Julie E. Childs

Bethesda, MD *****

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Tech Sector Project Management Experience:

AT&T

Mobility,

Washington,

DC/

Baltimore,

MD,

May

2013

–

July

2014

Legal

Consultant

&

Project

Manager,

• Negotiated

and

drafted

telecommunication

land

use

agreements

including

leases

and

site

licenses

to

expand

LTE

technology.

• Managed

vendors

in

the

acquisition,

construction

and

permitting

of

new

communications

sites.

• Managed

project

timelines,

budgets

and

deliverables.

• Advised

on

site

acquisition

strategy

and

policy.

• Trained

and

mentored

site

acquisition

specialists.

• Subject

Matter

Expert

“SME”

and

main

point

of

contact

to

ATT’s

governmental

affairs

division

responsible

for

negotiating

with

state

governments,

municipalities

and

agencies.

Sprint

Nextel

Communications,

Reston,

Virginia,

July

2004

–

July

2010

Program

Manager,

• Managed

over

$20

million

wireless

network

telecommunication

deployment

projects

for

Sprint

Nextel

Communications.

• Represented

Sprint

as

the

main

project

point

of

contact

communicating

between

Sprint

and

customers

such

as

General

Motors,

The

University

of

Michigan,

The

Smithsonian

Institution

and

Chase

Manhattan

Bank

for

campus

IT

communication

solutions.

• Led

cross-

functional

integrated

project

teams

responsible

for

the

negotiation,

acquisition

and

deployment

of

wireless

telecommunication

systems

using

lean

project

management

professional

“PMBOK”

principles

including:

o Creating

scopes

of

work,

implementation

and

deployment

plans;

o Managing

budget

and

resources;

o Performing

full

cycle

project

analysis

including

measuring

ongoing

results

and

challenging

requirements

as

needed;

o Focusing

on

inter-

dependencies

to

identify

superfluous

actions

that

slow

processes,

delay

results

and

waste

resources;

o Monitoring

sets

of

activities

to

track

and

evaluate

impact

against

desired

end

results;

o Providing

leadership

to

forecast

accurately

and

course

correct

where

necessary

to

stay

on

time

and

on

budget;

and

by

o Communicating

project

status

to

all

stakeholders.

Lead

Project

Manager,

Site

Acquisition

O2

Wireless

LLC/

Nextel

Communications,

Columbia,

Maryland,

October

1999

–

April

2004.

• Structured,

negotiated

and

drafted

site

licenses

and

leases

for

over

100

telecommunication

sites

for

Nextel

Communications.

• Advised

Nextel

on

wireless

telecommunications

land

use

regulations

and

represented

Nextel

in

zoning

hearings

before

local

municipalities.

• Led

a

network

of

cross-

functional

integrated

project

teams

responsible

for

site

acquisition,

legal

review

zoning,

permitting,

construction

and

engineering.

• Managed

resource

planning,

project

budgets,

milestone

deliverables

and

customer

relationships.

• Succeeded

in

meeting

and

in

some

cases

exceeding

project

goals

despite

changes

in

corporate

requirements,

resources

and

land

use

regulations.

• Developed

new

policies

and

procedures

for

site

acquisition

management

and

deployment

that

were

adopted

by

Nextel

and

deployed

nationally.

Federal

Government

Project

Management

Experience:

Senior

Rule

of

Law

and

Governance

Advisor,

United

States

Agency

for

International

Development

“USAID”

West

Africa

Regional

Mission,

August

2012-

March

2013,

GS

15

Top

Secret

Security

Clearance

• Chaired

the

Technical

Evaluation

Committee

for

a

$25

million

USAID

Contract

in

Cote

d’Ivoire.

USAID

Contract

and

Agreements

Officer’s

Technical

Representative

“COR/AOR”

•

Project

Management

for

rule

of

law

programs

in

West

Africa.

•

Managed

timelines,

budgets

and

implementing

partners.

•

Built

coalitions

among

diverse

USG

stakeholders.

•

Managed

communication

and

coordination

of

programmatic

efforts.

•

Presented

briefings,

policy

papers,

background

information

and

performance

metrics

on

program

objectives

to

the

•

USAID

Development

Counselor,

senior

USG

staff

in

the

US

Embassy

in

Accra

and

Abidjan,

as

well

as

to

private

industry,

non-

governmental,

civic

and

charitable

organizations

as

needed.

Senior

Rule

of

Law

Advisor,

USAID

Liberia,

Office

of

Democracy

&

Governance,

Monrovia,

Liberia,

July

2010

–March

1,

2012,

GS

14

• Agreement

Officer’s

Technical

Representative

“AOR”

for

$30

million

USAID

program

implemented

by

the

American

Bar

Association

Rule

of

Law

Initiative

“ABA

ROLI”

and

The

Carter

Center

in

Liberia.

• Managed

programmatic

efforts

designed

to

strengthen

justice

system

mechanisms,

build

legal

system

capacity,

and

promote

legal

literacy,

• Managed

project

status

and

budgets.

• Co-

founded

and

co-

chaired

an

international

peace

and

security

sector

donor

coordination

committee

that

monitored

and

evaluated

all

donor

programs

in

the

justice

sector

and

facilitated

progress

towards

goals

under

the

Liberian

Poverty

Reduction

Strategy

“LPRS”.

• Represented

USAID

on

rule

of

law

and

peace

and

security

sector

matters

with

the

heads

of

the

Liberian

government,

Civil

Society,

the

United

Nations

and

international

donors.

Consultant,

Childs

&

Associates,

LLC,

Bethesda,

MD,

Current

•

Founder

and

President

of

a

start

up

professional

services

consulting

firm

•

Contracts

and

grants

management

services

Legal

Project

Management

Experience:

Contract

Attorney,

• Litigation

support,

document

review

and

privilege

log

management

for

Collier

Shannon

Rill

&

Scott

&

Rogers

&

Wells,

Washington,

D.C.,

October

1997

–

September

1999

Judicial

Law

Clerk,

The

Honorable

Brenda

J.

Hollar,

The

Territorial

Court

of

the

U.S.

Virgin

Islands,

St.

Thomas,

January

1994

–

June

1996

• Legal

research,

analysis

and

writing

Education,

Licenses,

Certifications

&

Training:

Juris

Doctor,

May

1993,

The

University

of

Pittsburgh

School

of

Law,

Pittsburgh,

PA.

Bachelor

of

Arts,

August

1987,

The

American

University,

Washington,

D.C.

Top

Secret

Security

Clearance

2010-

2013

Licensed

to

practice

law

in

Pennsylvania,

The

United

States

Virgin

Islands,

and

Washington,

D.C.

Certified

Federal

Government

Contract

&

Grant

Technical

Representative

COR/AOR-

by

the

United

States

Agency

for

International

Development

“USAID”.

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