Randall J. Simmons

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Phone: (H)540-***-****

Fredericksburg, VA 22406

ace7hm@r.postjobfree.com

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

Current Government Secret Security Clearance - May 2005 (TS-SCI eligible)

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

. Successfully managed a 5 year, $25 million project, directly supervised

32 person team.

. Modernized and streamlined database with over 200 tables and more than

250,000 personnel entries annually.

. Trained and developed more than 300 personnel during my career as officer

and mentor.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

West Corporation

Fredericksburg, VA

Information Services Analyst

Feb 2014- Present

. Conduct analysis of current processes running on AS400 system to ensure

compliance with corporate and business best practices.

. Develop and maintain complex SQL queries to enhance operations and

determine areas for improvement, involving more than 20 critical

databases and 3 major systems, often in excess of 900 million records.

. Import and convert system data to MS Excel to improve business processes

and reduce corporate costs, reducing corporate expense from 5% to 4%.

. Thorough analysis and documentation business processes, compiling diverse

documentation for inclusion in enterprise publication.

. Assist staff with conversion from deprecated 32-bit operating system to

64-bit OS across 12 directories on 9 major servers.

Science Applications International Corporation

Arlington, VA

Senior Project Analyst

Nov 2012- Oct 2013

. Reviewed and analyzed construction project request documents (DD1391)

from an information technology perspective, with emphasis on budgetary

programs of record that may have been overlooked in the planning process.

Discovered a $122 million short fall across 4 fiscal years that would

have adversely affected 82 separate military construction projects.

. Determined program costs for military construction (MILCON) project

proposals that involve information technology and reconciled these costs

with 6 major programs of record (POR) that impacted the budget of the

MCICOM.

. Extrapolated data from POR to cross-reference with DD1391 data in order

to obtain more accurate budgetary projections.

. Coordinated with project managers across 4 regions with regard to missing

or under-budgeted programs to include them in follow-on requests,

reducing project lag by more than 20% of estimated administrative time.

. Convert data from DD1391s into a timeline chart to visually display life

of various projects and associated PORs in order to obtain estimated

start dates, Beneficial Occupancy Dates (BOD), and project sequencing.

This is necessary in order to obtain estimated start years of the MCPC in

question compared to the start date of the project, which may differ

significantly.

MAGTF Staff Training Program (USMC)

Quantico, VA

Information Management Officer / Instructor

Jan 2011- Sep 2012

. Developed project plans for information technology projects including

information such as project objectives, technologies, systems,

information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.

. Established and executed an information management plan in conjunction

with deploying staff.

. Instructed aviation planning and 6 steps of the Marine Corps planning

process.

. Assessed current and future customer needs and priorities. Conducted

seminars and class sessions to train over 100 staff members and support

personnel.

. Co-authored the MSTP pamphlet on Information Management for the Marine

Corps.

Randall J. Simmons

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Marine Corps Recruiting Command (USMC)

Quantico, VA

Project Manager

Nov 2007- Jan 2011

. Directly planned, managed and executed a 5 year, $25 million web-based

application project that provided support for Marine Corps recruiters

worldwide utilizing current IT standards and creating and applying DoD

and USMC IT policies.

. Created project plans and technical requirements and specifications for

the Marine Corps Information Support System (MCRISS), this included

collating requirements during conferences from Subject Matter Experts

within the field of recruiting for the Marine Corps.

. Managed multiple simultaneous developmental efforts of MCRISS, to include

creation and integration of 3 major new modules, to include officer

recruitment, Automated Enlistment Package (AEP), and prior service

recruiting.

. Managed, directed and coordinated activities of 32 project personnel,

both military and contract teams to include schedule creation and

execution.

. Managed and conducted user acceptance testing of all modules within

MCRISS to include troubleshooting and problem resolution.

. Tested all aspects of the MCRISS application (9 modules) from development

to final government acceptance testing, ensuring alignment with technical

specifications and user requirements.

. Coordinated with network personnel for the refresh of data processing

equipment for the recruiting fleet, totaling over 6,000 laptops and

support equipment, distributed to all 6 districts and computer resource

support.

. Developed Statements of Work, cost estimation and Project Plan in

conjunction with contractor project manager.

2d Marine Aircraft Wing (USMC)

Havelock, NC

Staff Secretary

Apr 2004- Mar 2005

. Prepared, reviewed and analyzed outgoing memoranda, official

correspondence, submissions to selection boards and disciplinary boards,

to determine significance, correctness and distribution/routing to

appropriate staff.

Air Operations Officer, MWSS-271

Sep 2003- Apr 2004

. Directed training efforts for various agencies aboard MCALF Bogue Field.

. Wrote and published the Destructive Weather plan for MCALF Bogue Field.

Electronic Warfare Officer - Logistics Officer VMAQ-3

Mar 2002- Sep 2003

. Managed the inventory of squadron assets, totaling more than $10 million.

. Planned and executed several deployments of the squadron, within the

United States, Japan, Okinawa, Thailand, and Australia, moving over 500

tons of squadron equipment aboard strategic lift, in support of Joint C4I

operations.

SEARS, Boise Technology Center

Boise, ID

Application Developer

Nov1998- Mar 2002

. Coded applications in COBOL, EZTrieve, C++, PowerBuilder, HTML, Java, and

SQL to support company fiscal enterprises.

. Tested over 200 applications after initial development and prior to

deployment ensuring compliance with user requirements and company

policies. This included written test scripts with required input, and

desired output.

Education

Naval Post-graduate School (2005 - 2007)

Monterey, CA

. Master of Information Science 3.85 GPA

Western International University (1987 - 1989)

Phoenix, AZ

. Bachelor of Arts in Education 3.8 GPA. Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Marine Corps University Command and Staff (2001 - 2003)

Quantico, VA

. United States Marine Corps Intermediate Level School.

Additional Skills

. MS Word * Excel * Access * Powerpoint * Sharepoint * Project *

Outlook * Visio

. HTML, SQL, Java, C++, PowerBuilder, COBOL, EZTrieve

Publications

. "How does one manage Information?" Marine Corps Gazette - 2012

. "Information Management" Professional publication for Marine Corps

officers - 2011

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