John C. Lawhorn

**** ******* *** *** **** Richey, FL 34652

443-***-**** • ad2xzp@r.postjobfree.com

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Thirty-two successful years of combined experience in planning, management, operations, information technology/programming, analysis, training, communications/electronics, logistics, maintenance, security, and employee/personnel relations

Proven success in leading teams through logical decision-making and collaboration

Agile Certified Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Vice President Operations for Wiregrass Transport Services, Dothan, Alabama Jul22-Aug23

Operations VP of a company that provides transport and distribution services for two of the largest national publishing companies, Gannett News and Lee Enterprises covering all of southeast Alabama, southwest Georgia, and part of northwest Florida.

-Collaborate with various departments to identify operational challenges and plan corrective actions.

-Coordinate staff across multiple locations with a stellar record of meeting or exceeding demanding targets.

-Establish/Manage department budgets, capital projects, cost controls and delivery cost quotations.

-Communicate regularly with executive team members to deliver pertinent details related to progress status and direction for projects.

-Cultivate and maintain positive working relationships with employees, executives, and other stakeholders.

-Boost company profits by optimizing performance strategies and increasing efficiency.

-Hire and manage employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocol.

-Supervise daily operations of 32 vehicles and 45 personnel operations.

-Lead employee performance reviews and discussed improvement strategies with managers.

Software Development Project Manager for Peraton, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Aug20-Jul22

Software SME lead embedded in PdM MARSS, PM Sensor Ariel Intelligence (SAI) inside C5ISR center with expert knowledge in software and hardware architectures and software development techniques, schedules, testing and fielding in an agile environment.

-Duties include managing contractors’ software development efforts through MS Project, attending contractor code/sprint reviews, developing technical requirements for contract efforts based on user inputs.

-Evaluated whether contractor proposed software and system architectures will meet government requirements, transitioning software from development contractors to CECOM SEC for sustainment.

-Attended and evaluated proposed changes as part of a Configuration Change Board and managed software license requirements for project efforts.

-Led a scrum team that developed, implemented, and tracked project metrics to report performance using Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology.

-Tracked 6.5 million dollars project cost, schedule, quality, resources, and risks/concerns.

-Team leader for seven individuals who was responsible for training, setting strategy, distributing information, overseeing all activities within the team, determining goals, and approval of timecards.

Senior Network Engineer, Lead for Insight Global, Fort Meade, Maryland Jul19-Mar20

Network SME lead for A Company, 310MI BN, 902MI Group, INSCOM that provides IT support for a counterespionage and counterintelligence investigations, counterintelligence operations and multidiscipline counterintelligence technical operations unit.

- Primary duties include the following: Operations and maintenance of the general service network infrastructure; troubleshooting and managing configurations on network routers, switches, encryptors, and firewalls; performs network and firewall engineering, monitoring and administration functions as required.

- Provided initial analysis and troubleshooting on issues identified with network monitoring tools and provided troubleshooting support to end users on the network as well as other general networking tasks.

- Provided initial analysis and troubleshooting on issues identified with network monitoring tools and provided troubleshooting support to end users on the network as well as other general networking tasks.

Senior Systems Engineer, Lead for SVS, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Jan18-Mar19

Embedded in Software Engineering Center (SEC) inside C5ISR campus that provided sustainment support for DCGS-A sustainment program. Responsibilities include test and integration of both software and hardware and system administration support.

-Tested DCGS-A domains to include SIGINT, All Source, Weather, IMINT and HUMINT.

-Led a team of five testers that used JIRA and confluence to enter trouble tickets.

Senior Systems Engineer for ACI, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland May14-Dec17

SME embedded with PM Tactical Radio inside C5ISR center, position provides Nett Warrior systems engineering support, as a member of the Government team, to a Government Program Management (PM) office for the specification and acquisition of systems that provide situational awareness and battle command to individual soldiers and small units. Interface with PM Chief Engineer and other program IPTs to facilitate two-way communications.

- Integrated and tested Nett Warrior EUD with PEO C3T systems like AFADTS, JBC-P, AMDWS, PNT and Tactical Radios to include MNVR, PRC-155 and PRC-154As.

Senior Principal Systems Engineer for QED Systems, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Jun12- May14

Gather and refine high level requirements, manage requirements prioritization and categorization, and define, develop and document system architecture to meet requirements in Program Management Distributed Common Ground System- Army (PM DCGS-A).

-Defined system processes (configuration management and requirements management); create and maintain Program Level Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).

-Captured future work opportunities for company through business development activities.

Senior Program Manager for TAPE, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Jun11-May12

-Lead for task order execution and was responsible for the providing direction and management of all activities, ensuring was within defined performance, cost, and schedule parameters.

-Participated in the negotiation of contract and contract change with Contract Officer (KO) and Contract Office Representative (COR).

-Performed Business Development activities for the company.

-Directed the work of employees assigned to the program from technical and administrative areas.

ABCS System of Systems Analyst, Lead for Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Grafenweohr, Germany Jun08- May11

-SME team lead of six analysts that design, maintain, administer, train, integrate, test, and provide software configuration of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems supporting US Army, Joint, Coalition, and NATO operations.

Senior Network Engineer, Lead for Sigmatech, Ft. Hood, TX Jun07-Jun08

-Led a team of six SMEs that created networks using Cisco switches and routers, write configurations and load them into switches and routers configurations and IOS, troubleshoot any configuration issues or problems, and field train individuals in support of system architecture.

-development and Command Post operations for Army and DoD Command and Control networks.

-Installed, tested, and maintained network and computer hardware and supports New Equipment Fielding Facility on resetting communication equipment in Command Post Platform (CPP) shelters.

-Worked with enterprise level architecture team to implement network configurations including subnet and VLAN implementation, VOIP

telephony solutions, VPN tunneling, and wireless LAN implementation at various locations.

-Provided technical training to soldiers on Command Post Communication and TOCNET systems in tactical environment.

Digital Systems Engineer for ManTech/L3 Ft. Hood, TX Jan05-Jun07

-SME that trouble shoots problems on satellite network through Joint Network Node (JNN) now WIN-T.

-Provided worldwide on-site technical support and assistance to military end-users and the Central Technical Support Facility-Technical Division. Installed, repaired, and troubleshot, system hardware, software, and communication systems that support the Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS) and severs.

-Provided technical support to Central Technical Support Facility-TD; configure ABCS systems and the communications network systems based on established architecture.

-Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as BDE SME for ABCS to include their servers (Battle Command Common Server and CPOF repository).

-Assisted SNAP team on Ku and Ka band that provided satellite communication to small units at remote forward operation bases (FOB).

-Provided training to military leaders and operators with primary emphasis on Army Tactical Command and Control Systems (ATCCS) while in a tactical environment.

MILITARY EXPERIENCE: Captain – U.S. Army Signal Corps, Battalion S6 and Brigade S6 Jun93-Oct03

Honorable Discharge

•Responsible for technical support in implementing operating system environments encompassing networks, mainframes and distributed desktop platforms. Served as Staff Action Officer (Project Manager) for the integration of legacy and new data communication systems supporting information exchange globally.

•Managed11 the product lifecycle in maintaining tactical data communications systems. Developed the product concepts and led project development, procurement, installation, and testing of field systems.

•Provided technical support in VSAT, INMARSAT, TACSAT, and other SATCOM systems for a Medical Brigade.

•Installed, operated, and maintained BDE Network and its servers.

•Commanded over 152 soldiers on their welfare, combat readiness, fitness, and morale.

CLEARANCE: TOP SECRET with SCI eligible (Active)

EDUCATION: Master’s in human resource management, Troy University, Troy, Alabama 2005

Master’s in business administration (MBA), Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma 2000

Bachelor of Science in business management, Troy University, Troy, Alabama 1993

CERTIFICATIONS: Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Network+, A+, and Security+ CE

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