Management Project

education

B.S., Criminal Justice with focus in Homeland Security, Excelsior College.

MALS, Masters of Public Administration, Credits earned towards coursework for Graduate Credits toward Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) (In Progress).

M S., Masters of Science in Homeland Security and Emergency Management (In Progress).

security clearance

DOD SECRET

Summary of Qualifications

Project Control Specialist with experience in establishing and defining operational and financial requirements for procedures and practices in Earned Value Management techniques.

Create financial cost and accounting controls to provide successful delivery of end product to the government.

Well versed in CMMI V1.2 policies, scope and objectives.

Experienced with military and technical analysis and program management.

Areas of expertise

Homeland Security

Cost/Schedule/EVMS Analysis

Project Cost Tracking

CMMI Level 3-5

Subcontract Management

Cost Estimating

Professional Experience

November 2015-June 2016. EVM/CMMI Manager GRSI, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare, (CMS). Woodlawn, MD. Project: DATS.

Assist Project Director in performing variance analysis and development of Estimates at Completion (EACs).

Develop reports, charts, and briefing for Program Monthly Reviews.

Manage performance data for Integrated Baseline Review to ANSI-748 a, b, c.

Manage the EVMS Change Management System and ensure all changes to the Performance Measurement Baseline are approved and auditable.

Able to effectively communicate EVM processes, best practices, instructions to team members who have varying levels of EVM expertise.

Delegate work products to the appropriate team members and provide assistance as needed.

March 2015-October 2015. Cost Analyst for Defense Centers of Excellence, Defense (DCoE) and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Deployment Health Clinical Center and National Center for Telehealth and Technology. Arlington, VA. Project: DCoE.

Supervised lead junior/cost analysts for review of analysis and content to approve cost analysis work products.

Independently implemented government investment analysis practices such as Life Cycle Cost Estimating, Cost Benefit Analysis, Cost Effectiveness Analysis, and Business Case Analysis.

Interpreted and applied principles of Office of Management and Budget and Department of Defense cost estimating circulars including DoD 5000.

Applied cost estimating tools such as SEER, ACE-IT to include their methodologies to required cost estimation tasks.

Provide report status of cost analysis/estimating activities to the Program Manager.

Conducted requirements meetings, prepared meeting notes and followed up on agreed action items.

Prepared and tracked project plans for project inception to completion.

Managed day-to-day individual workload, monitor milestones and critical dates.

Facilitated the implementation of new functionality, training and troubleshooting techniques.

Promoted teamwork and knowledge sharing in pursuit of effective problem solving.

Engaged senior level Uniformed and Civilian, subject matter experts and key program stakeholders to provide information and briefing reports to facilitate meetings, working group sessions, strategic action groups, interagency taskforces and senior executive/Congressional briefings.

Tracked, analyzed, updated and reporting status on multiple high-level initiatives.

Documented and synthesized information discussed in meetings.

Provide desktop publishing, including designing, formatting, writing, and editing evaluation reports and client deliverables,

Updated deliverables based on customer/staff / project manager feedback related to possible gaps, errors, and improvement opportunities.

Communicated with client in an organized and knowledgeable manner, and delivered clear requests for information.

Supported data collection, interviewed protocols, onsite evaluation and preparation of program reports.

Sept 2013-Nov 2013 Earned Value Management (EVM) Project Control Analyst for Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS), Tantus Technologies, Inc., Woodlawn, MD. Project: CMS.

Assist the EV management team to ensure the proper approval of integrated cost, schedule, and performance monitoring for risk management on applicable contracts.

Provide oversight of third party contractor’s Earned Value Management in coordination with other Program Support Team members.

Plan, organize, and conduct program surveillance activities to ensure that the contractor’s management control system complies with EVM ANSI 748 standard to assess systems compliance with EVMS requirements.

Participate in baseline development, baseline reviews, and Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) compliance.

Review third party contractor’s required external cost and schedule reports to ensure that they contain information derived from accepted/validated system.

Oct 2012-Sept 2013 Earned Value Management (EVM) for Automated Provider Screening (APS) project, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare, TurningPoint Global Solutions, Inc, Rockville, MD. Project: CMS.

Provides support to the APS Control Account Managers and the Program Manager to track project budget and schedule compliance prepares and delivers the Cost Performance Report (CPR) to the COR on a monthly basis.

Maintains the project schedule baseline and establishing Cost Performance and Schedule Performance thresholds for risk management purposes. Updates and delivers project schedules to the COR on a weekly basis.

Converting current EVM to CPI/SPI EVMS Model.

March 2012-June 2012 EVM Subject Matter Expert (Consultant) EPIC Transformation PMO, US Office of Personnel Management, Information Experts, Inc. - Reston, VA. Project: FIS: Classified.

Provided EVM Training and Support to the PMO for the EPIC Transformation Federal Investigative Services PMO. The EPIC Transformation Program entails modernizing eight systems that currently support the background investigation process.

Oct 2010-December 2010 EVM Subject Matter Expert, Pentagon, US Air Force, Council for Logistics Research, Arlington, VA, Project: USAF: Classified.

Analyzed Cost, WBS, schedules, earned value management data, trends.

Provided reports for senior government stakeholders to identify any issues in context of DoD and MILDEP Acquisition Lifecycle policy.

Jan 2010 – April 2010 Project Control Specialist/Earned Value Management, SRA International, Inc. Chevy Chase, MD Project: MARCS for FDA

Responsible for creating various financial costs and accounting controls in support of MARC’s program for the FDA.

Assisted senior staff in establishing and defining operational and financial requirements for procedures and practices in Earned Value Management techniques for implementation of Deltek COBRA database.

Experienced in maintaining business requirements that lead to implementation of cost/pricing tools; by utilizing CMMI V1.2 process of cost and schedule management in forecasting of fiscal control systems to provide successful delivery of pricing deliverables to the government.

Served as a lead contributor into technical, cost/pricing models for use in schedule, planning, and performance of government EVMS deliverable(s).

Feb 2006 – June 2009 Program Management Analyst, Nortel Government Solutions, Inc., Rosslyn, VA. Project: US-VISIT: Classified.

Program Management Analyst experienced in knowledge management operations to include counter-terrorism, in Criminal Justice for Homeland Security.

Demonstrated skill set in conducting analytical studies and recommending ways to improve processes.

Maintained, formulated, developed, and established the Nortel Government Solutions (NGS) US-VISIT sponsored Integrated Baseline Review (IBR), Contingency Planning Guide, Earned Value Management System (EVMS), and Capability Model Maturity Integration (CMMI) Version 1.2 for compliance to the ANSI/EIA-748 standard database.

Responsible for delivering program evaluation studies to track financial trend analysis for the development of methodologies used to measure program accomplishments, results, and effectiveness.

Coordinated studies to consolidate findings into certified products.

Provided administrative and policy direction for practice of CMMI policies, scope and objectives.

Liaison for resource activities to facilitate Immigration and Border Management Operations to include Emergency Planning and Assessment, International, Domestic and Counter-Terrorism, Law Enforcement, and Immigration benefit processing.

Participated in meetings, conferences, and briefings with senior government officials and NGS key management, stakeholders.

Mar 2004 – Jan 2006 Staff Analyst, The Boeing Company, VA

Project: Future Combat Systems for The Department of Defense, Classified.

Provided support to the Senior Management Team.

Developed, made recommendations and implemented solutions required supporting corporate teams.

Investigated and resolved complex legal issues in support of the team.

Reviewed, examined and evaluated progress to plan deliverables.

Prepared reports of investigation and recommended changes. Established external contacts to resolve operational issues.

Provided support of customer contact plans, customer meetings, presentations and coordination and report/briefing publishing.

Experienced with military and technical analysis and long-term research assessment.

Participated and developed mechanisms for establishing, monitoring and integrating project elements, including scope, work statements, schedules, resources costs, quality, both change management process by project managers, line managers and customers to meet company business objectives.

Developed and delivered reports for customer presentation and acceptance.

July – Sept 2003 Legal Project Manager/Due Diligence Coordinator, CIA, VA

Project: In-Q-Tel

Due Diligence Coordinator for the corporate finance, legal, and venture teams supporting the efforts of the Federal Government.

Created and maintained project database for compliance and methodology due diligence specifications and information technology certifications.

Conducted training classes for technical and legal team meetings.

Produced Due Diligence Master schedule spreadsheet database for corporate management reference regarding Information Technology components, rates and schedules.

Deployment of Critical Path schedule development forecasts.

Briefed senior management on daily status of Due Diligence subject matter issues by project. Specific software used Access Database and MS Office.

Jan – Feb 2003 Project Analyst, Riggs Bank, Washington, DC

Project: Office of Controller of Currency (OCC) Analysis for U.S. Treasury

Project Analyst for CISSP Security Technical Team performing consulting services at corporate bank sites in London UK, US.

Supported off-site meetings and wrote analyses report for Office of the Controller of the Currency.

Supported IT Team in the development of life-cycle requirements from pilot migration to full implementation. Development and certification of pricing forecast models for IT Security compliance.

Interfaced and communicated effectively with engineering, to secure IT program management disciplines.

Developed resource usage financial forecast reports for the Office of the Controller of Currency.

Provided compliance forecasts to senior management for deployment to local, state bank offices.

Specific software used Access Database, MS-Project 2000, e-Room, and e-Vision, MS Office.

April – Sept 2002 Project Administrator, Computer Merchant, Washington, DC

Project: Hewlett Packard for the U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms: Classified.

Project Administrator to 55 users implementing software and programming services for the United States Senate.

Specific responsibilities included: attending and participating in Senate briefings for government/contractors to discuss the development and integration of IT schedules.

Supported and developed life-cycle requirements from pilot migration to full implementation.

Coordinated deployment of hardware and software teams throughout the Senate State and local offices.

Performed analyses such as Critical Path Schedule, Float, Risk Assessment, Performance Analysis, Recovery Planning, and Predictive Analysis in order to assess program/project status.

Communicated daily status to the Senate and recommended corrective action/mitigation to ensure that cost and schedule targets were achieved.

Developed and maintained strong working relationship with customers and others in the scheduling process, especially those related to collecting data & communicating project/program status.

Coordinated installations with hardware technicians to service the needs of the U.S. Senate and their technical staffs.

Provided financial tracking and project certification scheduling pertaining to the installations, relocation, and troubleshooting of data and voice communications equipment. Interfaced with all Senate offices and primary management staff.

Specific software used Access Database and MS-Project 2000.

Jan – April 2001 Systems Analyst, DDL OMNI Engineering, LLC, VA

Project: PMS 395 ASDS for U.S. Navy Seals: Classified.

Provided support for the PMS395 Navy Seals Submarine program support organization.

Conducted a thorough review of the current and planned ASDS logistics status.

Reviewed requirements to field and support the ASDS; documented the products and processes currently being acquired; tracked status; identified products and processes with supporting rationale.

Proposed and created a baseline set of processes and products needed to support the ASDS; determined required dates for each product/process, including in-process requirements such as reviews, validation and verification; identified the resources (government and contractor) needed to acquire the products.

Prepared a Master Schedule (interdependency network) based on the information developed; translated this network into a schedule of actions required to support the Master Schedule; provided professional and timely analytical support toward preparation and delivery of meeting agendas, minutes and notes for technical Naval reviews and briefings.

Experienced user of project management software such as MS Project, Access. Application of knowledge in key technical processes necessary for requirements, design, integration, schedule relationships & interdependencies.

Jan 1999 – July 2000 Business Analyst, Impact Innovations, LLC, Washington, DC

Project: Marshall Hall, Army War College for the National Defense University

Government and military subcontracting experience; managing complex FFP (Firm Fixed Price) or CP (Cost Plus) type subcontracts. Experienced with competitive source development and selection as well as cost and price analysis. Understanding of FAR and DFAR flow down requirements. Demonstrated DOD industry experience.

Duties consisted of providing DOD contracting support to Public Sector Managing Director, Government Business Solutions Delivery Director and National Defense University management and staff.

Processed purchase orders for National Defense University (NDU), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). Processed expense vouchers, completed charge number requests for purchase orders issued by local, state and federal government agencies. Prepared purchase order contract modifications awarded to Impact for corporate contracts, finance and sales account teams.

Administered all major subcontracts. Worked directly with Program Managers, Business Managers on assigned programs to ensure the subcontractors were kept in compliance with client requirements. Interfaced and communicated effectively with engineering, quality, and program management disciplines.

July 1993 – Dec 1998 Consultant, MCI Telecommunications, VA

Project: Internet Telecommunications for British Telecom – “Concert”

Consultant to MCI Global Bid Delivery Director and international proposal staff.

Assisted in preparation of MCI International marketing public sector proposal bids and development. Worked with MCI Global Account Teams to produce winning proposals. Prepared quality control in reference to RFP-$26M-80M requirements.

Delivered winning results to the organization and international proposal staff. Performed a leadership role by pulling together all necessary MCI and partner resources in developing client solutions.

Developed the ability to produce high quality, customized and response solutions for proposals. Managed the development of all proposal responses, program plans, technical and service solutions, pricing and contractual responses. Supported all post-proposal delivery activities including addressing customer inquiries and discussed items and coordinated task changes.

Worked directly with account teams to drive the bid management process. This specifically included the Pre-Sales Support areas as follows: Opportunity Evaluations, Opportunity Qualifications, Account Planning and Solution Consulting. Provide support to the Director of Access Vendor & Policy Development, Network MCI Business.

Certifications

Excelsior College

Homeland Security

Deltek University

Deltek COBRA Fundamentals

Management Concepts, Inc.

Earned Value Management in Projects

Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

CMMI V1.2

Department of Defense Certification

CISSP Certification Awareness

The Boeing Company: University of Alabama Transcript - NETgLearning Certifications

Business Leadership

Women - Developing a Leadership Path

Business Communications

Advanced Business Communication & Effective Business Communication

English/Grammar

Grammar Skills - Introduction to Basic Grammar

Grammar Skills - Mechanics and Spelling

Business Writing the Fundamentals

Internet Web Development

Dreamweaver MX Pt 1

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project Fundamentals

Microsoft Project Proficient User

Microsoft Excel Fundamentals

Microsoft Excel Proficient User

Microsoft Outlook Proficient User

Network Protocols

Voice over IP Essentials v6.0

Network+ Pt 1 - Media and Topologies

Network+ Pt 2 - Protocols and Standards

Lightweight Directory Access Protocols

Performance

Improving Your Memory

Goal Setting – Setting and Reaching Individual Goals

training

US-VISIT Training

Continuity of Operations (COOP)

ICE CSAT 2006 - ICE Computer Security Awareness

Learning Works - Introduction to US-VOICE

Learning Works - Risk Management US VOICE

Introduction to Capability Maturity Model Integration

Staged & Continuous Representation V1.2

Project Management-Session 1: Estimation

Project Management-Session 3: PMC/Closure

Project Management Notebook 4

Quality Assurance Process

Requirements Definition and Management

Department of Energy Training:

TSO for Users

Orientation to (CSTM) Computer Services Telecommunications Management, Information Technology Security Office

System 2000 SCF Retrieval

Omega User

Boeing Company Training:

Accounting

Accounting & Management Accounting Overview Work Breakdown Structure Task

Estimate to Budget Baseline

Estimating & Costing Overview

Aerospace

In-flight Entertainment

Analytical

Cause Analysis

Business Leadership

Leadership Begins With Self-Leadership

Introduction to Business Operations

Transition to Management

Diversity

Computer Security

Electronically Stored Sensitive Information Process

Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Awareness

Special Access Programs (SAP) Refresher

Laptop Security Training

Industrial Security Refresher

Introduction to e-Safety Training

Security Awareness Training

Security Compliance (Nist 800-53),

Contracts

Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Awareness Course

Teaming Agreements

Fair Disclosure Awareness

Export Control Awareness

Truth In Negotiations Act (TINA)

Compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Import Compliance Awareness Course

Proposal Team Brief

Procurement Integrity

Legal

Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Preparation

Antitrust Compliance

Procurement Integrity

Trade Secrets and Competitive Intelligence

Offering Gratuities

Acceptance of Business Courtesies - Anti-Kickback

Ethics Challenge

Ethics Recommitment Integrated Defense Systems and Product Work

Boeing Code of Conduct Certification

Global Diversity & Compliance

Introduction to Insider Trading

Performance

Improving Performance Through Empowerment

Improve Employee Performance-Leveraging Potential

Exceeding Expectations!

Achieving Excellence

Thinking Creatively

Product Development

Preventing Product Substitutions

Psychology

The Psychology of Achievement

It Only Takes a Minute to Change Your Life

Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

Passion for Excellence

Time Management, Developing a Plan

Time Saving Habits & Strategy for Max Productivity

Statistical Metrics

Earned Value Management (EVM) Best Practice, Introduction to Earned Value

Cost/Schedule Control Systems (C/SCS) Criteria Earned Value Management System (EVMS) CONCEPTS

Software Skill/Programming Languages

EVMS Reporting Tools:

Deltek (Cost Point, COBRA, MPM,) WinsIght, SAP, Primavera, Microsoft Project.

Business Objects; SAS, Crystal, Database Systems (Oracle (10g and 11g) database Endeca, ArcGIS),

JAVA, SharePoint, Operating Systems (Microsoft Windows 98, NT, 2000 Server, Windows 2000-2015 Professional, and XP Professional)

Programming Languages

(Visual C++, Visual Basic, HTML),. UNIX, Microsoft SCL/SQR, C++ Programming, Pascal, Microsoft Windows Media Server, Player, and Microsoft BackOffice Suite. Local Area Networks: configuration, engineering, product evaluation, performance analysis, interoperability of LAN systems, and application programming in the LAN environment.

Supported Hardware products

IBM LAN Server, Hewlett Packard, Novell Netware, MICROSOFT LAN Manager, Unix, Token-Ring, Ethernet and a host of infrastructure hardware. Starband VSAT, Winproxy for Starband, Cisco Router & Switches, TCP/IP Networking. Basic knowledge of Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) administration and provide web site content formatting. AIX, Red Hat Linux,

Merit Awards

1995 National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences

Voting Member – Music Production

2006 Nortel Government Solutions

Location and Mapping Research Activities Award

2007 Nortel Government Solutions

Earned Value Management Systems

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