Edward L. Dreikorn III PMP

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Senior Business Manager / Integration Engineer

Active TS/SCI W/ Full Scope Polygraph

Senior Business Manager / Integration Engineer

Active TS/SCI W/ Full Scope Polygraph

LEADERSHIP and MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

• Manage and direct the daily execution of contract requirements to assure that cost, schedule s and performance goals are met.

• Supervise large and diverse professional and tradesmen workforces.

• Provide interface, communication and coordination within internal and external customers and stakeholders.

• Contractor Liaison, Action Officer to Executive Management.

• Formulate and implement complex project plans/control systems, including reporting, controlling and projecting costs and schedules to achieve financial and develop and maintain project summary level schedules. Provide schedule reporting for customer progress reports.

• Improve development of program plans and facilitate communications/ expectations via program kick-offs, interim program review meetings, etc.

• Analyze and resolve complex technical, commercial and operational issues to provide high quality services, enhance positive customer relations.

• Evaluate, develop and lead business growth opportunities i.e. up-sales, scope increases, technological advancements, etc.

• Analyze contract requirements and develop project-specific deliverables to enable successful program implementation, to enhance customer satisfaction and program performance.

• Analyze needs and develop unique customer satisfaction improvements to address customer needs for support, high quality and efficiency.

• Provide leadership to train and direct multi-disciplined technical and administrative personnel to resolve engineering, administrative and field issues throughout project life cycle.

• Coach and mentor technical and project team members on effective project management practices and techniques.

• Perform program completion assessment including customer feedback, lessons learned and financial/performance review.

• Understand problems and points of view and communicate on broad range of technical disciplines to resolve technical, commercial, and regulatory issues.

• Serve as an on-site manager for site/field implementation.

• Problem Solver.

Background Summary

Mr. Dreikorn has held numerous Acquisition and Program Manager and Integration Engineering positions pertaining to U.S. Intelligence and DoD Information Systems acquisition activities. Mr. Dreikorn holds a Secret Compartmented Information (SCI) level clearance maintained by the National Security Agency (NSA). Excels at management of customer/client expectations.

Mr. Dreikorn retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1997 with a 20 year active duty career.

Recent Responsibilities

• 2011- Present Technical Director-Advisory Staff, provides managerial and technical direction to a staff of multi discipline technical professionals across multiple contracts. Supports corporate technical objectives through co-chairing a Center for Excellence (COE). The COE supports retraining, mentoring and education enhancement through the formulation, creation and execution of knowledge libraries, providing enhanced professional certifications for enhancement of corporate objectives. Provide technical guidance to corporate leadership.

• 2009 – Present (Concurrent), Senior Acquisition-System Engineer/Manager, provides project management, acquisition and engineering support to an ACAT 1 SIGINT program; prepares, develops, plans & coordinates acquisition management and engineering activities and plans as a Systems Engineering & Technical Assistance Contractor (SETA) with sub tasks primarily to provide guidance and support managing Multi tasked (Multiple Technical Task Orders with in one or more contracts) to a Program Management Office (PMO). In this capacity served as the liaison between Federal Government and commercial contractors to manage expectations related to cost schedule and contract performance.

Past Responsibilities

• 2008 – 2009, Senior Program Manager supporting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Security Systems Joint Program Office (NSS JPMO) Client; developed an acquisition strategy for a new Top Secret Network; assisted Engineering Team with creating a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Operational Requirements Development (ORD) documents; liaison between Government offices and officials within the DHS Offices of Chief Information Officer (OCIO); assigned as Risk Manage; developed processes and training and advised the PMO Director in the capture, assessment, monitoring and mitigation of programmatic risk for individual programs within the PMO.

• 2007 – 2009, Managed acquisition-related activities for a Joint Service Biological Detection program transitioning from pre Milestone A through pre-Milestone B activities; developed/coordinated Single Acquisition Management Plan (SAMP), Concept of Operations (CONOPS doctrine), Architecture Operation and System View products, coordination between Military and Civilian Government Acquisition professionals, support contractors from both Government and Industry in the development of Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) and System & Engineering Master Plan (SEMP) documents, request for information (RFI), request for proposal (RFP), Government Acquisition Strategy and contract development / award activities;

• 2001 - 2006, Managed projects pertaining to Information, Knowledge Management Technologies and general technology acquisition and integration programs for various branches of the DoD; performed technical writing, systems assessment and evaluation, program development-management, customer relations, procurement and leadership and administrative duties and programmatic compliance with quality control directives such as ISO and CMMI. Managed multiple subcontractor contracts.

Education

• Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, #1386964, 2011

• MS, Engineering Management, Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006

• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level II, Program Management, 2004

• BS, Information Management Systems (Major), Business Administration (Minor) Saint Francis University, Loretto, PA, 2002

• AA, Coastal Carolina Community College, Jacksonville, NC, 1997

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY & EXPERIENCE

• Bridges Consulting-Inc., Annapolis Junction, MD (2009-Present)

• Chenega Integrated Systems, Farfax, VA (2007-2009)

• Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Johnstown, PA (2001-2006)

• Owner-Consultant, ELDIII Consulting, Johnstown, PA (1997-2003)

• Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Fire Direction/Operations Management (1977-1997)

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