Manager Project

Eric McPherson Toline

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Madison, AL 35758

Cell Phone: 256-***-****

Home Phone: 256-***-****

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DoD Secret Clearance

WORK EXPERIENCE

EMS Technologies Atlanta, GA

7/2011

Cost Analyst

Responsible for providing support to program management in the monthly monitoring of program cost

performance and forecast of program estimates at completion. Establishes program baseline budgets and

schedules with the functional organizations. Provides monthly analysis and cost reporting for internal

reviews and externally in accordance with customer requirements.

Applies knowledge of budgeting tools (e.g. cost benefit analysis, estimates-at-completion (EAC),

management estimate-at-completion (MEA) and estimating techniques (e.g. improvement curve theory,

parametric estimates, zero-base estimates). Implementing EVMS and creating wInsight databases for over

40 contracts.

Engineering Management Concepts Huntsville, AL

1/2003 – 12/2010

Senior Analyst (EVMS)

January 2003– December 2010, Tetra Tech, Senior Program Analyst/Project Lead. I was the earned value

asset for Sensors (SN). I reported directly to the SN Business Finance Manager. I was responsible for

extracting the program control CDRL for the prime database centers and update the appropriate databases

and wInsight monthly. I interfaced with the prime contractor business managers and points of contact to

ensure report integrity and insight into the contracts. I supported cost estimators in accessing and

interpreting the data to use in their cost estimates. I also provide charts and both quantitative and qualitative

analysis for PER review, Staffer’s Day briefing, SAR, GAO Requests, DOV deliverables and military

equipment inventory. I was the MDA SENSORS (SN) expert on IBRs providing planning, facilitation, trainer

and training material, design discussion guides, documentation review expert, cam discussion leader, IBR

participate and out brief production. I interface with DCMA and participate in DCMA surveillance. I provide an

executive earned value analysis package monthly for all the SN funded contracts. I have made

presentations directly to the program mangers and the SN Director on earned value. I provided both financial

and budgetary analyses concentrating on spend rates, estimate to complete (EAC) and monthly spreads

analysis. I also provided CFSR analysis and reconciliation with other program control reports. I provided

EAC forecasts for all the contracts on a monthly basis. I provide support to SN contracts on contract

negotiation (BOE) and program control requirements for the CDRL deliverables. I supported monthly tracking

book meetings; THADD earned value meetings and provide monthly FEE award analysis in support of SN. In

the past provided Earned Value Management (EVM) support to the Ground-based Missile Defense Program

(GMD). Support the Government XBR and GBI EVM managers at Program Control Team Meetings, Cost

Performance Reviews, and Integrated Baseline Reviews. Develop EVM analysis reports and access reports

on a monthly basis for the use of the IPT leads. Provide independent EAC projections for the program.

Support EVM and contract performance analysis for the Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC’s)

Command Analysis Group. Provide EVM support to the Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) program, Low Cost

Interceptor (LCI) and JPHSSL3 for SMDC. Develop EVM analysis reports and access reports on a monthly

basis for the use of the IPT leads. Provide independent EAC projections for the program. Participate in Cost

Estimating reviews for the Program Objective Memorandum (POM) for MKV. Provide support as Integrated

Baseline Review (IBR) Facilitator for XBR during Alpha contracting and preplanning effort. I prepared

Program Status Report and Earned Value Analysis Reports for MDA for MKV on a monthly basis. Prepared

and taught both EVMS and IBR training packages.

November 2002–January 2003, MEVATEC, Cost Analyst I was assigned to MEVATEC's Defense Security

Service (DSS) Financial Management Automates Information System Program. Under this program,

provided support Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), Life Cycle Cost Estimating (LCCE), Economic Analyses (EA)

and Acquisition Program Baseline documentation. Analyzes and normalizes status quo cost, provides cost

estimating support on various software and hardware alternatives, performs technical assessments, and

Cost and Benefits analyses. I provided cost estimates using COCOMO2 and SEER-SEM to support the

DSS study.

ADTRAN 7/2000-7/2002 Huntsville, AL

Financial Analyst

ADTRAN is a company that design and manufactures telecommunication hardware outsourcing it

manufacturing function. Preparing and tracking the Carrier Division budget for revenue and expenses

($200+ Million revenue projection). I prepared monthly variance analysis using regression analysis for

overall division and product segmentation. Prepared competitive market forecasts for pricing and quantities

were made using modeling techniques and market research to make Cost Estimating Relationship for Cost

Estimates for products revenue streams. Tracked monthly product forecasts using excel spreadsheets and

graphs to show earned value and provide risk assessment. Created databases that provided scheduling of

new product development and the retirement of old products

Optimize Inc 4/1999-1/2000 Birmingham, AL

Project Director

April 1999–January 2000, Optimize Inc, Project Director for Optimize was an information services company

providing contract services and developing and supporting new software products. Prepared financial

analysis of expenses and revenue potential for new software applications to determine market potential and

penetrations rates needed for profitability. Provided and tracked budget for the services division. I prepared

business plan for Section 9 Company using the FAR contracting procedures to perform contract services for

the government in the Washington DC area.

EPRI I&C Center 6/1994-12/1999 Kingston, TN

Business Manager

June 1994–January 1999, EPRI I&C Center, Business Manager Worked for TVA project manager and

prepared and tracked budget for a 7 million dollar Distributed Control System retrofit on one of the units at

TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant. The budget contained a number of components. There were design,

management, hardware and construction components. The contract had TVA workers, TVA direct

contractors for management and Foxboro charging to the project. The budget also had fixed price contracts

and cost plus contracts. The schedule and budget was prepared using WBS component as building blocks.

Helped prepare the RFP for the $2 Million construction phase of the project and participated in the bid

evaluation that awarded the bid by evaluating bids from five companies. I tracked the budget performing

financial analysis so that the milestone target could be substantiated to allow the contractor to receive

payment for phases of the project as documented in the contract with TVA.

Bellsouth 1/1973-10/1993 Multiple Locations

Forecast Manager

January 1973–October 1993, BellSouth, Operations Research Manager. I completed twenty years at the

corporate and division level for South Central Bell preparing pricing, cost estimates, schedules, budgets,

methods, procedures and business plans. Prepared and tracked company level forecasts for the budget at

the company level. I performed variance analysis using earned value and risk analysis on a monthly basis

for the corporate officers. Forecasts were developed using statistical analysis, regression analysis and

economic modeling techniques. During divestiture, was the project lead in developing data extraction

methods for the new company that becomes the main reports for BellSouth. I helped develop computerized

forecast software packages for data analysis and to produce forecasts. I prepared the first bypass, shared

tenant and vertical services forecasts using statistical and economical analysis. South Central Bell at that

time had annual revenue of around $ 5 Billion. While at the division level, my forecasts drove budget

expenditure of over $100 Million annually and revenues of over $600 Million annually.

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN

Master's Degree

Major: Business

Minor: Industrial Management

GPA: 3.31 out of 4.00

Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN

Graduated Cum Laude

Bachelor's Degree

Major: Engineering Science

Minor: Math

GPA: 3.165 out of 4.00

JOB RELATED TRAINING

Completed requirements for graduate certification in EVM for PMI College of Performance Management

Completed Humphrey's EVM instructors course

Completed Humphrey's Surveillance course

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