Contract Specialist, Project Manager
Resume:
Michael Kaplan
Business Professional
Combines academic training in business and Air Force contracting expertise with specialized knowledge and strategic insight learned from having started a small business. Known for providing exemplary sales support, excels at meeting deadlines and functions well in a high-stress environment.
ac7fnk@r.postjobfree.com
Cleveland, Ohio
linkedin.com/in/michaelkaplan216
WORK EXPERIENCE
11/2015 – Present
CEO
Slushen Limited
USA / Hong Kong
Import / Export and Global Sourcing
Provides customers with a customized strategic sourcing plan including identification of the ideal factory to match product and budget.
Performs SWAT analysis to optimize product's market penetration.
Conducts negotiations with all factories and suppliers on the customer's behalf to ensure the best optimal price and terms/conditions.
Facilitates full quality control and door-to-door shipping including all U.S. Customs documents and declarations. 07/2012 – 08/2015
Contract Specialist
Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) / U.S. Air
Force
Virginia, USA
Security Clearance: Secret; Level II DAWIA Certification Performed Operations & Maintenance contracting in
support of more than 9,000 military and civilian
personnel.
Created and maintained system to track more than $410 million of contracts, conducted weekly meetings with contractors and customers to ensure project schedule and identify any issues.
Solicited bids, negotiated terms and conditions of contracts, and provided post-award project management and site visits to maintain effective use of taxpayer monies.
Wrote & managed $1.2 million emergency F-22 hangar repair in under 60 days, ensuring protection for more than $858 million of 5th generation aircraft.
Executed emergency acquisition for communication
requirement resulting in contract award 75% faster than standard, thereby averting intel ops shutdown.
Successful graduate of the Air Force Copper Cap
Program.
Squadron Information Assurance Officer, Alternate. Hand picked as Contracting Representative for Public- Private, Partnership Program (P4).
SKILLS & COMPETENCES
Critical Thinking
Resiliency
Leadership
Creativity
Time Management
Verbal and Written
Communication
Negotiation
Federal Contracting
Goal Oriented
Market Research
ACHIEVEMENTS
Civilian of the Quarter - USAF 633d Contracting
Squadron (10/2013 – 12/2013)
Civilian of the Quarter - USAF 633d Mission Support Group (01/2013 – 03/2013)
Distinguished Graduate - Mission Ready Contracting Officer Course (01/2013 – 02/2013)
Summa Cum Laude, Notre Dame College (05/2012)
President of College Choir (05/2009 – 05/2012)
Outstanding Business Student Award - Management
Information Systems (MIS) (2012)
Kappa Gamma Pi Honor Society (2012)
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities (2012) Elizabeth Unkefer Award for MIS and Management
(2010)
INTERESTS
Science Technology Singing Reading
Volunteering Cooking Hiking
Alternative Energy Traveling Camping
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WORK EXPERIENCE
05/2011 – 07/2011
Flood Risk Management & Programs
Assistant, Intern
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Lake River Division (LRD) Headquarters
Assisted in the creation of the first flood-risk-
management twenty (20) year plan for Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Huntington, Louisville, Nashville, and Pittsburgh Districts.
Performed data collection and analysis in order to identify spending trends and project most efficient use of resources.
Compiled monthly In Progress Reports for LRD Water Safety Program.
06/2010 – 08/2010
Office Automation Clerk, Intern
Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay Naval Base
GA, USA
U.S. Navy
Performed regular inventory of more than 200 IT
department assets.
Wrote instruction manual for use of Microsoft Office software and Zebra barcode printer; instructed 15
coworkers on proper use of software and hardware
devices.
EDUCATION
05/2007 – 05/2012
Management Information Systems
Notre Dame College
GPA 3.99/4.0
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