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Management Office

Location:
Cicero, IL
Posted:
February 28, 2015

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Resume:

June M. Wiinikka

*** ********** **., ******, ** 60561

Home: 630-***-**** Cell: 630-***-**** E-Mail:

*********@*******.***

Objective: Highly motivated and experienced government contracting

professional, with a proven track record, seeks a contracting or

administrative position where my skills, abilities, and expertise can be

utilized for the benefit of the company.

Experience:

Closeout Specialist - Kairos Consulting Worldwide - April 2013 - June 2014

. Hired to close a large backlog of complex federal award instruments with

extremely old expiration dates, which government staff were unable to

accomplish. Worked myself out of a job.

Estate Management - Plymouth, Michigan - February 2012 - November 2012

1. Closed parents' estate in Michigan. Disposed of home contents by

various methods, completely rehabbed the home and staged it, then sold

the house in one month. Interfaced with attorney to transfer the

financial assets.

Senior Contract Procurement Specialist - Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

- February 2010 - February 2012

2. Negotiated terms, conditions, and pricing; and processed and awarded new

and renewal subcontracts for ANL. Delegated level of authority was

$250,000 per action. Processed a significant number of closeout actions.

3. Handled a significantly higher workload than predecessor Senior

Specialist. Cut the average lead time for processing actions from 44

days to 16.5 days.

4. Suggested many process improvement/streamlining ideas which were

implemented.

5. Worked in a completely paperless environment; all work was processed

electronically using various software systems (MS Office Suite, Outlook,

and specialized software).

6. Received numerous letters of appreciation from customers/clients

respecting my work products, expertise, and timeliness.

Team Lead - H.A. King & Associates, Inc. - March 2007 - February 2010

7. Recruited by the Department of Energy (DOE) to head up their contracted

closeout group which was responsible for the myriad activities associated

with the closeout of a wide variety of contractual and financial

assistance instruments for the DOE. Was subsequently interviewed and

hired by H.A. King.

8. Supervised a team of professionals, which doubled to fourteen in number.

Personally processed as many closeouts as the other top performer.

Increased workloads by over 100% and the productivity of the staff. Met

all contract goals under an award fee contract.

9. Managed all workload assignments; trained brand new personnel and

reviewed their work; answered all questions including those of a

controversial or complex nature; issued guidance, instructions, and

samples; resolved problems; interpreted regulations and DOE policies;

sole interface with, and reporting to, the prime contractor and DOE.

Utilized a wide variety of specialized and standard software (including

MS Office Suite and Outlook) in work accomplishment.

Caregiver, Foster Parent, and Historic House and Grounds Restoration -

August 2004 - March 2007

10. Retired early from DOE to care-take 5 elderly adults with health

problems. Provided hospice care several times. Became a licensed foster

care worker and had 4 teenage boys in my home. Restored a 150 year old

house and all of the grounds during this period.

Procurement Analyst for Management & Operating Contracts - U.S. Department

of Energy (Chicago Operations Office) - May 1996 - August 2004

11. Requested by top management to move to a new position to work on the

Department's most complex procurement instruments - contracts for the

management and operation of the Nation's National Laboratories (M&O

contracts), for which the DOE Chicago Office (CH) had cognizance. These

contracts are performance based instruments, each with estimated costs in

the hundreds of millions per year.

12. Technical expert/lead contact for M&O contracts: Personally developed,

finalized, and issued internal policies, procedures, positions, guidance,

and responses with respect to the CH M&O contracts. Provided detailed

analyses and interpretation of laws, regulations, directives, and

decisions regarding M&O contractors/contracts to other personnel.

13. Participated as a critical team member on numerous Source Evaluation

Boards (complex technical teams) for the selection of contractors to run

the Nation's National Laboratories. Work involved the development and

preparation of an entire gamut of complex and lengthy documents required

for project completion, and for presentations to government officials and

the public. Work on Source Evaluation Boards was confidential and

proprietary in nature. Work was technically complex requiring the

juggling of many different items/actions, often within extremely short

deadlines and with high visibility (e.g. the Secretary of DOE and various

Under Secretaries). Work included extensive interfaces and negotiations

at high levels within the federal government and with potential and

selected contractors.

14. Critical for success in this position were the ability to effectively

communicate (both orally and in writing), work well with other people and

on teams, work under pressure and under tight deadlines, travel -

sometimes extensively, and to be able to successfully negotiate with

various types of individuals who often had competing or divergent

interests.

Supervisory Contract Specialist - U.S. Department of Energy - April 1989 -

May 1996

15. Supervised a team of 7 professionals and 2 administrative personnel

working to award, administer, and closeout DOE's various types of

procurement, financial assistance, and interagency agreements.

Organized, trained, and managed a diverse and varied team. My team was

always the most productive and handled the greatest volume of work and

many of the most complex actions.

16. Possessed and exercised Contracting Officer authority of up to $5

million per each action and possessed signatory authority for instruments

of up to $25 million with approvals at higher management levels.

17. All work was accomplished within regulatory restraints and guidelines,

and within established deadlines.

Contract Specialist - U. S. Department of Energy - July 1975 - April 1989

18. Negotiated and administered approximately 50 research, development, and

demonstration contracts, support service contracts, and financial

assistance instruments, with various types of entities, valued at

approximately $200 million in total. Experienced with all contract

types. Exceeded goals for assigned closeout work.

19. Reviewed and analyzed cost and pricing data, budgets, and audit data in

work performance. Monitored expenses against budgets, and reviewed and

approved invoices.

20. Earned progressive promotions by handling increasingly more complex

actions and increases in workload assignments, performed within tight

deadlines.

Education & Awards:

21. Bachelor of Business Administration - with Distinction (3.5 out of 4.0

GPA), University of Michigan, 1975

22. Completed an extensive number of specialized training courses in

procurement, financial assistance instruments, cost/price analysis,

management, and computer usage, sufficient to maintain certifications

required for maintenance of a Federal Contracting Officer Warrant at a

high grade level (GS-14).

23. Consistently earned outstanding performance appraisals and numerous

awards, including large monetary awards which were non-routine in nature.

References: To be provided upon request.



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