George Rapciewicz

Temecula, CA *****

760-***-****

adqzzw@r.postjobfree.com

An experienced program management specialist possessing an active Department of Defense current Secret clearance with more than 20 years of information technology, acquisition, operations, and business management experience in the Defense Department, commercial, and private sectors.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Business Administration- Information Systems Management 2022 Walden University

Minneapolis, Minn.

Master of Business Administration Specialization in Project Management 2012 American InterContinental University Hoffman Estates, Ill. Bachelor of Business Administration Concentration in Project Management 2010 American InterContinental University Hoffman Estates, Ill. EXPERIENCE

Capabilities Health Assessment Initiative Lead (40 hours per week) June 2020- Present Naval Sea Systems Command (Special Assignment)

Washington D.C.

Lead and perform the planning and execution of the Naval Sea Systems Command

(NAVSEA) Capabilities Health Assessment (CHA) deployment for more than 80,000 personnel to scale the Warfare Center (WC) Technical CHA (TCHA) processes to NAVSEA Headquarters organizations. Partner with Warfare Centers, Program Executive Offices, and Directorate stakeholders to implement and streamline CHA processes.

Initiate development of demand-supply and capability assessments within NAVSEA HQ Directorates and Program Executive Offices and document the overall level of effort and costs associated with applying CHA for analysis against potential benefits to the organizations within NAVSEA.

Identify knowledge areas and workload demand supply and determine if critical knowledge areas are at risk. Develop risk assessments for executive leadership to make appropriate risk- based decisions regarding investments needed to sustain and grow new capabilities critical to meet customer needs. Refine capabilities at the operational and practitioner levels into key knowledge areas as required. Identify and define new training requirements that are in line with organizational objectives.

Identify and recommends organizational changes to senior executive and flag level leadership. Advises and use solid functional knowledge and understanding within organizational systems and assets (e.g., data analytics, cross-collaboration, metrics development, new business development with other relative organizations, risk identification and management) to ensure efficient design, development, and implementation of solutions.

Lead a team of program analysts who helped partner with internal teams to the organization and external customers (business process teams, technology teams, data analytics teams ) to develop clear and effective business requirements. Help designed both tactical and strategic solutions, run efficient program management standards to ensure on-time and accurate delivery of enterprise data, products, and associated solutions.

Define the strategic tracking and reporting needs of the enterprise learning & staff development organization Maintains a strong partnership with the Enterprise Learning project teams as part of facilitating decisions regarding rollout timing and strategies. Oversee the program management of key Enterprise Training core infrastructure initiatives such as the Learning Management System (LMS) and Learning Content Management System (LCMS), Capabilities Health Assessment (CHA), audit preparedness. Assures proper customer contract business terms and conditions are entered correctly into the customer data base.

Transition of Named Account customers from perpetual to term-based business models. Manage multiple enterprise-item related capital projects by integrating and leading the efforts of a broad range of contributors, ensuring that all necessary project deliverables are complete on time and within budget. This role supports not only the NAVSEA enterprise, but the United States Fleet Forces (USFF) and has supported other DoD agencies.

Support the SEA 10 chief of staff (COS) in numerous enterprise and Total Force Mission Area (TFMA) program office efforts.

Program Management Specialist (40 hours per week) June 2019- June 2020 Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division

Norco, Ca.

Provided subject matter expert acquisition and business process support for the Navy Continuous Training Environment program office overseeing efforts for 18 Navy and Marine Corps training ranges located throughout the United States. The supported budget is more than $1 billion dollars

Facilitated high level meetings for senior executive staff and high-ranking flag officers within the Department of Defense. Collaborated with and supported numerous outside federal agencies.

Developed future budgets, acquisition strategies, and human resource capital investment requirements. Developed acquisition technical data package requirements for submission to contracting officers for solicitation to industry.

Worked with stakeholders and team members to define and develop strategic plans to support ongoing business operations.

Regional Project Manager (40 hours per week) 2010-2019 Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division

Norco, Ca.

Performed program management and analysis of information technology programs and further develop processes utilizing continuous process improvement methodologies such as Lean Thinking, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints.

Utilized project management methodologies to identify earned value measures and implement according to organizational goals. Develop and define metrics for current IT systems and develop a team to overcome security vulnerabilities.

Developed acquisition technical data package requirements for submission to contracting officers for solicitation to industry. Developed construction costs and requirements and submitted Request for Proposal to outside contractors for bid. Once a contract is awarded, ensure contractors are adhering to Federal Acquisition Guidelines and enforce cost control methods. Sign off on completed projects for final payment and completion of the project.

Successfully developed more than $100 million in acquisition technical data packages over 9 years that supported organizations small business goals and diversity requirements that sustain economic growth within a vast geographical area. CERTIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

California Licensed Contractor (C7) # 941548

California Cleared Teaching Credential

California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) teaching examination

OSHA 30 Hour Department of Labor General Construction Safety Certification

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

CNSS 4012, 4015, and 4016 National Security Agency Management Information Assurance Certification for Risk Management Framework

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

SAP ERP/ IBM SPSS

ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Course

Scrum Master

Blackboard

NVivo 12

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification PUBLICATIONS

Rapciewicz, G., & Buresh, D. (2021) The current Chinese global supply chain monopoly and the Covid-19 pandemic. International Journal of Coronaviruses, 2(3) 38-52. https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-21-3720 Rapciewicz, G. (2022) Technology innovation strategies supply chain managers adopt to improve product marketing and profitability (Doctoral dissertation, Walden University) https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.12545.33120

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Rapciewicz, G. (2020). Global Supply Chain Management Strategy. Presentation. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12095706.v1

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

National Communications Training Centers (Part-Time 25 hours per week) 2002-2005 Instructed and certified students utilizing organizations approved instructional system methodologies, as well as hands-on training in telecommunications construction, fiber optics, public works and implementation procedures, telecommunications documentation procedures, and industry policies, and developed and updated course curriculum to reflect current industry standards. Developed student’s telecommunications construction and safety awareness protocols, and reinforced industry regulations per state and federal protocols. MILITARY SERVICE (Full time in excess of 40 hours per week) Sergeant

United States Marine Corps 1996-2005

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Ca.

Rose from the ranks of Private to Sergeant. Honorably discharged. Purple heart medal

Iraq campaign medal

Global war on terrorism expeditionary medal

Global war on terrorism service medal

Armed forces expeditionary medal

Numerous additional awards

CIVILIAN AWARDS

Employee of the Quarter (1st Quarter Fiscal Year 2022) On the spot award July 2021

Letter of Appreciation from Executive Director SEA10 03/15/2021 On the spot award 08/20/2020

On the spot award 06/18/2019

Merit-based pay increase roll-over 12/24/2017

Special act or service award 1/12/2014

NAVSEA meritorious unit commendation 11/2/2013

Notable achievement award 8/30/2012

Special act or service award 6/19/2012

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