Ryan Saw

Active TS-SCI clearance

Manassas, VA **112 ac8ktw@r.postjobfree.com 224-627-864

Work Experience

Division Chief, Programs and Resources

Army G1 - Washington, DC

July 2017 to Present

Washington DC, 20310

Division Chief, Programs and Resources

Supervisor: Dr. Robert Steinrauf 703-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

*Conducted planning, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE) functions for all manpower and soldier family programs related activities and programs in a portfolio valued at $71.6B billion.

*Supervised 13 military/civilians and 3 contractors in completing all assigned tasks in a timely manner and error free.

*Conducted team building activities that promoted harmony and goodwill within the workforce; mentored employees to achieve success in cost, budget and programming.

*Complied with all Equal Employment Opportunity regulations and statutes; provided accommodations for employees with disabilities.

*Ensured all employees maintained training certifications and provided opportunities for continued education.

*Demonstrated organizational and administration skills on a daily basis thru scheduling and conducting briefings, managing employee workload and coordinating cross-functional objectives between commands.

*Provided vision, direction and oversight to the manning resource integration workforce leading to accessible, reliable and optimal support to soldiers.

*Planned, organized and led annual resource management and business process summit for commands, HQDA primary Staff and stakeholders across 67 complex, multi-functional military programs.

*Evaluated, set goals and created new opportunities for civilian and military personnel cost savings and performance improvements.

*Stimulated and challenged my staff with proactive and unconventional thinking; designed new organizational structure that created synergy between program and end to end business portfolios and Army priorities.

*Communicated on a daily basis with Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), federal agencies and all service branches in the Department of Defense (DOD) concerning personnel issues.

*Led the resource team that transferred finance activities from DFAS to the Army utilizing the Integrated

Pay and Personnel System (IPPS-A). The system will provide system accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, disbursing, payroll, and vendor pay capabilities.

*Led the Army G-1 in continuous improvement by creating periodic format presentations on best practices in financial management, reviewing business processes for enhancing effectiveness, and leading project teams on meeting senior leader personnel readiness priorities.

*Led the Army, G-1 CFO program to develop financial statements and statements of budgetary resource guidance. This includes Active, National Guard Army Reserve Military Pay accounts.

*Demonstrated continued support for the management control process by supporting the use of internal control mechanisms, continuous process improvement programs and lean six sigma processes (greenbelt/blackbelt training) throughout the Army G1.

*Funds Document Holder (FAD) for the $47B Military Personnel Account. Responsible for maintaining proper fiscal stewardship and accountability for all the funds.

*Maintained Department of Defense (DOD) Level III Financial Management (FM) Certification.

Chief Financial Officer (Engineers)

Army Corps of Engineers - Washington, DC

March 2015 to July 2017

441 G Street NW Washington, DC

Chief Financial Officer (Engineers)

Supervisor: Mr. Wesley Miller 202-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

*Conducted planning, programming, budgeting and execution (PPBE) functions for all engineering, construction and emergency preparedness related activities and programs in a portfolio valued at $25.3B billion.

*Supervised 2000 civilians and 7 contractors in completing all assigned tasks in a timely manner and error free.

*Conducted team building activities that promoted harmony and goodwill within the workforce; mentored employees to achieve success in cost, budget and programming.

*Complied with all Equal Employment Opportunity regulations and statutes; provided accommodations for employees with disabilities.

*Ensured all employees maintained training certifications and provided opportunities for continued education.

*Demonstrated organizational and administration skills on a daily basis thru scheduling and conducting briefings, managing employee workload and coordinating cross-functional objectives between commands.

*Provided vision, direction and oversight to the engineering and construction resource integration workforce leading to accessible, reliable and optimal support to soldiers.

*Planned, organized and led annual resource management and business process summit for commands across the Army Corps of Engineers.

*Evaluated, set goals and created new opportunities for engineering and construction cost savings and performance improvements.

*Stimulated and challenged my staff with proactive and unconventional thinking; designed new organizational structure that created synergy between program and end to end business portfolios and Army priorities.

*Communicated on a daily basis with Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), federal agencies and all service branches in the Department of Defense (DOD) concerning operational issues.

*Led an integrated finance and accounting center similar to DFAS that executed the complete spectrum of financial management activities (system accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, disbursing, payroll, and vendor pay)

*Led the Army Corps of Engineer's implementation of the Data Act to ensure timely, reliable, secure consumable management data for promoting transparency for improved decision making and operational efficiency.

*Led the Army Corps of Engineers CFO program to its 8th consecutive unmodified audit opinion on the

FY2015 Civil Works Financial Statements.

*Demonstrated continued support for the management control process by supporting the use of internal control mechanisms, continuous process improvement programs and lean six sigma processes

(greenbelt/blackbelt training) throughout the command.

*Coordinated apportionment documents and submission of Civil Works Budget in MAX database, an oversight system for budget, funding, execution and analysis of the Civil Works Program.

*Completed Department of Defense (DOD) Level III Financial Management (FM) Certification.

Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Army G6 - Washington, DC

January 2013 to March 2015

Deputy Chief Financial Officer (Information Technology)

Supervisor: Mr. Dean Pfoltzer 703-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

*Conducted planning, programming, budgeting and execution functions for all information technology related activities and programs in a portfolio valued at $10 billion.

*Supervised 17 civilians and 7 contractors in completing all assigned tasks in a timely manner and error free.

*Conducted team building activities that promoted harmony and goodwill within the workforce; mentored employees to achieve success in cost, budget and programming.

*Complied with all Equal Employment Opportunity regulations and statutes; provided accommodations for employees with disabilities.

*Ensured all employees maintained training certifications and provided opportunities for continued education.

*Demonstrated organizational and administration skills on a daily basis thru scheduling and conducting briefings, managing employee workload and coordinating cross-functional objectives between commands.

*Provided vision, direction and oversight to the information technology resource integration workforce leading to accessible, reliable and optimal support to soldiers.

*Planned, organized and led annual information technology summit for commands across the entire Army.

*Evaluated, set goals and created new opportunities for Information Technology cost savings and performance improvements.

*Stimulated and challenged my staff with proactive and unconventional thinking; designed new organizational structure that created synergy between information technology portfolio and Army priorities.

*Participated in Army fundraising activities to include Combined Funds Campaign and Army Emergency Relief.

Program Analyst

Army G3/5/7 - Washington, DC

July 2011 to January 2013

Washington, DC, 20310

Program Analyst Supervisor: Mr. Eric Fox 703-***-****) Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

*Conducted strategic resource programming and resource briefings during Program Objective

Memorandum (POM) FY14-18 for 9 assigned programs that included Intelligence, Information Operations, Cyber Security, Biometrics, Asymmetric Warfare, Rapid Fielding Initiative and Kuwait operations totaling over $6.6 billion.

*Managed the input of over 1500 data lines in the Army programming databases (R2MS and PROBE) to support the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process.

*Reviewed, validated and analyzed Army Command program schedule 8's for the POM 14-18 cycle.

*Developed justification stubs as the Army's primary resource organization for 9 separate appropriations in the FY13 President's Budget and FY14 Budget Estimate Submission.

*Analyzed Army Budget exhibits to accurately reflect resourced mission capabilities and provide information papers and briefings to Office Secretary of Defense (OSD) Comptroller and Army G-8

Program Analysis Evaluation (PAE) to support the Budget submissions.

*Prepared multiple issue papers in support of Army leadership testimony to the House and Senate

Appropriations and Armed Services Committees.

*As the primary liaison for strategic planning and resourcing, identified and recommended cost effective solutions for operational readiness. Educated the Training Directorate on impacts of resourcing decisions as it pertains to the Army Plan (TAP), Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) and Army Posture Statement.

*As the primary Weapons System Review Analyst, attended 30 separate meetings over a two month period that required extensive scheduling and coordination with senior leaders.

*Served as primary Training General Officer Steering Committee (TGOSC) representative; translated

planning into fiscal reality and effectively established priority lists for funding.

*Obtained all certifications and training required of a staff action officer in the Pentagon.

Deputy Director of Resource Management (G-8)

United States Military Academy - West Point, NY

April 2010 to July 2011

West Point, NY

Deputy Director of Resource Management (G-8)

Supervisor: Deborah Pool 845-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Chief Financial Officer:

*Directed all aspects of $200+ million dollar annual budgets including programming, preparing, budgeting, executing, auditing, and accounting numerous appropriations including operation and maintenance Army (OMA), Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), Military Personnel Army (MPA),nonappropriated funds, gift funds and allotments.

*Provided oversight of FY 10-11 budgets resulting in a successful mid-year review, and prepositioning of unfinanced requirements totaling $23.8M million which could be executed to enhance overall mission.

*Supervised 3 operational divisions (budget, financial operations and manpower/programming) with 40 personnel.

*Provided guidance and oversight which helped ensure all funds were properly tracked, accounted for, and spent according to fiscal laws and regulations (purpose, time and amount).

*Attended, participated in, and contributed to POM briefings to the Department of Army Staff; ensured resource requests for 2 POM cycles were made with the required background work, and consistent with command priorities.

*Aligned USMA priorities with Superintendent's guidance to ensure all resources were allocated accordingly.

*Managed the mission budget, preserving existing appropriated dollars, researching prior year fund requests and seeking additional dollars from Army Budget Office.

*Planned for potential government shutdown during a tenuous and turbulent time of uncertainty when reduction drills for military, civilians and contractors were ongoing.

*Represented G-8 in all USMA operational functions, to include working groups, OPORD briefs, G-3 Conferences, etc. Identified and recommended course of action to integrate financial annexes in all operational plans to reduce unplanned requirements.

*Served as President of many Contract Award Fee Boards to include $25M cadet mess contract. *Served as the mission liaison for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities. Coordinated the submission of all BRAC mission cost reports to Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation

Management and Core of Engineers.

*Served as the primary funds certification authority for all Director of Academy Advancement gift funds.

*Assigned and completed numerous financial related investigations that led to more efficient and effective processes and better utilization of scarce resources (Army Parachute Team Audit and antideficiency act violations).

*Advised the Major Activity Directorates on resource allocation, budget execution, unfinanced requirements, and other year-of-execution issues to ensure that all funds were spent in the proper manner; facilitated the training in support of the new financial management system (General Fund Enterprise Business System - GFEBS).

*Served as approving official for all Temporary Duty (TDY) travel, and purchases on the IMPAC credit card; all TDY activities were approved, and all IMPAC payments were certified with no penalties owed.

*Reviewed and submitted USMA FY 11/12 Management Control Plan identifying areas of improvement that will improve overall accountability, security and fiscal controls.

*Implemented and fielded General Fund Enterprise Business Systems (GFEBS) during Wave 4 without any disruption or interruption to financial management operations.

Deputy Director, Resource Management (J-8)

Command (USMEPCOM) - North Chicago, IL

April 2009 to April 2010

2834 Green Bay Road

North Chicago, IL

Deputy Director, Resource Management (J-8)

Supervisor: Mr. Jeffrey Zeller 847-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Chief Financial Officer:

*Directed all aspects of $271 million dollar annual budgets including programming, preparing, budgeting, executing, auditing, and accounting numerous appropriations including operation and maintenance (OM), procurement, Defense Health Program (DHP), and allotments.

*Supervised 4 operational divisions (budget, financial operations, manpower/programming and acquisition) with 49 civilian and military personnel.

*Managed $5.4M in accounts receivable/payable (reimbursable).

*Managed $130M civilian payroll for 2700 employees disbursed across the nation.

*Ensured regulatory and statutory compliance, using various methods, including audits, internal management program, and inspections, and to prevent fraud/waste/abuse.

*Developed the Command's Program Objective Memorandums (POMs), for planning future five year funding requirements.

*Budgeted direct/indirect appropriated support for morale, welfare and recreation (MWR).

*Implemented management's vision and advises on short and long range plans.

*Recommended/advised on fiscal/logistical/manpower objectives, issues, and policies to the command group.

*Delegated authority for receipt, disbursement, protection, and custody of funds, and financial instruments.

*Analyzed business practices for past, present, and future operations.

*Implemented and drafted new procedures and policies for the accounting/budgeting system. *Streamlined Resource Management processes reducing manpower positions saving the organization millions of dollars.

*Implemented and fielded General Fund Enterprise Business Systems (GFEBS) during Wave 2 without any disruption or interruption to financial management operations.

MNC-I Special Programs Division Chief

Camp Victory

June 2008 to April 2009

Supervisor: COL (R) Thurman Pittman 910-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Comptroller

*Directed financial resources for requirements related to Multi-National Forces Iraq, a joint and combined command of 149,000 personnel from 26 nations in seven divisions (Polish/Korean, British/US Marines/US Army).

*Directed all aspects of $1.03 billion dollar annual budgets including programming, preparing, budgeting, executing, and accounting using numerous appropriations and types of funding mandated by Congress.

*Managed $900 million dollars in Commanders Emergency Response Program (CERP) that directly supported humanitarian relief efforts and infrastructure repair for the Iraqi people.

*Managed $60 million dollar Iraqi CERP program for Iraqi government due to their inability to account and manage funding in their immature financial systems without any loss of funds.

*Managed $30 million dollars in Iraqi Security Forces Funding (ISFF) that supported the creation of law enforcement and military forces.

*Managed $30 million dollars for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Rewards Program that paid for the capture of high value targets as well as the Department of state (DoS) weapons buyback funds.

*Supervised eight joint military personnel that included military from all services, Department of Army

Civilians and Defense Finance and Accounting (DFAS) technicians.

*Ensured regulatory and statutory compliance, using various methods, including audits, internal management program, and inspections, and to prevent fraud/waste/abuse.

*Ensured essential internal controls were in place by providing direct oversight and effective program management; kept program execution within congressional mandates.

*Obtained excellent reviews from the Army Audit Agency (AAA) and Special Inspector General for Iraqi

Reconstruction (SIGIR) on the CERP program management and oversight.

*Leveraged all funding authorities and managed funding of highly visible programs in a contingency environment with 100% accountability.

*Implemented a new automated financial system (Resource Management Tool) while deployed in an austere, immature environment.

*Integrated resource management team with contracting officers, finance personnel and fiscal lawyers culminating in a successful FY 2008 close-out and transition into the next fiscal year.

*Implemented Commanders vision and advised on short and long range plans while meeting complex legal requirements; kept money as an invaluable commander's weapon system.

*Implemented new database project management system that linked to the financial process and validated $4 million dollars in savings, from better business practices (Re-engineering).

*Directed the analysis of prior year fund execution, saving approximately $10 million dollars.

*Implemented and drafted new procedures and policies for the accounting/budgeting process that was incorporated into the financial management policy in theater, "Money as a Weapon System".

*Eliminated numerous unmatched disbursements and negative unliquidated obligations that provided additional current year funding and assisted DFAS in achieving clean auditable financial statements.

Deputy Director, Resource Management (J-8)

Command (USMEPCOM) - North Chicago, IL

July 2005 to June 2008

2834 Green Bay Road

North Chicago, IL

Deputy Director, Resource Management (J-8)

Supervisor: Mr. Jeffrey Zeller 847-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

Chief Financial Officer:

*Directed all aspects of $271 million dollar annual budgets including programming, preparing, budgeting, executing, auditing, and accounting numerous appropriations including operation and maintenance (OM), procurement, Defense Health Program (DHP), and allotments.

*Supervised 4 operational divisions (budget, financial operations, manpower/programming and acquisition) with 49 civilian and military personnel.

*Managed $5.4M in accounts receivable/payable (reimbursable).

*Managed $49.1 million dollar meals and lodging program for new applicants processing into all services and a $68.7 million dollar air and ground transportation program. *Managed $130M civilian payroll for 2700 employees disbursed across the nation.

*Ensured regulatory and statutory compliance, using various methods, including audits, internal management program, and inspections, and to prevent fraud/waste/abuse.

*Developed the Command's Program Objective Memorandums (POMs), for planning future five year funding requirements.

*Budgeted direct/indirect appropriated support for morale, welfare and recreation (MWR).

*Implemented management's vision and advises on short and long range plans.

*Recommended/advised on fiscal/logistical/manpower objectives, issues, and policies to the command group.

*Synchronized workload for multi-functional Directorate between USMEPCOM and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and drastically improved strategic communications.

*Delegated authority for receipt, disbursement, protection, and custody of funds, and financial instruments.

*Analyzed business practices for past, present, and future operations.

*Implemented and drafted new procedures and policies for the accounting/budgeting system reducing accounting processing codes by 5878 or 74%.

*Streamlined Resource Management processes reducing manpower positions saving the organization millions of dollars.

*Facilitated the introduction of an automated time and attendance system (ATAPS) command wide without experiencing any payroll or accounting errors.

*Fully transitioned the command to a new $17.2 million dollar fee-based practitioner contract administering medical physicals across the entire command.

*Served as the resource manager for a $212.2 million dollar transportation effort that streamlined all existing USMEPCOM business practices called Virtual Interactive Processing System (VIPS).

*Transitioned the command to a new civilian personnel system (NSPS) and managed the associated $68 million dollar plus civilian pay pool.

Director, Resource Management

HQ ARCENT, Area Support Group

July 2004 to July 2005

Supervisor: COL (R) Brick Miller 586-***-****)

Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes

*Chief Financial Officer:

*Directed all aspects of $1.2 billion dollar annual budgets including programming, preparing, budgeting, executing, auditing, and accounting numerous appropriations including operation and maintenance (OM), Defense Cooperative Agreement (DCA) reimbursable budget, and allotments.

*Supervised and trained 9 civilian and military personnel.

*Managed $158M DCA reimbursable budget from the Government of the State of Kuwait, used to fund the infrastructure and base operations necessary to conduct joint training and security assistance with the Kuwaiti Military Forces in support of the defense of Kuwait.

*Managed $1.042 billion annual contingency budget for Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and provide guidance and support to all command directorates and base camps with requirements in support of the Global War on Terrorism and OIF.

*Postured the command to develop a $2.4 billion dollar budget to ARCENT, Third Army and the Army Budget Office (ABO).

*Managed $10M civilian payroll for 20 employees disbursed across the country of Kuwait.

*Ensured regulatory and statutory compliance, using various methods, including audits, internal management program, and inspections, and to prevent fraud/waste/abuse.

*Developed the Command's Program Objective Memorandums (POMs), for planning future five year funding requirements.

*Budgeted direct/indirect appropriated support for morale, welfare and recreation (MWR).

*Implemented management's vision and advises on short and long range plans.

*Recommended/advised on fiscal/logistical/manpower objectives, issues, and policies to the command group.

*Delegated authority for receipt, disbursement, protection, and custody of funds, and financial instruments.

*Analyzed business practices for past, present, and future operations.

*Implemented and drafted new procedures and policies for the accounting/budgeting system that enabled commander to make better informed financial resource decisions.

*Solved complex resourcing strategies such as files management, contingency resource management concepts of support, and negative unliquidated obligations elimination.

Operations Financial Controller

Motorola - Libertyville, IL

June 2003 to July 2004

Training with Industry) Personnel Communications Sector Libertyville, IL

*Directed preparation of $127 million dollar annual budgets; responsibilities included forecasting, budgeting and monitoring of operating budget that supported the development of next generation cellular telephone technology.

*Managed various project teams focusing on cost control, program budget accounting, and process improvements.

*Learned new financial systems in a fortune 500 company and communicated lessons learned with senior leaders within the Army that could be benchmarked or incorporated into their financial processes.

*Assigned lead role in resource and financial management functions for two integrated products teams.

*Ensured all costs were properly recorded and programs were properly staffed.

*Provided added "value" by willingly exchanging ideas and driving change as a new employee within the organization; improved accounting integrity within the assigned product lines.

*Ensured regulatory and statutory compliance for financial matters such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act and revenue recognition reporting.

*Authored article for publication titled "Productivity Management: How the US Army and one private sector company faces the same challenge".

*Completed financial forecasts on research and development product costs in emerging markets offering grants to Motorola.

Program Budget Analyst

I-CORPS - Fort Lewis, WA

November 2000 to June 2003

*Performed full range of review and analysis in formulating and executing the Transformation budget worth $14 million dollars for assigned I Corps tactical Major Subordinate Commands (MSC), tenant commands and garrison organizations.

*Provided MSC Commanders advice and guidance on which to base funding requirements to include force structure and force modernization.

*Advised MSC Commanders on the status and availability of funds and all aspects of local budget planning.

*Reviewed and analyzed budget requests for proper costing data, ease of execution, and overall understanding; identified alternatives where necessary.

*Monitored program execution and recommended adjustments or reprogramming actions to meet commands higher priorities.

*Supervised the tactical level budget officers and acts as the primary training officer; developed the comptroller checklist and served as the inspector over the tactical unit's budget operations. *Recommended procedural and financial system modifications to better maximize scarce resources. *Managed the installation government travel card program and insured that all units were immediately trained on program updates.

*Developed a comprehensive travel policy for I Corps and Fort Lewis designed to enhance overall travel procedures. Budget Analyst:

*Deployed on 3 month Operation Enduring Freedom tasking for Third US Army/ARCENT/Central Command Coalition Force Land Component Command (CFLCC) to support logistical and base support for more than 25,000 soldiers stationed in Southwest Asia.

*Advised CFLCC senior leadership on all logistical/base support funding in the ARCENT Area of

Operations (AOR) to include Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

*Forecasted future budget requirements based on mission analysis and developed budgets estimates to ensure mission success in the AOR.

*Provided primary interface with all CFLCC primary staff sections to ensure funding was coordinated, synchronized and met mission requirements.

*Conducted detailed analysis on logical databases (stock fund) so that funding errors could be identified that resulted in $2 million dollar monthly savings.

*Analyzed and resolved thousands of transaction errors in logistical automated systems.

*Validated estimates for the prepositioned stocks download Operation Native Atlas, theater-wide Special Forces Operations, Horn of Africa deployments, and the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) trainup.

*Establish financial management working group to improve forward base camp operations contracts resulting in better support to soldiers at a reduced cost.

*Assigned lead project officer for all Marine Corp funding and construction projects at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

*Developed CFLCC's FYI 04-09 Program Objective Memorandum (POM) for planning future funding requirements.

*Provided logistical financial management data that enabled CFLCC to achieve no deficiencies on two Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits.

Battalion Supply Officer

1st Support Battalion

October 1999 to November 2000

Multi-National Force Observers Sinai, Egypt 10/1999 - 11/2000 Salary: 100,000.00 USD Per Year Hours per week: 80

Battalion Supply Officer

*Provided logistical and resource management support to five companies operating from two base camps located 250 miles apart in support of the Multi-National Force Observers (MFO) peacekeeping mission; forward deployed in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.

*Supervised a Central Issue Facility (CIF) and two property books valued at over 40 million dollars.

*Designed and initiated a multi-faceted program to examine the Unit Table of Distribution Allowances (TDA) to identify and eliminate excess property within the battalion and to cross-level or otherwise direct disposition of the property.

*Managed an annual operating budget in excess of $375,000 and a MFO budget of $28,000.

*Tracked expenditures daily to ensure that

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