Charles U Barrett

202-***-**** (C) ~ **** Feldspar Rd ~ Middletown, MD 21769 ~ ac69g2@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

With over 19 years of experience in managing Information Technology projects and programs, I have a strong track record of managing activities of varying size and complexity in all stages of implementation from requirements gathering through development and sustainment and even final disposal of systems. I managed several high-visibility programs and contracts within the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. Current assignment as a member of the team to establish the first Program Management Office at US Secret Service.

Core Competencies:

Management Program Management Federal Contracting Team Building & Leadership

Training Testing & QA Documentation Communication

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Top Secret/SCI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

US SECRET SERVICE/CIO, Washington, DC 12/2010-Present

Senior Acquisition Management Specialist

GS -14

Team Lead for PMO Acquisition Management Team helping to establish the US Secret Service’s first Program Office.

Serve as Contracting Officer’s Representative for $91M USSS Blanket Purchase Agreement for IT Services

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, Washington, DC 01/2007 –12/2010

Policy Analyst

Served as National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Disclosure and Release Officer within the Office of International Policy

Served as functional management lead for web-based disclosure and release decision tool

oOversaw functional management contractors

oProvided award fee input for development contract effort

oParticipated and led software testing activity

oProvided outreach training to customers external and internal to agency

…..continued….

Charles U Barrett Page 2

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, Washington, DC 11/2005 –01/2007

Supervisory Project Manager

Supervised information technology (IT) project managers transitioning from outsourced government positions.

Mentored employees in all aspects of project management including schedule and budget development, risk management, and configuration management processes.

Briefed senior staff weekly on status of IT projects

Managed highly visible projects such as oversight of network connectivity of deployable vehicle, upgrade of intelligence workstations and establishment of connectivity for foreign liaisons to their classified systems.

Managed migration of projects to Enterprise Help Desk

Coordinated and interfaced with multiple directorates, contracts, agencies, and foreign representatives.

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, Washington, DC 03/2003 –11/2005

Program Manager

Managed $18M operations and maintenance (O&M) contract of hardware, COTS software and on-site contractor support of intelligence systems at twenty-four worldwide sites

Managed transition activities as system ownership moved from development contract and organization to sustainment organization and contract to include funding, contractor support and maintenance agreements.

NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY, Washington, DC 09/2001 –03/2003

Contracting Officers Representative

Managed National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Geodesy and Geophysics portfolio

Coordinated with budget office to execute current year and plan out-year funding

oChampioned agency’s unfunded initiative to upgrade GPS tracking station receivers to Joint Staff compliant Selective Availability and Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) receivers and received full funding and awarding contract in the current fiscal year. These receivers made NIMA’s worldwide network of GPS stations secure from adversary signal jamming and manipulation.

Coordinated with geographically and organizationally dispersed NIMA representatives, as well as representatives from Navy, Air Force, and Intelligence Community concerning the acquisition and use of GPS data for creation of military targeting and intelligence products.

Responded to inquiries from Senate and House Intelligence Committees on NIMA SAASM project.

NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY, Washington, DC 10/1998 –09/2001

Contracting Officers Representative

Served as Contracting Officers Representative for geospatial production system.

oSimultaneously managed software development, hardware, and network services procurement

oTransitioned legacy system requirements to Y2K compliant system.

oCompleted activities within budget and schedule constraints set by Office of Secretary of Defense.

Served as Contracting Officers Representative for FE/S geospatial production system.

oManaged de-scope and closeout of FE/S contract

Removed and disposed of classified equipment at no additional charge to the government through existing contract

…..continued….

Charles U Barrett Page 3

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, Washington, DC 03/1998 –10/1998

Program Analyst

Participated in Program Review and Defense Planning, Programming and Budgeting activities

Facilitated programmatic analysis leading to initial funding and establishment of both Africa Center for Strategic Studies and Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

Wrote position papers on defense-wide initiatives to establish or sustain funding for those initiatives

DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY, Washington, DC 10/1994 –03/1998

Application Programmer

Performed software maintenance on stereo image system.

Chaired Engineering Review Boards adjudicating software discrepancy reports.

DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY, Washington, DC 06/1989 –10/1994

Cartographer

Verified system and functional requirements during formal system testing of DE/S system

oReviewed and edited testing and training procedures

oPerformed factory and site acceptance testing

oAssured test plan compliance with system requirements document

Performed photogrammetric analysis and production of mapping and targeting products.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

FAC-P/PM Level III Acquisition Certification

FAC- COR Level III Certification

EDUCATION

JOINT MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COLLEGE, Washington, DC

M.S., Strategic Intelligence, 09/2001

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida

Bachelor of Science in Philosophy, 08/1985

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Software/Applications: Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Visio, Project)

Contact this candidate