidated document assessments geared towards

identifying technical and editorial inconsistencies of the

artifacts produced on the US-VISIT projects.

. Identified and managed non-compliance issues to facilitate

resolution of issues related to process deviations and standards.

. Selected to develop and manage artifact guidelines for 22 US-VISIT

artifacts that aided in providing a structured format to ensure

consistency in the development and assessment of the project

deliverables.

. Participated in the ongoing effort of transitioning US-VISIT from

the Enterprise Life Cycle Methodology (ELCM) to the new DHS Systems

Engineering Lifecycle Methodology (SELC).

. Performed traceability analysis on requirements documentation to

ensure software and system requirements were traceable to

corresponding design documents, test cases and Systems Requirements

Document (SRD).

. Performed reviews of the project risks in an effort to provide

recommendations to eliminate or reduce the impact and/or likelihood

of the identified risks.

Enterprise Information Services (EIS)

Test Engineer / IV&V Systems Analyst, September 2007 - February 2009

. Test Engineer supporting IV&V activities in the $3 billion

modernization effort of U.S. CBP from the current Automated

Commercial System (ACS) to the Automated Commercial Environment

(ACE).

. Identified, documented, and analyzed over 30 development risks in

technology, performance, scope, schedule and cost, including

evaluating the adequacy of test plans, processes and results prior

to software acceptance.

. Participated in the development and maintenance of a Criticality

Analysis & Risk Assessment (CARA) Tool, which provided a more

structured technique in how IV&V resources were allocated to areas

of the program that posed the greatest potential risk.

. Participated in all IV&V reviews of contracted software developers

work products and deliverables in accordance to the process and

procedures outlined in the Institute of Electrical and Electronic

Engineers (IEEE) Standard 1012.

. Performed concept document evaluation on System Test Plans such as

System Integration Test (SIT) Plan, System Acceptance Test (SAT)

Plan, User Acceptance Test (UAT) Plan, which facilitated the

execution and management of the various testing phases.

. Developed weekly observation and meeting reports based on

specification reviews, CBP Reviews, Work Sessions and Risk/Issue

meetings.

. Developed Gap Analysis Reports for each of the SDLC phases in an

effort to identify, document and address the variations between

project activities and the respective governing plans.

Lockheed Martin

Test Engineer / IV&V Systems Analyst, May 2006 - July 2007

. Test Engineer supporting IV&V activities in the $3 billion

modernization effort of U.S. CBP from the current Automated

Commercial System (ACS) to the Automated Commercial Environment

(ACE).

. Reviewed developers system test results to verify that the software

satisfied the test acceptance criteria.

. Participated in the verification for Developers Test Cases and Test

Procedures for correctness, completeness and consistency.

. Completed and maintained anomaly reports, metrics, and statistics

reports on Requirement Specifications, Use Case Specifications,

Business Rule Specifications, Technical Specifications, and

Functional Specifications.

. Participated in the development of IV&V Bi-Weekly and Pre-Briefing

Reports to the Executive Director of the Cargo System Program

Office (CSPO).

. Provided recommendations to the client for the resolution of

process or product issues that are not in compliance with IV&V

analysis and evaluation.

hardware and software experience

Application and Networking Software: Risk Management Tool (RMT), Serena

Requirements &Traceability Management (RTM),

Adobe Reader, Ascendant, Serena ChangeMan

Dimensions, Modnet, Lotus Notes, Microsoft (MS)

Outlook, MS Visio, MS Word, MS Excel, MS

Project, MS Power Point.

Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows Vista

job training

. CBP IT Security Awareness Training, 2009

. Integrated Version and Change Management Training, 2006

. Participated in the Amtrak / Temple Pilot Cooperation Program to

research and analyze the Rentar Fuel Catalyst System and its

effectiveness in reducing environmental hazards, 2005 - 2006

Professional Associations

. National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), 2004 - present

. Project Management Institute (PMI), 2009 - present

Awards & cOMMUNITY SERVICES

. Recognized with "US-VISIT Information Technology Management (ITM)

Systems Assurance (SA) Recognition Award for Outstanding

Contribution in Teamwork," 2009

. Recognized with "US-VISIT ITM SA Recognition Award for Outstanding

Contribution in Flexibility," 2009

. Recognized as a key support in the ACE Wireless Project-CBP (Phase

II: Wireless Pilot) effort, which integrated wireless capabilities

on information systems utilized by U.S CBP Field Officers, 2006

. Tutor high school students in subjects related to Mathematics and

Science in their preparation for the respective standardized

testing, 2005 - present



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