Project Management Manager
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PAUL SULLIVAN, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, ITIL, CSSGB, CAP, CISSP, CSSBB, CQIA, Security+, CF APMP
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY[1]
TS/SCI CI Poly
*** ******** ****, ******* *****, Virginia 20165
ac0s18@r.postjobfree.com
Mr. Sullivan is a highly qualified project management executive who has managed advanced development, full-scale development, and production programs and leading large organizations responsible for designing, developing, installing, testing, provisioning, commissioning, operating and maintaining complex, software-intensive information management and telecommunications systems. He also has managed large nationwide Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) service contracts providing management and technical support personnel including managing global and nationwide virtual teams. Mr. Sullivan is a results-focused leader with proven ability to complete projects within schedule and budget. He has the talent for proactively identifying and resolving problems and mitigating risks – reversing negative schedule variance, controlling costs, automating processes, maximizing profits, and delivering complex global and nationwide systems.
EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY
Lynx Technology Partners
IT Security Program Manager/Senior Director
2014-Present
Mr. Sullivan is responsible for expanding the company’s Federal marketspace including establishing the Federal Strategic Business Plan and Federal Marketing Plan, identifying new opportunities, conducting marketing and leading Federal proposal efforts. Mr. Sullivan also manages IT security and network engineers and penetration testers in completing security assessments, vulnerability management and social engineering testing for all USDA organizations. His responsibilities include project initiation, project planning, project execution, project monitoring and control, and project closeout. Mr. Sullivan’s team has completed 15 security assessment of USDA organizations. Mr. Sullivan implemented agile project management techniques to support personnel working in different locations. He prepares weekly and monthly customer reports and provides presentations to major stakeholders including the USDA Chief Information Security Officers. Mr. Sullivan uses his extensive IT security expertise to support team’s security assessments and he has developed internal and external penetration and social engineering test plans and reports. Mr. Sullivan also supports the completion of the USDA security assessment. He is also performing security assessments for nuclear plants.
Tanager
Program Manager/Business Development
2013-2014
Mr. Sullivan manages Federal IC and DoD programs. For each program, he is responsible for program planning, scheduling, risk management, communications, budgeting cost and schedule control, personnel management, and reporting. Mr. Sullivan prepares monthly customer status reports and provided status presentations to the customer and company’s senior leadership. Mr. Sullivan is a member of the Business Development organization responsible for seeking new IC and DoD opportunities, conducting opportunity analysis and preparing Request For Information (RFI) and proposal responses for programs up to $75M.
Praxis Engineering
Senior Subject Matter Expert/Task Manager
2012-2013
Mr. Sullivan managed and supported major process improvement efforts that focused on implementing all CMMI Level 2 and 3 processes for a large Federal Intelligence Community (IC) organization using agile and Six Sigma methodologies. He performed planning, management and supported process development, process training, pilot project implementation, and validating project management, agile, business, engineering, acquisition, services and support processes. Mr. Sullivan developed an extensive set of business processes to optimize the business operations of several key Federal IC clients. Mr. Sullivan was responsible for task management including planning, scheduling, budgeting and reporting for IC Office, IC Division and IC Program Sustainment efforts. Mr. Sullivan prepared monthly customer reports and provided monthly status reviews to the customer. He also planned and led Technical Working Groups (TWGs) made up of 20 personnel.
Johns Hopkins University
Adjunct Professor
1993-1995
Mr. Sullivan prepared and delivered graduate courses for the Master of Science Information/ Telecommunications Systems for the Carey School of Business. He taught 220 students.
Booz Allen Hamilton
Senior Associate/Technical Subject Matter Expert
1992-2012
Mr. Sullivan performed consulting and program management roles including program management, senior management analyst, senior process engineer, senior system engineer, senior test engineer, senior program manager and director of operations. The projects included large commercial, federal and IC system programs for clients such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the U.S. Treasury, and numerous IC organizations and contractors covering a period of 6.5 years. He performed IC program management role in directing all deployment and operations activities for the global web portal system involving overall P&L responsibility and providing leadership for 20-person workforce responsible for Certification and Accreditation (C&A), Integration Test and Evaluation (IT&E), and Operations and Maintenance (O&M). Mr. Sullivan planned, managed and supported major process improvement efforts that focused on implementing all CMMI Level 2 and 3 processes for a large Federal IC. He performed process development, process training, pilot project implementation, and validating project management, business, engineering, acquisition, services and support processes. Mr. Sullivan was responsible for task management including planning, scheduling, communications, budgeting and reporting. Mr. Sullivan prepared monthly customer reports and provided status reviews to the customer. He led an Agile TWG of eight personnel that successfully implemented tailored IC agile processes. Mr. Sullivan performed all finances, business development, marketing, service delivery, human resources and administrative affairs. Mr. Sullivan also performed program management role for all IC management, technical and operations processes and infrastructure including managing a team of up to 25 personnel developing and managing 15 process tasks. He performed another IC Program Manager including planning, execution and monitoring of seven TTOs and 39 personnel. Mr. Sullivan performed program management role for a $40M IC modeling simulation program that required management of seven TTOs and 35 personnel including seven subcontractors and vendors. Mr. Sullivan planned and managed up to 50 personnel involved in six TWGs for major IC contract; he was responsible for ensuring delivery of 105 customer deliverables. Mr. Sullivan also planned and executed two requirements management effort for two major Federal IC organizations. He also managed large project management support contracts including NASA’s Integrated Financial Management Program (IFMP) where he managed 75 personnel including subcontractors located at seven NASA Centers across the United States. Mr. Sullivan was a Deputy Program Manager for a $40M IC modeling simulation program that required management of multi subcontractors and vendors. Mr. Sullivan planned and managed Security Tasks for highly visibility overall responsibility for completing Information Technology (IT) and operations security planning and risk assessment for a major multi-national off shore Combat System Ship Qualification Trial (CSSQT). Mr. Sullivan planned and managed International Trade Data System (ITDS) including managing 15 personnel on five TTOs. His program team developed management and technical work products to support major program milestone decision. For NASA’s EBNet program, Mr. Sullivan was responsible for leading Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) team for providing independent test and assessment of global telecommunications system. For each program, he was responsible for program planning, scheduling, risk management, communications, budgeting cost and schedule control, personnel management, and reporting. Mr. Sullivan used the Deltek Open Plan to perform EVMS for three years on Federal IC program. Mr. Sullivan also performed the role of Senior Network Engineer for eight years including requirements identification and analysis, network system design and integration Mr. Sullivan prepared monthly customer status reports and provided status presentations to NASA Headquarters’ senior leadership. He received several major NASA awards for his program management role. He also reviewed and approved all contract deliverables. He received several major NASA awards for his program management role. He also reviewed and approved all management and technical deliverables. He performed key proposal management roles for contracts valued up to $900M and was responsible for securing revenues of $1.6B.
Cellular One
Director of Operations
1991-1992
Mr. Sullivan had overall responsibility for the operational management of a state-of-the-art cellular network consisting of a major Metropolitan Statistical Area and four Rural Service Areas and supervised 25 personnel. He managed capital expense budget, operations planning, service delivery, system performance, human resources and administrative affairs. Mr. Sullivan led planning, implementation, implementation and testing of a digital cellular system while concurrently maintaining performance level of the existing analog system.
ITT Defense Communications
Senior Program Manager
1984-1991
Mr. Sullivan held overall Profit & Loss (P&L) responsibility in the development of the division’s fiber optics and data communications product lines including full product life-cycle management involving marketing, proposal preparation, program planning, cost/schedule control, software and fiber-optic development, and testing and product diversification. He managed programs involving all major military services including the USMC $29M Unit Level Message Switch (ULMS), U.S. Army $12M Fiber Optics Transmission System (FOTS), and U.S. Navy’s $17M Digital Communication Terminal. Mr. Sullivan’s program role included initiation, planning, execution, monitoring closeout that involved over 150 TTOs, 200 personnel and six major subcontractors (e.g., AT&T). He provided both monthly status reports and quarterly in-person customer program reviews on these programs. He also supported the development of system development and test documentation due to personnel cutbacks. These included the FOTS design and test documentation and ULMS system development, detailed software design, and detailed technical equipment drawings. Mr. Sullivan used complex Artemis Project Management System EVM tools to generated detailed performance reports on ULMS and FOTS programs for over five years.
U.S. Army Communications Systems Agency
Senior Program Manager
1980-1984
Captain Sullivan performed project management role for global networks including the planning and implementation of the DoD Internet [NIPNET] and upgrade to the global automatic digital network. He also managed classified NICS-TARE system development program for 3.5 years for Defense Communications Agency (now known as the Defense Information System Agency [DISA]. Mr. Sullivan was responsible for program planning, scheduling, monitoring and control of very large telecommunications programs. CPT Sullivan was responsible program management including task planning, scheduling, budgeting and reporting. He prepared monthly customer reports and provided monthly status presentations to the USACSA Commanding General as well as briefings to other general officers. CPT Sullivan was also a Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) responsible managing efforts of several telecommunications contracts.
U. S. Army-35 Signal Battalion
Executive Officer
1979-1980
First Lieutenant Sullivan performed line and staff functions for up to 70 personnel. He managed capital expense budget, operations planning, service delivery, system performance, human resources and administrative affairs. First Lieutenant Sullivan received the Army Commendation Medal for superior performance.
EDUCATION
Masters of Science, Computer Science, May 1986
Fairleigh Dickinson University – Teaneck New Jersey
Masters of Business Administration (MBA), May 1983
Fairleigh Dickinson University – Rutherford New Jersey
Bachelor of Science, Engineering, June 1978
United States Military Academy (USMA) – West Point, New York
SUBJECT MATTER EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
CERTIFICATION TRAINING
CERTIFICATION/DATE
CERT NUMBER
Project Management Professional (PMP®), RMC Project Management, Inc.
PMP®, 2004 – Present
182125
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) Training, American Society of Quality (ASQ®)
CSSGB, December 2011
7130
CompTIA Security+ Certification Training SY0-301, Ultimate Knowledge Institute
Security+, May 18, 2012-Present
COMP1001020420117
(ISC)2® Certified Authorization Professional (CAP®) Self Study
CAP®, August 7, 2102-Present
432751
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) (2011) Foundation
ITIL Foundation (2011), September 7, 2012-Present
(ISC)2® Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP®) Training, Securible, LLC; InfoSec Institute, (ISC)2® CISSP® On-line Training; and Pass4Sure (ISC)2® CISSP Exam Preparations
CISSP®, January 23, 2013-Present
432751
Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM), CollabNet
CSM, June 10, 2013-Present
Project Management Institute (PMI®)-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) Online Exam Prep, cPrime
PMI-ACP, August 31, 2013-Present
1659586
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Training, American Society for Quality (ASQ)
CSSBB, March 7, 2015-Present
16227
Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA) Quality Council of Indiana Course
CQIA, February 13, 2017-Present
12475
Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP®)-Foundation Shipley Training
CF APMP, June 7, 2017
(ISC) ® Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Course (7/31/16)
CCSP, July 2017 (Expected)
Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP®)- Practitioner (CP-APMP) Tutorial
CP APMP, August 2017 (Expected)
Software Engineering Institute, Intermediate Concepts of CMMI®, Version 1.2
CMMI® Intermediate Concepts Certificate, November 2007
Software Engineering Institute, Intermediate Concepts of CMMI®, Version 1.2
CMMI® Intermediate Concepts Certificate, November 2007
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
CLEARANCE
MEMBERSHIP
Top Secret/SCI (FS Poly), 2002 (recertified 2013); 2015 changed to CI Poly
Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP®)
U.S. Treasury, 1997
International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc., (ISC) ®
Secret, 1974
American Society for Quality (ASQ®)
Scrum Alliance
CompTIA
Cloud Security Alliance
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Project Management Institute
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