Scientific Advisor

BONNIE NOVAK

***** **** ***** ******* **** ***, Ashburn, VA 20148 C: 703-***-**** **********@*****.*** PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Enthusiastic Human Factors Engineer with 16+ years of being a dedicated employee with high integrity, strong work ethic and great leadership skills.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Skilled international liaison with success in leading Autonomy & Human-Machine Teaming workshop in Singapore, which resulted in agreements to pursue collaborative research and development projects.

• Planned and executed a Department of Defense (DoD) Workshop, for the Deputy Secretary of Defense, that successfully identified research and technology needs in Cyber, Autonomy, and Human-Machine Teaming.

• Dedicated career coach with proven results in establishing a coaching program to help staff with career planning and growth that was championed at highest levels of agency leadership.

• Committed leader with success in advocating for staff to pursue career development opportunities including certifications, training courses, and intra-agency detail assignments.

• Technical professional successful in developing management directives and implementation strategies for human performance design requirements throughout large acquisition processes.

• Experienced technical negotiator with success in collaborating across federal agencies and countries to develop best practices in technical disciplines.

• Highly effective at creating, building, and nurturing professional business relationships. Increased contract team's scope of work by 25% with two new federal government clients. SKILLS

• Strategic thinker • Highly organized

• Strong written and communication skills • Project/program planning and oversight

• Adaptable to fast-paced office environments

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Political savvy

• Approachable

WORK HISTORY

Human Systems Integration Advisory Scientist, Nov 2015 to Current Strategic Analysis, Inc. – Alexandria, VA

• Experienced technical professional serving DoD in the Human Performance, Training, and BioSystems Directorate in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD) for Research and Engineering.

• Proactive manager of DoD human systems research portfolio, overseeing human-machine teaming in Cyber, Autonomy, and Artificial Intelligence research portfolios.

• Collaborative human systems representative on the Singapore Defense Cooperation Committee, and highly- respected Executive Secretary for OASD Joint Human Systems Integration Steering Committee.

• Work independently, with minimal direction, across teams of engineers, scientists, and senior Pentagon officials.

Director, Human Factors Division, Mar 2013 to Nov 2015 Consumer Product Safety Commission – Rockville, MD

• Managed and directed duties of psychologists and engineers in daily operations that included providing product safety evaluations and product reports to Congress.

• Provided project guidance and oversight and made critical real-time decisions affecting consumer product safety.

• Developed and presented information to stakeholders regarding program vision and mission.

• Provided project planning funding projections to senior management and tracked progress throughout the fiscal year.

BONNIE NOVAK

22706 Blue Elder Terrace Unit 102, Ashburn, VA 20148 C: 703-***-**** **********@*****.*** 2

Human Systems Research Program Manager, Nov 2011 to Mar 2013 Department of Homeland Security – Washington, DC

• Managed the Human Factors Psychology Research portfolio of $5M.

• Served as Contracting Officer's Representative and Technical Point of Contact on five government contracts with industry, academia, and other federal agencies.

• Reported quarterly to the Undersecretary for Science and Technology regarding successful cost, schedule, and performance of projects. Briefed senior management on proposals and potential return on investment.

• Successful Communications Liaison to U.S. Secret Service for collaborative strategic planning activities. Worked on an inter-agency strategic planning team that successfully developed a financial management plan. Senior Human Factors Engineer, Apr 2009 to Nov 2011 BMT Designers & Planners – Arlington, VA

• Lead Human Systems Integration Engineer on the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter Ship Design Team.

• Successfully collaborated across technical teams to integrate solutions, generate human performance design specifications, write contract requirements, and develop evaluation criteria for the Statement of Work.

• Collaborated with engineering team members and successfully implemented critical research in this fast- paced, highly political environment.

• Successfully implemented and validated new Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology policies and processes through collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard. Project Director / Human Factors Engineer, Aug 2006 to Apr 2009 Serco – Reston, VA

• Managed team of government consultants, scientists, and engineers. Project management duties consisted of over ten contracts with $10M total budget.

• Managed internal and external communications for contract management, budget analyses, and technical project management services.

• Successfully provided dozens of Navy Program Managers with human factors engineering compliance reports.

• Collaborated with production team to manage the Human Systems Integration Program Online Review Tool

(HSI PORT), a data management and reporting system. Program Analyst, May 2000 to Aug 2006

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters – Washington, DC

• Provided oversight of the Human Research Program's Space Human Factors Engineering and Behavioral Health Program's research.

• Conducted strategic planning for research and life sciences programs.

• Advised human factors and behavioral health managers on programmatic cost, schedule, and performance issues.

• Performed technical writing and authored reports, presentations, and technical best practices based on research analysis.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts: Human Factors & Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2006 George Mason University - Fairfax, VA

Bachelor of Science: Aerospace Science, 1999

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach, FL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Willing to relocate anywhere. Authorized to work in the US for any employer

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