Program Manager It Services

Sean Lenz

Phone: 443-***-**** Email:****.****@*****.***

Work Experience:

ASI Government Herndon, VA 09/2024 – Present

Subject Matter Expert

Responsible for advising and assisting with requirements development for cybersecurity and IT services. Managed product backlog, working closely with stakeholders to prioritize features aligned with business goals. Implemented continuous improvement initiatives. coordinating activities across multiple departments. Tracked project progress using Jira and Confluence, ensuring transparency and accountability. Supported risk identification and mitigation efforts. Maximus Federal Services McLean, VA 04/2019 – 09/2024 Senior Principal (Deputy Program Manager) (supporting DCIO for SAP IT) 04/2021 – 09/2024 Deputy Program Manager for $181 million Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) contract for the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Special Access Programs, Information Technology (DCIO for SAP IT) providing 80+ Data, Cyber, Enterprise Architecture, security, and policy professionals. Managed contract and delivery schedules along with contract funding (hybrid, waterfall and agile methodologies). Developed and drove product vision, strategy, and roadmap for multiple products with a focus on client and Department impact. Along with directly leading business team responsible for advising and assisting DCIO for SAP IT with finance planning and analysis along acquisition requirements development, planning, and strategy for Special Access Program (SAP) IT services; cyber-security, operations, and application development. Developing IT public policy, capability planning guidance (CPG) statements, review, and analysis of Service/Component strategic investments in SAP IT. Direct recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training of new staff for the section.

• Advised and assisted in the development and defense of approved 5-year strategic Issue Paper funding. Senior Specialist Leader (Senior Acquisition Analyst) (supporting DISA) 04/2019 – 04/2021 Responsible for advising and assisting Defense Information Systems Agency’s Compartmented Enterprise Service Office with finance planning and analysis along with acquisition requirements development, planning, and strategy for Special Access Program (SAP) IT services; cyber-security, operations, and application development. Serve as site Team Lead at Ft. Meade location, over finance, cost estimating, procurement, and acquisition functions. Collaborate with developing procurement, supply chain management, and supply chain risk management standard operating procedures (SOPs), agile methodologies. Defense Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C 01/2017 – 04/2019 Senior Procurement Analyst (1102 – series)

Responsible for analyzing and evaluating contracting matters and the initiation, development, and recommendation of Agency policies, procedures and controls for headquarters and subordinate contracting activities. Review unclassified, sensitive, and classified contract actions valued at $5 million and above to provide comments and recommendations to contracting officers and head of contracting activity (HCA) before business clearance is granted to release solicitations and awards. Create and update contract document templates for agency wide use, such as; milestone tracking, checklists, and business clearance documents. Represent Agency at community wide council and working groups; to include Procurement Policy Council, past performance working group and USD AT&L (Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) DPAP (Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy) Program Development and Implementation working group. Plan and coordinate correction action plans in response to DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) procurement management review (PMR) and Agency Inspector General audits. Develop new acquisition procedures and practices through agency wide training, new and updated policy issuance and revisions to the agency DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement) supplement.

• Planned and developed Agency’s response for annual DoD Assessment of Internal Controls over Acquisition Functions

• Lead agency internal PMR, by reviewing prior FY contracts and active contract to analyze acquisition office’s compliance with current laws and regulations and provide recommendations to SPE for process and control changes. Textron Systems Hunt Valley, MD 10/2015 – 01/2017

Senior Contracts Manager

Responsible for advising and administering contracts from proposal through close-out for government and commercial contracts; review and negotiate terms and conditions; manage direct and indirect foreign military sales contracts to include facilitating International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. Business advisor for program teams, business development, and financial analyst.

• Administered over $200 million in government and commercial contracts.

• Negotiated 10% fee (6% Governments position) on a ~$4 million 5-year support contract for JSECST (Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Tester)

• Negotiated FFP award of Delivery Order 0002 for TSSS (Trainer Simulator Stimulator System) trainer units, was able to increase the award by ~$250k (21%) over Governments original position

• Negotiated early shipment and acceptance of deliveries, pulling in ~$5.8 million of revenue into 2016 AOP (annual operation plan)

• Negotiated early shipment and acceptance of deliveries, pulling in ~$1.1 million of revenue into 2017 AOP

• Negotiated a JSECST purchase order with BAE to bring in ~$940k of unexpected revenue for the 2016 AOP

• Negotiated the removal of DFARS 252-***-**** from active awards and the use of modified 252-***-**** language on new orders Naval Sea Systems Command Indian Head, MD 08/2014 – 10/2015 Division Chief – Contracting Officer (1102 – series) Indian Head – EOD: WARRANTED CONTRACTING OFFICER: small purchases BRANCH CHIEF: responsible for all SAP (simplified acquisition procedure) (FAR 13) requirements for Indian Head to include severable and non-severable services, commercial items

(FAR 12), non-developmental items, and small FMS (foreign military sales): delegate, review, and approve work of direct reports in my branch. Awarded contracts through Procurement Desktop-Defense (PD2) contract writing system. Coordinate and draft responses to Congressional Inquiries lead and administered the general functions of the branch of seven employees: Responsible for alternate work schedule scheduling, telework scheduling, approving leave, performance evaluations of team members, and training staff. Collaborate with receiving department and engineers to correct non-developmental item discrepancies, make final contractual decisions on refusals, rework, and item acceptance.

• Using Lean, and Six Sigma principles to streamline contracting processes to increase division efficiency

• awarded 633 contract actions in FY15

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg, MS 09/2009 – 08/2014 Contract Specialist (1102 – series)

Contract administration and task order award of single award task order contract (SATOC) (FAR 15/16) for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), fixed price and cost plus fixed fee Information Technology (IT) contract for management, operation, and support services with a base year value of $97 million. Task orders ranging from $100,000 to $2.5 Million dollars. Administration and closeout of a $1.0 Billion SATOC Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and Time and Materials (IT) contract for management, operation, and support services. Within compliance with FAR/DFARS regulations; performed pre-award, award, post award, and closeout contract actions for Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) (FAR 13), commercial (FAR 12), IDIQ (FAR 15/16), large awards (FAR 15), GSA schedule orders (FAR 8), Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) (FAR 8/13), R&D type contracts (FAR 35), and Grants & Cooperative Agreements. Experience in drafting solicitations, justifications and approvals, determinations and findings, post-negotiation memorandums, debriefs, and other required contract documents.

• Collaborated in a joint environment team to provide support to set up a new Forward Operation Location (FOL) within Djibouti.

• Administered MATOC with a total capacity over all contracts of $372 million

• Issue quick reaction test and joint feasibility studies task orders using informal source selection procedures; task orders are awarded within 28 days of receiving finalize request packages

• Source selection team evaluating past performance and price analysis for $21 million JT&E office support contract

• Project development team (PDT) for Paperless Contract Files (PCF) helped create development plan for USACE wide implementation of PCF system to all USACE contracting offices nation wide

• Site lead for ERDC PCF, with the full implementation of PCF, ERDC has gained efficiencies with paper less contracts with reduction paper cost and reduced travel costs for Procurement Management Reviews. Education:

Creighton University Omaha, NE 12/2018

Graduate Certificate - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution National Intelligence University Bethesda, MD 07/2018 Graduate Certificate – Strategic Warning Analysis

Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL 12/2012 Master of Science - Acquisition and Contract Management University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA 05/2009 Master of Business Administration

University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA 12/2005 Bachelor of Arts – Psychology

Certifications:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) - (ISC)2 - October 2024

• Project Management Professional (PMP) – Project Management Institute - August 2024

• Intelligence Fundamentals Professional Certification (IFPC) – USD(I) - July 2019

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF) - Amazon Web Services - July 2019

• Certified Collection Management Professional – Fundamentals (CCMP-F) – USD(I) - April 2019

• Defense Acquisition Corp member – Department of Defense [4th Estate DACM] (DoD) - May 2017

• Certified Commercial Contracts Manager (CCCM) - National Contract Management Association (NCMA) – APR 2016

• DAWIA - Certified in Contracting - Level III – DoD – JUN 2015

• Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) - NCMA - AUG 2014

• DAWIA - Certified in Program Management - Level I - DoD - SEP 2011

• Certified Federal Contracts Manager (CFCM) - NCMA - MAR 2011

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