KEITH L. MAXWELL
Hampton, Virginia 23666
Phone: 757-***-****
Email: acb4gh@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Offering a strong foundation built upon numerous years of extensive
management, education, research, analysis, training, and experience as
Project Manager, in support of numerous successful and intensive projects,
with a focus on improving, developing, and implementing efficiency-based
capabilities toward customer needs, requirements, and implementations.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Project Management Process/Quality Improvements Risk Management
Contract Negotiations
Procurement/Logistics Configuration Management Organization
Alignment Business Best Practices
Regulatory Compliance Strategic Project Planning Team Management
Change Management
Vendor Management Subcontractor Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Manager, Software Engineering, Northrop Grumman Corporation,
Williamsburg, VA
(Jan 07 - Aug 13)
Project Manager on several successful multi-million dollar government
contracts, to include Active RFID III, enhanced Parachute Tracking System
(ePTS), Standard Army Ammunition System-Modernization (SAAS-MOD), Standard
Army Retail Supply System (SARSS), and Worldwide Port System (WPS), which
focused on Automatic Identification Technologies (AITs), such as linear/2D
barcodes, active/passive RFID, and mobile/wireless solutions.
. Experience in bid and proposal and responding to Request for
Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP).
. Excellent writing, verbal, communications, and presentation skills and
strong problem solving skills.
. Experience with Fixed Firmed-Priced (FFP), Time & Material (T&M),
Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Cost Plus Fix-Fee and
Interdepartmental Work Orders (IWOs) contracts from start to close.
. Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, Rapid Prototyping, Earned Value Management
(EVM) Software/System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)/Project Management
experience.
. Generated Statements of Work (SOWs) for multiple subcontractors and
tracked their contract performance.
. Developed and executed strategies in partnership with Business Capture
managers.
. Planned/Developed project scope, plans, timelines, goals, milestones,
developed metrics, and collected trend data for client and capture
manager satisfaction, proposal win rate, cycle time for proposal
delivery, accuracy of estimates, project execution within agreed-to-
schedule and tracking project budget.
. Reviewed results, performed root-cause analysis, and directed
corrective actions, as appropriate.
. Managed superior engineering staff assigning project workload,
performing systems analysis, system/architectural design, and system
integration, programming, testing, delivery, implementation,
logistics, quality assurance, support dedicated to external business
growth, and documentation development.
. Generated and briefed weekly and monthly reports to management, team
members, and stakeholders for projects detailing status of tasks and
hours and funding utilized utilizing Microsoft Office.
. Managed changes in project scope and future tasks, identified
potential issues, and devised risk mitigation plans.
. Met weekly with project teams to discuss and document status project
schedule and issues; tracked action items.
. Coordinated with vendors in the evaluation and procurement of new
software and hardware solutions to better provide clients with
"cutting edge" solutions.
. Conducted yearly performance reviews and evaluations of assigned
technical staff.
. Ensured compliance to corporate standards and policies.
. Configuration Management experience (Tortoise Subversion).
Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Williamsburg, VA
(Aug 93 - Dec 06)
Regularly met with customers to gather system requirements and determine
design specifications following Capability Maturity Model Integration
(CMMI) Level 3 standards. Managed and conducted software peer reviews and
ensured timely software deliverables. Managed and developed numerous
Automated Identification Technology (AIT) applications, utilizing Linear/2D
barcode and active/passive RFID technologies that enhanced the accuracy and
reliability of logistics data. Managed development team that utilized
skills in C#, .NET, Java, and Oracle programming to develop a middleware
solution to track and manage advance shipping information for the U.S Army.
Managed and created dynamic mobile applications to manage the receipt and
storage of U.S. Army ammunition components using Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA) and data synchronization. Managed development teams
which programmed Java software applications to scan bar-coded shipping
labels and automate receipt and inventory processes. Integrated Commercial-
Off-The-Shelf (COTS) RFID software with legacy logistics systems, improving
in-transit visibility of supplies and equipment during shipment. Wrote a
significant number of technical documents which included Risk Assessments,
Requirement Plans with Traceability Matrixes, System Design Documents, Test
Plans, Disaster Recovery Plans, User, and Training Manuals. Provided
exceptional on-site training and maintenance support for system
administrators and end users when fielding new systems. Supported Help
Desk operations for remote sites, quickly resolving challenges and
restoring operations in a timely manner. Supported marketing teams in
organizing and implementing effective technical demonstrations.
Technical Staff Member, Bell Communications Research/Ericsson, Piscataway,
NJ
(May 87 - Jul 93)
Designed, implemented, tested, and maintained real-time software that
synchronized processes, monitored system hardware efficiency, performed
statistical analysis, and verified integrity of software upgrades in an
intelligent network. Provided 24-hour field support to clients, modified
existing software at the request of user and system testers, and conducted
code inspection of software, which resulted in code size reduction and
logical error elimination. Wrote design documentation and user's guides
for developing software.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Northrop Grumman Program Management Development
2012
Northrop Grumman Program Execution Framework
2012
Northrop Grumman Program Management Handbook: Introduction
2012
Lean Six Sigma, Certified Green Belt
2009
Northrop Grumman Decision Analysis & Resolution
2008
Northrop Grumman Requirements Process Overview
2008
Northrop Grumman Decision Analysis & Resolution
2008
Oracle Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
2007
Northrop Grumman Proposal Writing
2002
Oracle Develop PL/SQL Program Units
1999
EDUCATION
M.S., Computer Science, May 1990
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
B.S., Computer Science, January 1988
Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge 1650/2650/2950/6450/6650, Intermec/Symbol Mobile
Radio Frequency (RF) Hand Held Devices (HHT)(2.4GHz),
Intermec/Zebra, Thermal Transfer Printers, Intermec RF Access
Points (2.5 GHz, 802.11b/g), Fortress/Aruba RF Access Points
(2.4 GHz, 802.11b/g), SAVI, Matrics, Alien, Psion Teklogiz,
Motorola, IMpinj, Evigia & Intermec HHT/Fixed RFID
Active/Passive Readers, SAVI, Evigia, Omni-ID, Vanguard &
Intermec Active/Passive RFID tags, Avery Dennison, Data ax,
Printronix, Zebra Passive RFID Printers, Common Access Card
(CAC) Reader.
Languages: C, WIN32 (Windows Programming), C++, COBOL, ADA, Java, XML.
Applications: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Oracle
11g/10g/9i, Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle RDBMS, SQL*Forms, SQL*Plus,
SQL*Net, Oracle Lite Database, Oracle Business Execution
Language (BPEL), Microsoft Visual Developer Studio, .NET
Compact Framework, WinZip, Sophos, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2,
SQL Server, SAS, IBM JCL, Tortoise Subversion, Bugzilla,
Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Access.
Networking: TCP/IP, Cisco, Aruba, Fortress Access Points, Routers, FIPS 140-
2, Wireless Encryption.
OS: UNIX, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7, Windows 2003 Server, Windows
Mobile, MS-DOS.
SECURITY CLEARANCES
Presently holds Department of Defense Secret Clearance (2007 - Present).
Previously held Department of Homeland Defense Clearance (2008 - 2009).
REFERENCES
Personal references available upon request.