Dana L. Decker
US CITIZEN
CLEARANCE: SECRET
Seeking Permanent Position
*** ****** *** *** ** Herndon VA 20170
Cell 703-***-**** ******@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Ms. Decker has over 15 years of experience in the Information Technology industry. Her skills range from technical project management, website design and SharePoint administration to software business analysis to research to proposal development.
HIGHLIGHTS
Certified ScrumMaster
15 years of technical writing experience
Provides quality leadership and program management support to key government stakeholders
TECHNICAL SKILLS
SharePoint Tools Microsoft SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016, SharePoint Online, Office 365 Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 and 2013, Microsoft InfoPath Designer 2010 and 2013, Microsoft SQL Report Builder
Authoring: MS Visual Studio, MS FrontPage, Allaire Homesite
Graphics: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Image Ready
Tools/Packages: MS Office 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, Project, Publisher, Outlook, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Edge
Agile Tools: Lean Kit Kanban software
Accounting Tools: Deltek, CostPoint, Cognos
CM Tools: GitHub, IBM Rational Tool Set (Clear Case, Clear Quest),
Operating systems: Windows 10, 8, 7, XP, Windows Server 2008
EDUCATION
BA, History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech), May 1992, Blacksburg, VA
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), ScrumAlliance September 2016
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) SharePoint 77-419 Certification April 2019
EXPERIENCE
Ho’olaulima Government Solutions (HGS) 8/2020-Present
DISA NBIS Ft. Meade/Remote
Project Coordinator
Provides administrative professional support to HGSNet PMO.
Prepares reports and presentations along with meeting, resource, equipment, and information coordination at the direction of the HGSNet PMO.
Attends and documents action items from the Network and System Engineering daily and weekly scrum meetings.
Consolidates weekly and monthly status reports (WAR and CPR).
NTT Data 3/2020- 8/2020
DEA Arlington/Remote
IT Management Analyst
Provided meeting support (facilitated meetings, prepared agenda, prepared project briefings, presented to the stakeholders, documented and distributed meeting minutes, and tracked actions).
Supported other PMO tasks as assigned.
Performed general SharePoint administration on SharePoint 2016.
Cherokee Nation Business
HQDA G8 FDT -Pentagon 8/2019 – 1/2020
SharePoint Site Collection Administrator/Sr. Principle Data Analyst
Managed permissions that restrict and revoke access as required.
Created subsites, list, libraries, calendars, place web parts.
Developed simple SharePoint Designer workflows.
Attended knowledge management planning meetings.
DSA, Fairfax, VA, 01/2019 – 7/2019
SharePoint Site Collection Administrator
Managed permissions that restrict and revoke access as required.
Coordinated monthly SharePoint User Group meetings and conveys information to the team; manages intranet site and reviews periodically; compiles monthly reports on usage and progress of site collection; establishes and maintains a community of practice for site owners and users in the site collection.
Assisted users in leveraging features and acts as a liaison with IT Department and communicates back to operations; consults with management team to improve integration; and analyzes file shares for migration to SharePoint.
Encouraged user adoption regarding SharePoint; acts as first line of day to day support for users and other site owners; trains end users in team on basic functionality.
Capgemini Government Solutions, Washington, DC, 3/2016-12/2018
SENIOR CONSULTANT/Project Support Analyst
Supporting Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS), Independent Test and Evaluation (IT&E)
Created various SharePoint websites using Ms. InfoPath for the use of the IT&E group:
oIT&E Dashboard
oCharge Code Request page
oITE and Risk and Issues pages
Maintained and added to the SharePoint Collaboration website
Created simple SharePoint workflows using SharePoint Designer that send automatic reminder and/or notification emails to ITE employees and project/program managers.
Edited, created, finalized, and sent the contract deliverables to the client (Monthly Status Report, Biweekly Report, and Weekly Dashboard).
Compiled and edited Monthly Status Report which involved obtaining testing statuses from co-workers on about 40 different USCIS computer applications.
Downloaded employee charge code data from Cognos time accounting system into an Excel spreadsheet for inclusion into Monthly Status Report.
Used Pivot Tables in Excel to parse the employee timecard data by CLIN, by employee, and by computer application for use in the Monthly Status Report.
Managed employee charge code requests using the Deltek CostPoint 7 system to request new charge codes to the Capgemini Accounting department.
E3 FEDERAL, INC, Washington, DC, 8/2015-3/2016
TERACORE, INC, Washington, DC, 3/2015 – 8/2015
SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST/SharePoint Administrator
Supported Federal Protective Service (FPS), Protective Service Officer (PSO) Program Management Office (PMO)
Used SharePoint Designer, InfoPath Designer, and Report Builder to develop custom SharePoint functionality, workflows, forms, reports, and lists.
oUsed InfoPath Designer to create form files for Post Orders, Admin Audits, and Post Visits/Inspections SharePoint sub sites.
oCreated advanced functionality such as applying rules, custom workflows, automated emails actions, cascading down lists to promote user interaction with the InfoPath form.
oCreated end-user guides for both the Post Order SharePoint sub site, the Post Visit SharePoint sub site, and Post Inspection SharePoint sub site.
oCreated workflows in Post Orders for the user to select their Region’s COR and to send an automated email notifying the COR to review the Post Order.
oCreated new Microsoft Report Builder metric reports to allow FPS government personnel to download the Report Builder reports to an Excel spreadsheet for reporting up to FPS executives. This report collected monthly Admin Audit metrics from each Region and then collated them into one report.
oGave one live demonstration to both FPS PSO HQ and Regional Personnel for the Post Order SharePoint sub site during an enterprise wide PSO PM teleconference.
oSupported a second live demonstration during another enterprise wide PSO PM teleconference. Answered questions on usability and recorded suggestions for changes to the form functionality.
oGave a live demonstration to the FPS IT Chief on the Post Order SharePoint sub site. Gave a live demonstration for the Post Visit and Post Inspection SharePoint site to the FPS PSO Director Mr. Patrick Moses.
ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES, Vienna, VA, 2012 – 2015
IT&E PROJECT SCHEDULER
Created and administers IT&E SharePoint Wiki team site and facilitates and administers the IT&E SharePoint Collaboration team site.
Created and edited the Bi-Weekly Overview PowerPoint presentation from input gathered from EEJV Team Leads on testing activities, issues, and future testing activities.
Facilitated a face-to-face EEJV Bi-Weekly Overview presentation meeting with the Federal government IT&E Project Manager every other Monday.
THE GOAL INC (FOR HPTi/DRC/Engelity Corp.), Arlington, VA, 2011 – 2012
LEAD PROJECT SCHEDULER
Performed the role of Lead Project Scheduler on the Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Identity and Access Management (IAM) Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Task Order contract.
Collaborated with IAM activity project schedulers and to create a detailed IMS framework schedule for the IAM work stream that included the following IAM activities: Authorization Services, Authentication Services, and Identity Services.
Facilitated IAM schedule update meetings with the IAM activity schedulers between the client, application integrators, and HPTi IAM Project Managers.
DAKOTA CONSULTING INC, Silver Spring, MD, 2009 – 2011
PROJECT SUPPORT SPECIALIST
Provided project management and Executive Assistant support to the USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Agriculture Security Operations Center (ASOC,) Program Management Office (PMO).
Researched USDA new Federal employee hiring process. Facilitated new ASOC employees receiving email account access, desktop computer equipment, time and attendance accounts, GovTrip and Government Travel Credit Card Accounts. Created ASOC Contractor and Federal Employee on-boarding employee handbooks.
Interacted with both USDA and Federal Agency Security Officers for passing Top Secret credentials to ensure credentials were in place and verified before internal and external Top-Secret briefings.
Edited and compiled contractor and ASOC employee Weekly Activity Report sent to the USDA CIO and other OCIO executives; compiled weekly USDA CIO Thursday Security Briefing PowerPoint presentation; and compiled weekly Dakota-ASOC status meeting PowerPoint briefing presentation slides.
TRI, (For EDS/Hewlett-Packard), Purcellville, VA, 2007 – 2009
PROJECT COORDINATOR AND DOCUMENTATION SPECIALIST
Provided program management support to the VA PIV Card Program Management Office (PMO), and EDS PIV Deployment Program and Project Managers during deployment of the PIV Enrollment Systems across the VA organization.
Facilitated working group meetings comprised of various departmental stakeholder groups in order to develop clear, concise, and accurate requirements that address current and future client specific business and technical needs.
Updated multiple deliverables to include the team status reports, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Project Plan (MS Project), supporting project metric analysis, team communications, resource planning, risk analysis, and report generation and completing special projects as needed.
Used IBM Rational Tools ClearCase and ClearQuest as change control management tools for project documentation and contractual document deliverables.
Extensively used SharePoint as a document repository for working versions of project deliverables.
Worked as a PIV Card Issuer and Registrar in the VA PIV Card Enrollment Office at Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO) in Washington, DC.
TRAINING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Course Based Training:
Completed Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification course, USCIS.
Completed DHS USCIS SELC Kanban introductory course.
Computer Based Training:
Completed DHS USCIS Enterprise Collaboration Network (ECN) SharePoint Contributor course and SharePoint Facilitator courses, Washington DC
Completed Ucertify MOS SharePoint 77-419 Prep Course March 2019