Program Manager It Project

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North, VA

Posted:

June 21, 2025

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David A. Lee, IT Project/Program Manager

North, Virginia 23128 804-***-**** *****.*.***.**@*****.***

SUMMARY

Dynamic IT Project & Program Manager with over 30 years of progressive experience in managing complex IT projects, teams as well as EDI and API technologies. Proficient in overseeing multi-million- dollar budgets and ensuring cybersecurity compliance, while leading cross- functional teams across multiple locations. Achievements include successfully managing a $12.2 million IT budget and facilitating multiple enterprise system cloud migrations. Aiming to leverage expertise in project management and IT strategy to drive operational excellence and innovation in prospective organizations. Maintain active Top Secret Security clearance, renewed 2023.

SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS:

Retail IT infrastructure modernization: $2.3 million cost avoidance Data Warehouse capability modernization: $4.4 million cost avoidance Data Warehouse cloud migration: $4.4 million cost avoidance Continental US wide end point management upgrade and process improvement. Presidential strategic support of real-world mission Secretary of Defense emergency support

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

01/2000 – 10/2025 IT Specialist with the Department of Defense in core areas such as Enterprise Service Desk, SCCM/MCM end point management, COMSEC Manager, COMSEC Custodian, IT Program Manager, IT Project Manager and Strategic Planner 01/1999 – 01/2000 Senior Network Management Analyst with Sprint PCS at the NOC in Kansas City, KS

03/1997 – 01/1999 Telecommunications Specialist with Lockheed Martin WDL in Bad Aibling Station Germany and Truman Annex, Key West, FL

01/1996 – 03/1997 Regional IT and Communications technician with Circuit City Special Technical Services, Washington DC area.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DETAILED

10/2022 to 10/2025 DOD, Defense Commissary Agency HQ Fort Gregg-Adams, VA Supervisory IT Program Manager

Division Chief, IT Business Sustainment Division for the CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Managed all IT business sustainment support functions as the System Owner for DeCA’s business and financial IT systems across 5 portfolios supporting 234 stores globally.

• Manage a team of 8 System Managers and 2 Cybersecurity professionals (ISSM and ISSO) and a contract staff averaging 30 team members that support a global mission of 234 stores and over

$5Billion in annual revenue. Manage $12.2 million of the IT budget covering 8 DOD contracts, 5 portfolios and 15 IT systems.

• Manage the Program Management Portfolio process as the Functional Proponent for the IT Applications Portfolio. This includes all operational functions to include cybersecurity, EDI and API technologies

• Ensures cybersecurity compliance as the System Owner; managing IAVA/STIG and vulnerability management via ISSOs (both contract and GS), ISSM, conducts continuous monitoring and other security responsibilities in accordance with the Risk Management Framework (RMF). Ensures system adherence to DOD and DeCA’s governance, Configuration and Change Management policies, often times creating policy where none exists or updating outdated policies.

• Manage enterprise system migrations to our new cloud service provider contract. This includes leading the architectural design of the cloud environment based on vendor service offerings and software development for systems to maximize success of system migrations to the cloud.

(Oracle cloud, Azure and Google clouds).

• Display creative and critical thinking skillsets to deliver innovative approaches to problem solving.

• Ideated DeCA policy to establish the Acquisition Review Board (ARB) Multi-Functional Teams

(MFT) ensuring current and future acquisition contracts adherence to DOD and DeCA policy.

• Develops Business Sustainment contract acquisitions to support DeCA. As the System Owner, provides operational management and contractor oversight.

• Maintains DOD TS Clearance.

06/2016 to 10/2022 DOD, 93d Signal Brigade Fort Eustis, VA Senior IT Specialist (PLCY/PLN)

Senior Staff Action Officer and Information Technology Specialist for the 93rd SIG BDE, S3, DODIN-A SYSTEMS Branch. Assist the Division chief in planning, analyzing, reviewing, coordinating, and integrating, the Army's Automated Information Systems (AIS) architecture, associated infrastructure and information systems and it’s supported 36 Network Enterprise Centers (NECs).

• Provided expert analysis to management on a wide range of program activities requiring application of qualitative and/or quantitative methods and strategies for assessment of complex management processes, systems and mission support programs.

• Supervised and directed the efforts of teams of Information Specialists, US Army Soldiers and DOD Contractors engaged in all NETCOM Enterprise initiatives, programs, projects and division activities while focusing on defining and validating new requirements, acquisition needs, budgets, modernization initiatives, and tracking customer satisfaction/ compliance.

• Performed budgetary and administrative duties as Approving Authority and Billing Official for training budget utilizing budget methodology and control of acquisition-related policy and implementation. Ensures strict adherence to budgetary constraints, guidance and control systems ensuring mission success without compromising the US government and the agency.

• Perform a variety of project management and development tasks, program analysis and development, organization review, and application work.

• Achieved the establishment of the V Corps headquarters in Ft Knox KY. Evaluated contractor support utilizing performance metrics and analysis of the contractor’s scope of work. Directed a multi-million-dollar contract mod to the existing contract in support of the new Army Command.

• Lead the Continental United States (CONUS) project to enable an Enterprise SCCM capability that facilitated the Windows 10 deployment to over 338,000 US Army workstations throughout the CONUS Theater as well as standardizing the risk/vulnerability mitigation tactics for CONUS.

• Lead the 93d initiative to create an enterprise strategy and policy for solving new CCRI client vulnerabilities via Desired State Configuration (DSC).

• Conducts various analysis, both self-initiated and as directed by Program Manager, to assess resource status, program health, contractor effectiveness, and efficiency of agency initiatives in support of the mission.

• Volunteered for 120 days duty as Supervisory IT Specialist as the Command Center Supervisor maintaining the Operations Command Center comprising of two shifts and a staff of 20 active- duty officers, enlisted and DA Civilians.

Sept 2014 to May 2016 DOD, 5th Signal Command Kaiserslautern, Germany Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (INFOSEC) Served as the Branch Chief of the European and African Theaters, Enterprise SCCM Management Branch. As Senior Information Technology Specialist coordinating, integrating, and participating in the technical aspects of Information Technology Project Management work in support of Army Commands, Army Service Component Commands, Direct Reporting Units, operating force and generating force customers within the OCONUS area of operations.

• Ideated and enforced hardware and software standards for servers and workstations in the USAREUR Theater as well as the Combatant Command, USAFRICOM and Horn of Africa (HOA) to include Microsoft updates, IAVAs vulnerability management, all software deployments and a theater wide workstation image utilizing Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012

(SCCM).

• Ideated processes and standards that led to a sustainable, predictable passing CCRI results

(vulnerabilities per system) for Army and Joint Combatant Command level customers to include tactical units supporting missions in the African continent.

• Manages a staff of 8 federal employees and one contractor, maintaining nearly 55,000 workstations over 6 networks. Maintains DOD TS security clearance. Jan 2009 to Sept 2014 DOD, 93d Signal Brigade Fort Eustis Senior IT Specialist (Policy/Plans)

Senior Staff Action Officer, and Information Technology Specialist for the 93rd SIG BDE S3 Plans Branch. Assist the Division chief in planning, analyzing, reviewing, coordinating, and integrating, the actions necessary to implement the Army's Automated Information Systems (AIS) architecture, associated infrastructure and information systems assigned to the brigade and it’s supported 36 Network Enterprise Centers (NECs).

• Supervised and directed the efforts of teams of Information Specialists and Soldiers engaged in all NETCOM Enterprise initiatives, programs, projects and division activities while focusing on defining and validating new requirements, acquisition needs, modernization initiatives, service level agreements (SLAs) and tracking customer satisfaction/ compliance.

• Lead Brigade project for Enterprise Remedy (ESMS)

• Lead Brigade project for Army Enterprise Service Desk (AESD) and the Global Ticketing System

(GTS).

• Recommended changes to existing DA policies, standards and procedures for managing C4IM disciplines. Led and participates in special efforts, study groups and symposiums to analyze and develop approaches, strategies and policies for solving new C4IM issues and implementing new concepts; and resolve critical problems with existing systems. Jan 2007 to Jan 2009 DOD, HQ US European Command Stuttgart, Germany, Chief, Key Management Infrastructure Plans and Policy Division European Theater Communications Security (COMSEC) Program Manager, Command COMSEC Authority & Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) Information Assurance Program Manager

(IAPM). Oversaw development and fielding of all DOD cryptographic systems and cryptographic key distribution/management infrastructures.

• Served as USEUCOM primary point of contact for all cryptographic modernization initiatives (CMI to include PKI), and maintained close working relations with OSD, NSA, Joint Staff, and Service CMI Program Management Officers.

• Reviewed Service implementations of CMI programs, and negotiate on behalf of USEUCOM as necessary to resolve disparities in Service-unique applications that could adversely impact upon joint operational capabilities in the USEUCOM area of responsibility. Assist in the development of USEUCOM policy and guidance covering the deployment and utilization of cryptographic systems and keying materials used to support joint-U.S., U.S.-NATO, and U.S.-coalition secure interoperability requirements.

• Served as theater-level validating authority for all COMSEC keying materials held in Theater COMSEC Cache Accounts.

• Coordinated directly with coalition partners to facilitate COMSEC requirements for interoperability issues as well as Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

• Supported all Joint Task Force missions in the European Theater. Jan 2005 to Jan 2007 DOD, North East RCIO, NETCOM Fort Monroe, VA Information Technology Specialist, Policy and Plans Staff Action Officer, and Information Technology Specialist for the Customer Support Center (CSC) supporting the NE RCIO's staff supervision and technical control of 28 IMA installation DOIMs. Responsibilities include planning, managing and directing NETCOM regional programs, projects and division activities while focusing on defining and validating new requirements, acquisition needs, modernization initiatives, service level agreements (SLAs) and tracking customer satisfaction/ compliance.

• Performed a variety of project management and development tasks, program analysis and development, organization review, and application work.

• Worked on team to make changes to existing DA policies, standards and procedures for managing C4IM disciplines.

• Serves as the organizations IMO and Information Assurance Security Officer (IASO). Aug 2002 to Jan 2005 DOD, 52d Signal Battalion Stuttgart, Germany Chief, Automation and Network Operations

Chief of Automations and Network Operations for the 52d Signal Battalion. Provided network and end point management support for the Stuttgart military community.

• Directed administration of 6 ANIPR networks. These networks service more than 3,000 customers and 1 ASIPR (Classified) network.

• Conducted Life Cycle replacement, server consolidation, the community Exchange servers, domain controllers, Norton Anti-virus (NAV) server, print and file servers, all domain end point support, as well as the Outlook Web Access (OWA) server.

• Designed and maintained the 52d web page.

• Directed the Network Service Center (Help Desk).

• Conducted network and project documentation using MS Visio. Documentation includes network planning and project implementation. Lead Action Officer for community projects as I3MP

(network portion), Active Directory, Installation Access Control System (IACS), Public Key Infrastructure and Common Access Card (PKI/CAC).

• Orchestrated the relocation of one ANIPR Gateway node, the upgrade of existing ANIPR nodes, the upgrade of the local Exchange servers, local migration of over 1,100 customers from another server to our Exchange servers, the implementation of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Common Access Card (CAC), and the consolidation of multiple domains and workgroups (26).

• Conducted all IAVA compliance with by the times established by ARCYBER. Responsible to ensure all PC's and servers on the network meet 5th Signal Command baseline requirements. Conduct network scans using ISS and Harris Stat software.

• Supervised and rated an IT staff of 11 federal employees, 3 Local nationals and 18 US Army active-duty soldiers. Identify and resolve training needs, personal and professional needs of subordinate personnel.

Nov 2000 to Aug 2002 DOD, 21st Theater Support Command Kaiserslautern, Germany Chief, Defense Messaging Service/Signal Support

Chief of DMS (Defense Messaging System) program, Frequency Manager, and Chief of COMSEC. Directed the 21st Theater Support Command Defense Messaging System (DMS) message center to include software installation, troubleshooting, and messaging procedures for the 21st Theater Support command.

• Ideated the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Continuity Book for all facets of DMS messaging used by the 21st TSC. Directed all Brigade and Battalion DMS programs. Installed DMDS in LCC-like message center and ideated the DMDS database.

• Primary custodian for a TS account, directed all facets of the 21st TSC COMSEC operations, accounting for all COMSEC Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI) and materials as required by the 21st TSC, which includes the Headquarters (HQ) staff, Major Subordinate Commands (MSC) and deployment regions throughout five (5) European Countries. Manage 21st TSC Headquarters Frequency Management program.

• Conducted all Satellite Access Requests (SAR s), Request For Service (RFS) for PSC-5 Spitfire single channel tactical satellite radios and IRIDIUM satellite telephones.

• Manage Contingency Operations assets for all INMARSAT and IRIDIUM equipment.

• Supervise total personnel ranging from 6 to 12 personnel. Jan 2000 to Nov 2000 DOD, 43d Signal Battalion Pirmasens, Germany Systems Manager

Systems Manager conducted the operation of the Defense Message System Transition Hub and the legacy AUTODIN mission.

• Monitor subscriber circuit operations and initiate corrective action on defective circuits and ensure timely delivery of message traffic through the use of patching, alt-routes CARPS and intercept routines.

• Perform system routines such as system reloads, restarts and routing indicator changes, additions and deletions.

• Conducted the training of new personnel.

Jan 1999 to Jan 2000 Sprint PCS Kansas City, KS

Senior Network Management Analyst III

Conducted the execution of day-to-day operations processes of the 7X24 Network Operations Control Center (NOCC) to ensure maximum availability of the Sprint PCS network to the customer base. This was accomplished through the real time surveillance of all Sprint PCS network elements and interfaces, execution of pre-planned restoration schemes, monitoring traffic conditions, and monitoring network element performance data. I possess strong written and oral communication skills. I possess extremely effective knowledge of network management methodologies, network operations, environments and STV provided services that include transmission facilities, switching equipment, intelligent elements, remote surveillance, support equipment and systems. Maintain professionalism in extremely high pressure and stressful situations.

Mar 1997 to Jan 1999 Lockheed Martin WDL Bad Aibling Station, Germany Telecommunications Specialist

Maintained LAN/WAN communications systems for JIATF-EAST, CARIBROC, GTMO, and Medina RSOC mission elements. Conducted the maintenance and preventive maintenance of RF, digital and voice communications circuits. Experienced with the maintenance of Cisco 4000 and 7000 routers. Experienced with the maintenance of D4 channel banks and Pulse Code Modulation. Maintain 24-hour coverage of communications center by rotating on-call status. Maintain several T1 trunks through an IDNX node. Gaining experience with RF antennas as opposed to previous experience with satellite antennas. Conducted quality control, supply support and control, COMSEC and OPSEC protocol, installation and maintenance of new systems added. Responsibilities also include COMSEC custodian and petty cash accountant. Conducted updating and maintaining circuit documentation and drawings. Civilian Education:

• University of Maryland, European Division

Credits Earned: 18 Semester hours, Major: Computer Science References:

Current Manager

Joseph Rhodes

DOD, Defense Commissary Agency

Chief Technology Officer

804-***-****

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Mart Powell

DOD, 93d Signal Brigade

Deputy S3

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