Project Management Manager

JOHN DAWSON

Program/Project Manager

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Cell: 205-***-**** P.O. Box 21016, Huntsville, AL 35813

Mr. John Dawson, Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification, Master’s Degree in an engineering field (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science – MS EECS), Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) – Program and Project Management, Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics (magna cum laude), cybersecurity certifications (ISC2 CISSP, CompTIA Security+). Holder of four patents for Digital Map technology in the aerospace industry and publication awards in that theatre. Active Top Secret clearance at the Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) level. U.S. citizen, ability to travel within U.S. and abroad. Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Mr. Dawson has over 30 years of experience as a senior systems engineer, program and project management. Mr. Dawson has had primary responsibility for all management and programmatic activities required to support an Engineering Division in the successful execution of a new project for various weapon systems. He has experience leading and directing large contracts (+$10M) specifically focused on DoD activities. Various positions involved managing and directing onsite and offsite teams as well as coordinating efforts of multiple subcontracts and team partners. He is a dynamic leader that can guide an exciting project from inception to completion and support government budget, contracting, and reporting requirements while serving as the primary interface with aerospace and government customers.

Mr. Dawson exhibits the following Engineering Program/Project Manager Specific Behaviors:

Attention to Detail - Ensures details of assigned tasks are followed.

Stress Tolerance - Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, and cultures.

Quality Orientation - Accomplishes tasks by considering all areas involved; no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes, procedures, and tasks; being watchful over a period.

Planning and Organization - Systematically identifies issues to be addressed and plans a course of action for self to ensure the accomplishment of specific objectives.

Technical Expertise - Applies functional knowledge, skills, experience, and judgment to accomplish a result, serve customers better and contribute to the organization’s intellectual capital.

Develops and maintain the work breakdown structure, the project schedule, and the resource plans (labor and non-labor)

Experienced managing projects/programs including managing priorities, scope, schedule, integration and cost

Outstanding listener

Effective in leading people with a variety of technical expertise

Experienced in cross functional integration

Able to estimate, plan, schedule and track work

Effective working across organizational boundaries and employing influential leadership

Experienced in leading complex highly integrated products

Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment while regularly providing imaginative and detailed solutions to complex problems

Performs strategic optimization analysis, including make-buy analysis, should-cost modeling, and utilization forecast

Collaborates with purchasing and supplier management to ensure timely delivery of hardware and equipment

Collaborates with the engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of all product definition

Identifies risks and opportunities and develops mitigation/realization plans

Generates boards/tools necessary for reporting team status

Leads Tiger Teams when necessary

Experience: Over his career, Mr. Dawson has acquired the following Skillsets:

Experienced managing subcontracts

Responsible for management of all aspects of project performance (technical oversite, contractual, administrative, and financial) for all phases of the program including design, development, manufacture, assembly, test, and operation

Has provided high-level technical and financial reports to show progress to corporate management and customers

Worked as primary point of contact to customers and stakeholders to ensure system will meet or exceed all expectations

Experienced with critical path scheduling, IMP/IMS, risk management, requirements management, and Cost Account Management including EVM

A track record of working optimally in multiple subject areas, and leading a diverse multi-disciplinary team

Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment while regularly providing imaginative and detailed technical solutions to complex problems

Ability to earn trust, maintaining positive and professional relationships

Monitor current and future technology trends and capabilities to identify how new technology can be integrated to better support program and project goals

Prepares detailed reports for internal and external customers. Manages contract modifications and task orders.

Analyzes and reviews governmental budgeting processes of governmental agencies/entities

Years of experience leading complex systems engineering and system integration projects

Effective in cross sector integration and customer relations, expectation management, and building coalitions with customers, government staff, and other contractors

Demonstrated experience in team building and organizational leadership

Experience in managing geographically dispersed teams through major program milestones

Earned value management system experience implementing and executing engineering/scientific plans within a project

Demonstrated team player with ability to work in a dynamic changing environment

Excellent interpersonal, written communication, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and succinctly to both Government and executive corporate leadership

Experience executing programs across the entire program lifecycle (development through disposition)

Experience in System of Systems integration with multiple industry and government partners

Experience with Low-Rate Initial Production, Full Rate Production, and Manufacturing contracts

Familiarity with cost plus fixed fee, fixed price incentive fee, and cost-plus incentive fee contracting and subcontracting

Maintains the team’s operating cadence through communication to stakeholders, management of key performance indicators and project meetings to report key performance metrics (technical, cost, schedule, and risk)

Generates boards/tools necessary for program, project and product health to Engineering, including data for Weekly Business Reviews (WBR) and Program Management Reviews (PMRs)

In depth knowledge of engineering/scientific principles, concepts, and techniques

Professional Experience

Lockheed Martin Huntsville, AL/Colorado Springs, CO April 2024 – Present

C2BMC National Team - Global - Systems Engineer Sr Staff, Rotary and Mission Systems, National Team, Command and Control, Battle Management & Communications. Efforts on this program under MDA/BC are to implement global multi-level multi-domain missions including Missile Defense and Space Defense on top of the existing C2BMC Enterprise. Operates at strategic, regional and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to collectively see the battle develop, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks, integrates and synchronizes autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is an integral part of all system ground and flight tests which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.

Surge assignment to act as liaison between Colorado Springs headquarters and the Missile Defense Agency HQ in Huntsville, AL. Tasking involves applying legacy requirements to a formalized tool set compliant to the rigor of a Program of Record. Named DOORS Manager for this effort. Lab Manager for the Pollux Laboratory.

Lockheed Martin Huntsville,AL/Boeing JetPlex May 2022 – April 2024

Missile Defense National Team - Engineering - Systems Engineer Sr Staff, Rotary and Mission Systems, National Team, Systems Concepts & Requirements. At the uppermost level, SC&R is part of the Missile Defense National Team – Engineering (NT-E), a consortium of five major defense contractors (Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon). NT-E supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) but is not a formal part of MDA. Instead, NT-E is a separate organization under contract to provide engineering products and services to MDA, with Boeing being the contract lead. Served as Team member and “Book Boss” for MDA System Specification (SS) requirements and System Description Document (SDD) Analysis Reports. Used DOORS requirements database tool and Change Proposal System (CPS) to implement program “Rev Rolls” to update and maintain the program’s baseline documents. Daily interactions with the Tools Team, SS Team, and Trace Team. Developed presentation packages for program management to move the created packages through the “Gate” milestone system. Participated with the government customer and coordinated adjudication of package issues and comments.

Colsa Corporation Huntsville, AL/Redstone Arsenal May 2019 – Apr 2022 NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, HOSC – Huntsville Operations Support Center, Systems Engineering Group Lead. Supervised and led a group of 5 – 10 systems engineers within the Systems Engineering Team supporting the International Space Station (ISS) and Space Launch System (SLS). Industry experience with launch systems, satellite operations and International Space Station platform On-Orbit operations. Experience in safety-critical aerospace vehicle certification processes. Provided engineering, operations and maintenance, system development services, and tools for the delivery of mission critical infrastructure to ensure 24x7x365 availability, while continuously improving capability, performance, and security.

Responsibilities consisted of design, requirement definition, deployment, and maintenance of computer ground systems and services including voice, video, storage, and telemetry subsystems. Lead customer facing technical projects, including studies to integrate customer payloads on the ISS, from proposal through completion.

Managed project resources, schedules, and budgets (labor and non-labor) to achieve business goals while maintaining customer satisfaction

Worked closely with technical engineering and operations to ensure successful integration/execution of customer requirements/expectations

Supported business development opportunities for new and existing customers leading to new/follow on services.

Experienced in Spacecraft and Launch vehicle integrated vehicle performance

Experienced leading an integrated team in a high-cadence, high-consequence environment

Experienced in decision making based upon timeline management, technical performance, and overall risk

Familiarity with systems and subsystems common to aircraft and space vehicles

Experienced with formal communications protocols such as those used in control rooms and aviation

Comfortable making safety-critical decisions in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically while managing changing priorities

Exhibited the ability to earn the trust of others and have background demonstrating operational excellence

BAE Systems Project, Served as Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) on the Cybersecurity Warfare Training Capability (CWTC) partnership cybersecurity program with BAE Systems for MDA and DSS. Provided network and security operations technical analysis, assessment, and recommendations. Identified where systems/networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy.

Conducted audits to ensure information systems security policies and procedures are implemented as defined in security plans and best practices. Performed detailed analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards. Established strict program control processes and policies to ensure mitigation of risks and supports obtaining certification and accreditation of systems.

Supported the formal testing requirements through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results, and preparation of required reports. Performed evaluations (compliance audits) and/or active evaluations (vulnerability assessments).

Conducted trend analysis of security events to identify anomalous malicious activity and repeat infection. Provided leadership and threat mitigation training techniques to lower-level team members. Led response teams to ensure any anomalies are corrected in accordance with government or industry standards.

Contractor – Insight Global Huntsville, AL Aug 2018 – May 2019

Project Management Consultant for Teledyne Brown Engineering, Huntsville, AL - Systems engineering on the Objective Simulation Framework (OSF) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Duties included requirements mapping using IBM Rational DOORS and Rhapsody tools for Program Management decision making.

Project Management Consultant for Northrop Grumman, Huntsville, AL - Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD), In-Flight Interceptor Communications System (IFICS) Data Terminal (DT) – Responsible as the NGC Hardware Project Engineer for IDT 6B3.2 installations and new cyber software build integration. Contributed support to the MDA customer in the IDT 7B software development effort. Familiar with agile project management applied to the software development. Experienced with Agile or Scaled Agile, MS Project and P6 Primavera.

CACI, Inc. Dahlgren, VA Dec 2016 – Aug 2018

Information Security Engineer, Senior Principal, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), PEO IWS 3C, Code E31 – Gun Fire Control & Integration Branch – Project Management and Engineering Team Lead to provide information assurance support for the development and tactical hardware suites of equipment utilized in the verification and validation of software products for the Mark 34 Mod 6-8 Afloat Combat Systems (Guided Missile Cruisers and Destroyers). This support included performance, monitoring, and management of Information Assurance (IA) duties such as Information Assurance Vulnerability Management Compliance, System Patching, System Test and Evaluation (ST&E), User and Log Management, and Certification and Accreditation (C&A) Documentation Preparation and Review. Implemented current DOD accreditation/authorization processes (RMF), while developing all necessary artifacts (SSP, POA&M, and Cyber Scorecard) on key components of the Weapons system and supporting Test systems.

AECOM Birmingham, AL Oct 2013 – Dec 2016

Engineering Project Manager, Information Assurance (IA) and Information System Security Engineering Support (ISSE) for Army Central Meter Program (AMP), US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Huntsville, AL - Provided leadership, team coordination, and subject matter expertise in the provision of information assurance (IA) support for certification and accreditation (C&A), DIACAP and RMF accreditation package and artifact generation, requirements analysis, security test and evaluation (ST&E) plans and execution, risk assessments, systems analysis and hardening, incident response, policy analysis, trusted product evaluations, IA program assessments, and security posture presentations.

Provided analytical support for the development and submission of C&A documentation in compliance with the DIACAP / RMF requirements. Applied knowledge of technology, analyzed the security implications of systems and applications security, and provided recommendations to decision-makers and engineers. Oversaw National Guard coordination for solar energy electrical generation and microgrid deployment.

Engility Corporation Panama City, FL Aug 2011 – Oct 2013

(Spun off from L-3 Communications; 2011)

Project Manager/Senior Systems Engineer - Engineering Project management roles on autonomous unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), unmanned surface vessels (USV), unmanned airborne systems (UAS), and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) for U.S. Navy/Marine Corps Mine Counter Measures (MCM) and Counter–IED (CIED) robotics projects. Experience integrating and testing systems and subsystems under development for their functioning, efficiency, and conformance to design requirements, and to test prototypes. Experience in verification and validation testing of component and system hardware and software. Experience in assessing and documenting risk and risk mitigation processes of a weapon system of systems. As a part of a team of Program personnel, established the Budgeted Cost of Work Schedule, prepared Variance Analysis Reports to analyze, identify, and reconcile program performance data variances, and delivered formal program variance analysis to internal and external customers.

L-3 Communications Panama City, FL July 2006 – Aug 2011

Command & Control Systems and Software (C2S2) Division

Project Manager / Senior Systems Engineer - Experience in Defense Acquisition Programs and Policies, Integration, Test, and Verification, Oral and Written Communication, Scientific and Engineering Concepts, Theories and Standards, and Systems Engineering.

UISS - Unmanned Influence Sweep System – Engineering Project manager for the development of military electronics systems for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program for the U.S. Navy. Applied the knowledge of policies, practices, regulations, and laws concerning the acquisition management process and initiatives. Used knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures in deployment and integrated testing. Utilized knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the DOD and organizations that govern, interface with, and /or influence the systems acquisition process and integrated logistics support (ILS) processes. Managed a diverse group, multiple subtasks, licensing, permitting and other interactions with governmental agencies. Familiarity with weapon system design requirements such as thermal, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, EO/IR, acoustics, and electrical grounding/bonding.

Forward Scout — United States Marine Corps: Project manager for the integration of remote control and autonomous unmanned robotics ground vehicles with CIED technologies. Provided working knowledge of how to quickly and accurately analyze key issues or situations, make sound, logical, and timely decisions with limited information, exhibited a consistency between communication and behavior, used skills in maintaining constructive internal and external relationships while effectively navigating organizational barriers, and attentiveness and responsiveness in all interactions. Managed a diverse group, multiple subtasks, licensing, permitting and other interactions with governmental agencies. Came in under budget and ahead of schedule.

Raytheon Technical Services Company Moorestown, New Jersey 2005 – 2006 Program Management Consultant - Performed program management duties and coordinated team efforts on an enterprise-wide logistics improvement program between Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) personnel, Government Business Area Leads, and the various Army Commands Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Planned, organized, and oversaw the activities of the program office. Exercised supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Made periodic and comprehensive assessment and evaluation of program goals and objectives which provided a basis for long-range planning to enhance the organization’s management capabilities. Represented the program office at higher levels within the organization and with contractor organizations. Worked in conjunction with the contracting officer to approve terms and conditions set forth in contract negotiations, contracting plans, budgets, and changes to the scope of work to be done by the contractor. Experienced at collecting and synthesizing information from multiple stakeholders and translating data into project requirements, scoping and planning documents. Worked collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment while regularly providing imaginative and detailed technical solutions to complex problems. Earned trust, maintained positive and professional relationships, and contributed to a culture of inclusion.

Raytheon Engineers and Constructors Lexington, KY and Pasadena, CA 1997 – 2005

(Acquired by Morrison-Knudsen, then formed as Washington Group, acquired by URS Corporation). Manager, Support Services

Chemical Demilitarization Plant

Senior Systems Engineer; California, Kentucky - Responsible for infrastructure system integration and analysis for a chemical demilitarization plant design at Parsons headquarters in Pasadena. Moved operations to the Blue Grass Army Depot in Lexington, Kentucky for plant construction. Led the legacy computer software system integration effort to transition data from the enterprise systems of the Engineering design prime contractor (Parsons) to the construction contractor (Bechtel) to the end user operations sub-contractor (Washington Group). Ensured database integrity and reporting to regulating agencies. Experience in technical program management managing complex integrated electrical, mechanical, firmware and software engineering development projects, managing requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, and cost

Hanford Nuclear Waste Clean-Up Project

Automation Manager; Richland, Washington - Responsible for telecommunication design, data and information flow for operations, network security, and policies and procedures for a $9 Billion vitrification facility for the DoE at the Hanford River Protection Program. Conducted studies to ascertain functional requirements across various levels of automation, from manufacturing management systems through process control systems; specified information systems requirements including software and hardware aspects; performed planning and coordination activities to ensure appropriate integration of systems tasks. Experience managing construction projects, building retrofits, and machine purchases. Experience standing up new product work cells. Systems or process engineering, lean manufacturing, and other optimization experience.

Samford University Birmingham, Alabama 1991 - 1997

Manager, User Services, Computer and Telecommunications Department

Honeywell Defense Avionics Systems Division Albuquerque, New Mexico 1983 – 1990 Principal Investigator IR&D Digital Map Product Line, Member of the Patent Review Committee - Duties included the technical direction of research and development in the Digital Map product line. These military avionics weapons systems are an integral part of the cockpit electronics onboard the McAir F/A-18 Eagle, F-15 bomber/fighter, AV-8B Harrier JumpJet, and other Navy combat aircraft. This multi-processor computer graphics real-time workstation is optical disk-based and presents color rendered data base images of aeronautical charts, digital terrain elevation data and graphic overlays at 24 hertz on a 512 by 512 cockpit display. Terrain data is rendered in real-time by the system which also interfaces to other avionics sensors such as the GPS, RADAR, and Air Data subsystems. Supervised a team of up to 20 engineers in product line start-up, development, and deployment. Worked directly with design engineering teams in bringing electrical products from concept to production. Experience in technical program management managing integrated electrical, mechanical, firmware and software engineering development projects, managing requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, and cost. Worked directly with supply chain and suppliers in the execution of design for manufacturability, build to print, modified off the shelf and sub-contract management.

BDM Corporation, Project Manager Albuquerque, New Mexico 1976 – 1983

Software Engineering Life Cycle Development and Deployment.

EDUCATION

MBA, Business Administration, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM

MS, EECS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

BS, Mathematics, Kent State University, magna cum laude, Kent, OH

Additional coursework completed toward Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, University of New Mexico

PATENTS/JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Bus Interface Controller for Computer Graphics; U.S. 287100; Europe 90901134.8

A Method of Storage and Retrieval of Digital Map Data Based Upon a Tessellated Geoid System; U.S. 261109; Europe 89912590.0

System for Generating a Texture-Mapped Perspective View; U.S. 514598; Europe 911067515.5

A Method and Apparatus for Generating Three-Dimensional Graphic Symbols; U.S. 514742; Europe 91106728.8

“A Digital Map System for the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B,” first runner up, best paper award, National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, NAECON Proceedings 1986, Dayton, Ohio.

“Military Real-Time Color Digital Map”, Proceedings of the Society for Information Display, Vol. XVI, May 1985, pp. 341-344.

RECENT CERTIFICATIONS

Navy Qualified Validator (NQV II) Interim, Dec 2017

ISC2 CISSP, certification # 501636, August 2015 - 2024

AECOM, URS Certified Project Manager, Sept 2014

CompTIA Security+, COMP001020674399, Feb 2014 - 2024

Project Management Institute (PMI) Certified Project Management Professional (PMP No. 517789), 2009 - 2024

CMMI Level II Process Improvement, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, 2007

Bechtel Supervisory Development Program May 2003

Advanced Organizational and Programmatic Technology for Root Cause Analysis, Performance Improvement International, 2002

Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification, Bechtel Corporation, 2002

COMMUNITY

Former Board Member, Central Alabama Chapter of Information Systems Security Association (CAISSA)

Treasurer, Board of Directors, Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI), Emerald Coast Chapter, 2011-2019

Past Director of Operations, Panama City Branch of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Emerald Coast Chapter, 2010-2013 (Founding Branch Director), current member of the Birmingham Chapter

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012 - 2019

SECURITY CLEARANCE - TOP SECRET/SCI (NATO, COMSEC)

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