Various - Program Management, VP Ops, Systems Engineer, CQO

Ann Unitas, PMP 703-***-**** ***.******@*****.***

Professional Profile

Creative, experienced, adaptable, and proven professional with a strong customer focus and a demonstrated track record of producing accurate, timely results while meeting stringent deadlines and requirements. Adept at listening to, and understanding, technical experts and in guiding teamwork among disparate project stakeholders. Passion for identifying and implementing sensible and impactful process improvements. Successful on business, technical, operational, and organizational projects in government, corporate, and medical environments. Functional Areas of Expertise

Program Management Business Development Business Process Reengineering

Strategic Planning Systems Analysis Development Lifecycle

IT Solutioning PMO Support Federal Systems

Change Management Facilitation Quality, ITIL, Agile, ISO

Systems Engineering (requirements, risk, configuration, decision, data, quality, project, logistics, process, peer review, and proposal management) Professional Experience

Chickasaw Nation Industries 2016 – 2019

Program Manager

• 2018 to 2019: Manage a Strategy Support team at CDC consisting of both CNI and subcontractors. The team supports the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) branch in Strategic Planning, regulatory environment, and communication

• 2016 to 2018: Managed a nationwide staff of 20 supporting the Department of Health and Human Services as Regional Account Managers working with all HHS OpDivs and StaffDivs; extensive HSPD-12 transition activity; primary responsibilities were stakeholder management, fiscal oversight, and daily program management

• Review multiple programs’ monthly and cumulative financial tracking; solely responsible for invoicing, subcontracts, forecasting, and cost control for managed programs

• Provide business development expertise including business lifecycle process improvement Apollo Enterprise Imaging Corp. 2012 – 2016

CQO, VP Client Services, VP Operations

• Quickly became a significant contributor and joined corporate leadership as an Officer of the corporation

• Established, and led organizational change for, an effective working environment for quality assurance, agile development, risk management, operations process standardization and continuous improvement, enabling the pursuit of certifications necessary to significantly increase business opportunities

• Leader in stakeholder engagement with corporate, government, and commercial entities

• Earned and maintained certifications for ISO 9001 and 13485, Health Canada Class II, and CE Mark (EU) and prepared for/initiated FDA approval, DoD Information Assurance Ann Unitas, PMP 703-***-**** ***.******@*****.*** Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP), and the new Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP)

• Managed project and product roadmap lifecycles for multiple simultaneous health IT deployments of enterprise imaging solutions at healthcare enterprises

• Worked with clinicians, IT and lab personnel, system administrators, other vendors, and project managers to determine the most effective way to preserve best practices and legacy investments while deploying new software capabilities, negotiating requirements, schedules, and tasks between all parties

• Responsible for clinical workflow analysis, business process re-engineering, and change management

Ann Unitas Consulting, LLC 2010 - 2011

Proposal and Project Management

• Provided content for and managed proposals for small businesses for state and federal opportunities

• Managed the start-up of five mentor-protégée programs, resulting in clear expectations between mentor agencies at DoD and the protégée small businesses

• Prepared complex proposals for these mentor-protégée programs with a win rate of 100% Northrop Grumman & Legacy Companies

Information Technology Sector Business Development 2005 – 2010 Business Acquisition Expert Resource

• Provided expert facilitation of executives, expert resources, technical personnel, and capture teams in over 200 multi-day group meetings for all phases of the Business Development Lifecycle (BDL), from pursuit decision through lessons learned, with average feedback ratings of very good or excellent, improving business development productivity

• Documented and facilitated business acquisition processes and created and managed a Rapid Response Team, significantly contributing to a 20% decrease in proposal creation expenses by streamlining gate reviews, maximizing proposal reuse, and establishing standard formats to meet specific response criteria U.S. Departments of State and Treasury, Washington, DC area Prior to 2004 Systems Engineer

• Manager on the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset (SMART) program and Treasury’s PeopleSoft implementation for human resources (HRConnect)

• Led efforts in program management areas including joint configuration, requirements, risk, and change management, performance measures, strategic planning, deployment planning, business process re- engineering, CMMI, meeting facilitation, program documentation, and library establishment

• Supported a variety of government and commercial clients as prime or subcontractor while meeting original deliverable dates over 95% of the time

• Performed business process re-engineering for product implementations, system deployments, and internal methods, reaching consensus among all customers Ann Unitas, PMP 703-***-**** ***.******@*****.*** Various Federal Contracts

Hanscom AFB, MA; Thule, Greenland; Reston & McLean, VA Configuration Manager and Test Engineer

• Led teams for major programs on a variety of platforms including both development and COTS/GOTS; information systems (Foreign Affairs Information System (FAIS) for the U.S. Department of State; Integration Tasking and Networking Program (ITN) for the FBI; Joint Engineering Data Management Information and Control System (JEDMICS) for DoD); and custom purchase and integration (Super-Minicomputer Program)

• Created and managed 15 Configuration/Change Control Boards (CCBs) for internal and client teams

• Co-founded and led the corporate Configuration Management Working Group

• Identified, produced, deployed, trained, managed, validated, and continuously improved plans and processes creating management systems with a 100% pass rate in compliance audits

• Established and managed deployment and release planning lifecycles including negotiations to reach reasonable and mutually understood requirements

• Performed integration and test for 12 large and medium health, business, human resources, messaging, and defense systems including writing use cases and scripts

• Participated as both a subject matter expert and as a full-time member of capture and proposal teams, bringing innovative approaches to group activities and proposal writing and management

• Consulted to other organizations on risk, help desk, training, proposals, and quality and process improvement Member of the Technical Staff: U.S. Air Force, Thule Air Base, Greenland & Hanscom AFB, MA 1983-1988 Managed integration and test and configuration management of software developed for radar systems for the U.S. Air Force in Georgia (Phased Array Warning System - PAVE PAWS) and Greenland (Ballistic Missile Early Warning System - BMEWS). Worked onsite for BMEWS deployment. TEAM LEADERSHIP AND SOFT SKILLS

• Do what it takes to get the job done

• Thrive in deadline-driven environments

• Demonstrated ability to transcend differences and respect and integrate all points of view

• Effectively write and edit technical, marketing, and process documentation and artifacts

• Identify technology, business, and human challenges and develop mitigation strategies

• Diplomatic, intuitive and tactful facilitator and focus group lead

• Develop key messages and communication plans for marketing, projects, and change management

Education and Certification

• Bachelor of Science, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA

• Project Management Professional, (PMP), Project Management Institute, (PMI)

• Certificate of Programming and Analysis, Cambridge Institute, Boston MA

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