Management Project

Leodies Simmons

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** ***** ***** **.

City: Centreville

State: VA

Zip: 20120

Country: USA

Phone: 703-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $145,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Confidential Resume of Leodies -Lee- U.A. Simmons

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5543 Cedar Break Drive, Centreville, VA. 20120;

703-***-****; E-Mail: *********@********.***

Currently Possess Top Secret/SCI & (TS/SSBI)

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified ITIL(R) v3

Core Competencies

* Team Building, Training & Leadership - 20 yrs

* Project/Program Management - 20 yrs (4 yrs EVMS)

* Extensive Aerospace Industry Expertise (classified TS/SCI pgms) -

20 yrs* Extensive Information Technologies Expertise (LAN, WAN,

Extra/Inter/Intranet, Server Farms, & ISP) - 20 yrs

* FAR & Federal/Gov`t Project/Pgm Mgt. - 20 yrs

* Strategic & Tactical Planning (BPM) - 20yrs

* Software Engineering - 20 yrs

* Contract/Price Negotiations - 15 yrs* Policy/Procedure Formulation

- 15 yrs

* Fundamental Experience in S/W Development -15 yrs

* P&L/Budgeting - 10 yrs

* COOP/Disaster Planning - 8 yrs

Management Summary

Results-driven, goal-oriented, accomplished, seasoned senior

professional with over 20 years of cross industry program/project

management abilities. A skilled, time tested, and industry diverse

senior managerial leader with: problem-solving skills; broad &

diverse technological knowledge; strong analytical skills; and team

collaborative skills - a -consensus builder-.

* Demonstrated experience in delivering large-scale, multi-million

dollar mission-critical programs/projects on time and on or under

budget. Adept at crisis management; risk identification/mitigation,

trouble-shooting and negotiating.

* Experienced in client expectation management to meet customer

goals, and building long-term relationships. Equally effective at

identifying business opportunities, developing focus and providing

tactical business solutions as it relates to the program/project

under management.

* Hands-on experience leading all stages of program/project

management (EVMS/ITIL), including requirements definition,

design/analysis, architecture, testing, implementation/deployment,

and life-cycle support (SDLC).

* Exceptional communicator easily interacts with executives,

corporate department heads, clients, vendors and staff. Technically

proficient in: spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, and

project management applications.

Key Achievements

* 14 years involvement with TS/SCI projects responsible for

designing, managing, staffing, and implementing fully functional DoD

Earth Stations to support on-orbit satellite constellations for

satellite systems mission ops/payload control, TT&C and ground

operations. Supervised and directed a staff of over 50 multi-

talented personnel. - Lockheed Missile & Space Company, Inc./ Martin

Marietta Aerospace Company/ General Electric Company Space Division

* Provided technical oversight, technical quality assessments and

EVMS techniques as Expert Consultant assuming the role of Chief

Architect for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Assistant Secretary of Resources and Technology (ASRT) of the

Grants.gov Portal Infrastructure which acts as a principle role in

distributing grants from President Obama`s Stimulus Recovery Act and

other sources. Over 25 Federal Agencies use Grants.gov to distribute

these grants. Envisioned Grants.gov migration to Cloud Computing

and established the RFP to solicit vendor selection. - HHS/ASRT

* As Senior Program Manager managed the implementation of a $100

million McDonald`s Corporation Global IP/VPN solution. Conducted due

diligence, transition & telecom deployment management. Exercised

TPV management and program day-to-day fiduciary responsibility. -

MCI WorldCom

* As Deputy Program Manager of Technology, managed and directed a

diverse team of technical expertise to implement technology

necessary for USSTRATCOM to fulfill their urgent and compelling need

for Foreign Media Analysis (FMA) to support joint/combined

operational planning related to intelligence, DoD Information

Operations (IO), Global Strike, and Strategic Communications in

support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), USSTRATCOM missions;

critical to achieving and measuring the effects of assurance,

deterrence, and dissuasion during the conflict in IRAQ, IRAN and

Afghanistan. - SOS International Ltd.

* Envisioned, designed, and implemented a Microsoft Project Server

based system for Project Management that significantly reduced

individual licensing cost ($100k/year savings). - Discovery Comm.

Inc.

* Directed and supervised a staff of 30 managers & technicians to

implement nation-wide ISP services at AT&T Canada as part of an $800

million initiative - on time and within budget. - AT&T Solutions

COOP Expertise Summary

Conducted and managed Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to identify

those client`s business model critical business functions to

protect. Worked with the client`s executive/senior level management

and defined the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) to maintain critical

business function continuity during degraded operations. This often

times led to multiple Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) to support

multiple enterprise business/operations functions. Coordinated and

collaborated with the client`s management staff as well as with the

client`s customers to establish the required technology and business

workflows to produce the enterprise Continuity of Operations Plan

(COOP). Devised COOP testing scenarios/strategies to maintain the

client`s organizational efficiency; as well as compensate for

dynamic changes occurring to the client`s enterprise business model.

Applied strict adherence to PMI standards in managing the COOP

project, as well as applying ITIL v3 Service Management solutions in

designing COOP/DR sites; thus obtaining the appropriate project

teams, acquiring the necessary support SMEs and effectively

communicated with key stakeholders all who were critical to

obtaining -buy in- for adopting the enterprise COOP solution. These

expertise, knowledge and skills were applied for both commercial,

Federal and DoD clients as noted below:

* United Health Care, Inc.: 11/1996 - 8/1998

* Discovery Communication, Inc.: 9/2002 - 10/2005

* Department of Homeland Security: 10/2005 - 11/2006; 05/2012

- 06/2012

* Defense Information Systems Agency: 4/2008 - 10/2008

* Department of Health and Human Service: 10/2008 - 03/2010

* National Reconnaissance Office: 08/2010 - 03/2011

* National Geospatial Intelligence Agency: 04/2011 - 08/2011

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Technical

Prairie View A&M University - B.S. Degree, Prairie View, Texas:

Major: Physics, Minor: Math

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland: Course Study:

Logic Design of Digital Systems

Management

Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado.

Course Study: Personal Leadership Development and Effective

Supervision.

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.

Course Study: Systems Management and Organizational Theory.

Learning Tree International

Project Management for Software Development/ Business Process Re-

Engineering Certification

SALARY REQUIREMENTS

* Negotiable

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

* Prefer to remain in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area.

* Willing to negotiate travel percentages.

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

* Available upon request

Confidential Resume of Leodies -Lee- U.A. Simmons

5543 Cedar Break Drive, Centreville, VA. 20120;

703-***-****; E-Mail: *********@********.***

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