Project Manager

Doris Kalai

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City: Silver Spring

State: MD

Zip: 20905

Country: USA

Phone: 240-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: MAX

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Doris L. Kalai, PMP

Summary of Expertise

Ms. Kalai is a highly organized, forward-thinking, results-oriented leader with more than 25 years of experience in providing program and hands-on project management expertise in both government and commercial arenas. She is experienced in using multiple application development methodologies to include the HHS EPLC and Agile. Over the years, she has worked closely with executive-level clients, client project managers, and other contractors to design and implement solutions that best support both near- and long-term corporate strategies and goals. She is an experienced application developer who is able to incorporate real world experience into her information technology project management decisions.

Industry Experience

* Project Management * Program Management * Proposal Development

* Portfolio Management * Cost-Benefit Analysis * Feasibility Studies

* Concept of Operations (CONOPS) * Systems Dev. Lifecycle (SDLC) Methodologies * Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

* Staff Supervision * Requirements Analysis * HHS EPLC

* Data Modeling * Web Development * Agile Methodology

* Configuration Management * Relational Database Development * Earned Value Management (EVM)

* Strategic Presentation Planning and Development * Joint Application Design/Development (JAD) * Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)

Technical Experience

* Application and Web Development - Microsoft Visual Basic, FORTRAN, Basic, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML, Dreamweaver

* Database Development - Oracle, Microsoft Access

* Project and Portfolio Management - MS Project, Clarity, Primavera ProSight

Security Clearance

* Level 5 Public Trust

* Secret - DoD (Last Active - 2005)

Professional Affiliation

Certified Project Management Profession (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)

Educational Qualifications

Degree University Area of Concentration Year

1. Master of Science University of Phoenix Computer Information Systems 2003

2. Bachelor of Science The George Washington University Electrical Engineering 1986

Experience History

2012-Present - Manage4Tech Incorporated

President & CEO, Chief Program Manager

Provide program and project management consulting expertise to government and commercial clients. Responsibilities include all aspects of corporate management including, marketing, budgeting, proposal development, statement of work preparation, and project management. Developed a time reporting application for a tax consulting commercial client. Supporting marketing and business development for a commercial client.

2008-2012 - Emergint Technologies, Inc.

Program/Project Manager

Managed multiple FDA contracts of various formats to include: Time and Material (T&M); Development, Maintenance and Enhancements (DME); and a combination of the two. Supervised employees. Performed performance reviews. Led IT application development and enhancement activities under the FDA Enterprise Performance Life-Cycle (EPLC) methodology and associated FDA development processes. Provided hands-on support to all phases of the application development life-cycle to include Oracle database design, SQL development, GUI design, JAVA code review and application testing. Developed and maintained project management plan in MS Project as well as in Clarity. Provided monthly status reports to include Earned Value Measures (EVM). Maintained project budget. Supported marketing and proposal development efforts. Provided recommendation and ROI to management for achieving Corporate CMM Level 2 and 3. Provided Management Consulting support to a HHS National Eye Institute (NEI) project.

2005-2008 - Primavera Systems, Inc.

Engagement Manager

Managed Primavera ProSight implementation and customization engagements for clients including: Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), Honeywell, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Provided business analysis support to include: leading requirements analysis efforts, assisting clients in defining and document business processes, and ensuring that configurations are in accordance with DoD and other mandates and regulations. Provided technical support to clients to include: Technical recommendations for implementing Primavera ProSight within the client technical architecture; determining configuration alternatives; implementing and configuring Primavera ProSight incorporating Java Script where appropriate; training end-users; developing training manuals; and providing on-going end-user configuration support. Support the sales team in strategy sessions as a Primavera ProSight and DoD client subject matter expert (SME). Led teams comprised of Primavera personnel, clients and other contractors.

2003-2005 - CherryRoad Technologies, Inc.

Project Management Consultant

Provide project oversight and project planning support to the Army CIO/G6 in support of continuity of operations (COOP). command and control (C2), and continuity of business (COB) initiatives. Represent the Army CIO/G6 at Defense Continuity Integrated Network (DCIN) Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings, providing Army CIO/G6 representation to multiple Services including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Provide planning and management support, representing the Army CIO/G6 at the Pentagon Architecture and Information Systems (PAIS) Executive Board (PEB) subcommittee meetings. Monitor project budgets totaling over $100M. Initiate Government budget actions such as Military Inter-departmental Purchase Request (MIPR).

2001-2003 - KALCO Technologies, Inc.

President, Project Management Consultant

Responsibilities include all aspects of corporate management including, marketing, budgeting, proposal development, statement of work preparation, and project management. Developed a time reporting application for a tax consulting commercial client. Supporting marketing and business development for a commercial client.

Additional activities performed for various commercial clients include managing and performing: e-commerce web site development, documentation development, presentation development, and database development

1998-2000 - Keane Federal Systems, Inc.

Principal Consultant

Identified, developed and won business opportunity to develop a Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The purpose of the SDLC Methodology is to assist PBGC in better defining, planning, developing and managing their software systems development efforts. Researched industry standard methodologies, met with client representative from junior and executive levels, analyzed business requirements, met with technical representatives to determine technical requirements, and incorporated best practices to develop a SDLC tailored to the client environment. Led the team in developing this methodology and gaining approval in the PBGC environment as the standard for systems development efforts. Received client accommodations for the effort.

1994-1998 - FARPOINT Technologies, Inc.

President, Management Consultant

For DOD client, managed and participated in application development of a web-based on-line document management site providing the ability to interactively query textual information to locate and view client documents, presentations and movie clips. Involvement included performing systems analysis and directing technical strategies for accomplishing the development objective. The system incorporated commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software enhanced with customized programs to augment the existing manual client environment.

For government client, worked as a key member of the Participant Records Information and Management System project to develop a system to migrate from an existing IBM mainframe environment to a client-server environment, identifying and integrating both COTS and custom-built application to achieve the migration goal. Managed efforts including: development and preparation of system presentations to government user representatives; leading workshop sessions to identify and re-engineer client business processes; system requirements analysis; application development; application testing and review to ensure correctness and adherence to standards; coordinating training efforts, performing system training; and developing documentation at all levels of the development life-cycle. In addition, acted as the client contact for both technical and user system support.

1993-1994 - Cincinnati Bell Information Systems

Task Manager / Senior Systems Analyst IV

Advanced from Sr. Systems Analyst Level III to Sr. Systems Analyst Level IV within 6 months of joining CBIS. Work involved managing planning and development efforts for the client. Managed a system development task to provide a participant data acquisition tracking system for the client. Management activities included providing technical and administrative direction for personnel performing software development tasks. Managed the cost/benefit analysis effort for development of an integrated participant records and information management system. Involved the integration of many client systems that were developed on platforms ranging from mainframe to microcomputers.

Provided technical and management support to the commercial systems marketing division in commercial systems development marketing for the CBIS imaging system. This support included coordination with contractor management, contractor technical specialist, and marketing specialists. Participation also included technical support to proposal development, marketing efforts, and tradeshow participation.

1987-1993 - Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc.

Associate

Used automated management tools and full systems life-cycle development methodology expertise to manage technical development efforts including: An expert system developed to create Nuclear Biological and Chemical documents; a Document Retrieval System for a classified application; and the evaluation and recommendation of a technical architecture to support the implementation of a Decision Support System at the Naval Aviation Depot. As the manager of these efforts, responsibilities included performing systems analysis and developing technical strategies for accomplishing project goals. In addition, responsible for coordination with government project managers and providing schedule and project update presentations. Also provided technical and administrative direction to project support personnel.

Performed activities as the leading technical Consultant in areas of system design and development for projects including: the Community Learning and Information Network (CLIN) demonstration lab; an Executive Information System (EIS) for NASA using Oracle DBMS software (received accommodations for this effort); a Technology Needs database developed for NASA; a prototype Action Item Tracking System; and a prototype Budget Submit database for NASA using Oracle RDBMS and utility software.

Performed work as a consultant in military testing, planning and evaluation including: assessing essential program information, technologies and systems for classified programs; participating in test planning and strategies for DoD classified test; and providing computer setup and operations for an on-site test to compare a fractal camouflage pattern to the standard Army patterns.

1986-1987 - EG&G

Computer Systems Manager / Systems Analyst

Simultaneously held positions as a Computer Systems Manager and as a Systems Analyst. Computer Systems Manager responsibilities included managing Perkin Elmer minicomputers. This included systems installations, backups, upgrades as well as user training and scheduling. In Systems Analyst duties, participated in the development of an integrated database for the Navy using Oracle RDBMS. Also participated in the analysis and development of a shipboard data system. This development effort used Yourdon and DeMarco structured life-cycle analysis and development methodologies.

1984-1986 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Student Assistant

Designed, tested, implemented and documented a method of transferring the National Marine Pollution Information Service (NMPIS) data from a mainframe to a personal computer. Evaluated existing NMPIS database configuration and provided alternative database configuration options.

Summers - 1981-1984 US House of Representatives

Congressional Intern

As a Congressional Intern, supported the House Information Systems department. Provided technical assistance in application testing. Used the House Information System to performed information searches for Congressional representatives. In addition, performed information and budget queries to US government-funded agencies.

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