CHRISTOPHER M. MARCHEL

**** * ******** ***, **********, NC 27409, 256-***-****,

acc69p@r.postjobfree.com

Program Manager/Lead Systems Engineer

Professional with 15+ years of documented managerial performance in

Information Technology with twelve years specializing in local and federal

(DOD) government consulting, modeling and simulation, system engineering,

software development, systems design and disaster recovery architectures.

prior military experience and as a contractor, I have managed personnel

spanning several skill levels, including analysts, developers, engineers,

and after action support staff. Develop business cases, impact analysis and

migration plans in support of future and current contracts.

EXPERIENCE:

2/2013 - Present Global Program Manager, Gilbarco Veeder and Root,

Greensboro, NC

. Provide Program Management leadership responsible for end-to-end on-time

delivery of multiple large-scale multi-million dollar multinational

solutions and products.

. Manage multiple matrix functional teams to include engineering, service,

support, finance, and operations.

. Develop contracts, estimating, engineering development, schedules,

verification, and system integration.

. Manage cross-functional team from project initiation to commercial

product release with constant concentration on process improvement.

. Driving requirements clarity with marketing team, governmental and

industry certifications management of multiple global labs.

. Budget management both period and capital budget; includes creation from

team input, reporting, monthly balancing, and tracking.

. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) creation and driving actions to

mitigate identified risks.

. Drive Agile methodologies, with concentration in Scrum development for

software and lead members of scrum teams, product owners, and other

agile project leaders.

1/2006 - 2/2013 Program Manager/Lead Systems Engineer, Engility (formerly L-

3 Communications), Huntsville, AL

. Managed, trained, and mentored Systems Engineering and Testing Staff

while providing input into all research and development efforts for the

division.

. Managed four programs simultaneously, three Department of Defense and one

commercial program, to include services related and development of

COTS/GOTS software.

. Assisted Government customers in developing new project requirements to

produce Request for Proposals (RFPs).

. Served as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the technical and systems

engineering domain contributing to the evaluation of data from proposal

responses.

. Acted as the technical liaison for the government in meetings and in

dealing with outside contractors and vendors.

. Developed and managed program budgets from pre-proposal to end of

contract with a cumulative total of $44.4 Million over 6+ years. This

included a $42 Million base contract and numerous sub-projects valued

from $125k to $1.2 Million.

. Development of C4I and Modeling and Simulation requirements,

architectures, integration, operations, identifying any shortfalls and

develop enhancements required to eliminate issues.

. Lead and assisted in system design and requirements definition for new

and existing software and hardware products.

. Deep knowledge in Microsoft development technologies and architecture

(C#, ASP.NET, .NET Framework, XML, SQL Server, JavaScript, HTML, and web

2.0 best practices).

6/2005 - 1/2006 Distributed Services Technical Planner, MSX International

(In support of Ford Motor Company), Dearborn, MI

. Plan, implement and operate a worldwide server infrastructure and

associated data management processes to provide for the convenient

access, rapid transfer, and secure storage of Corporate CAD/CAM/CAE

product data.

. Create and communicate technology strategy.

. Solution architecture and competitive intelligence.

. Provide architecture management.

. Develop the business case, impact analysis and migration plans.

. Manage vendor relationships.

4/2004 - 6/2005 Project Manager of Prototype Fleet Repairs, MSX

International, Flat Rock, MI

. Coordinate between senior management, engineers, product specialists and

vendors for timely issue resolution in a fast-paced automotive

environment.

. Assist in development of future high-performance prototype vehicles.

. Train a rotating work force in technical knowledge, proper process and

SOPs

. Interface with an Oracle database using multiple access platforms.

. Mentor new employees in the work force to help develop their skills, work

ethic and knowledge of customer service to facilitate career advancement.

8/2001 - 4/2004 Project Manager, Information Technology, 4gl School

Solutions, Detroit, MI

. Evaluate, update and implement procedures for disaster recovery, network

security, and virus protection on a regular basis.

. Management of IT Team and Level 1 and 2 Help Desk.

. Daily in-house support to all levels of the organization. (In-house

responsibilities include supporting Windows 2000 Servers, Apache Servers,

network management, SQL Server databases, managing security, Citrix

configuration and control, load balancing, reporting/query writing, and

database backups).

. Designed, evaluated and implemented network architecture to support large

client data-stream requirements.

. Development in Microsoft Access with Visual Basic for applications,

utilizing SQL Server

. Designed, evaluated, implemented and supported disaster recovery

templates for Enterprise Servers, Data Warehouse and Local Drives.

2/1999 - 8/2001 Lead Systems Engineer, Coleman Research Corp.

Huntsville, AL

. Product research and design implementation of company wide disaster

recovery software.

. Manage on-site team consisting of fifteen or more DOD support companies

to produce one seamless environment.

. Develop simulation architecture, requirements and coordinate overall

execution of exercises with the military community.

. Define system requirements needed for SBE-TMD simulations to inject

tactical information to a variety of Military Unix/Oracle Systems to

include the ADSI, AMDWS, MCS, MIST, FAAD, ASAS, and RAAP.

. Work closely with tactical unit personnel (on-site) to address user

needs, training objectives and identification of future requirements.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:

. American Intercontinental University, Bachelors of Science in Business

(4.0 GPA)

. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), IAT II, and various

other DoD certifications, MCTS Windows 7, Security+, IAF Mgt Level 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

. Possess D.O.D. Secret Clearance, Possessed D.O.D. Top Secret

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