Engineering Management

Neli Hayes

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

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

City: Upperville

State: VA

Zip: 20184

Country: USA

Phone: 202-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: > $250,000

Willing to Relocate

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Multidimensional Executive with expertise in Engineering, Business Development and Strategy, with over 23 years of experience in the government services business with multibillion dollar lead systems integrators focused on technical services, logistics, C5ISR, aviation, aircraft, telecommunications, tactical communications, battle management systems, combat systems, and systems engineering and integration support for federal government customers including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), all branches of the Armed Forces and Intelligence Agencies. Turns under-performing companies and organizations into top-performing business expansion market leaders by instituting them into Centers of Excellence looked up to and sought after by customers in their target markets. Deep, expansive, practical mastery from view points of the Customers, Prime Contractors, Subcontractors, and Vendors, of Customer Relations, Technology Assessment, Acquisition and Oversight, Systems/Software Design, Development, Integration, Test, Customer Certifications, Deployment, Configuration Management, Maintenance, Running Parallel Proposal and R&D Efforts, and Human Capital. Established thought leader, technical speaker, and game changer at U.S. Armed Forces and International Engineering Associations.

* Strategic and Tactical Planning and Partnerships

* Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)/Post Merger Integration

* Staff Training/Motivation/Development

* Government/Lead Systems Integrator/Prime Contractor/Sub Contractor Oversight

* Systems/Software/Architecture Development

* Network Modernization Across the Enterprise for all Branches of the Armed Forces (JTRS)

* Cross Domain, Multi-Platform, Scalable Architecture Systems

* Cyber Security, Military Security, Information Assurance (IA), COMSEC, TRANSEC, Tactical Communications Systems, MANET, CHAT,

* Satellite Communications and Signals Intelligence Systems * Customer/Teammate/Vendor Relationships

* Technology Assessment and Acquisition

* Research and Development (R&D)

* Business Development and Marketing

* System/Software Life Cycle Management

* Network-Centric/Information-Centric Systems

* Global Information Grid

* International/Coalition Standardization

* Joint Tactical Radio System/Joint Tactical Network Center

* C5ISR, Critical Infrastructures, Security and Surveillance Systems

* Combat Systems, Battle Management Systems

TARGETS

* Industries: Defense, Space, Security, Energy, Healthcare, Banking, Treasury, Prime Contractors, Government * Positions: C-level/SVP/EVP/SES

* Focus: Engineering, Business Development, Strategy

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Boeing: Instrumented company Capture and Execution of $700M Systems Integration Contracts and their growth to $3B and Parallel Capture and Execution of $56M Prototype and Research and Development Contract. Company had no passed performance in target market, was not viewed as market leader, had a negative image compared 30+ year experienced competition.

* SAIC: Drove company`s capture and execution of government oversight role for $5B of Contracts through System Acceptance Tests, NSA certification and milestone C deliveries and maintenance of this role through 2010 and beyond defense budget cuts.

* Archimedes Global: Created 25 business connections in two months for start-up military contracting business (no past performance in engineering contracting) with $Multi-B and $500M+ Lead and Mid-Sized Systems Integrators in U.S. and Canada.

* Boeing: Elected Boeing to a Non-Profit International Standards Organization Board of Directors, Business Committee and Technical Task Force Co-Chairmanship. Company`s lack of presence on these boards was viewed as negative by government customers and tough radio manufacturing competition in desired target areas of $250M to $3B contract awards which turned 180 degrees due to these elections. Led 15 companies across the U.S. and international community in the co-chairmanship effort, including Raytheon, Harris, Rockwell Collins, BAE Systems, MITRE, Thales France, as well as key German and Canadian industry players.

* SAIC: Responsible for breakthrough of company in the international engineering solutions services offerings markets in cyber security, tactical communications interoperability architecture development, standards, test and evaluation, and training in Turkey, Spain, and the European Defense Union (EDU). Company had no passed performance and experience in this area.

* SAIC and Boeing: Responsible for breakthrough of two lead systems integrators with no passed performance in COALITION standardization efforts pertaining to tactical communications and security modernization efforts across the enterprise for all Branches of the Armed Forces tied to DoD Program of Record.

* SAIC: Propelled growth of company`s engineering division by a factor of 6 from 4th Q of 2008 to 3rd Q of 2012 due to growing DoD and international customer needs for systems engineering and technical assistance services and required internal and external oversight.

* Boeing: Received Standing Ovation by U.S. Army Program Management Office (PMO) for a 200-page critical requirements review technical presentation in front of a 100+-person audience comprised of government PMO, oversight consultation firms, Lead Systems Integrators/teammates/subcontractor management and technical staff (across Boeing, BAE Systems, Harris, Rockwell, SAIC, MITRE, etc.) for $275M DoD program of record for a company that had no passed performance in target area. This performance provided solid credibility to this company and was instrumental in company`s growth of the program to $1.5B as well as its capture of over $300M+ prototypes and programs of record, with overall growth to $4B+.

* Canon: Received award for single handed management of the production of the system and software top-level design for Canon`s First Digital Camera, leading the entire camera software and systems engineering team across engineering and marketing within Canon USA in Southern California, Northern California, and Japan.

* Canon: Put Canon in competitive advantage to Kodak, by filing and being granted a patent for software framework innovation for hosting Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins for Canon`s Digital Camera imaging software.

* General Electric: Hand-picked as principal engineering contractor by a Hughes Aircraft (now Thales Raytheon) Senior Scientist to develop a software visual and audible alarm system, depicting problems in a General Electric Prototype Fiber Optic Network.

* Hughes Aircraft Company: Award of recognition letter from the U.S. Air Force for outstanding systems technical installation in St. Louis, MO, pertaining to Battlefield Radar Solution system fielded in Operation Desert Storm.

EXPERIENCE

* Trusted Tactical Communications Solutions, President, 2011 - Present, Full-time

[D.C. Metro, Southern California] Founded company to deliver superlative consultation services for Capture and Execution of C5ISR Systems and Software System of Systems Engineering and Technical Services Contracts including Security, Tactical Communications, Battle Management and Combat Systems to Lead Systems Integrators, Federal and Local Government. Customers include The Boeing Company and ITT Electronic Systems.

* Archimedes Global, Inc., Vice President of Engineering and Technology, 2010-2011, Full-time

[D.C. Metro, Southern California] Responsible for launch and growth of Engineering and Technology vertical in Cyber Security and Tactical Communications for a military contracting startup with no passed performance in DoD engineering contracting to enable win of government engineering contracts.

* SAIC, 2008-2010, Served full-time in following capacities: [Southern California, NYC, D.C. Metro, Europe]

o Chief Engineer, Radio Communications Division, Metropolitan Transit Authority, 2010

o Chief Technical Adviser, U.S. Navy/Army Program Management Office, Ground Mobile Radio, 2008-2010

o Programs Management Liaison, U.S. Navy/Army/Air Force Joint Tactical Radio System Programs, 2008-2010

o Business Development Strategist and Divisions Manager Liaison, Network Communications Division, 2008-2010

o Chief Software Architect, Critical Infrastructures, Security and Surveillance Division, 2008

* The Boeing Company, 1997-2008, Served full-time in following capacities: [Southern California, Mid-West, Canada, Europe]

o Technical Fellow of Systems/Software Engineering, 2004-2008

o System of Systems Architect, Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC), Future Combat Systems (FCS) 2007-2008

o Board of Directors, Business Committee, Task Force Chair, International Standards Consortium, 2003-2006

o Business Development Strategist, U.S. Army/Navy/Air Force Network Communications Systems, 2003-2007

o Chief Software Architect, Software Technical Director, JTRS Ground Mobile Radio, 1999 - 2007

* Canon, Hughes Aircraft Company, General Electric, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 1989-1997

[Southern and Northern California] Served full-time as Principal Systems/Software Engineer on Telecommunications, Imaging, Aircraft and Avionics Manufacturing, Battlefield Radar Solutions and Battlefield Combat Systems efforts.

EDUCATION

* PhD [Not Complete], EE & Networking and Communications and DoD Policies, MIT, UCSD, SDSU, Stevens, 2009-2010

* Extensive Post-Graduate Specialization, Tactical Communications/Software/Systems Design, UCI, UCLA, CSUF, 1992-2008

* M.S. Computer Science 1993, CSUF

* B.S. Computer Science 1990, CSUF

* B.S. Mathematics 1990, CSUF

ASSOCIATIONS

* Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)

* Air Force Association

* Professional Services Council (PSC)

* Network-Centric Operations Industry Consortium

* Object Management Group (OMG) * Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA)

* National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

* U.S. Navy Joint Tactical Radio System Standards

* U.S. Army Technical Architecture Group

* Wireless Innovation Forum (Former SDR Forum)

* Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

CLEARANCES

Current: TS/SSBI DoD. Prior: With CRYPTO and COMSEC. Prior: TS/SCI Full Poly NSA and Intel.

LANGUAGES

Fluent/Bilingual: English, Farsi, and Dari. Beginning: Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Pashto.

PATENTS

Canon PowerShot 600 Digital Camera Software Framework, 1997-1999. Granted 1999 Costa Mesa, California, Canon.

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