Program / Project Manager

Edwin A. Cook

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Availability Date: July 8, 2013

Geographical Preference: Raleigh, NC

OBJECTIVE: To serve in an Executive or Project Management position in the private or public sector, leveraging my

leadership, IT consulting and project management in federal, state, and private sectors, and technology skills and

experiences over the past 20 years.

EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSS GB)

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• Leadership Skills I Training, Yale University, November 2008

• MBA (Marketing / Finance), Syracuse University, 2001, GPA: 3.6

• BS Russian / Systems Engineering Track, United States Military Academy (West Point), 1993, Dean’s List

EXPERIENCE

July 2012 – April 2013: Project Manager, North Carolina Vehicle Tax System (NCVTS): Served as Project Manager for a

$6.8M project with NCDOT and NCDOR to combine vehicle taxes and vehicle fees into one combined notice for all 100

counties in North Carolina.

• Conducted Weekly Status Report meetings with HB1779 Program Manager and Monthly Status Report meetings with the

NCDOT CIO

• Managed 20 project team personnel to plan, design, develop, test, and deploy NCVTS to all 100 counties

• Trained 302 county tax personnel from 100 counties

• Trained State Administrators for NCVTS

• Gathered requirements and implemented five web services to interface with the DMV STARS system, and four batch

interfaces with DMV STARS and the counties

• Completed 3 cycles of user acceptance testing with over 90% pass rate in all three cycles.

June 2012: Professional Certification Continuing Education (PMP, CISSP)

March 2011 – May 2012: Director, Pets Are Worth Saving (PAWS), Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)

of Wake County:

Served as Director of a Young Professionals network supporting SPCA of Wake County through fundraising events and service

projects.

• Led multiple projects for SPCA of Wake County to improve facilities at Pet Adoption Center and Lost and Found Facility

(LAFF).

• Managed 8 professionals on Leadership Team and raised thousands of dollars for SPCA of Wake County within first year of

activity.

• Recruited 50 members within first six months of establishing group.

May 2009 - February 2011: Project Manager, Deloitte: Served as a Project Manager, managing multiple projects in Deloitte’s

Enterprise Risk Services Group (Technology Risk), focusing on Security and Privacy Solutions for both public and private sector:

Identity Access Management (IAM), Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), and Personnel Security.

• Managed 10 personnel on identity management projects valued over $20M.

• Managed three identity administration projects simultaneously, contributing to 50% reduction of client overhead costs.

• Clients included Bank New York Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, Cayman Islands Immigration Department, United States

Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Naval Reactors.

• Earned CISSP certification in 2010.

• Proposal efforts contributed to over $1M in domestic contract wins with Deloitte and follow-on work with international

clients.

January 2006 – May 2009: Project Manager, BearingPoint: Served as Project Manager for State of NC Beacon Project, as

well as numerous federal clients; also served as Test Lead for internal Finance Transformation Project and Transportation Worker

Identification Credential (TWIC) Prototype.

• Served as Engagement Manager (PM) for the NC Beacon Project ($31M SAP HR/Payroll Implementation)

• Managed 10 PMO personnel and $31M budget for Office of State Controller (OSC)

• Worked with State EPMO to manage the Beacon project

• Conducted Lean Six Sigma effort to improve project time / expense / financials reporting

• Reviewed all invoices to client and subcontractor invoices prior to processing for collection or payment

• Provided weekly PMO status updates to State Controller

• Reviewed deliverable quality for three project phases from 60 consultants prior to submission to client

• Conducted monthly forecasting / budgeting to keep the project on time and within budget

• Drafted and processed numerous change orders based on new client requests outside of the base contract

• Earned Lean Six Sigma Green Belt while supporting the NC Beacon Project

• Supported Department of Health and Human Services’ HSPD-12 credentialing system rollout to NIEHS in Raleigh

• Served on the Smart Card Alliance Healthcare Council and contributed to a white paper on the benefits of smart cards in the

Healthcare industry.

• Clients included Naval Reactors, Pentagon (Army G-2), Enterprise Solutions Competency Center (ESCC), North Carolina

Office of State Controller (OSC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA),

and senior executives at BearingPoint for the internal Finance Transformation Project, known as the Project Control

Workbench (PCW).

• Received Bonus Award as Engagement Manager / PMO Lead for the NC HR/Payroll Implementation project, completing

project on time and within budget.

• Selected to attend the Manager-level Leadership Skills I Training at Yale University in 2008.

December 2002 – December 2005: Senior Consultant, BearingPoint: Served as a Senior Consultant on BearingPoint’s Project

Management Office (PMO) Solution Team. Roles included Project Manager, Operations Lead, Deployment Team Lead,

Functional Resource, Business Analyst, Controller, and Deployment Team Resource.

• Clients included Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for the $55M TWIC Program (Phase I-Planning, Phase II-

Technology Evaluation, Phase III-Prototype) and General Services Administration (GSA).

• Received BearingPoint’s Grand Prize Innovation Award (Team Award) for efforts as Test Lead on TWIC Phase III

Prototype.

• As Team Lead for TWIC Florida Implementation Team, our deployed system helped identify 300 fraudulent cardholders at

Port of Miami.

• Received Silver Beacon Award (BearingPoint individual recognition award) for efforts on TWIC Program.

May 2002 – October 2002: Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch: Managed investments of 20 clients and over $500,000 assets

under management in first month of production. Licensed for Series-7, Series-66, and Virginia Life/Health Insurance. Designed

and implemented investment plans according to client needs and risk tolerance, and explained and developed asset allocation

strategies based upon client needs.

January 1999 – January 2002: Marketing Manager, Corning Optical Fiber: Responsible for technical marketing initiatives

for Corning Optical Fiber in North America for CLEC / Utilities markets.

• Marketing efforts contributed to $200M in optical fiber revenue in 2000.

• Coordinated and conducted large customer / end-user forums each year for Corning.

March 1997 – December 1998: Manufacturing Facilitator, Corning Optical Fiber : Responsible for the startup of the first

Russian-American optical cabling joint venture (Samara Optical Cable Company or SOCC) in Samara, Russia.

• Earned ISO-9002 certification for SOCC in 1998.

• Conducted due diligence operations for Corning in Brazil and China as inputs for the company’s international investment

decisions.

March 1997 - September 2001: Officer, United States Army Reserves : Served in the US Army Reserves as a Company

Executive Officer (XO) in the 98th Engineer TRADOC Division, and also served in the Individual Ready Reserves (IRR) before

Honorable Discharge on September 1, 2001.

May 1993 – February 1997: Officer, United States Army: Served as a cavalry squadron platoon leader, logistics officer, and

company commander, managing equipment valued in excess of $2.5 billion.

• Served as Rear Detachment Commander during Operation Joint Endeavor, overseeing 70 core unit soldiers and helping over

300 family members during the deployment.

• As Brigade Logistics Officer for the 1st Armored Division’s Aviation Brigade, developed ammunition and load plans for

Operation Joint Endeavor (Bosnia) in 1995

• Served as the Unit Movement Officer (UMO) for ground vehicles deploying to Bosnia for 1/1 Cav (divisional cavalry

squadron for 1st Armored Division).

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