RESUME Ricky A. Garris *

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Ricky A. Garris

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Fairfax, VA 22030 703-***-**** (Mobile)

Objective:

Lead, organize, and manage organizational resources to effectively deliver mission capability results to further advance customer missions that matter. Position changes over past 21-years in industry reflect mergers of businesses and/or opportunities for progressive career development including successfully starting and operating my own consulting business. Successfully led strategic business growth and innovations/distinctions for large and small businesses while delivering in excess of $3 Billion USD in new business contracts value supporting national security focused U.S. Government mission customers. Summary:

40+ years of professional experience: 22 years U.S. Government (CIA/NRO) and 21 years serving the private sector. Demonstrated leadership, innovation, integrity, and dedication track record as a senior-level resources manager, strategic planner, business development executive, and experienced solutions architect/business operations manager possessing practical experience in acquiring, integrating, and delivering advanced Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems (e.g., space, air and ground-based systems) and services. First- hand experienced with Federal Acquisition Regulations, including Federal Civilian, Intelligence Community (IC), and Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition processes. Complete understanding of the cybersecurity domain to include NIST; FISMA; Risk Management Framework; DevSecOps; Identity and Access Management; FedRAMP (security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring) for cloud products and services. Strengths: Outstanding written and oral communications skills. Outstanding interpersonal skills. Current Clearances Held:

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Experience:

Present - Vice President, Strategy and Growth GRSi

• Supporting corporate growth strategies for existing Federal health services and Department of Defense portfolio of customers as well as new Federal Departments and Agencies.

2020 – 2021 Chief Executive Officer for RG Consulting LLC

• Independent contractor supporting Comtech LLC growth, technical solution definition, capture management, and customer accounts management (50% time) as consultant.

• Independent contractor supporting Daybreak LLC start-up business as managing partner/consultant for developing DoD, DHS, Intelligence Community, HHS, GSA, and other Federal/Civilian growth opportunities.

2019 – 2020 Comtech LLC

• President and Chief Operating Officer responsible for all day-to-day business operations for a $42M Woman-Owned Small Business delivering information technology solutions and professional services to Federal Government clients that include DoD, GSA, CareFirst, WMATA, and others. Includes business development life cycle management RESUME Ricky A. Garris 2

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and achieving growth goals for 2020 targeting $10M in new revenues. Business includes

+55 staff employees and +130 1099/independent contractors ($42M 2019 revenue).

• Responsible for leading/authoring the technical, past performances, and pricing volumes for a successful GSA OCIO BPA prime contract win during 2020 (with contract ceiling of

$250M over five years).

2018-2019 UltiSat, Inc. (doing business as Speedcast Government)

• Vice President, National Security Solutions responsible for establishing a qualified opportunity pipeline for professional services capabilities and offerings valued at +$20M, as well as 2019 organic growth business plan. Opportunities featured services support for security management and end-to-end global enterprise data management architectures that include professional services resources and technology supporting communications, networks, information systems, data management and analytics, as well as cybersecurity - including Internet of Things (IoT) architectures and Agile lifecycle engineering management methods and tools. New business captures valued at +5M with

+$10M in evaluation within 7 months from date of hire. 2018- 2018 PAE

• Director, National Security Solutions, Mission Support, Business Development and Strategic Capture - responsible for +$1.5B opportunities management portfolio focused on the national security community. Supervised capture team members, consultants, and proposal managers while coordinating business direction and growth strategies with senior client executive(s) and operations Vice Presidents, daily. With capture teams, won 3 must win prime contracts valued at +850M within six months for classified programs supporting an IC Agency.

2017-2018: Infinity Technology, LLC

• Vice President, Advanced Programs providing expertise for corporate business development and opportunity management supporting pipeline initiatives, existing portfolio of programs, and solutions meeting customer needs – with focus on the national security community. Program Manager for Agile applications development and modernization program supporting Under Secretary of Defense Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics. Coordinated and helped lead Infinity’s CMMI Level 3 technical certification activities in software development – CMMI Level 3 achieved June 2018 (within 6 months).

2017-2017: RG Consulting, LLC (Independent Consultant)

• Managed and lead own consulting company providing expertise for large-scale capture management and end-to-end business development life cycle to include strategy and solutions/services approaches that address proposal requirements and customer needs. Solutions focus included: information systems, enterprise architecture, end-to-end systems engineering and integration life cycle processes engineering, and Program Management (e.g., cost, schedule, and performance).

• Clients included Metronome USA (DHS proposal development and capture support); PAE (national security pipeline); MaxiSoft Corporation (web presence and marketing collateral); and Special Investigations (business start-up consulting support). 2013 – 2017: ALQIMI National Security, Inc. (formerly ABSi/Compass Information Systems, Inc.)

• President of the ALQIMI National Security, Inc.’s portfolio of capabilities and resources responsible for new business development, business operations, and staff personnel focused on special projects, enterprise architecture, Agile software engineering, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and intelligence analysis solutions for the national security community - as well as other federal Government organizations. Developed and led RESUME Ricky A. Garris 3

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execution against a +$35M (value to ALQIMI) new business pipeline to include capture management and proposal development activities. Successfully managed portfolio of base contracts supporting the Intelligence Community valued at +$8M spanning multiple Agencies. Successfully obtained GSA IT Schedule 70 contract award in less than 9 weeks.

2011 – 2013: Salient Federal Solutions (Now Salient CRGT)

• Senior Director, Intelligence, Enforcement and Cybersecurity Division and Technical Director responsible for leading operations and technical solutions for over 30 projects and programs, over 100 staff personnel, and profits/losses for Salient’s Intelligence Community (IC) portfolio spanning all member IC Agencies (+$40M). Duties included orchestrating technical services and solutions offerings. Competencies for Division included Software and Systems Development and Integration; intelligence analysis, and cybersecurity. Leader for business development and capture for key Division program pursuits. Developed and documented corporate approaches to cloud computing and social media exploitation as well as Agile end-to-end systems engineering lifecycle management distinctions. Won 3 new prime contracts and 12 base contract re- competes, as well as new DIA SIA II task order during tenure valued at over +$60M. 2011-2011: Gartner Consulting

• Senior Director leading consulting engagements for the IC with focus on Sourcing Management, Governance, Information Technology Strategy, and Enterprise Architecture. Leader for developing the as-is enterprise architecture definition, including on-site coordination, for the Library of Congress enterprise in 6-weeks. 2009-2011: SGIS (Salient Federal Solutions – now Salient CRGT)

• Senior Director, Technical Solutions leading business unit technology services and solutions for the Intelligence Community, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Department of Defense (Military Intelligence). Successfully developed technical capture strategies for key Intelligence Community and Federal Civilian opportunities spanning NOAA, FBI, CIA, NSA, NRO, DNI, and DIA which led to new SGIS prime and subcontract vehicles during 2010. Examples include: NOAA Office of Law Enforcement 19 FTE prime contract win (+10M), FBI IT TRIPLE S ($30B IDIQ/BOA) prime contract win, ODNI/DIA NEXSYS $20M/2-year single award enterprise information management prime contract submission, NRO Enterprise Services IDIQ (subcontract win, +$5M), NSA VOXGLO (technology research IDIQ $40M) subcontract win, NGA TASER task order pursuit (RTM 2.1 - $3M)), ODNI RAILHEAD LSI development subcontract establishment

(+$5M)and staffing, ODNI FUSION subcontract establishment (+5M), and others.

• Supported and led strategic business development and business unit strategic operations planning activities and initiatives to include establishing alliance partnerships with National Labs and academia. Mentored junior business development and Agency specific account leaders within the organization.

2008-2009: ABSi/Compass Information Systems Incorporated (Re-branded to ALQIMI circa 2013)

• Executive Director, National Security Solutions leading business operations for Intelligence Community, Homeland Security, Defense, and Law Enforcement agencies.

• Managed new business line operations strategy and opportunity pipeline valued at

$300M; managed capture strategies; managed teaming and proposal development activities (e.g., business capture process).

• Lead all aspects of business management and investment planning for national security pursuits and corporate business partnerships. Successfully lead and won NGA TASER subcontract for all four functional capability areas as well as DIA SITE awards for both RESUME Ricky A. Garris 4

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unrestricted and small business tracts representing first ever services and technology contract competitive wins in the Intelligence Community for ABSi. 2008-2008: OGSystems

• Chief Operating Officer responsible for planning, organizing, and managing all day-to-day activities of the 15 person company; this included but was not limited to collaborating with the President, Vice President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer and the Chief Financial Officer in the overall administration, strategy development, and new market opportunities of the company serving the national security community.

• Developed corporate strategic opportunity pipeline and strategic plan for CY2008 with key pursuits valued at $50M – successfully aligned with key prime contractors to pursue new opportunities. Responsible for $2.1M revenue run rate and growth projection to $3M revenue by end of CY2008.

• Developed company strategic plan tuned to future customer’s strategic goals and objectives (e.g., 5-year business plan).

2005-2008: RABA Technologies/SRA International

• Director, Command, Control, and Commuters (C3I) Sector Business Development responsible for oversight and management of Sector-wide new business pipeline spanning the Intelligence Community, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and Law Enforcement organizations and agencies.

• Responsible for new business sector pipeline of ($1.2B) while achieving $500M sector goal in new revenue growth (new contract closings) during 2008. Managed 6 professional account managers/business executives as direct reports – matrix manage reach back with operational employees across the C3I business sector for opportunity pursuits. As capture manager, organized pursuit, built team, led proposal response with team, and won SRA’s first ever prime contract at NGA (e.g., New Campus East Deployment and Planning Execution (NDPE) program valued at $40M).

• Director, Space and Intelligence (SRA strategic business unit) Strategic Planning with focus on Intelligence Community business strategy definition, new business development, and business operations management. Led ODNI RAILHEAD System Concept Definition (SCD) successful capture/win ($15M) with technical proposal development and delivery of both written and oral proposals as key subcontractor and bid PMO leader for execution with scope that included National Counter-Terrorism Center enterprise architecture design and development.

• Deputy Program Manager, RAILHEAD SCD team at initial execution phase (first 6-month period). Duties also included opening company facilities in Reston, VA during CY2006 and direct supervision for 15 professional employees as well as managing new business end-to-end pipeline (intelligence community) valued at $200M. 2004-2005: Advanced Intelligence Solutions Leader, IBM

• IBM leader for innovative technical solutions applied to Intelligence Community mission needs. Directly reporting to IBM Federal Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with responsibility for leading strategic enterprise information systems solutions offerings for Intelligence Community needs (e.g., service-oriented architecture implementation). Duties included understanding of IBM and competitor solutions portfolio and aligning to address Intelligence Community grand challenges (e.g., knowledge management, information sharing, collaboration, situational awareness, and horizontal integration).

• Strategic business development and value proposition definition for positioning IBM services and technology into the intelligence community – responsible for NRO and NSA key revenue programs valued at more than $150M to IBM. Matrix managed consultants, client executives, senior IT architects, senior systems engineers, product managers, information systems security specialists, data architects, and technology research scientists.

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2002-2004: Associate Partner, Strategy and Change Consulting, IBM

• Strategy development, strategic change consultant, and thought leader for all national security and justice enterprise architecture transformation activities addressing Intelligence and Homeland Security business – certified Defense Industry consultant. Single-handedly authored IBMs corporate business plan and strategy for the newly formed Department of Homeland Security. Contributed to significant revenue growth in 2003 and 2004 - 30% organic growth - for IBM’s national security and justice global business consulting services.

• Managed 10 direct reports with 45 matrix employees specializing focus for NSA, NRO, ODNI, and NGA.

• Served as IBM Program Manager and technical director for NRO/NSA SIGINT Storage Domain Study($10M); Ground Systems Office (SIGINT) GRA Enterprise and Security Protection Element Study ($10M); NRO Next Generation SIGINT Ground (NGG) architecture study (and served as perform team technical director with value of $25M); Capture Manager for successful NSA TSIF Information Management &Storage opportunity win (e.g., $250M/5-years total program projected) and supported DIAMOND Ground Infrastructure Modernization win ($50M/3-years). Supported capture for NIMA/NGA Enterprise Engineering contract (valued at +200M) while growing IBMs National Security consulting practice by 100 FTE within 6-months. 2001-2002: Senior Projects Manager, The Aerospace Corporation

• Senior-level member of technical staff providing engineering and programmatic consulting services support to Government acquisition and operations personnel for the acquisition, development and deployment of complex multi-node, multi-media, terrestrial- based SIGINT information systems, applications, and networking infrastructure (nodes deployed worldwide).

• Worked with specific Government and Industry development teams on architecture modernization and transformation road map planning (acquisition, technology forecasting, and systems engineering interdependencies analyses).

• Leader for SIGINT processing systems acquisition program independent analyses; developed comprehensive program plan and life cycle cost estimates for strategic NRO enterprise-wide continuity of operations (COOP) investment initiative. 2000 – 2001: Operations Manager, Logicon, Inc. (Northrop Grumman)

• Department Manager responsible for over 100 IT professional employees, four Logicon SCIF facilities, and multiple on-going information technology development and analysis Programs supporting national security community customers ($40M per year business) including the SIGINT Overhead Mission Management System (SOMMS) program.

• Responsibilities also included defining business unit/corporate research and development plans (IR&D) as well as new business opportunity capture strategies while mapping technology applications to meet customer needs.

• Successfully led corporate capture pursuits that included TRAILBLAZER (NSA) concept definition phase (+$25M), IC MAP SI/SE (+$40M), and Cryptologic Mission Management

(NSA) concept definition phase (+$30M).

1999 – 2000: Senior Systems Engineer, Harris Corporation

• Lead Engineer/Architect for critical National Security Agency (NSA) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) information technology and enterprise modernization emerging program business pursuits. New business portfolio valued at +250M).

• Coordinated customer inputs and assisted factory development team in customer demonstrations of real-site urban terrain modeling tool using multiple National Technical Means imagery, commercial space imagery, airborne/UAV video imagery, and COTS applications to fuse data and create high resolution three-dimensional (3D) models. RESUME Ricky A. Garris 6

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1977 – 1999: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

• 1998-1999 Senior Engineer, Integrated Overhead SIGINT Architecture Phase 2, NRO

• 1998 Executive Assistant, Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) – DCI Immediate Staff

• 1997-1998 Program Manager, Hard Target Issue, Directorate of Science &Technology

• 1995-1997 Deputy Group Director, Plans and Analysis Office, NRO

• 1990-1995 Branch Manager, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Field Engineering

• 1988-1990 Program Segment Manager, All-Source Maritime Platform

• 1980-1988 Program Manager, Multiple Ground SIGINT Systems Development and OCONUS Deliveries

Education:

BSc Engineering Management and Industrial Economics, Pacific University, 1991 MSc Engineering Management and Industrial Economics, Pacific University, 1992 Professional Certifications:

Electronic Technician Certificate, Capitol Technology University – 1981 (With Honors) Professional Organizational Memberships:

• Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)

• Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) – Initial Charter Member of INSA’s Intelligence Champions Committee (ICC) as Mentor for Protégé Careers

• International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

• Software Engineering Institute, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated (IEEE)

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

• United States Geospatial-Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)

• Innovative Solutions Council (ISC)

• Foreign Area Officers Association (FAOA)

• Potomac Officer’s Club

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