Project Manager / Cost Analyst
Resume:
Dan Wahl
Alexandria, VA *****
******@*****.***
PROFILE
I leverage technology to support critical decisions for government, defense, and public safety / security leaders. Working together, we make better decisions, run tighter operations, and serve customers well. With +30 years’ experience in listening to clients and designing, developing, costing and implementing technical solutions that make sense, I’ve become adept at managing the big picture while simultaneously delivering on the details. I’m a Program Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified Cost Estimator / Analyst (CCEA). I know how to identify and manage interdependencies, manage risk, and focus on the mission and business outcomes that improve decision quality and timeliness. Coupled with a keen understanding of my clients and their customers, that technical and functional depth makes me a trusted, integral member of the client team.
I’m expert in:
• Identifying and articulating how IT benefits and impacts business processes
• Bridging the gap between business outcomes and ‘technology-speak’
• Managing relationships across and within disparate and interdependent teams
• Integrating technology, systems, organizations, and capabilities to achieve specific, measurable outcomes.
• Developing detailed cost estimates for initiatives and systems
Specialties:
• Defining, costing and developing complex, high value projects
• Cost-effective approaches to managing technology
• Defining technical requirements and estimating resource requirements
•Technical project costing, analysis, planning, and resourcing
Security clearance: Secret, DISCO
EXPERIENCE
Cost Analyst Tecolote Research, Goleta, CA — March 2024-present
Providing cost analysis support to NAVWARCOM.
Cost Analyst / Program Life Cycle Specialist, Synchron LLC, Fairfax Station, VA — August 2021-present
Providing cost analysis support to the Navy in updating a Program Life Cycle Cost Estimate for TEAM SUB submarine-based weapons systems programs (currently two, both ACAT 3, $243M and $359M). Updated RDAIS cost information based on BES23 data. Prepare monthly prime contractor Earned Value Management System updates for the project manager of an ACAT III program. Prepare monthly EVMS report based on contractor’s monthly report.
Program Analyst, Culmen Inc, Alexandria, VA — March 2020-March 2021
Supported AIS program and the Interagency Cybersecurity Defense Working Group in CISA, DHS. Kept website current using Drupal. Developed and maintained design documents.
Program Analyst, IFAS Inc., Woodbridge, VA — March 2019-May 2019
Supported the STARS-to-SABRS program. Scrubbing website documents as part of the website overhaul. Ran SAS queries and developed Python scripts. Hired to support the Program Manager of the Operations and System Integration Support (OASIS) effort until position was eliminated in a government re-organization shortly after starting work. Certified completion of ACEIT 101: Introduction to ACE, CO$TAT and POST (v7.5).
Program Associate, ECS Federal, Fairfax, VA Program Associate — June 2014-June 2018
Provided programmatic support to the Commander, Navy Installation Management Command (CNIC) Chief Information Officer's (CIO's) Command, Control, Communications for Protection Ashore (C3PA) initiative, and the Public Safety Network (PSNet) using Agile methodology. Developed as-is and to-be diagram and text descriptions of business processes for the group’s organizational development. Prepared Earned Value Management reports / updates.
President, Integrasys Incorporated, Annandale, VA — June 2004-June 2014
Founded and grew this information systems / technology consultancy, providing a unique blend of technical and functional depth in framing the right questions and delivering the best solutions for our clients. We advised the CNIC CIO, managed program offices, provided dedicated IT support, advised on new technologies/products, and aligned systems and processes with the way organizations really work. As a result, our clients both operate more efficiently and serve their customers more effectively – typically at less cost. We served with OPNAV N46 before the Navy consolidated their regional installation management commands into CNCI and worked with them after startup to determine the best IT to use from regional alternatives given tactical, operational and strategic requirements.
Highlights include:
Operations: designed, costed, improved, and managed business processes & programs; worked with other N-codes on standardizing systems from regional alternatives; managed IT resource allocation & decisions; responsible for IT model that links resource requirements with performance levels; developed operational, system and technology view (OV, SV and TV) diagrams in support of new systems per DODAF 2.0; coordinated with other Navy organizations on changes in functional responsibilities, e.g., NCTAMS on telephones. Coordinated with NAVFAC on mapping software alternatives.
Planning, Programming and Budgeting. Articulated, costed, and presented requirements for the CNIC CIO, branch chiefs, regional CIOs, public safety and other customers as part of the POM and budgeting processes working in close coordination with N5 and N8; obtained funds for ongoing technical systems and skills development; provided dedicated IT & program management support, and network services for safety & security responders/dispatch centers. Largest effort was a successful two POM cycle request for $30M for the Public Safety Network and emergency operations centers, working directly with OPNAV N46, N3 and N6 – N6’s share was $20M. Served as IT lead in crisis action planning and in manning the emergency operations center during events.
Organizational: defined and supported the CIO’s roles in various public safety/emergency management centers for range of emergencies. For joint basing, determined scope of IT function, business rules, staffing, funding and related service delivery metrics in coordination with USA, USMC and USAF and managed CNIC N6 role and issues & monitoring related to ongoing operations
Key clients/programs include: Command Information & Business Management Offices, Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC), NAVFAC, OPNAV, Public Safety Network (PSNET) & Enterprise Land Mobile Radio (ELMR)
Project Manager, American Management Systems (acquired by CGI 2004), Fairfax, VA — 1997-2004
Advised senior military leaders / clients to enhance use of information technology systems, tools, and resources for mission-critical programs. Facilitated decisions regarding technology choices, technical leadership, system support, and effective program management. Served on AMS Technical Architect Group. Assessed impact of Navy and Department of Defense (DoD) initiatives on internal IT communities to recommend technical, process, cost and staff performance improvements. Resolved critical data and business process integration challenges and successfully deployed new interfaces and technology. Used SAS to generate reports from a federal procurement database.
Key clients included:
• U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV)
• U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command Chief Information Officer (NAVSEA CIO)
• Defense Procurement CIM Systems Center (DPCSC)
Senior Systems Analyst, Vector Research Inc., Arlington, VA — 1989-1997
Served as Chief Architect for multiple, large programs to support DoD information systems and teams across branches of service. Led complex program regionalizing DoD hospital decision support systems. Provided both overall, high-level technical support and detailed database design and development. Developed and launched SAS queries against the Health Affairs DoD database.
Key clients included:
• Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs
• Defense Information Systems Agency, Enterprise Integration
• Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, HQ US Department of the Army
Various Government, Military and Private Sector Organizations — 1973-1989
Designed and programmed new econometric models and information systems to support critical decisions for senior leaders. Investigated and analyzed data to assess impact of proposed actions and programs. Supported US Army civilian personnel managers with civilian personnel forecast modeling and SAS queries across the civilian personnel master database. Ran econometric models for the US Senate Computer Center. Interfaced routinely with US Senator office and committee staff and military decision-makers. Cambodian linguist, Army Security Agency - Vietnam Era Veteran.
EDUCATION
The George Washington University, Wash., DC — MS Information Systems Technology, 1988
Georgetown University, Wash., DC — MS Economics (Econometrics), 1982
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN — BA Economics / Asian Studies, 1980
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