Dubois Porchia, PMP
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Summary of Qualifications:
Cross-functional, multi-talented professional with over 28 years’ progressive hands-on experience in program development, program management and administration, quality management, policy development and the application of Geospatial Intelligence to organizational missions. Experienced in communicating sensitive issues with staff and managers at senior levels, with particular emphasis on developing trust and demonstrating fairness. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team/task force setting as a participant or team leader, and with senior officials. Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Current Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility and DHS Suitability
Professional Experience:
Loch Harbour Group, Inc., Alexandria, VA 12/2014 – Present
Program Management/Quality Control Management Consultant
Provides daily program management and quality control management and leadership to 84 member Loch Harbour Group, Inc., Contractor Team providing program support services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE)
Led program quality improvement effort resulting in CVE’s 97% favorability rating by Veterans
Conducted quarterly independent audits of five CVE ISO 9001:2008 QMS key processes (Preventive Action, Corrective Action, Control of Non-conforming Product, Internal Auditing and Change Management)
Commended by the Acting Director of CVE for providing critical leadership and direct support to CVE’s successful bid to obtain ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS) Certification, in May 2015 and recertification in May 2016
Provided critical pre-ISO 9001:2015 QMS certification audit and consultation services to Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL)
DRP Associates, LLC, Haymarket, VA 5/2013 – Present
Founder/ Program Management Consultant
Performed acquisition source selection consulting for Federal Acquisition Strategies, LLC, team supporting US Army’s Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), GI Source Selection Evaluation Board
Pathfinder Consultants, LLC, Washington, DC 4/2012 – 4/2013
Deputy Program Manager – US Department of Veterans Affairs, Human Resources (Strategic Management Group)
Managed daily operations of 25 member staff providing program/project management, financial management and contracts and acquisition oversight/support to $290M Human Capital Investment Plan/ADVANCE Program
Performed daily planning, development, administration and monitoring of all program deliverables and services to client
Restored client confidence expeditiously within contractor management team, after abrupt departure of predecessor
Provided crucial support to ADVANCE Acquisition Management Oversight turnaround effort
SRA International, Inc. (Now CSRA), Fairfax, VA 8/2009 – 3/2012
Principal/Project Task Lead – New Campus East Deployment Planning/Execution (NDPE) Program
Managed 26 member cross-functional team providing onsite staff services to the program management office part of $43.6M National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) NDPE Program
Performed schedule development, risk management and stakeholder engagement
Partnered with NGA business units to develop and execute actionable deployment plans accounting for intelligence production business processes, mission dependencies/priorities and critical IT communications nodes
Successfully deployed NGA to new location, Ft. Belvoir, VA, without mission disruptions; team consistently received highest quarterly and annual performance ratings from NGA
CACI International Inc., Fairfax, VA 4/2007 – 8/2009
Senior Project Manager (Technical) – NGA Enterprise Engineering Program Management Office (PMO)
Provided program management office (PMO) staff oversight of a portfolio of 6 NGA Enterprise-Level IT systems integration/software transformation projects through the project management life cycle, ensuring project’s met client’s quality requirements and transformation objectives
Served as member of hand-picked team that developed and drafted the first NGA/NSG IT Technical Services Evolution Roadmap which helped drive future NGA budget policy recommendations for Enterprise IT investments
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Washington, DC 9/2000 – 12/2006
Executive Officer/Chief of Staff – Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA) 7/2004 – 12/2006
Managed all OCA finance, logistics, Human Resources, IT support, special projects, strategic planning and daily business processes
Served as principal drafter of all OCA correspondence to the Hill considered most sensitive by the Director, OCA
Performed daily coordination/collaboration with OCA Liaison Staff and the staffs of House and Senate Congressional Intelligence Oversight Committees on prioritization and deportment of Congressional Requests to CIA and the former Office Director of Central Intelligence (DCI)
Directed OCA support to the stand-up of Office of the Director of National Intelligence Congressional Liaison office
Operations Director – NGA, Time-Dominant Operations Center (TDOC) 6/2002 –7/2004
Directed fused (multi-INT) intelligence production by 100+ Imagery/Geospatial Analysts, Imagery Scientists, Signals Intelligence Analysts, Requirements Officers and IT teams
Oversaw and managed daily geospatial intelligence collection, production and reporting on high current interest regional political-military-economic developments world-wide
Provided leadership and technical guidance in the planning, development and application of a full-range of Geospatial Intelligence methodological tools and approaches by TDOC analyst to provide comprehensive, timely, well-crafted, in-depth intelligence products to customers
Prepared and presented daily oral briefings to senior NGA leadership and Intelligence Community stakeholders on a broad range of National Intelligence issues
Awarded NGA Exceptional Performance Award for leadership in support of US combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
Intelligence Production Program Manager – NGA Pentagon 5/2000 – 6/2002
Managed 18 staff Imagery Analysis organization providing current intelligence production, crises and targeting support to Pentagon Joint Intelligence Staff Targeting (J2-T) on world-wide strategic missile/Weapons of Mass Destruction intelligence issues
Recruited, developed and managed diverse workforce recognized by J2-T Staff for providing timely, high quality, Geospatial Intelligence analysis and reporting, within five months of unit’s stand-up
Drafted recommendations to the Director of NGA on reengineering National Geospatial Intelligence to optimize the use of emerging technologies, best practices and future workforce skill sets, as a member of a handpicked “Panel of Experts” chosen by NGA senior leaders
Awarded NGA Exceptional Performance Award for excellence in Program Management and Leadership
Prior experience: All-Source Analyst and Imagery Analyst, Training Program Manager, CIA
1984 – 2000
Military Experience:
United States Army Reserve 1981 – 1997
Military Intelligence Officer / Infantry Officer
Education:
The American University, Washington, DC
Master of Arts – International Communication
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Bachelor of Science – Political Science/International Studies
Professional Development
Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, Newtown, PA
PMI and International Institute for Learning, Inc., Program/Project Management/Leadership Training