Analyst Project

Career Goal: project planning and analysis position related to construction

management.

Project management analyst with five years of experience providing cost estimating,

scheduling analysis and technical instruction experience to Department of Defense and

NASA customers. Technically proficient in cost and schedule risk analysis, life

cycle cost estimating, parametric cost estimating and earned value management.

Software knowledge includes proficiency with @Risk, ACEIT, Arena, Crystal Ball,

Microsoft Project, Primavera Risk Analysis and WInsight.

Education

M.Eng. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Graduation: May 2012

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. GPA: 3.25/4.00

B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Minor: Business, May 2005

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. GPA: 3.10/4.00

Certifications

Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst (CCEA), Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis

(SCEA)

Engineer In Training (EIT), Virginia

Experience

Tecolote Research, Inc. - Washington, DC and Houston, TX

Advanced Analyst, January 2010 - Present

Analyst 4, July 2007 - December 2009

Analyst 3, July 2006 - July 2007

Promoted through progressive analytical positions into full time task lead and

instructional role teaching project management professionals the ACEIT 7.2 estimating

tools suite. Instruction territory includes the entire Continental US at multiple

off-site locations with class sizes of 10 to 20 students.

Key results:

Task lead for the re-hosting effort of a $2.0B multiyear space suit production cost

model from Microsoft Excel to the ACEIT platform. Improvements included estimate

traceability, uncertainty analysis, automated documentation and manning and mission

trade-off study capability.

Performed EVM support on the $700M Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) shipbuilding program.

Completed comprehensive shipbuilding partner data verification and DID compliancy

analysis, variance analysis, metric formulation and issue identification.

Acted as the lead analyst for the $3.2B LHA(R) shipbuilding program; successfully

developed multiyear fleet acquisition model that provided Cost As an Independent

Variable (CAIV) capability and Hurricane Katrina impact visibility on southern

shipyards to meet Navy's fleet portfolio management needs.

Programmed $9.0B cost model for the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Border

Initiative (SBI-Net) highlighting territory vulnerability and manning needs.

Herren Associates - Washington, DC

Acquisition Analyst, August 2005 - July 2006

Provided cost analysis and EVM for the AN/UYQ-70(V) Advanced Display System program

for non-negotiated display systems being placed under firm fixed price, cost plus

award fee, and production contracts.

Key results:

Uncovered over $1M in accounting errors while performing proposal evaluations; was

able to frequently improve Navy's negotiating position by performing labor learning

analysis to reduce vendor bids.

Notified project office of potential scheduling delays via EVM analysis on existing

task orders.

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