Senior Program Manager / Program Director Active TS/SCI DoD & Fed

Mark Laurie

Laurel, MD ***** 301-***-**** ********@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/mark-laurie-

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TS/SCI (Top Secret/SCI) Clearance, Tier 5 / SSBI, enrolled in Continuous Vetting Summary

Program Director / Senior Program Manager with 18 years leading large federal and DoD portfolios and teams of up to 100+ staff, including an approximately $1B, 90+ program DISA modernization portfolio and the $1.86B Thunderdome Zero Trust deployment. Held P&L accountability on three major federal programs. Known for portfolio governance, P&L management, risk management, and stakeholder leadership, and for delivering cloud, infrastructure, and logistics programs with measurable schedule, cost, and compliance results. Supported every U.S. military branch (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard), along with the Air National Guard, combatant commands, defense agencies, and foreign partner nations.

Career Highlights

Thunderdome Zero Trust (Booz Allen): Directed deployment readiness for DISA's

$1.86B program across 1,140+ sites, supporting its expansion to the U.S. Coast Guard and the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility.

Joint C2 Modernization (CompQsoft/DISA): Sustained 99.9% uptime and delivered 40 releases a year while consolidating JOPES, JCRM, and PFG into one framework. FMS Growth (Alion): Grew the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) portfolio with new Kuwait cases for Javelin and NVDs, with zero ITAR/EAR compliance findings. DISA Portfolio Leadership (AECOM): Supervised roughly 100 program managers across prime and subcontractor teams, leading 90+ global modernization programs totaling approximately $1B.

MILCON Modernization (AECOM): Directed Military Construction (MILCON) and facility modernizations at DLA New Cumberland, PA; Richmond, VA; and Cape Canaveral, FL, moving legacy infrastructure to IP-based transport. Mark Laurie Resume

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Database Modernization (SIWEL): Recovered $10M in federal fines and generated

$11M in cost savings by modernizing case management for 1,500+ investigations, and retired 10 legacy databases in a $5M modernization. Army Logistics IT (Honeywell): Led a 90-person global matrix team through M&A- driven logistics integrations with zero cost overruns, and established integrated EVM tracking for the $50M+ ASLAC Army Prepositioned Stocks contract. Professional Experience

Senior Enterprise Consultant / Program Director

Mark Laurie Consulting Services, Laurel, MD May 2024 – Present Completed 9 client engagements since 2024, primarily for small federal contractors, including 5 ongoing program management and PMO engagements, 2 deliverable-based projects, and proposal development support.

Lead a network of 5 associate consultants delivering program management support to federal clients.

Stabilized delivery across multiple federal programs during leadership gaps using interim governance routines, decision logs, and escalation paths, keeping executives fully informed.

Improved schedule adherence and reduced downtime across multi-site federal programs through risk controls, critical-path tracking, and resource planning. Cut manual reporting cycles 30% for an ongoing program management client by introducing digital platforms and AI analytics.

Held programs to cost and schedule from initiation to close-out through strict resource allocation and proactive risk mitigation.

Senior Program Manager, Thunderdome ZTE Global Deployments Booz Allen Hamilton, Fort Meade, MD January 2023 – May 2024 Directed deployment readiness for DISA's $1.86B Thunderdome program across 1,140+ sites, leading a 20-person team and launching the initial 60-site baseline on schedule. Held P&L accountability for the program's deployment operations, tracking cost, schedule, and performance KPIs.

Cut recurring workflow delays 20% across all eight Zero Trust workstreams through risk governance and corrective action plans.

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Sustained 95% on-time installation readiness by tracking 40–50 weekly circuit completions and resolving open technical items.

Managed Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE) and 100+ annual equipment shipments, delivering complex MBOM/IBOM packages worldwide with zero loss. Authored the High/Elevated Risk Travel Request framework protecting OCONUS deployment teams, covering transit accountability and physical security protocols. Tracked ZTE dependencies, circuit actions, and vendor release timelines through IPT meetings, preventing unscheduled downtime during site cutovers and patches. Supported the program's expansion beyond DISA to the U.S. Coast Guard and the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility, governing design review milestones and keeping delivery aligned to theater survivability and secure data-sharing requirements. Senior Program Manager, GCCS-J C2 JPES

CompQsoft / DISA, Fort Meade, MD March 2021 – January 2023 Held P&L accountability for $3.17M in task orders under a $75M+ multi-task-order IDIQ, meeting a 6% margin target, leading a 30-person team and controlling CLIN-level labor and forecasts across FFP and CPFF task orders.

Served as Task Order and Contract Manager, overseeing O&M and RDT&E CLINs and multiple subcontractors, and supported the contract recompete. Sustained 99.9% uptime and cut mission downtime 40% across enterprise C2 environments during cloud migration.

Delivered 40 Agile/SAFe releases per year (28 O&M, 12 RDT&E) through the C2SE Lab without operational disruption.

Maintained 100% data compliance and active ATOs across Joint C2 networks through RMF execution, 12+ POA&Ms, and ~16 annual IAVAs.

Consolidated JOPES, JCRM, and PFG into the unified JPES Framework, reducing duplication and sustainment costs.

Led IPTs for the full JPES database rebuild, standing up the program's first resilient cloud instance on schedule.

Controlled financial risk through EVM analysis, ETC/EAC monitoring, and enforced 70% burn-rate thresholds.

Maintained 100% mission delivery across task orders through COVID, funding volatility, and staffing constraints, earning exceptional CPARS evaluations. Mark Laurie Resume

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Managed a multi-vendor ecosystem, including the primary cybersecurity and configuration-management subcontractor plus several software vendors, to meet SLAs.

Senior Program Manager, FMS & DSCA PMO

Alion Science and Technology, Arlington, VA December 2017 – March 2021 Directed a $10M+ FMS portfolio across 20+ active cases and 300+ partner requests, from LOR/P&A through LOA closure.

Led a 20-person team executing FMS cases, export licensing, and partner-nation coordination across the KSA and Gulf region.

Grew both the FMS and non-FMS portfolios with new cases, led by Kuwait programs for Night Vision Devices and Javelin missiles.

Prepared 12+ export license packages per quarter (TAAs, DSP-5s) with zero ITAR/EAR compliance findings.

Developed technology transfer and disclosure strategies for F-15, F-16, C-130, UAV/UAS, Javelin, and NVD programs, vetting defense articles against disclosure requirements.

Built Total Package Approach strategies, LOA documentation, life-cycle cost estimates, and training plans for partner nations.

Aligned case execution with SAF/IA, AFSAC, AFLCMC, DSCA, SCO/ODC, DCMA, foreign ministries, defense attachés, and industry primes to advance KSA and Gulf- region programs.

Ensured Arms Export Control Act (AECA), Foreign Assistance Act (FAA), DoD Directive 5132.03, and DSCA compliance across multi-country FMS and DCS portfolios. Supervisory Program Manager, DISA IE1 Portfolio & Global Modernization AECOM (formerly URS Corporation), Fort Meade, MD September 2012 – December 2017 Joined URS Corporation in 2012; became AECOM through its 2014 acquisition of URS. Promoted to Supervisory and Lead Program Manager after a leadership departure, taking over the full contract and roughly 100 program managers across prime and subcontractor teams, spanning 90+ global DISA modernization programs totaling approximately $1B, while continuing to lead an individual project portfolio with a 30+ person team.

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Managed personnel for the program management staff, including performance reviews, salary adjustments, and timecard approval. Designed a tiered governance framework for 100 concurrent programs serving SES and GS-15 stakeholders, with daily reporting on priority deployments and weekly briefings on 4–6 spotlight programs.

Delivered a global MPLS transport program across 160+ CONUS/OCONUS sites, managing path redundancy and secure routing requirements. Directed $1M+ per-site MILCON and facility modernizations at DLA New Cumberland, PA; Richmond, VA; and Cape Canaveral, FL, retiring analog trunks and obsolete optical hardware for IP-based transport.

Led DISN node and facility relocations for MacDill TCF, SOCOM (Tampa), USMC MCEITS, and the Western Air Defense Sector (WADS). Developed 100+ baseline ROM estimates and adjusted forecasts as funding and scope shifted.

Owned cost, scope, and schedule for the full portfolio, leading re-baselines, risk management, and CCB actions and coordinating EVM reporting with Control Account Managers (CAMs); defended program variances using automated risk heat maps and tracked 100% CDRL fulfillment through MIDS.

Held P&L accountability for the contract, meeting a 6% margin target. Led IPTs through 20+ simultaneous tech refreshes, including SIPRNET Private IP and Core Router upgrades.

Managed DISN diversity deployments at 8 ACC Air Force Bases and Air National Guard sites (including Nashville ANG and NGB), and the network programs supporting F-35, KC-46, and MQ-9 data integration.

Oversaw 6 subsea, space, and missile defense portfolios as Lead PM, including the GTMO Undersea Fiber Project that eliminated satellite dependency. Supported business development as a proposal writer and Red and Gold Team reviewer.

Program Manager, Database Modernization Project

SIWEL, Inc., Rosslyn, VA May 2012 – September 2012 Directed a $5M database and application modernization that retired 4 servers and 10 legacy databases, cutting infrastructure overhead 40%. Recovered $10M in federal fines and generated $11M in cost savings by modernizing case management with encrypted reporting for 1,500+ investigations. Mark Laurie Resume

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Directed a performance improvement effort that raised system performance 35% across the database and application environment.

Completed migrations with zero unscheduled downtime using critical-path scheduling, configuration management, and database audit controls. IT Program Manager & Global IT Logistics Division Manager Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI), Columbia, MD August 2009 – May 2012 Established integrated EVM and PP&C tracking for the $50M+ ASLAC Army Prepositioned Stocks contract, linking Deltek Cobra and Microsoft Project. Led a 90-person global matrix team through M&A-driven logistics integrations with zero cost overruns, protecting award fees.

Ran 7-day-a-week triage during a one-year contract transition, authoring daily quad charts to pre-brief the CIO.

Led onboarding of 100–200+ on-base personnel into Honeywell, coordinating local IT systems for HR benefits and time tracking.

Kept a 150+ user Alexandria node at 100% availability while directing a 10-person technical staff.

Served as lead worldwide IT liaison for the AWRDS database, managing asset tracking, disposition, and left-behind equipment recovery.

Directed rapid-response tactical communications provisioning for deployed forces, including overnight theater cutovers.

As the Logistics Division's lead IT resource, wrote the IT sections of logistics proposals and capture efforts, including technical architecture and cost models, and served as a Red and Gold Team reviewer; directed 30-day phase-ins after incumbent wins. Raised productivity 25% and cut service-desk tickets 20% through ITIL-aligned workflows and secure IT for austere environments.

Earlier Experience

Earlier program support roles with Dynamac Corporation (NAVSEA), OAO Corporation

(USCG Fleet Logistics Systems Modernization), and SAIC (PEO(CU) Tomahawk and UAV/UAS Program Office), supporting Navy and Coast Guard modernization programs through configuration and CDRL management, requirements validation, and technical reviews.

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Core Skills

Executive Leadership: Strategic Planning, Portfolio and PMO Management, Budget and Financial Management, P&L Management, Organizational Leadership (teams up to 100+), SES and GS-15 Executive Engagement, Multi-Agency Stakeholder Management, Change Management, Mentoring and Recruiting

Business Development and Contracts: Capture and Proposal Development, Red and Gold Team Reviews, Recompete Support, IDIQ and Task Order Management, FFP and CPFF Contracts, Subcontractor and Vendor Governance, CPARS and Award Fee Program Delivery: Risk Management, IPT Leadership, Executive Reporting, Strategic Resource Planning, Agile/SAFe, Waterfall, Hybrid, SDLC, ITIL, PDRs/CDRs, MILCON Program Management, Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE) Management, CDRL Lifecycle, SOW/PWS Development

Cost and Schedule: Earned Value Management, ETC/EAC, ROM Estimation, CLIN/LCAT Management, Re-baselining, Configuration Control Board, IMS, MIPR Funding Transfers, DoD Appropriations (O&M, RDT&E, Procurement, DWCF) Security and Compliance: RMF, NIST 800-53, FISMA, ATO, ITAR/EAR, AECA, DoDD 5132.03 (Security Cooperation), DSCA Statutory Framework, FMS Lifecycle (LOR/LOA) Technical Domains: Zero Trust, SASE/SD-WAN, enterprise networks, cloud migration

(AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), Command and Control systems, Aerospace and Defense Programs (F-15, F-16, C-130, F-35, UAV/UAS, Missile Defense, Space) Tools and Systems: Microsoft 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Planner), Microsoft Project, Deltek Cobra, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, SharePoint, MS Teams, Bluebeam, Visio, MIDS, PIEE, WAWF, SAM.gov, DSAMS, SAMM, SCIP, CMCS, MISIL, DPAS Education

MBA, Business Administration and Management, University of Maryland, Smith School of Business, College Park, MD

Summa Cum Laude, 3.93 GPA, Top 1% of class, Dean's List Presidential Management Fellow (Finalist)

B.S., Computer Science & Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Ruff-Ross Scholarship Recipient; US Senator Scholarship (Paul Sarbanes) Mark Laurie Resume

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Certifications and Training

Project Management Professional (PMP), Candidate, Project Management Institute Multi-Cloud Computing Practitioner, Google Cloud Platform (05/2024) Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Study, #768125 (03/2020) Advanced Project Management Professional Training, 35 contact hours, PMI curriculum

(09/2018)

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