Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
Katherine M. Gomm
Leesburg, VA 20176
703-***-**** (Home) 703-***-**** (Cell)
*********@*******.***
proposal management / Contract Mods / Business development
Telecommunications / IT Industry
Broad managerial and business development experience; introduction of new
technologies and solutions, business research, proposal development and
contract fulfillment. Expertise includes:
. Managed IDIQ proposals, Schedule 70 RFP responses and Sealed Bids
worth $10K to $450M;
. Negotiation and creation of RFP, prospectus, and sponsorship
agreements (contracts);
. Project managed and negotiated to award contract modifications worth
up to $300K;
. Business development coordination and new business process creation;
. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliance, creation
of an ITAR database
. Utility Telecom Industry presentations, key-note address and press
interview;
. Excellent research and writing abilities; technical, legal regulatory
and business research;
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Vision technologies, Inc., Chantilly, VA (via Verigent Staffing) August
2013 - December 2013
Vision is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Prime
Contractor
Proposal and Business Development Coordinator
Developed and facilitated Federal agency RFI, RFQ and RFP responses
primarily under the Connections II IDIQ contract and GSA Schedule 70.
Additionally, responsible to the Vision Business Development Vice President
for opportunities research and screening.
Verizon Federal, Ashburn, VA
Division of Verizon Communication, Inc., Fortune 100 communications service
provider.
Contract Modification Manager 2011 - April 2013
Project managed Verizon's Networx Universal and Enterprise contract changes
to facilitate product or service additions / deletions and price increases
/ decreases. Led teams to contract modification acceptance and award by
the General Services Administration (GSA) and secured the Networx contract
as the vehicle of orders. Negotiated with the GSA Contracting Officer
(CO), Technical Representative (COTR), and GSA Contract Modification
Managers (CMMs) as well as with agencies' representatives (such as the
Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) and Health
and Human Services (HHS)), the Verizon account team, pricing and technical
professionals for implementation of the required solutions. Understanding
of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Federal, customer and company
policies related to the Networx contract.
Proposal Manager 2007 - 2011
Managed proposal teams and coordinated input from subject matter experts in
order to assemble proposal documents submitted in response to private
sector Requests for Price (RFPs) and Requests for Quote (RFQs), Fair
Opportunities (FOs) under larger contracts such as Networx or WITS, stand-
alone contracts and sealed-bids. The proposals addressed technical,
management and pricing components and required legal and contract
management approval. Managed subsequent Discussion Information (DI)
responses and negotiated to award for opportunities worth $10K to $450M and
more.
. Led large proposal teams in responding to DITCO's solicitations for
Internet Protocol Services (IPS) and Private Line Services (PLS), with
Life Cycle Values of $115M and $457M respectively. These complex
bids entailed creation of compliance matrices, schedule establishment,
team coordination through Pink Team, Red Team and Legal review,
Discussion Information rounds.
. Managed all aspects of unique arrangements for the NASA Agency-wide
Backbone Core and
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Regional Circuits Acquisition and with Verizon Legal and Engineering
and met the RFP requirement to view street level drawings for proposal
analysis. In accordance with a Verizon Methods of Procedure, Document
# NCNE-2007-001, Issue #1, Issue Date: March, 2007, which restricts
exposure of Verizon's highly sensitive Critical Infrastructure
Information (CII), the Verizon team researched cost-effective
electronic rights management (ERM) software that allowed
submission of the route management plan on a DVD in encrypted,
password protected format, with an expiration date. This was a year-
long project that required Legal review at every stage.
. Managed numerous small to medium size Federal acquisition responses
including a series of sealed bids for NATO that required adherence to
International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR). Supported corporate
Legal in submitting license applications to the Department of State
and set up a required ITAR data base for storage and tracking of
documentation.
. Instrumental in research and setup of the web based Verizon Strategic
Services Compliance Matrix (SSIM) which maps strategic service and
product availability across the following agreements: FNS GSA
Alliant, VFI WIT3, VFI GSA Connections, VzB Networx, (VFI, FNS,
CyberTrust, Terremark) GSA Schedules, and VFI IaaS BPA.
United Telecom Council, Washington, DC 2004 -2007
Research Manager/Analyst
Managed research and consultant activities for the trade association
supporting the telecommunications/ IT infrastructure concerns of critical
infrastructure companies. Analyzed communications industry trends in order
to create technical and legal/ regulatory documents and to advance the
interests of utility membership.
. Project managed large research projects including inter-company teams
of sponsors, consulting firms and utility member "working groups".
. Negotiated consultant fees and sponsorship funding and prepared
supporting RFPs, prospectus documents and consultant and sponsorship
agreements (contracts).
. Contributed extensive writing including white papers, weekly
"intelligence reports", trade magazine articles, press releases and
marketing copy. Publications included:
- Sarbanes Oxley Compliance for Utilities
- Homeland Security; Protecting Utilities' Critical Infrastructure
- Utilities and the Aging Workforce
- WiFi and WiMAX for Utilities
- Roadmap to Best Practices for Wireless Colocation
- IT/ Telecom Organizational Trends within Utility Walls
- Innovative Uses of Telecommunications/ IT for Energy Efficiency
. Presentations included key note presentation at Scientech's annual
Aging Workforce Conference, presentations at UTC's annual conference
and a press interview (WiFi/WiMAX) that was picked up by Google.
Additional related experience:
Nortel Networks Inc., Tarreytown, NY and McLean, VA 1984 - 2002
Project Leader, Project Manager and New Products Introduction 1999 -
2002
Engineering Team Leader, DMS and Optical Engineering 1996 - 1999
Sr. Systems Applications Engineer 1992 - 1996
Sr. Field Engineer 1984 - 1992
AT&T Technologies, Cockeysville, MD 1980 - 1984
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EDUCATION / TRAINING
Essentials of Government Contract Management, Villanova University,
(online) June 2012
Master's level courses, George Mason University International Institute,
Fairfax, VA 1991 - 1992
BS, Biology, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
Company-sponsored training: Completed multiple required hours during
tenure with Verizon; the most recent and significant include:
- ITIL 2011 Edition Foundation: Service Strategy Processes, March
2013
- ITIL 2011 Edition Foundation: Service Strategy Fundamentals,
March 2013
- ITIL 2011 Edition Foundation: ITIL and the Service Lifecycle,
March 2013
- Understanding CPNI - VES - Annual, December 2012
- Terremark Infrastructure and Cloud and Security training (17
classes), December 2011
computer skills
Highly skilled in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint), Adobe
Professional;
Familiar with Microsoft Project and Adobe Illustrator;
Other systems and software within Verizon (proprietary) include:
eRoom Proposal Database (highly skilled as an eRoom administrator)
Contract Modification BMA database
Verizon created and maintained DITCO Sharepoint
Other systems and software experience, GSA and agency (proprietary)
includes:
Network Hosting Center (for contract modification submissions)
HHS and DOD DITCO Sharepoints
FedBizOps, eBuy and opportunities databases
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