Project Manager Management
Resume:
Summary and Highlights
Cinda is a results-oriented business professional with proven abilities in
managing programs, efficiency of operations, and detailing project information
to determine effective processes for operations. Able to identify areas of
strength and weakness and implement company policies, standards and changes in
operation. Demonstrated ability to motivate staff to maximum productivity and
control costs through the most effective uses of manpower and available
resources.
Professional Education
Network & Systems Security Ph.D in Business Management, Almede
Disaster Recovery Planning University
Contingency Planning Masters of Business in Project
Business Impact Analysis Management, American Intercontinental
Research & Development University, Hoffman Estates, IL
Technical Writing Bachelor of Science in Information
Recruiting Technology, American Intercontinental
Risk Assessment University, Hoffman Estates, IL (magna
Scheduling/SharePoint cum laude)
Information Assurance
Data Integrity/Recovery
Systems Security Engineering
Business Process & Reengineering
Enterprise Architecture
Representative Clients
Army Contracting Command Missile Defense Agency
PEO Missiles & Space
Relevant Professional Experience
Suntiva, Huntsville, AL
SR. Executive Consultant/Program Manager
Responsible for developing methodologies, project plans, procedures,
communication methods, risk assessment, contingency plans, and Quality Assurance
standards for the Army Contracting Command/G6 Project Management Office.
Additional responsibilities are as follows: Manage web-based application
development, oversee entire portfolio of projects, assuring they are delivered
according to project design, budget and timeline. Provide mentoring to team
members on the principles of developing proper lifecycle documentation, expertly
determine the gap between documented requirements and functionality of legacy
applications and technical design specifications with an emphasis on current
requirements and functionality. Verfied the development of tracibility
matrices to link requirements to various cases, implement the use of standard
templates to create up-to-date documents and supervise the appropriate review,
approval, and completion of all steps. Responsible for authoring policies
procedures, guides, and regulations by gathering information, evaluating related
documentation/policy, while serving as the Subject Matter Expert. Experience
while supporting agency's Continuity of Operations (COOP) program, Information
Technology Contingency Plan (ITCP), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Emergency
Preparedness (EP) program. Support a variety of project planning activities
such as: Project Planning; Project Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structure, Task
break down, and Project Maintenance/Sustainment; Project Cost Estimating; Cost
and Resource Management; Project Control Management,Risk Management, Risk
Tracking and Problem Tracking.
Subject Matter Expetise and Consulting services development while overseeing
business based macro level capacity planning, Enterprise Infrastructure
Architecture and Data Modeling and Migration to include business strategies and
deployment plans. Assisted with managing the Army Contracting Command, G6 budget
forcasting to include the spendplan for FY12 and FY13. Authored Monitor
allocated project budgets and resources across cross-functional teams for
multiple projects while collaborating with stakeholders to define product
requirements. Business Development Representative responsibilities included
calling and personally visiting potential, new and existing customers to
facilitate new business, perform client presentations articulating the value
proposition of service offerings, maintained a high profile in the professional
and business communities, skilled in negotiating contracts, forming alliances
and partnering with others, built rapport with customer to encourage repeat
business, pursued long-term account strategy that maximized profits and assisted
in cultivating long-term relationships with the approariate decision makers,
monitored new account success by contacting customers at scheduled intervals and
ensured customer program satisfaction and provided management with suggestions
for improving volume, market share and price levels.
NLOGIC, Huntsville, AL
Sr. Consultant, Project Manager
Responsible for providing a consolidated viewpoint of project status that
enables Microsoft Services leadership to have knowledgeable data specific
discussions with customers on long-term or complex engagements. Consulted with
government leadership on the status, schedule and budget for the Army Material
Command installation. Consulted with Microsoft vendors while negotiating the
best products for installation. Provided consultation to the technical team
while overseeing the project from inception to completion. Managed the work
that must be done in order to deliver an integrated solution usually composed of
products, services, or a formalized solution offering. Responsible for managing
the lifecycle of the project while staying on schedule and within budget.
Davidson Technologies, Huntsville, AL
Project Manager
Responsible for managing the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Interim Contractor
Offsite Connectivity and MIT Lincoln Lab MDACNet and Mansite for the JRDC
program at Missile Defense Agency. The projects entail managing the schedule,
risk, budget and technical staff for the effort. Brief the Government customers
in the DXCV staff meetings on financial and technical status. Manage the
engineering and analyst team by providing them instructions and guidance on the
project lifecycle while staying within budget and schedule.
PeopleTec, Huntsville, AL
Project Manager
Responsible for managing the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Interim Contractor
Offsite Connectivity and MIT Lincoln Lab MDACNet and Mansite for the JRDC
program at Missile Defense Agency. The projects entail managing the schedule,
risk, budget and technical staff for the effort. Brief the Government customers
in the DXCV staff meetings on financial and technical status. Manage the
engineering and analyst team by providing them instructions and guidance on the
project lifecycle while staying within budget and schedule.
Systems Products and Solutions, Huntsville, AL
Program Manager
Responsible for managing the OSRVT, PM UAS, REF, Exponent, BETSS-C, JCREW, TACOM
and LCMR programs by advising customers and in-house executive management staff,
engineering, financial, and logistics personnel in the planning and execution of
acquisition programs. Manage work unit responsible for execution of customer
acquisition management and contract action requirements. Responsible for
employee deployment to dangerous locations (Iraq and Afghanistan). Coordinate
with engineering, financial, and logistics personnel to prepare draft
procurement requests for new contracts including Statement of Work, Attachments,
and Exhibits. Prepare acquisition program milestone documentation. Overall day
to day task is to facilitate the programs by supporting the needs of the
USCENTCOM AOR.
Additional responsibilities are as follows: manage the IT program, manage the
branding efforts of the company, and attend executive level meeting with the
president and CEO. Serve as the proposal writer and manage the company in the
absence of the executive management staff.
Review government contracts and make recommendations to management regarding
contract data records and reporting. Respond to data requests and brief the
executive team on contracts requirements. Coordinate data flow by utilizing
SharePoint site for effective communication and data flow.
BAE Systems, Huntsville, AL
Information Assurance Program Manager
Accomplished, proactive leader with successful experience building and leading
cohesive teams to achieve project objectives in extreme conditions under
difficult situations. Customer-focused program manager committed to building
corporate success by identifying and capitalizing on business opportunities.
Manage IA costing, scheduling and performance of the IA project to support the
Missile Defense Agency Program.
Interface with the customer to conduct studies and analyses of systems and
applications on MDA IA Program
Devise plans to improve operating concepts to address system certification and
expiration
Develop acquisition objectives to safeguard the systems integrity prior to
deployment
Research plans and brief the customer and ranking officers on systems status and
modifications
Prepare budget to ensure the system is operating with the proper upgrades to be
in compliance with Department of Defense Standards of operations
Prepare long range program plans and budget analysis for new and old systems for
project managers
Advise project managers on the outcome of the analysis of the system/application
testing
Provide managerial and technical leadership to develop and implement a
successful IA team for the MDA project office
Working knowledge of the Clinger-Cohen Act and all Information Assurance
implications that must be met to comply with the law
Experience in DoD Information Technology Security Certification and
Accreditation Process
Knowledge of NIACAP, DIACAP, DITSCAP, NISPOM, and DoD 8500 procedures
Provide advice and assistance to the government PM on issues pertaining to
Information Technology (IT), Information Assurance (IA), and Computer Network
Defense (CND) of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) program
Responsible for overseeing the MDA complete life-cycle of IA resources and
providing guidance where elements and systems are not up to DoD standards
Supports the User Representative of the MDA system by evaluating IA test and
risk analysis results and reviewing IATO/ATO standards to ensure compliance with
DoD requirements
Established goals and objectives, long and short range planning, the master
plans that address and meet the information requirements of MDA elements
BAE Systems, Huntsville, AL
Section Manager
Day to day responsibilities include managing 50 technical employees at the
Huntsville site within the Southern Region TSS systems.
The essential function:
Assuring technical excellence through the adherence to life cycle management and
well defined processes. Direct the activities of the department, ensuring that
it is properly organized and staffed. Ensure personnel are properly qualified,
trained and supervised to perform duties effectively. Increase career
development opportunities for employees. Conduct performance appraisals.
Resolve grievances and take disciplinary action when necessary.
Applied Data Trends, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Information Systems Security Manager, Facility Security Officer, Equal
Employment Manager
Established and managed enterprise-wide information-security program. Oversaw
companywide efforts to identify and evaluate all critical systems. Designed and
implemented security processes and procedures and performed cost benefit
analysis on all recommended strategies. Collaborated with external auditors to
conduct in-depth compliance audits and penetration testing. Develop curricula
and facilitate awareness training for management and employees. Supervise daily
activities of Computer Security Assistant and Internet Administrator.
Instrumental in developing and implementing Business Continuity and Disaster
Recovery (BCP & DRP) Plans for corporate sites throughout Alabama and Utah
Spearheaded creation of information-security departments, including Risk
Assessment, Vulnerability, Penetration Testing, and Security Engineering
services
Hand selected employees from Information Technology department to build Risk
Assessment Team charged with analyzing all critical systems, developing reports
to document systems vulnerabilities, and recommending appropriate solutions
Created company policies and procedures governing corporate security, email and
Internet usage, access control, and incident response
Wrote and implemented the Information Systems Security Plans for the corporation
Wrote and implemented the DISTCAP Plan for the company
Wrote and implemented the OPSEC Plan for the company
Manage the overall provisions of EEO services, polices for the entire company.
Responsibilities included: conflict resolution, performance management,
organization development, employee relations, workplace harassment, and employee
development and performance appraisals
Boeing, Huntsville, AL
Business Computing/Human Resource Specialist
Promoted to manage system development teams charged with performing new product
QA, while using the website. Built and mentored cohesive, qualified teams
committed to meeting schedule and budgetary needs.
Authored numerous procedures and security policies in support of computer
operations, participating in regular audits to ensure regulatory compliance
Managed the Continuous Quality Improvement projects, working independently or as
part of a NASA team.
Developed highly effective presentations to executive staff and general
personnel regarding Computer Security Controls and Usage
Managed employee orientation and recognition program.
Authority for independent decision-making based on knowledge of functional area
and thorough interpretation of policy
Considerable knowledge of the theories, principles and practices of computer
security
WORK HISTORY
Suntiva, LLC August 2011 to
Present
NLogic March 2011 to
August 2011
Davidson Technologies November 2010 to January 2011
PeopleTec July 2010 to November
2010
Systems Products and Solutions November 2009 to January 2010
BAE Systems March 2006 to November
2009
Applied Data Trends, Inc. November 1997 to August 2005
Boeing April 1987 to
November 1997
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. in Business Administration, Almeda University
Masters of Business in Project Management, American Intercontinental University,
Hoffman Estates, IL
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, American Intercontinental
University, Hoffman Estates, IL (Magna Cum Laude)
Clearance Level
Top Secret
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS
Information Assurance Security Officer (IASO)
Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM)
Facility Security Officer (FSO)
Project Management Professional Training (PMP)
International Traffic in Arms Certification (ITAR)
Member - Women in Defense
Member - Madison Chamber of Commerce
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