Bob Berkowitz, Ph.D., PMP, EVMP

DAWIA Level III Equivalent PM/Engineering

Residence: 3138 Rivanna Court, Lake Ridge, Virginia 22192

Active Security Clearance: Interim TOP SECRET; SECRET (valid through 2022)

703-***-**** (Home)

ac004r@r.postjobfree.com

Certifications: PMP, ISO 9001:2015, CMMI Level V, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, DAWIA Level III equivalency Program Management and Engineering, Earned Value Management Professional, SDLC, Agile, ITIL V3

Recent Employment History:

CACI International – Falls Church, Virginia (Pentagon) (August 2014 – Present): Program Manager at Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (OUSD AT&L).

Coordinates staff of Program Monitors/Action Officers that provide management oversight of 130+ MDAPs and MAIS ACAT I programs totaling $1.7 trillion (RDT&E and procurement) for the Under Secretary of Defense at AT&L, the Secretary of a military department or the head of a Defense Agency. Applying DoDI 5000.02, evaluate the cost, schedule and performance of 130+ MDAPS/MAIS programs relative to readiness to transition from development to production. Attends IIPT and OIPTs, prepares SES for DABs. Supports ASD(A), C3CB, TWS, and SSI in special studies and analyses. Personally monitor strategic weapon system and GPS Enterprise portfolios. Provide management oversight of assessments performed on fixed wing aircraft, UAV/UAS, tactical vehicles, helicopter, C4ISR, JSF, launch vehicles and missiles, and munitions portfolios. Participate in DAES process. Utilize OSD tools including ECT, AIR, DAMIR, DAVE, and EVM-CR in execution of decision-making. Additionally, coordinate Nunn McCurdy, multi-year procurement and Full Rate Production memos for the USD(AT&L). Established ISO 9001:2015 compliant system for staff repeatability of work activities. Worked with ASN(RDA), ASA(ALT), and SAF AQ staff and SAEs. Primary COR liaison.

oProgram monitor for strategic weapon systems and GPS enterprise: B-21, GBSD, GPS III, MGUE I/II, OCX, Ohio Replacement, SSN 774, Trident II

oProvide quasi-Governmental oversight of ACV 1.1, AH-64E New Build/Reman, CANES, CH-47F, CH-53K, CRH, CVN-78, CVN-78 EA18-G, EELV, EMALS, H-1 upgrades, JASSM-ER, JLTV, MQ-1C Gray Eagle, MQ-4 Triton, MQ-9 Reaper, P-3/8A, SSC, UH-60M Black Hawk, V-22, VH-92A

oSupervise staff responsible for F-35 JSF, F-135 engine, AAG, AEHF, AGM-88E AARGM, AIM-9X Block II, AMDR, AMPV, AMRAAM, AOC-WS Inc 10.2, AWACS Blk 40/45, B-2 DMS, B-61 Mod 12 LEP TKA, C-5 REPR, C-130J, CEC, Chem Demil ACWA, Defense Business Systems, DDG 51, DDG 1000, E-2D AHE, EA-18G, EPS, F-22 Inc 3.2B, FAB-T, G/ATOR, GBS, HC/MC-130 Recap, IAMD, ICBM Fuze Mod., JAGM, JPALS, JTRS HMS, IDECM Block 2/3/4, KC-46A, KC-130J, LCS, LCS MM, LHA 6, LPD 17, LRDR, MUOS, NMT, PAC-3 MSE, PIM, SBIRS High, SDB II, Space Fence Inc 1, TACTOM, WGS, WIN-T Inc 2/3

Coordinates the team responsible for earned value management policy (DFARS 234.201, DFARS 252-***-****/7002/7005, DAG updates, IBR Guide, OTB/OTS Guide, MIL-STD-881C, EIA-748 32 guidelines, IPMR DID and Guide); communications and outreach (NDIA, CPM, DCMA and CAPE liaison); and, competency (DAU liaison) within the Department of Defense. Serves as CAM to COR coordinating all items related to contract performance and all actions related to successful award of recompetes, cost and schedule status, ETC, and VAC by CLIN. Manage two subcontractors including cost and schedule performance. Have key relationships with DCMA Surveillance Team leadership and each Service EVM focal points.

Provided engineering leadership to the Army Night Vision Labs in the development of advanced infrared sensor technologies for use on military applications for PEO IEW&S, PEO C3T, PEO STRI, and PEO Soldier.

Robbins Gioia – Crystal City, Virginia (September 2013-August, 2014): Program/Operations Manager

Coordinate on-site activities of Government contractor for ACAT IAM DBS systems acquisition in accordance with DoDI 5000.02, FISMA and FFMIA including overarching document development (AoA, APB, ADM, Business Case, CAE Compliance, CARD, CCA, Cybersecurity Strategy, LCCE, Economic Analysis, ISP, SEP, CDD/CPD, LCSP, PIR Plan, PPP, Service Cost Position, TEMP); staffing with PEO, CAE and OSD; and, OIPT, DPM, DRM and DAB milestone review planning and execution. Work within SDLC and ITIL v3 environments. Coordinate implementation of an earned value management system within Government PMO in accordance to ANSI/EIA-748. Author PWS and SOWs for Government fixed price and cost reimbursable solicitations. Conduct market research, business case analysis, should cost analysis and return on investment. Integrate contractor EVMS with invoicing to provide supportable and defendable budget documentation. Thorough knowledge and application of FARs and DFARs. Evaluate risk to Government from contract execution by comparing submitted basis of estimate to award values through Integrated Baseline Review process.

Textron Marine & Land Systems – Slidell, Louisiana (2012 – June 2013): Deputy Director of Programs

Provide hands-on functional leadership and direction for program management, subcontracts administration, cost control through an earned value management system (EVMS), schedule control (IMP/IMS), contracts administration, and quality management. Established Performance Measurement Baseline.

Make source selection determinations, negotiate contracts, establish progress payment terms and conditions, and monitor contract performance.

Provide direction to direct Managers for design engineering, manufacturing engineering, logistics, systems engineering, and T&E. Working with subordinate Managers review/approve staffing plans, ensure that assigned direct and indirect resources are qualified to perform in their designated roles, and performs personnel actions including hiring and performance evaluations.

Direct operations of PMO and serve as CAM responsible for cost, schedule, technical performance, and risk/opportunity management of $200M+ firm fixed price (FFP) and fixed price incentive fee (FPIF) contract to the Department of Defense (DoD) during multi-year System Design and Development (SDD) / Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phases of ACAT I SSC program, which is a replacement for the legacy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) surface ship.

Responsible for the functional execution of program Integrated Baseline Review (IBR), contract profitability and revenue growth, performance monitoring, and development of inputs for capital and Annual Operating Plans. Responsible for the approval of Cost Performance Reports (CPR) Formats 1-5, program estimate at complete (EAC) growth and control, risk/opportunity management, and the review and approval of the application of Management Reserve (MR).

Establish and review metrics to provide program performance measures. Conduct business case analysis, return on investment analysis, break-even analysis, and operational effectiveness analysis looking for bottom line smart investments based on constrained MR. Assess results and apply continuous improvement efforts. Work with SUPSHIP Pascagoula and PEO SHIPS.

Qinetiq-North America – Stafford, Virginia (2011-2012): ACAT IAM Lead and ACQUISITION SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT (SME) to MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND (MCSC)

ACAT IAM Lead to the Major Automated Information System (MAIS) GCSS-MC program that reports through Program Element Organization (PEO) Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) and ASN(RDA) to USD(AT&L). Coordinate documentation development and staffing related to Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) (DoDI 5000.02), SECNAVINST 5000.2E, and MARCORSYSCOM Acquisition Guidebook. Provide policy to staff and develop, review and approve Acquisition Program Baseline (APB), Acquisition Strategy/Acquisition Plan (AS/AP), Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM), Cost Analysis Requirements Document (CARD), IMP/IMS, and Statement of Work (SOW). Coordinate Probability of Program Success (PoPS) Gate 2 through 6.3 reviews as precursor to Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) reviews. Prepared inputs for Navy Dashboard to ASN(RDA) and Defense Acquisition Management Information Retrieval (DAMIR) to OSD (AT&L). Work with MCSC.

General Dynamics Amphibious Systems - Woodbridge, Virginia (1997-2011): PROGRAM MANAGER and CAM, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.

Program Manager and CAM. As CAM within PMO responsible for cost, schedule, and technical performance of four CAMs, 9 Departments (including Program Planning and Control), and 120 staff members, IBR execution and closeout, and DCMA interface. As PM responsible for physical and functional product and process-related IPTs, and an annual budget of $120M in the areas of modifications management, systems engineering technical management (configuration management, requirements management, specifications, use case, and interface control documents, diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS), systems engineering support to product Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), systems design and integration (physical integration, functional integration, weight management, systems architecture, computer aided design management), specialty engineering (survivability, human factors engineering, environmental safety and health, producibility engineering, reliability engineering, maintainability), program quality assurance, design reviews, advanced technology, average production unit cost (APUC) and life cycle cost estimating (LCCE), EVMS, IMP/IMS to assess critical path, information technology and enterprise deployments (DoDAF/Sharepoint applications, information systems security and accreditation, Lotus Notes and Outlook mail and calendar, MS Office and Project, Active Directory reporting, server and storage devices and sizing, LAN/WAN systems administration and partitioning), and naval architecture. Managed a CMMI Level 5 organization using Rationale Tool Suite in the area of software requirements, software development, configuration management, quality assurance, systems safety, testing (unit, subsystem and vehicle–level), and modifications management. Worked with Government to define prioritization for releasing functionality and incremental drops of code to Operational Forces. Applied both Agile and conventional SDLC development methodologies. Conduct negotiations with Government COR and author CPAR and IPAR assessments. Work with PEO Land Systems.

Serve as program focal point for qualitative and quantitative risk management on ACAT I program. Responsible for the identification of new risks, development of risk mitigation plans, tracking of risks to closure.

Managed overall hardware and software design and development processes providing leadership and executive direction in the areas of design reviews, systems architecture and integration, technical performance measurement, cost/performance trade-offs, production facilitization and planning, program reviews: System Requirements Review (SRR), System Functional Review (SFR), IBR, Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Functional Configuration Audit (FCA), Production Readiness Review (PRR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), System Verification Review (SVR), Physical Configuration Audit (PCA).

While System Integrator’s acquisition reform focal point awarded the 1988 Packard Award for Excellence in Systems Acquisition.

Developed in support of Ballistic Missile Defense Organization’s (BMDO’s) modeling and simulation strategy and global, distributed network systems architecture.

Developed in support of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) PEO for Submarines the Submarine Research and Development Strategic Plan for the 21st Century. This Plan was designed to redress technological shortfalls and provide the needed capabilities in an affordable and time sensitive manner.

Employment History Greater Than 15 Years Old:

1993-1997, Advanced Communication Systems, Supervisory Engineer. Provided front office systems engineering and technical assistance to the Joint Maritime Communications Strategy (JMCOMS) Program Manager, RADM Ken Slaght. Programs supported: Automated Digital Network System (ADNS), RF Systems (0-2 GHz) Slice Radio programs, RF Systems (2 GHz+) Integrated Terminal Program.

1986-1993, Lockheed Martin, Lead Engineer. Served as Phase I Systems Integrator for BMDO program between BMDO, Air Force Space Systems Integration Program Manager (SIPM), Army Space Division’s PEO, Naval Research Lab (NRL), and the National Test Bed. During the Concept Definition phase, provided design, manufacturing, and SE expertise on the Advanced Optical Adjunct, Brilliant Eyes, Brilliant Pebbles, Boost Surveillance and Tracking System, Ground Based Interceptor, Ground Based Radar, Ground Surveillance and Tracking System, and Space Surveillance and Tracking System ACAT I programs of the BMDO. Supported the modernization of Cheyenne Mountain by conducting studies and analysis related to secure networking and command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) elements of the BMDO architecture. Conducted cost/performance trade-offs of Advanced Launch Systems, Titan II, Minuteman III, Atlas II, Pegasus, Taurus, and Conestoga launch vehicle capabilities and availability for launching specific commercial and military payloads.

1984-1986, Northrup Grumman, Principal Staff Member. Provided systems engineering support, evaluations to TDPs and design reviews, prepared systems acquisition and fleet integration documentation in support of PMS 400 (DDG 51 and CG 47 Class AEGIS Cruiser/Destroyer program office).

1979-1984, ANSER, National Security Specialist. Supported policy analysis and Congressional liaison, engineering and acquisition management, developmental and operational testing, arms control, environmental planning, nuclear hardness and survivability technologies for missile silos, underground rail mobile and deep basing technologies of nuclear weapon systems, and INTEL related to the Peacekeeper (MX) and Midgetman ICBM fleet.

Degrees Awarded:

T. C. Williams High School, Diploma, 1975.

Bachelor’s, Urban & Regional Planning, Salisbury University, 1979

Ph.D., Engineering Management, California Miramar University, 1995. Note no Masters was earned. Ph.D. included coursework of 90 hours.

Defense Acquisition University DAWIA Level III equivalent in Program Management and Engineering based on the following coursework: ACQ 101, 201: Fundamentals and Intermediate Systems Acquisition Management, CLB 007: Cost Analysis, CLB 016: Introduction to Earned Value Management, CLE 003: Technical Reviews, CLL 008: Designing for Supportability in DoD Systems, CON 110: Mission Support Planning, LOG 204: Configuration Management, PMT 251, 256: Program Management Tools, PMT 325: Program Management Office, SAM 101: Basic Software Acquisition Management, and SYS 101, 202, 203: Fundamentals and Intermediate Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering.

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