Paul Dunbar

**** **** ***** • Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918 • 719-***-**** • acci00@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/pauljdunbar/

Key Program Management Qualifications

IT Project Manager with 12 years of Information Technology (IT) and business management experience in both

the military and defense contractor sector. Primary experience in IT project planning, test, and integration

providing solutions focused project management across multiple vendor, functional organizations and

geographic locations.

Education

Master of Science, Information Technology Project Management, Colorado Technical University

(Current)

PMP Pre-certification course

Lean Six Sigma, Yellow Belt

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, College of Idaho

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Peak to Plains Claims Adjusters; Nov 2011 to Present

Owner

• Chartered, licensed and created startup insurance claims adjusting firm.

• Managed over 450 claims files, insuring all files were completed on time and above gold Communicated

with internal and external stakeholders, managing risk and creating contingency plans as required.

• Created tablet based application packages using commercial hardware and software.

BAE Systems; Aug 2008 to Nov 2011

IT Project Manager

• Project Manager for a geographically dispersed multi-contractor team (30+) with 14 million dollar

budget specializing in integrating and building Audio Video and Information Technology operation

centers and data centers in multiple geographic sites for other government agency.

• Project Manager 30+ person team with a 10.7 million dollar contract conducting technology refresh for

other government agency from cradle to grave on time and within proposed budget.

• Project Manager for multi-contractor, 10-person team with a 2.3 million dollar budget charged with

discovery, test and implementation of mobile technologies.

• Supervised multi-contractor, 10-person team with a million dollar budget charged with discovery, test

and implementation of advanced technologies.

• Managed competing stakeholders interests ensuring tactful communication on sensitive department and

project issues.

• Supervised creation of million dollar cloud based knowledge management and database portal project.

United State Marine Corps; Jan 2000 to July 2008

Command, Control, Communications and Computers Officer

• Created and coordinated system support requirements, interoperability and integration plans

• Planned/coordinated and executed multiple/redundant communications plans ensuring positive

communications with higher, adjacent, and subordinate commands in combat environment.

• Developed, tested, implemented and maintained data and telecommunication architecture/connectivity in

austere environments.

• Designated and prioritized network links and electromagnetic spectrum requirements.

• Planned and executed a seven-phase deployment for the battalion, which resulted in over 1600 short tons

of equipment and over 700 Marines being deployed to three countries.

• Directed the day to day operations of subordinate units resulting in the processing of over 1,080,000

phone calls, 3600 messages, and 2070 gigabytes of data within a 90-day period.

• Coordinated with higher, adjacent, and subordinate networks and operations officers ensuring daily

communication requirements were negotiated, prioritized, and met.

• Planned installed maintained and adapted satellite, microwave, telecommunication, messaging and data

system into legacy network.

• Recruited, trained and supervised 5 direct reports and subordinate staff, ensuring success by providing

mentoring, training and certification.

• Chartered, planned and implemented training plan for 1500 Marines, creating a framework for accurate

and timely reporting.

• Supervised coordination with higher, adjacent, and subordinate testing managers on all operational

aspects of training, fielding, and testing of communication assets and personnel.

• Ensured operations and test exercise planning, execution and management factors were in place.

Test Director, Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)

• Directed 4 million dollar national testing exercise that resulted in 12 certifications, 12 assessments, and 4

demonstrations.

• Directed 4 major verification and validation tests with government agencies across multiple levels of

security ranging from first responder networks to national emergency network management.

• Directed 2 million dollar message network interoperability assessment; coordinating efforts of 75

personnel from 6 organizations.

• Chief Operations Officer for 3 million dollar national communications exercise involving over 100

participants from 11 organizations.

• Led a team of government/contractor subject matter experts’ testing/documenting interoperability

between strategic network communication systems and the Republic of Korea network voice and data

hub.

• Led a team of government civilians and contractors conducting a Voice over Internet Protocol 6

assessment.

• Led a team of software experts in the test and evaluation of electronic spectrum management

application.

• Served as Contracting Officer Technical Representative for over 33 tests ensuring that all projects were

completed on time and within budget.

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Managed teams that received the BAE Chairman’s Award in 2009 and 2010.

• Honor graduate United States Marine Corps advanced communications (computers, networks, and

telecommunication) design, implementation and management course.

• Authored Marine Corps Gazette article and added to the “particularly relevant” reading list at Joint

Forces Staff College under “Joint Force Transformational Issues”.

• Promoted to rank of Captain ahead of peers.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• Project Management Institute Member

• Marine Corps Staff Planner’s School, Quantico, VA, (Honor Graduate)

• Advanced Communication Officers School, Quantico, VA, (Honor Graduate)

• DISA Level I Acquisitions Officer Course, Ft Huachuca, AZ

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