Business Development Program Management

OSCAR R. VAUGHN, M.Ed, PMP *******@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/Oscar-Vaughn-pmp Cell: 571-***-**** Colorado Springs CO

OBJECTIVE

Utilize extensive business collaboration and team-building skills to secure a senior-level leadership position. Use program management skills to lead collaboration amongst stakeholders, manage project timelines, and ensure alignment with organizational goals and compliance standards. Lead and integrate activities with cross-functional teams to efficiently manage resources and ensure projects align with organizational goals and service standards. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• 30-year military leader; led cross-functional teams from 10 to 900 personnel in rapid response, fast-paced worldwide operational environments

• Comprehensive leadership background in nuclear operations, space operations including missile warning and space surveillance, missile defense, base operations, and cooperative threat reduction

• Led cross-functional integration efforts with nuclear engineering and nuclear forensics teams to deliver rapid prototyping from initial approval through project transition

• Skilled business development and customer liaison leader in contractor roles

• Adept technical information communicator and stakeholder facilitator SECURITY CLEARANCE SUMMARY

Active US Government DOE (Q) and DoD (Top Secret) security clearances. Previously granted DoD Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information

(CNWDI) access.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Manager, Mission Support and Testing Services LLC, Las Vegas NV 3/2023 – 11/2024

• Served as acting manager for IT Infrastructure and Engineering and Network Communications branches. Identified, managed, and mitigated risks to overall IT environments to ensure smooth solution implementation and transition processes. Enforced Continuity of Operations

(COOP) plans to ensure organizational resilience and operational recovery in the event of disruptions.

• Led comprehensive review of Science and Technology Directorate to determine new business model, streamline company costs, and create organizational efficiencies. Data Team Lead/Event Engineering and Event Integration Lead, IRES Contract

(Jacobs Solutions; now Amentum), Schriever Space Force Base CO 7/2019 – 3/2023

• Developed Event and Warfighter Support (EWS) Event Engineering (W100) and Event Integration (W400) portfolios. Collaborated with EWS POCs to develop the initial Event Management and Operations Support (EMOS) Core Process Plan to streamline operational mission tasking process and ensure operational continuity.

• Led development of the Event Support Product Team, which became the Missile Defense Event Engineering and Support (MDEES) team; concept integrated IRES IT Department’s CIO support with the operational task orders under EWS.

OSCAR R. VAUGHN *******@*****.***

Air Force Account Manager, Noblis, Reston VA 9/2018 – 6/2019

• Led Air Force project managers and line business development team to ensure service delivery, cost efficiencies, schedule transparency, and technical performance of projects and operations while ensuring overall program success.

• Coordinated Air Force large account-led sales, segment growth strategy, lifecycle management, and program management. Coordinated managing cross-functional teams, process optimization, and organizational integration for Air Force customer. Business Development Advocate, Hewlett Packard (now Peraton), Herndon VA 10/2013 – 8/2018

• Supported Department of Homeland Security. Led account growth development and strategy and served as primary liaison with DHS HQ customers. Directed DHS HQ IT portfolios, managing budgets exceeding $30M annually. Achieved over $150M in organic sales.

• Collaborative negotiations, acquisitions management strategy, and positive customer interactions increased task order from $11.8M to $28.3M in five fiscal years. Integral part of HPE/DXC winning the recompete on five-year, $995M (ceiling) DHS DC2 IDIQ Contract. EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• M.Ed., Educational Administration – South Dakota State University

• B.A., English – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Certified Program Management Professional (PMP) – Project Management Institute

• USAF Air Command and Staff College and Air War College

• Additional certifications: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Program Management, Shipley Associates Capturing Federal Business Workshop; additional courses in personnel management, education and training, national security policy, missile defense operations, and consequence management (CBRNE).

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EXPERIENCE

• 7/2008- 8/2013 Military Program Analyst, Advanced Systems and Concepts Office, and Deputy Chief, Nuclear Detection Technology Division, DTRA, Ft Belvoir VA

• 5/2006–7/2008 Commander, 60th Services Squadron/60th Force Support Squadron, Travis AFB CA

• 7/2005 – 3/2006 Chief, Military Interoperability Operations Cell, United States Embassy, Kabul Afghanistan

• 12/2001-5/2006 Executive Assistant/Deputy Director, Executive Review Secretariat, Office of the Air Force Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, Pentagon, Washington DC

• 4/1988 – 12/2001 Various Military Assignments in Nuclear Operations, Education and Training, and Space Operations

NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Awarded DXC Technology’s 2017 Sales Rookie of the Year Award; inducted into DXC Platinum Circle, which recognizes top 1% of all company sales leaders 7/2017

• The Mission Continues - Mission Continues Fellow and Platoon Member 9/2016 – Present

• Recovery Program Solutions of Virginia - Board Member 10/2016 – 7/2019

• HealthWorks for Northern Virginia - Board Member 10/2018 – 7/2019

• Honor Flight of Southern Colorado - Board Member 9/2021 – Present

• Peer Mentor, 4th Judicial District Veterans Trauma Court 2/2025 – Present

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