Alex Parker M: 253-***-****

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SUMMARY

Accomplished acquisition program manager with over 19 years of experience

leading integrated teams to develop, test, deliver, and sustain products

and services that met customers' requirements. Built effective teams and

stimulated professional growth of subordinates. Managed projects ranging

from tens of thousands of dollars to portfolios with annual expenditures

over $127 million, and supported customers with a wide variety of

objectives.

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Compartmented Information based on a Single Scope Background Investigation

(SSBI) completed on January 27, 2014 with current CI Polygraph.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY, Reston, VA

2012 - Present: Deputy Program Manager, Find, Characterize & Assess

Technologies Branch

. Planned, negotiated and executed $92.1M budget orchestrating 5

contracts and 4 organizational agreements

. Applied risk management skills to handle fiscal & contractual

hurdles for director's highest priority project

. Provided technical direction and coordinated efforts of two

national labs & four major defense contractors

. Produced, promoted and hosted 2-day symposium for 147 nation-wide

underground facility subject matter experts--called "best in 10

years" by the Director of Counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction

Technologies

SPACE LOGISTICS GROUP, Peterson AFB, CO

2009 - 2012: Deputy Chief, Space Lift Launch & Test Range

Sustainment Division

. Managed $1.3B contract to maintain ground instrument systems

required for all US launches into space

. Supervised 4 officers, led 52-member multifunctional division to

execute upgrade projects: $127M annually

. Oversaw $90M total range radar replacement program implementing

Radar Open System Architecture

. Selected to analyze the business case and optimize costs for a

Major Command-directed radar relocation--generated plan to maximize

re-use of in-house military capabilities, saved $3.7M from an

estimated $40M

. Guided major system upgrade through test, and resolved 14 critical

software and system engineering issues

. Tracked performance metrics for sustainability, supply, and

logistic effectiveness--16 launches without a count-down delay;

flawless record won annual Space Command Maintenance Effectiveness

Award, twice

IRAQ TRAINING AND ADVISORY MISSION, Baghdad, Iraq

2010 - 2011: Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Defence Director

General of Contracts & Sales

. Advised senior Iraqi official to reorganize and develop processes

with checks, balances and accountability

. Gathered team of multinational experts, designed plan to enhance

food distribution to Iraqi Army bases

. Managed, trained, mentored and motivated 12 Iraqi linguists under

challenging conditions for division

. Identified a need, then volunteered to compile and edit daily

reports for the Division's 9 senior advisors

. Increased the quality, cohesiveness and professionalism of progress

updates to the Commanding General

501st RANGE THREAT SUSTAINMENT SQUADRON, Hill AFB, UT

2007 - 2009: Director of Operations

. Supervised six and tracked performance of 70-member squadron to

execute $70M annual budget

. Represented base commander to shape service contract acquisition

policy at major headquarters event

. Compared then recommended best integrated logistical support

options & prepared acquisition strategies

. Invented tool to link aircraft sorties to maintenance costs,

persuaded Joint Staff to restore funding 100%

. Established standard research & development, production,

sustainment, and maintenance project reviews

. Analyzed, found a flaw, and fixed a maintenance cost model

eliminating $120,000 per year in overcharges

and won USAF IDEA (Innovative Development through Employee

Awareness) Award from commander

518th COMBAT SUSTAINMENT SQUADRON, Hill AFB, UT

2005 - 2007: Chief, F-16 Radar Supply Chain Management Branch

. Oversaw supply chain, maintenance scheduling and modification of

over 3,200 US and foreign F-16 radars

. Directed enterprise to lean repair processes--reduced average radar

turn-around time from 90 to 58 days

. Resolved spare part issue by qualifying three new vendors which

resulted in record-setting F-16 availability

. Supervised 21 civilians and 3 officers; won AF Material Command's

Supply Chain Team of the Year

DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY - BOEING SEATTLE, Kent, WA

2002 - 2005: Airborne Warning Program Integrator/Quality Assurance

Representative, Basrah, Iraq

. Developed critical analysis of business strategy that strengthened

$52M NATO AWACS negotiations

. Ordered configuration audit that discovered electrical flaw;

resolved quickly and kept project on schedule

. Appointed by Danish ambassador to ensure adequate living conditions

support for three American, Italian, Ukrainian, and British

Coalition Provisional Authority governance teams in Southern Iraqi

cities

. Co-led project to stand up support, then move the ambassador's

staff and a UK Black Watch Mechanized Infantry Squadron from

makeshift lodging to a safer new location on a former palace of

Saddam Hussein

. Directed purchase and construction of living units, dining

facilities, water purification, and waste removal for 450 personnel

under adverse conditions within three months

DEFENSE METEOROLGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM, Los Angeles AFB, CA

1998. - 2002: Chief, Strategic Ground Systems Branch

. Led development, design, and fielding of an unprecedented

forecasting system for combatant commanders

. Completed, tested and delivered the $56M Cloud Depiction & Forecast

System to AF Weather Agency

. Supervised four Officers, led overarching integrated team

recognized as LA AFB's Team of the Year

AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY, Offutt AFB, NE

1995 - 1998: Project Manager, Satellite Data Handling System

. Handpicked by the AF Director of Weather to develop a target scale

forecast system to support operations in air over Kosovo--

implemented within 60 days, won medal from the General, product

featured on CNN

. Managed 20,00 contractor hours, configuration control, and

prioritization of 330 system changes annually

. Briefed the commander monthly on analysis of metrics for the AF

weather web home page--used customer feedback to justify homepage

redesign product which was well received by operational forecasters

EDUCATION

Masters Degree (Military Operational Art and Science), AIR

UNIVERSITY, Alabama

Bachelor of Arts (Mathematics), SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE, Minnesota

AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE, Distance Learning Program, 2009

SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL, Resident Program, 2003

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Certifications

Program Management Professional; Support and Logistics Management;

Space Acquisition Professional; and Computer and Communications

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