JIM HOWARD

College Park, MD. ***** / 301-***-**** / aczhww@r.postjobfree.com / aczhww@r.postjobfree.com

IT professional with 15+ years experience as a seasoned Program & Project Manager, Engagement and other IT Mgr.; managed 60+ personnel & contractors; Global large scale, cross functional, multi-system environments, Software Dev.Mgt, Global Network Deployments, Cloud, Mobile Apps., Security efforts, across Windows and Unix/Linux environments. Cost benefit analyses, similar earned value mgt. Multiple Security, SIEM projects. Graduate: London School of Economics (MSc)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY: Cloud Experience: Hadoop projects OS and Hbase; global GIS apps; DoD micro data centers connected world-wide; EMC hybrid cloud solutions, GPFS (IBM ); AWS cloud solutions - Security and financial apps solutions; AWS Hybrid Cloud solutions

Cloud Computing / IAAS – Center for Medicare Services, Fannie Mae, US Patent Office June 2014 - Present

Cloud Manager, CMS - from requirements to design and implementation, provided management and consulting services for Cloud creation/migrations in a Hybrid - Private/Public Cloud environment with AWS, Red Hat tools for provisioning and containering (CloudForms, Satellite, OpenShift). Managed subcontractors, projects, consulted on environment and tools including security. DevOps integration – BigFix/BES, GitHub, Ansible, Chef, Jenkins

Service Delivery Mgr., Fannie Mae - Complex AWS deployment for financial services. Managed AWS services for 24/7 operations. Included security delivered via Splunk (SIEM), Fortigate, Nessus, Centrify, Tripwire, Bromium...to achieve a modified ATO based on FISMA and NIST. Help Desk mgt via Service Now. Oracle database consulting, networking and windows.

Deputy Program Manager, Patent Office - (Infrastructure / Storage; Tripled revenues to 21$ mil, 1st year)

Together with PM and team, planned and orchestrated Cloud on Premises, Managed Service contract with multiple petabytes of provisioned SAN storage.

Program integrator; Tripled the size of original estimates on EMC VMAX, VPLEX, Isilons, with Hybrid solutions; used ViPR Controller, PowerPath, Storage Analytics

Block and File migrations - data, databases, data marts, multiple file types and sizes, structured and un-structured

RPA replications for back up and business continuity; Financial management variables.

Assembled team, managed deliverables, such as Risk Analysis and Risk Plans, and subcontractors; Operational updates to infrastructure s/w, patches

Contractor: Ciena / NOAA May 2013 – March 2014

PM / Mobility PM (approx $1.2 mil)

Building multiple Mobile, iPad applications simultaneously for $2bil fiber optic equipment manufacturer

Managed a team ATT contractors and offshore development efforts, internal staff and budget

Integration to existing data warehouse, thus meta data conformance; hybrid SDLC, Agile approach

Multiple internal and external apps developed for partners; developed related PMP/PMO documentation; Operational updates, maintaining code base, testing, re-deployment.

Partnership/3rd party AD/LDAP Authentications via Oracle IDM (Unified Directory, OpenSSO), integrations/cross platforms to corporate, use of MDM/Mobile Iron for multiple deployments/software delivery pkgs, config. mgt.

Mobile Iron, Junos solution for remote management in a cross functional envirnment

Native iOS dev; HTML5; App Store Integration (MAS) – ATT and Mobile Iron; Financial Mgt via project variables

Dell Inc June 2012 - December 2012

PM/PMO /Contract (Network/VOIP task: $4 – 6 mil; Multiple PMBOK projects)

Infrastructure planning and architecture for multi building campus; w/ National delivery support

Hosted data center environment upgrade, supporting clients with large scale 4 - 6$ mil network upgrade on Core routers, floor switches, VOIP (call manager), related equipment upgrades, replacements up to 7000 series cores in a large scale, multi-system data center environment; Cost benefit analyses for varying architectures

Miscellaneous projects such as Security and AD/LDAP upgrade on a Data Center support contract; Program integrator with multiple vendors. Budget mgt. via PMP and project resource variables

Developed Requirements and Architecture documentation and related PMP/PMO documentation

Work with architects, client and Cisco, Juniper, others to define requirements for purchase of upgraded equipment from 100 meg to 1 Gig network; ensuring wireless and Wifi capability.

Work with security team to remediate network vulnerabilities in compliance with Cyber Security.

Logc2 Corporation April 2010 to Mar 2012

Deputy Program Manager, (as Scientific & Engineering Tech. Assistant; $3 – 4 mil. budget)

Global network deployments (w/ global delivery support model) for US Army PEO EIS, building NATO and warfighter mission networks on CENTRIX, AMN (Afghan Mission Network) – 3 locations: Germany, Kuwait, N. Carolina; designs for Cloud based architectures, Global cross functional teams;

Managed infrastructure build outs of multi-system environments, data centers, multiple vendors, ensured availability of enterprise applications over world-wide mesh net/w consisting of High Avail., 24x7 ops, VMs NetApp, Cisco solution routers and switched w/ wireless capability, “infrastructure” software delivery pkgs. (MS Office, etc.)

Used OC-3s, OC-12s, NetApp / VMware solution, CISCO Routers (up to ASR 1002 series), Cisco VOIP & call manager, over secure and Coalition Force netw. Monitor builds daily, Spectrum, looked at Solarwinds.

CYBER SECURITY: Managed Info. Assurance approval process: IATOs / ATOs ((Interim) Authority to Operate) for multiple systems (C&A – Certification and Accreditation); KG (secure router) management

Managed multiple contractors and stakeholders across CONUS and OCONUS; SATCOMs, integr. W/ DCGS (Common Ground Station), FT Bragg.

Managed 100s of personnel, processes and technologies across multiple organizations, as lead integrator

Consultant April 2008 to April 2010

Program, Project Manager/Software Dev. Management ($3-5 mil budget)

Ran 2 Cloud computing effort with Hadoop & again w/ Hbase for large scale global applications, integration to DCGS Info Assurance, cyber security applications at Ft. Meade in an Agile environment (DISA and DHS).

Architecture included customized tools, rules-based engines for detection, honey-pots, cross-domain guards, offensive strategies & maneuvers, paperwork for C&A activity.

Business dev. efforts at IARPA (Intel Advanced Research Projects Agency) included STONESOUP & crafting relevant approaches to the problem set.

Reviewed Oracle, Sun IdM suite, Label Security (OLS) analysis for cross domain solutions.

Program/Project Manager of multiple Java software dev. efforts in the IC community for global geo-spatial analytics

Agile applications developed in various tools for Sigint and multi-source intel including AGILE/SCRUM development for cross-domain use, myEclipse, Struts, REST, JETTY, CometD, Dojo, JQuery. Hibernate, Subversion, Flex, Jira.

CUBIC Applications, Inc July 2007 to April 2008

Program Manager

Program Manager and Business Development for several DoD, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), and Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) research & scientific efforts on threat technologies, integrated to hand-helds and wireless networks

Work included CBRNE systems, a Federated Data Warehouse systems & ERPs, SOA FRAMEWORKS, .NET to homogenize databases from differing communities of interest, operations and maintenance upgrades.

Responsible for Cyber Range initiative & related Cyber proposals and Chem Bio capture.

Additional projects with Design, development, Warfighter systems and software for ISR (UAVs small planes) & related technologies such as lasers, directed energy weapons, wireless sensors, hand-held devices.

With FEMA, worked as Analyst on the Vulnerability Assessment Tool relative to evolving threats and risk analysis.

Utilized traditional and matrix management incl. cost, benefits and business case analysis, preliminary architectures.

CACI, Inc. for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) 2004 to 2007

Deputy Program Manager (60$ mil program)

Development of new technologies and software systems in support of small, secure ad hoc wireless embedded systems, similar to RFID

Developed Extreme Scale Networking (2200 nodes), from Handhelds to the GiG - used for ISR, Sniper Detection, security scenarios for intrusion detection.

Technologies included Optical Networks for localization, Adv. Voice Recognition & biometric tools and software, speech pattern recognition (Bionic Ear) for high value personnel, related bio-inspired engineering (Special Ops, Navy SEALS, Marines, Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG, CENTCOM)) w/ focus on reducing SWAP (size, weight, power).

Created/supported briefings (Admirals/Generals), Capstone events, trials, demonstrations, “seedlings”. Navy programs include distributed and embedded real-time systems to the DDG 1000 naval ship (next generation Destroyer) w/ cross domain solution analysis and on the CVN 21.

Worked on efforts in ISR, GIS programs on UAVs (ScanEagles-QoS, ATR), integration to DCGS-A, Ordnance Effectiveness, targeting.

Developed Resource Management methodologies, Fault Tolerance, Real Time Java; Utilized Model Driven Architecture (MDA), software patterns.

Multiple Capstone events held at White Sands and Yuma Proving Grounds; Worked with NGA, SOCOM, other ARMY, NAVY teams.

CONSULTANT 2003-2004

Program / Project Manager, Software Development ($17 mil contract)

Various assignments for Mathtech Inc., including IDI, Inc., DRC.

Deputy Program Manager for replacement of the US Navy E-2C Advanced Hawkeye Intercommunications System & related Business Development initiatives.

Worked on Requirements and development for manufacture of ISO 9001-compliant, fully integrated WRA for pilots and crew. This was a $17mil contract.

Other small consulting assignments.

Used MS Project, Primavera, TQM, process control for projects

ALLEGIS GROUP, Inc. (Aerotek, TekSystems, etc.) 1999 to 2003

Technical IT Manager, PMO ($4 mill budget)

Data Warehouse task with Informatica, Cognos Cube, SQL reporting

Sr. Project Manager for numerous, Web-based Java development & infrastructure projects (data center builds/ consolidations). Oracle backend, including Directory Server Enterprise Edition and Unified Directory; Tech manager on the development and launch

SDLC included release/deploy mgt. in a matrix (both IT and multiple business offices) environment, CCB Management assessments & presentations. Projects incl. Upgrades to operational s/w, database maintenance.

Responsible for full SDLC including test plans and programs installation – use cases, scripts, Mercury test tools, test contractors and knowledge transition.

Managed and coordinated approx. 45 people, 8 teams, subsidiary companies/contractors. Solution runs on multiple Sun/Netscape (iPlanet) E10K platforms, Java development, w/ NAS 2.1 upgraded to iAS 6.0, w/ JDBC, Java Server Pages, Java Beans, J2EE. Uses Oracle 8, 8i, 9i DBs on a 3-tiered platform architected for 24/7, high availability on farms of Sun e-450s for redundancy, load balancing.

Related Analyses: Econometric Port studies (Economics Impact Statements); SAS reporting (v.6)

EDUCATION

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, MSC.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, B.A.

DULWICH COLLEGE, London, England

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Project Management for Software Development, 2000/2002

SDLC in Software Organizations, 1999

George Washington University, Telecommunications Policy Studies (Master’s Degree course work)

Computer-Aided Software Engineering, James Martin Seminars; CASE Seminars, CBIS Educational Services

Member – PMI, Coursework; Government Performance Results Act;

OTHER: TS/SCI Clearance, Full scope polygraph (lifestyle poly) expired, Jul./13; SECRET since 10/04

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