John Carrabis

Northern Virginia 703-***-**** ad2se7@r.postjobfree.com

Director of Risk Management

Enterprise IT Operations

Action driven Director with over 40 years expertise in operational development and efficiency improvements, cross functional team leadership and delivering positive outcomes with strong sustainable gains

High achieving skills with a strong ability to identify opportunities while building high performance teams to support company’s objectives

Proven experience identifying and implementing strategies to reduce costs, increase revenue, strengthen customer relationships, improve business practices, and drive profitable growth

Broad based skills with strong planning, communication, organizational decision making, and successfully directing concurrent projects

Mentoring staff and creating an encouraging team environment for higher level of employee growth and performance

Core Strength & Skills

Team Leadership

Risk Management

Cost Reduction

Process Development / Improvement

PMP

Strategic Management / Data Analysis

Efficiency Enhancement

Finance Budgeting

Customer Relations Management

Business Process Mapping

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt

ISO 9001/27000 Series

SPC

Government Contracting

Vulnerability testing

Cloud Architecture

Agile Management

Scrum

Scada

Digital Strategy

Talent Acquisition

Enterprise Resource Planning

Data Mining

IT Infrastructure HW/SW

FMEA

Incident Response

ERP Management

Vendor Management

Capture Management

Root Cause Analysis

DOE

Supply Chain Management

Benchmarking

Change Management Process (ADKAR)

Software Product Management

Vectrus Systems, McLean Virginia 2021 - Present

Director Risk Management & Enterprise IT Operations

Responsible for all Cyber Risk Programs, Incident reporting, KPI’s, SOC

Implementation of Secureworks endpoint

Implemented 3rd party Cyber training through Proofpoint

Vulnerability and endpoint patching

3rd Party Risk Implementation

Compliance SOX IT GC Controls

Internal training and documentation across cross functional areas, improve knowledge and collaboration, talent transformation, promote within

Build IT & Cyber team to support all IT operations

Managing and directing 5 sr managers – cyber team, service desk, cloud operations, digital transformation, IT Finance

Managing 4 PMO – all related IT projects

Designed and Implemented service desk KPI power BI dashboard with automated email to the service team for hourly awareness

100% MFA roll out across all Vectrus employees, KPI dashboard

Service Desk automation 20% reduction – ticketing elimination - self service

Global Phase in IT operations to support Vectrus contracts

Implement auto pilot process across Vectrus environment zero touch deployment

Support break fix

Manage all endpoints

Asset management, global supply chain

Network design improvements, Improve IT reliability, monitoring, application availability

95% Cloud, reduction of on prem

Cost reduction laptop selection, software license reduction

Integrated Enterprise – calendar view, email, distro list

Goal setting – individual development plans

Drive cyber remediation action items add strategies to prevent reoccurring issues minimize threats

Corsec Cyber Security, Herndon, Virginia 2016 - 2021

Director of Engineering

Responsible for all obligations and high standards of the engineering service team

Experience managing complex SLA and OLA based agreements

Mobile Security Encryption IOS & Android

IT Information Cyber Strategy Management Services

Manage and direct 5 senior security managers

Improved GM in past 12 months from 55 to 75%

Streamlined engineering department for systematic expertise

Responsible for development and implementation of IT integration projects

Information Security Validations & Certifications (FIPs-140-2/3, Common Criteria, UCAPL, FedRamp), Solutions Architecture, software design, networking, and cloud infrastructure

Vulnerability & Penetration testing

Improved project efficiency after implementing business practices, change management process

Over 50% reduction in late projects

Implemented Leading and Lagging KPI’s

Improved process strategies to enhanced project execution

Reduction of quality defects through root cause analysis, 5 why approach

Software Product Management

Quality of work catalyzed multiple return customers, increase revenue in millions

Micron Technology, Manassas, Virginia 2010 – 2016

Senior Process Equipment Manager

Directing manufacturing of new product and equipment design for 25nm NAND Storage applications

Successful completion of technology process transfer from sister fabs

Project Management of new equipment installs multimillion dollar equipment increase throughput

Managing daily tactical and strategic planning

Mentoring a staff of eight equipment engineers and encouraging team environment

Achieving high levels of employee growth and performance, through goal setting, benchmarking and individual planning

Using customer feedback from cross functional areas to promote personal growth

Identifying projects that improved output by over fifty percent through software and hardware modifications

Increasing yields by three percent through equipment modifications

Reducing repair and maintenance costs by $500,000 by improving equipment reliability, second sourcing, and implementing planned and predictive maintenance

Utilizing FMEA (Failure Modes Effects Analysis) to identify fail modes and to improve equipment availability by 5.2%

Reducing unscheduled maintenance by 3.1% using critical scheduled maintenance and TPM (total productive maintenance)

Planning of annual budget and incorporating cost reduction through discovery and implementation projects

Micron Technology, Manassas, Virginia 2007 – 2010

Project Transfer Manager

Managing transfer of backend assembly packaging operations from Boise, Idaho to Manassas, Virginia

Redesigning manufacturing equipment to enhance throughput, to simplify manufacturing operations through automation

Documenting process flow for verified accuracy

Reducing cost by $700,000 through supplier negotiations and second sourcing of raw materials

Lowering RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization) by 5% through the DMAIC process (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control)

Improving customer relations and avoiding stop shipments from major customers

Micron Technology, Manassas, Virginia 2002 – 2007 Senior Process Operations Manager

Managing a team of five supervisors with a total of 65 indirect employees, including engineers and technicians, to sustain manufacturing operations for DRAM & NAND technologies

Black Belt Certification by Six Sigma was applied to projects resulting in savings of $1,000,000

Developing Green Belt Training Program to train over sixty engineers to identify efficiency, minimize variation and reduce cost

Reducing scrap material through the use of documentation to ensure accuracy of daily operations

Dominion Semiconductor- an IBM & Toshiba joint venture 1999 – 2002 Implant Process Manager

Overseeing aggressive tool installations for high volume manufacturing ramp

Managing process controls with SPC

Improving efficiency by 30% through recipe enhancements

Dominion Semiconductor- an IBM & Toshiba joint venture 1997 - 1999

Diffusion Process Manager

Process sustainment

Tool installs

Process transfer from IBM & Toshiba for DRAM Technologies

SPC implementation

Reduction of defects by process improvements

Standard Microsystems, New York 1993 – 1997

Project Manager

Management and implementation of Lexmark Inkjet technologies for high volume manufacturing

Co-Developer of Silicon Carbide High Temp Passivation layer, needed for inkjet technologies

Modification of equipment and processes to avoid multimillion-dollar equipment purchases

Reduction of raw starting material by 50%, resulting in savings of $500,000, by second sourcing and vendor and pricing negotiations

Collaborated with cross functional areas to share wins and benchmark goals

Reduction of test wafers by using SPC methodologies

Standard Microsystems, New York 1985 – 1993 Implant Manager & Diffusion Process Manager

Process sustainment and improvements

Team leader, in charge of four process engineers

Implement recipe improvements

Tool qualification and readiness

Create operation manuals for semiconductor manufacturing equipment

Maintain process control and excursion prevention

Utilize DOE (Design of Experiments) methodologies to improve transistor threshold targets

Improve gate oxides using wet or dry oxidation process with enhanced pre clean processes

Dedication of process gases to avoid cross contamination and minimize scrap material

Standard Microsystems, New York 1980 - 1985

Implant Technician

System planned and preventive maintenance

Tool installs

Maintaining over 90% tool availability

Contamination control by performing scheduled deep clean and beam accuracy

Troubleshooting high level equipment issues

Education & Certifications

Six Sigma Certification

Six Sigma Academy, 2000

ITIL Certification 2016

PMP Certification

CISSP

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Farmingdale State College, State University of New York, 1986

Associate of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology

Suffolk Community College, New York, 1984

Sargent (E-5), U.S. Army Reserve 1983-1989, Security Clearance

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