DAVID SEWARD

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Warrenton, Virginia 20186

(540) 349 – 8386

y6pc4c@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Seeking senior Project Management position which maximizes my years of experience

and technical / financial expertise.

Core Competencies:

Team Leadership

Negotiated scope and lead I&T teams to successful fielding of 10 maintenance releases with focused processes, test automation, and utilization of Earned Value Management as reflected in my receiving the Lockheed Martin NOVA Award.

Business Acumen

At customer request, redesigned 24x7 Help Desk task which reduced customer expense by 25% with no impact on response time or trouble ticket closure metrics.

Management Expertise

25 years of project management and technical experience including management of 25 engineers. Expanded ROI by collaborating with customer to develop focused requirements, utilizing test automation, and refined processes. This resulted in an 80% reduction in time allocated for testing.

Communication

Over 18 years as primary technical / financial interface with customer. Designed procedures to respond to emergency situations. Developed and evolved structured schedule to provide timely status to all parties until emergency resolved. Process updates increased Award Fee score by 10% and improved customer relationship dramatically.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lockheed Martin - DoD Message System (DMS)

May 1996 – November 2011

Manager - Field Support and IT Engineering

Managed Integration and Test for ten critical DMS products with budgets exceeding $6 million.

Support Engineering Manager

Directed all aspects of $3 million subcontracted 24x7 technical support to over 20,000 DoD users. Forecasted budgetary/financial requirements. Structure included FFP, T&M, CP, and Award Fee.

Operations Lead

Managed over $8 million of global system integration, consolidation, and upgrade tasks.

Product Lead

Responsible for SMS from product development through test, implementation and enhancements.

Author / Chief Editor

Coordinated and authored the initial release of 300 page DoD System Administrator’s Guide.

Telos Corporation/Comprehensive Technologies International

April 1993 – May 1996

Project Leader / Senior Site Manager for United States Air Force Base Conversion Agency

Grumman Corporation

June 1984 – April 1993

Task Manager

Senior Network Engineer and Corporate Training Specialist

EDUCATION

B.S., Education (Magna Cum Laude) State University of New York College at Buffalo

PMP Candidate – certification anticipated June, 2012

LM NOVA Award for Teamwork, 2006

Earned Value Management Certification, 2010

Numerous corporate management and technical training certificates and training courses

CLEARANCE

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