Christopher D. Lucero MPA, PMP, CDFM

Washington, DC 510-***-**** – ad4n1t@r.postjobfree.com – linkedin.com/in/chris-lucero SENIOR MANAGER PROJECT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INTELLIGENCE QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

An energetic senior leader who excels at simplifying complexity in new and ambiguous situations. I am a retired senior officer from the U.S. Coast Guard and seeking new perspectives with the opportunity to contribute my leadership experience, project and financial management skills, and my formal education. KEY SKILLS

ü Project Management

Professional (PMP)

ü Senior stakeholder

engagement

ü Finished Intelligence

Publication

ü Certified Defense Financial

Manager (CDFM)

ü Cross-functional team

integration

ü Intelligence Operations and

Support

ü Planning, Programming,

Budgeting, and Execution

(PPBE)

ü Process improvement

ü Leadership and Management

ü Congress & OMB experience

ü Intelligence, Surveillance,

and Reconnaissance (ISR)

ü TS with SCI Eligibility

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Managing Consultant October 2021 – March 2023

Guidehouse Inc Washington, DC

Created an agile financial framework to meet evolving demands for the U.S. Department of State’s first Department-wide Chief Information Security Officer.

• Increased firm’s revenue by $5.3 million by implementing an internal collaboration project which built cross-functional team cohesion and increased client confidence.

• Planned, programmed, budgeted, and executed $28 million budget for senior executive; included contract management.

• Formulated $158 million cost estimate to address cyber security Executive Order requirements on entire Department of State; submitted to White House OMB. Department Head June 2018 – September 2021

U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center Washington, DC Directed 80-person cross-functional office of multisource intelligence analysts, data collection managers, report writing officers, print and publication managers, and a 24/7 operations center.

• Informed national strategies and operations through publication of 289 finished intelligence assessments and presentation of more than 800 executive briefs regarding illicit drugs, illegal migration, illegal unreported and unregulated fishing, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, Arctic challenges, international port security, and terrorism threats.

• Established service’s first national level finished intelligence cybersecurity analysis office.

• Developed innovative staffing and budgetary options to initiate new service wide cybersecurity intelligence program and improve security of U.S. maritime ports.

• Introduced novel selection process to for hiring civilian personnel. Filled 12 high-level government civilian positions by absolute best candidates for skills and team integration. Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Coordinator June 2015 – June 2018 U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Washington, DC

Coordinated formulation and defense of the U.S. Coast Guard's entire fiscal year 2018 Congressional Budget Justification; resulted in $12.3 billion final appropriation, the largest ever received to that date.

• Guided previous Coast Guard Commandant’s budgetary objectives with publication of budget article in U.S. Naval Proceedings.

• As subject matter expert, authored new financial policy for Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) for the U.S. Coast Guard.

• Prepared Coast Guard Commandant for Congressional testimonies and personally briefed U.S. House and Senate senior staff members.

• Drafted all position papers and external talking points for senior leadership. Intelligence Operations Officer May 2010 – July 2014 U.S. Coast Guard District One Boston, MA

Integrated tactical and operational multi-source maritime intelligence support across 2,000 miles of Northeast U.S. coastline from the Canadian border to the Port of New York/New Jersey.

• Achieved regional efficiency gains of more than $1.5 million annually by establishing a structured daily process to enhance aerial intelligence collection efforts.

• Detailed as Remote Sensing Coordinator for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Hurricane Sandy national incidents; led new technology assessments, documented processes, and directly informed the Service’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance policy.

• Established close working relationship with Distributed Ground Station (DGS) Massachusetts.

• Completed Joint Incident Awareness and Assessment (IAA) Team (JIT) course from the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division of the 601st Air and Space Ops Center. Project Manager August 2008 – May 2010

U.S. Coast Guard Operations Command Implementation Team Portsmouth, VA Developed and documented cross-functional processes, organizational constructs, functional statements, and standard operating procedures for a new global operations office.

• Earned the highest U.S. Coast Guard intelligence award (Admiral Billard Intelligence Award) in 2010 for designing and implementing the first ever electronic geographic display that consolidated all U.S. Coast Guard intelligence, operations, logistics, and public affairs data across the globe.

EDUCATION

Master of Public Administration (MPA) May 2015

Harvard Kennedy School of Government Cambridge, MA Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) May 2002 Northwood University Midland, MI

PUBLICATIONS

Coast Guard Budget Masks Problems August 2018

U.S. Naval Institute, Proceedings

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/august/coast-guard-budget-masks-problems

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