Project Manager Army Reserve

SUMMARY

A dedicated, knowledgeable, and effective senior Military Intelligence officer with over twenty-five years as a certified program and project manager with experience in the private, public, and governmental sectors to include the US government, the Department of Defense, and Fortune 100 companies.

STRENGTHS

Certified Project Manager

Proj. Mgmt. Institute Mbr.

Healthcare Management

Scheduling and Staffing

Army Reserve LTC

Military Intel. Officer

Top Secret SCI Clearance

Operational Deployments

Master Analyst

Experienced Interrogator

Counterintelligence Officer

Surveillance & Reporting

College and Univ. Instructor

Military Instructor

Course Developer

Small Group Instructor

Software Engineering

Requirements Analysis

Risk Mgmt. and Budgets

System Testing

EDUCATION

Master Degree

Org. / Project Mgmt.

University of Phoenix

Santa Theresa, NM

Summa Cum Laude

Master Degree

Bachelor Degree

Military Ops / Business

Poly Science / Sociology

Cmd. & Gen. Staff Coll.

Eastern NM University

Ft. Leavenworth, KS

Portales, NM

Honors Graduate

Honors Graduate

Associate Degree

Intelligence Operations

Cochise College

Sierra Vista, AZ

Summa Cum Laude

CURRENT EXPERIENCE

CIVILIAN

Senior Program Manager – Full Time – On Site

Conduent, Montgomery, AL

Jan 2024 – Present

Site lead for the Montgomery, Alabama office with 205 Staff. Direct reports include three managers and a director. Responsible for implementing the Alabama Combined Eligibility Software (ACES) development and implementation project over a 27-month period to 67 counties Statewide. The software replaces five AL legacy statewide systems to include SNAP, TANF, and JOBS. The project encompasses eight major functional areas to include Documentation, Development, Testing, Training, Communication, Interfaces, Data Conversion and General Project Management in a cross matrixed organization. Responsible for weekly senior level reporting to include the Department of Human Resources Steering Committee at the State capital. Major milestones include UAT, 10 county pilot, and a 57 county Go-live to over 1300 social workers and 2 million stakeholders.

College Instructor – Part Time

Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ

Aug 2021 – Present

Teach Security Programs (Cyber, Physical, and Personal security) and their associated regulations, organizational requirements, and implementation best practices. Responsible for curriculum development, learning objectives, testing, and student instruction.

US ARMY RESERVE

Command and General Staff College Instructor - Lieutenant Colonel - Part Time

United States Army Reserve – 11th BN, 97th BDE - Part-Time (Fort Leavenworth, KS)

May 2021- Present

Educate and train Army field grade officers across the US on behalf of the Command and General Staff College in graduate level instruction. Develop and teach military educational material as a subject matter expert to include tactics, history, leadership, sustainment, and budgeting required for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. Responsible for all aspects of the degree program from enrollment, instruction and course management through graduation.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Army Reserve and Civilian)

Senior Program Manager

KAI Partners, Inc.

Roseville, CA - Telecommuter

Dec 2022 – Jan 2024

●Successfully Implemented programs for 118 CA Comm. Colleges from 3M-160M and over 2 million users

●Ensured statements of work, contracts, and grants were written and executed on time, and within budget

●Managed cross functional teams and college objectives as an Exec. Consultant for the Chancellor Office

●Performed the enterprise architecture assessments and solutions for the California college ecosystem

IT / Project Manager

Raytheon-Rafael Area Protection Systems - A Joint Venture between US and Israel – Full-Time Remote

Aug 2021 – Dec 2022

●Successfully Implemented a new international Joint venture between the US and Israel

●Brought the Iron Dome Missile Defense System assembly to the United States

●Worked as the Chief Technical Officer for the company as the IT Project Manager

●Responsible for the development/installation of the network infrastructure and all technical operations

●Used agile methodology, FedRAMP Azure Cloud infrastructure, Zscaler VPN products, and security practices

●Coordinated with cross functional teams to ensure IT was within compliance, under budget, and on time.

●Managed staff, projects, vendors and programs as a certified Project Manager

Director, Implementation and Business Alignment

United Healthcare - Community and State Sector – Full-Time Remote

Sierra Vista, AZ – Telecommuter

Sept 2013 – Jun 2021

●Successfully Implemented Managed Care projects nationwide as a certified PMP professional

●Managed Care included implementation of all TANF, CHIP, and Managed Care Programs in 32 States

●Managed Sr. Implementation Mgrs., Implementation Managers, and hundreds of Functional leads

●Managed and supported contracts, SOWs, and grant planning and development through execution

●Kept projects under budget, within timeframes, while complying with all requirements

●Implemented multi-million to billion-dollar projects impacting hundreds of thousands of people per state

Senior Intelligence Officer (G-2) – Major - Reserve

United States Army Reserve – NETCOM - Fort Huachuca, AZ – Part-Time

Jan 2017 – May 2021

●Developed Cyber doctrine for the US Army

●Managed five senior officers

●Produced the National Infrastructure Threat report

●Worked in SCIF producing classified reports

Training and Operations Officer (S-3) – Major - Reserve

United States Army Reserve – 5th MI BN - Fort Huachuca, AZ – Part-Time

May 2015 – Jan 2017

●Operations and Training Officer for USAR TASS Organization as the S-3

●Responsible for 20% of the United States Army Reserve training capability in Military Intelligence

●Develops, plans, and executes training for five subordinate instructor divisions with eight direct staff

●Coordinates Counterintelligence, Interrogation, Analytical, and Geospatial training

Lead Requirements Manager

Northrup Grumman - Sierra Vista, AZ – Full-Time

Oct 2007 – Jun 2012

●Managed a staff of five senior project managers

●Managed four concurrent multi-million-dollar projects developing HUMINT / CI software

●Supported Warfighter operations worldwide through DCGS-A, CHARCS, and SOMMS platforms

●Developed new business opportunities

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Older than 10 years)

Social Worker / Case Manager

●Managed an annual counseling caseload (Texas Department of Human Service – TDHS, El Paso, TX)

●Counseled, and supported recipients in all areas of dependency and need for the state agency

●Areas included Medicaid/Medicare, Child Protective Services, FDIC, Food stamps, and JOBS Programs

Instructor

●Taught database methodology, structure and development in college (City Colleges of Chicago).

●Trained DoD military personnel in Counterintelligence, and Interrogation (USAR/General Dynamics).

Course Manager

●Managed the Military Intelligence Captains Career Course and five staff (USAR).

●Managed the Human Intelligence Collector Course (Interrogation) and 23 staff (USAR).

Project / Program Manager

●Managed five senior Program Managers, and four different hundred-million-dollar projects (Northrup Grumman).

●Managed the consolidation and transfer of fourteen bank vaults in eight states as part of M&A (Bank One/NBD).

Director / Manager

●Dir. of Quality Assurance/dB Development responsible for streamlining (Trevethan Enterprises).

●US/Global Automotive Estimating dB Mgr. for US/Canada and Great Britain (Hearst Bus. Publishing).

Lobbyist

●Represented 22 universities in New Mexico as the 5-person lobbying team lead (ASNM).

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