Project Manager Management

Ross A. Fontana

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OBJECTIVE

Project management position within DoD in Aerospace, NetOps or Business Process Improvement.

SUMMARY

Over 20 years of leadership and management experience, 15 years related to project management and

process improvement in RDT&E and Multi-National Operations. Possess strong operational experience

in C4ISR as a pilot, mission commander, Joint Warfare and Naval Operations planning and contingency

Officer. A sustained record of accomplishment assisting organizations to meet highly challenging goals

across Naval Aviation, Network Operation and Continuous Process Improvement. Relevant skills

include:

•Project Management •Leadership • Six Sigma Master Black Belt •Financial Management

SECURITY CLEARANCE Secret, based on SSBI Feb 2012 (TS eligible)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Successfully managed four research projects in a multi-national environment,

completing over 40 global missions and 2000 incident free flight hours.

• Led technical team to establish first ever C4ISR department for Aviation Patrol

Squadron while integrating new Naval Marine Corps Internet services.

Project

• Managed the successful deployment and re-deployment of Patrol Squadron to meet

Managemen

Mediterranean Fleet Operational commitments.

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• Project officer for Base Re-alignment and Closure (BRAC) Unit. Ensured the smooth

transition of 4 research project operations.

• Successfully managed Army and DoD ERP projects for process efficiencies

• Directed over 1500 Lan’s and 5 million devices, coordinated the efforts of over 150

personnel in the operation and defense of DoD Global network operations.

• Led over 200 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion personnel and 60 equipment and

Leadership

operation technicians in highly stressful and hazardous environment

• Identified opportunities for individual growth of assigned personnel and assisted with

process improvement to reduce manual effort and cumbersome work loads.

• Conducted numerous Lean/Six Sigma projects. Direct return on investment to clients

have achieved over 80% reductions in cycle time and reduced variation while providing

over $100M in cost savings/avoidance/revenue generation.

• Trained and certified over 40 individuals in Six Sigma methodology.

Lean Six

• Highly proficient process/value stream map development and lean efficiency

Sigma

management.

• Project awarded 2010 DoD LSS Excellence Award for Enterprise level Project Sponsor

(Army fraud Recovery), 2 projects nominated for award and 2009 Blue Ribbon (Soldier

Student Lodging).

• Managed $3.6M annual Flight Operations budget.

Financial • Managed $120K maintenance operations budget

Managemen • Reduced financial management audit deficiencies and Acquisition Deficiency Act

t violations for Assistant Secretary Army Financial Management & Comptroller.

• Provided NetOps policy guidance in support of DoD SATCOM contract Acquisition.

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

SR Program Analyst/Consultant PMP/LSS MBB – CPS-PS, Fairfax, VA 2012 – Present

• Assist Air Traffic Control Facilities Senior Management improve corporate processes and programs. Provide expert consulting

advice and process engineering to eliminate waist and reduce redundant business operations

• Develop an integrated project prioritization process to improve budget submission through project execution. Facilitated FAA

national level working groups to develop strategies that will improve project objectives with an enterprise perspective

• Develop strategic communication plans for FAA NextGen and Future Facilities implementation for Air Traffic Control Facilities

program office

• Facilitate Air Traffic Control Facilities work groups to re-engineer organization and process management

SR Program Analyst/LSS Master Black Belt – APEX Systems Inc., FT Belvoir, VA 2011 – 2012

• Responsible for execution of LSS projects for Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems.

• Ensure successful integration of Army Enterprise Information Systems across a broad spectrum of Enterprise Resource Planning

Programs

• Certify, train, mentor Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt candidates through project execution

• Manage projects within PowerSteering enterprise project management tool suite.

SR. Program Analyst/LSS Black Belt – DYNETICS Inc., Arlington, VA

2008-2011

• Developed FY-9/10 LSS strategic goals and metrics

• Certified 2 Black Belt, 3 Green Belt and Mentored over 10 projects

• Weekly reported to Senior Executive Staff LSS project status

Manager Network Operations - JTF–Global Network Operations Arlington, VA

2004-2008

• Managed and reported daily status of entire DOD (DISA) Networks. Adaptly coordinated efforts of work groups to resolve

outage and service issues. Directed National effort for Hurricane Katrina and 2004 Tsunami emergency communication

surge. Reported directly to Presidential Staff on National level Network interests

• Synchronized over 400 orders directives, bulletins and alerts and mitigated over 1000 outages across 65 DoD Networks

• Team lead to develop Global situational awareness tool and VoIP collaboration tool.

Project Manager C4ISR Airborne Weapons Systems/, PATRON TEN Brunswick, ME 2001-2004

• Directed 10 highly trained weapons system operators

• Successfully executed 65 Combat missions

• Acted as Surface Warfare Liaison to ensure the execution of National Level Maritime boarding operations

Six Sigma Engineer/Project Manager, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Dallas, TX 2000-2001

• Reduced Turn around time of Commercial Aircraft engine overhaul by 50%, increase revenue by $4M annualized

• Trained over 40 Green Belts

Project Manager Officer in Charge, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion, FT Worth, TX 2000-2001

• Mobilized over 1000 personnel from 3 states. Recognized by Commanding Officer for 3 Days alert to operations flawless

execution.

• Directed the administration and training of over 200 assigned personnel. Utilized LSS to improve internal processes

Project Manager Carrier Launch and Recovery Systems, USS T. Roosevelt 1998-2000

• Managed 60 technicians in the performance of preventive and corrective maintenance while successfully supporting 8000

combat missions.

• Directed 3 major flight deck emergencies and conflagrations with zero casualties.

• Air Department Legal Officer. Conducted over 100 Non-Judicial Punishment cases.

Manager Maintenance Division/Tactical Briefing Officer, TSC Misawa, Japan 1996-1998

• Successfully briefed over 100 Tactical missions. Ensured all aircrews were properly prepared for mission objectives

• Directed Emergency preparedness program. Safely conducted annual emergency drills

• Coordinated numerous Bi lateral exercises and social events as Japanese Liaison Officer

Manager Flight Operations/Project Manager, Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C. 1992-1996

• Project management for three global research projects. Coordinated efforts of Scientist and mission operations to execute

projects within budget, meet all research specifications and ensuring availability of logistic requirements

• Managed Flight Operations for 6 Research Aircraft, 100 Aircrew and 2400 annual flight hours. Supervised $2M operating

budget by marketing assets to global research environment

• Designed Web flight operation request form. Increased operational productivity by 10%

EDUCATION

Graduate

Bachelor of Science, Sociology, University of the State of New York, Albany, NY

Associates in Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Wentworth Inst. of Technology, Boston, MA

Post Graduate/Professional

Arizona State University, Masters Certificate - Certified Master Black Belt (Aug 2011)

PMI Institute, PMP certified (Oct 2011)

Army Staff College – Joint Professional Military Training (Jun 2004)

Armed Forces Staff College – Joint Staff Officer (Sep 2004)

Defense Acquisition University, Acquisition Management (ACQ101); Acquisition Logistics (LOG 101);

Program Management (PMT250); Advanced Acquisition (ACQ 201A); Plan Program Budget

Execution Staff Officer (PPBE)

Fundamentals of Networks, Network Security I/II, CISSP Prep, Navy 3M/MDS program,

MS Office Suite, MS Project, Visio, MINITAB, Crystal Ball, DFSS

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