Sidney A. Stanton, PMP

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DOD Clearance Level: Top Secret-SCI

Senior Program Manager with twenty-two years of Information Technology experience. Experience ranging from technical design and engineering to large IT program management. Twenty-one years of experience leading teams of engineers in the implementation of secure, fault tolerant networks in sensitive environments. Consistent record of delivering projects on time and within budget. Customer focused and strong interpersonal skills.

• PMP # 1515522

• Master of Business Administration

• Strong written and verbal communications skills

• Experience with scope management, procurement management, time management, cost management, communications management, and risk management

Skills

• Lead and coordinate technical teams in the implementation of network and systems infrastructure.

• Collect, review, and analyze business requirements from clients in support of evolving network and systems requests.

• Develop plans and oversee implementation of proposed solutions so as to ensure timely and technically successful implementation.

• Perform procurement, resource, logistical, and budget planning.

• Assemble teams of stakeholders, SMEs and management to research alternative solutions and to formulate and document network and systems requirements.

• Interface with senior members of Government and commercial agencies for out-of-the-ordinary project activities including, but not limited to, circuit connectivity, facility upgrades, and systems integration.

• Identify, track, and mitigate project issues and risks.

• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office including MS-Project and MS-Visio, Service Now (Service Management Tool), and Remedy.

Experience

Senior Project Manager, Department of Energy

Insight Global (BlueWater Federal) May 2023-Present

• Project Manager responsible for timely and cost-effective network infrastructure related initiatives

• Provide insight and perspective on the stand-up of a new program management office including designing process and documentation templates, workflows, and the integration of Jira into the PMO environment

• Coordinate pre and post change engineering and service desk activities, effectively communicate project status, risks, schedules to stakeholders and interested parties Program Manager, DISA

Credence Management Solutions August 2022-January 2023

• Contributor to SOW submission for a network O&M/Engineering support services contract

• Participated in weekly status and engineering meetings for the (then) existing work order Senior Federal Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security, LAN Managed Services Lumen (CenturyLink) March 2014-August 2022

• Lead program manager responsible for data circuit deliveries and extensions where the overall effort was to replace data circuits (last mile) to 100 locations.

• Responsible for coordinating the extension of circuits via fiber optic cable from demarcation point to edge router, testing connectivity, and commencement of billing.

• Lead multiple projects involving copper and fiber cabling to include campus cable plant.

• Facilitate network connectivity to and among multiple user-occupied sites, datacenter locations and telecom facilities.

• Lead program manager for Hub Relocation, a network re-design effort to consolidate core network services onto Dell VSAN and to establish two new sites as network transit hubs for the national capital region.

• Lead program manager for migration to OneDrive for cloud storage 12,500 users.

• Lead program manager for data center consolidation to reduce footprint from approximately 60 devices down to thirteen.

• Responsible for transitioning metropolitan area backbone infrastructure services delivery model from Government owned/contractor managed to contractor owned/contractor managed.

• Provide leadership in planning, engineering, implementing, and transitioning to Operations and Maintenance no less than 80 LAN closet modernizations encompassing layers 1, 2, and 3 of the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) model.

• Serve as Program Manager for Head Quarters Engineering Services (HQES) ensuring effective implementation of server-based network functions such as Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, continuous monitoring (security), routine patching, 0-day patching, and workstation image management, among others.

• Organize the effort to modernize data center facilities to include documenting legacy infrastructure, consolidating assets, redesigning replacement architecture, and implementing a modernization solution.

• Lead team in deployment of Network Access Controls on over two hundred user connected layer two devices including IOS upgrade of all devices, roll-out of 802.1x to 13,000 access ports.

• Contract lead for Windows 10 deployment with leadership responsibility for modernizing Systems Center Configuration Manager, Active Directory, deployed software inventory analysis, software deployment, and the deployment Windows 10 imaging as an upgrade-in-place deployment.

• Responsible for achieving Authority to Operate (ATO) status for a major Government Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) network including remediation of Information Security Vulnerability Management (ISVM) remediation findings.

• Daily interface with mid and senior level Government management.

• Provide significant contributions to project management process.

• Primary interface with Risk Management Division (network security) engineering.

• Participate in assessing staffing levels, defining staffing requirements, and hiring. Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security, ICAM-PMO T-Symmetry, Washington, DC October 2012-November 2013

• Responsible for implementing Enterprise Personal Identity Verification (PIV) logical access throughout the Department of Homeland Security, targeting 50% user compliance by FY2013 and 75% user compliance by FY2014.

• Responsible for maintaining contractual staffing levels while achieving targeted margin requirements.

• Project Management duties for engineering initiatives including Enterprise PKI Validation Services (EPVS), Dependent Systems Gateway (DSG), Privileged User Management (PUM), and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP).

• Developed, implemented, and maintained project management process such as Integrated Master Schedule, risk management, and status reporting.

• Managed risk mitigation in fifteen critical areas of HSPD-12 service delivery.

• Responsible for the management and quality control of contract deliverables.

• Provided guidance and direction to Engineering and Communications staff.

• Defined, managed, and interpreted project quality metrics to assess and influence program performance.

• Interfaced with Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) management for network and HSPD-12 issues. Project Engineering Manager, Department of Homeland Security-HSD, CRMD Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland July 2007-June 2012

• Experience with DHS procurement practices including sole-source justifications and technical insertion process.

• Project Manager for transition to Mandatory Personal Identification Verification (PIV or Smart-Card) Logical Access. Lead teams in all aspects of network, systems, and user community preparation to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and OMB Memo M-11-11.

• Project Manager for Deploy PIV card readers to SCIF environments. Coordinate Engineering, Security and user groups to comply with HSPD-12 mandate along with applicable security regulations.

• Project Manager for Perimeter Improvements including the installation of over one hundred IP video cameras, build-out of command-and-control center including Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM), and related network infrastructure.

• Project Manager for Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). Lead Engineering team in design, testing, procurement, installation and Operations and Maintenance transition.

• Project Manager for IT aspect of various office build-out initiatives as required by the customers of OCIO/ITSO/CRMD including Crystal Drive, 455 Massachusetts Avenue, C-LAN Aggregation, 1616 Fort Myer Drive, and 7799 Leesburg Pike.

• Project Manager for HSD Technology Refresh program responsible for developing comprehensive, programmatic approach to workstation refresh across the entire user community.

• Project Manager for various moves-adds-changes (MACs) throughout the NCR.

• Interface with CBP management and engineering staff on issues pertaining to the backbone network.

• Interact with Network Engineering, Systems Administration, and Operations departments in organizing system deployments throughout the Enterprise.

• Responsible for recruiting to maintain staffing levels as sufficient to fulfill contracted responsibilities.

• Selected appropriate staff for the timely and efficient completion various O&M project initiatives.

• Project Manager and primary O&M COTR representative for HSPD-12 initiative.

• Provided regular reporting to senior management during all project phases.

• Other projects: St. Elizabeth’s Trailer Connectivity, Office of Chief Security Officer Build-out, AT&T metro Ethernet redundancy, Green Computing and Power Management, 455 Mass Ave Build-out, Migration S&T, CSAC SCIF Build-out, 1201 NYA Upgrade.

Senior Project Manager, Pentagon NISO/ITA

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Seabrook, Maryland April 2005-July 2007

• Managed complete project life cycles including all phases of network infrastructure installations throughout the Pentagon and Pentagon swing space.

• Maintained a steady track record of achieving strict cost and schedule performance metrics.

• Developed project plans to govern project execution.

• Simultaneously managed twenty to thirty active projects and up to fifty through post implementation phases.

• Lead regularly scheduled status briefings with both customers and Program Management Officers.

• Controlled project scope through analysis of changing or new requirements.

• Negotiated approval procedures for planned and emergency network outages.

• Escalated critical issues through chain of command as required to accomplish implementation objectives.

• Managed complete procurement process for each project including from Bill of Materials through invoice.

• Improved procurement management practices through the integration SAP reporting tools.

• Established Primavera TeamPlay as an essential planning and reporting tool. Senior Communications Engineer May 2000-March 2005 Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC), Brooklyn, New York

• Performed network design and project management functions for New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) critical infrastructure.

• Served as Senior Engineer and central point of contact for SIAC clients Fixed Income Clearing Corporation.

• Conducted cross-departmental meetings with network security, architecture, and operations engineers.

• Successfully designed, tested and implemented key network infrastructure for major service critical to the mortgage-backed securities industry.

• Conducted advanced trouble shooting of industry critical, routed network production issues.

• Designed globally load-balanced, dual-site solutions to leverage high availability firewalls and redundant server environments.

• Performed Project Engineering of WAN connectivity via leased-line, frame-relay, ISDN communications Communications Engineer, Pentagon April 1999-May 2000 Electronic Data Systems, Inc., Herndon, VA

• Created and executed project plans with respect to the installation of network infrastructure for the SAM.

• Provided backbone maintenance for Air Force, Army and Office of the Secretary of Defense networks.

• Configured and integrated Xylan, Cisco and Fore switches; Cisco and 3Com routers.

• Trouble shot Xylan (Alcatel) switches, Netbuilder, Cisco 2500, 4500 and 7000 routers.

• Established effective utilization of Fluke meters, Network General Sniffer, and TCP/IP utilities.

• Analyzed copper and fiber optic cabling, shared media devices and cable termination.

• Restored client with minimal downtime.

Systems Administrator, SAM-Pentagon December 1997- March 1999 Electronic Data Systems, Inc., Herndon, VA

• Administered NT and Novell classified network of over 500 Air Force users.

• Installed server software, setup user accounts, permissions, printing services, disaster recovery plans, and security.

• Maintained server hardware, backups, and monitor drive space utilization.

• Provided third level support for desktop connectivity issues. Network Engineer, DONHQ/Pentagon March-November 1997 SMS Data Products Division, Sterling VA

• Provided Level One and Level Two desktop support for 3,500 Department of the Navy Headquarters in the Pentagon.

• Resolved desktop connectivity issues including printing, file access, and MS Exchange client.

• Monitored server backups and performed system restores. Systems Support Analyst November 1995-February 1997 Union Network Systems, Inc., Rockville, MD

• Configured, integrated, and administered Novell networks with Win 3.1, 95 and NT workstations.

• Provided User Requirements Analysis, systems design, product research, job costing, procurement, documentation and training.

• Supported pre and post sales of proprietary COBOL database software and integration into existing systems.

• Converted UNIX to DOS data utilizing PCPlex terminal emulator. R.E.M Capital Corporation

Analyst, Intern January 1993-June 1993

• Analyzed corporate financial statements to pre-screen debt restructuring candidates.

• Prepared briefings and memorandums for senior management. Education

Masters of Business Administration May 1993

The American University, Washington, DC

Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration May 1987 Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado

Training

Project Management Professional (PMP), ITIL Foundations training, International SCRUM Institute CSM Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Cisco Network Administration (CNA), Certified Netware Administrator (CNE), Primavera TeamPlay, SAP (Materials Management), Microsoft Project, Advanced Cisco Router Configuration, Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration, Microsoft NT Server and Enterprise, Fluke LANmeter, Novell 3.12 and 4.11, SnifferPro

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