Experience

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  CSC

  • Falls Church, VA

  • Senior Systems Engineer

    • 2013 - 2014
    • Falls Church, VA

    Collaborating with a large, multi-disciplinary team for a mission critical information system. Analyze, manage, and track software deployments for a mission critical government program. Collaborate with senior managers for software deployment, testing, integration, configuration management, and scheduling. Prepare daily briefings for senior government managers. Lead Analyst for the US Army Data Center Discovery Program. Identify, compile, analyze, and prepare reports of the technical specifications for large DoD data centers. Also defined, engineered and prepared data flows for the program’s Standard Operating Procedures.

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  L-3 Communications

  • Annapolis Junction

  • Senior System Engineer

    • 2010 - 2013
    • Annapolis Junction

    Collaborated with NSOC government officials in defining the IT and operational requirements for a common SIGINT picture. Collaborated with senior military officers and operations staff to analyze program needs, define scope of the program, and design and develop innovative conceptual and architectural models. Identified, developed and implemented a database for managing the IT and operational requirements using MS SharePoint. Designed and developed the MS Project schedule and prepared technical briefings for senior executive staff. Researched, designed, developed and implemented a comprehensive SharePoint application of all NSOC information systems used for operations, collections, collaboration, and analysis and reporting.Developed and implemented a quantitative analysis of alternative software application solutions for a content management system. Implemented the standup of a pilot program for improving the life cycle process for hardware and software acquisitions. Analyzed Agency acquisition and procurement processes and requirements for IT hardware and software requisitions. Collaborated with senior agency managers, scientists, engineers and business managers to identify, communicate, and disseminate acquisition requirements.Successfully applied systems engineering best practices to streamline the acquisitions process, thereby reducing the cycle time. Prepare power, space and cooling specifications, process baseline exception reports, identify security requirements, and work closely with IT vendors to communicate requirements and determine availability and pricing. Designed, developed, and implemented program metrics for weekly statistical reporting to senior government managers. Custom designed Excel spreadsheet formulas to calculate and present program metrics.

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  Northrop Grumman Corporation

  • Fairfax, VA

  • Senior System Engineer

    • 2006 - 2009
    • Fairfax, VA

    Collaborated with senior government managers in migrating enterprise information services to the standup of a new systems operation center. This effort included analysis of COTS/GOTS products, evaluating and monitoring performance of data migration activities, identifying risks, project management and scheduling, identify and communicate solutions to technical and program managers, and prepare and present briefings to senior government managers.Task Manager supervising systems analyst and provide systems engineering support. Develop technical specs for system-subsystem designs, external and internal interface controls, and software design descriptions within the context of the overall systems architecture. Program Manager defining requirements for installing an enterprise wide IT infrastructure. Architected and developed an MS Access database of IT requirements for system and network infrastructures. Lead trade studies, identify and review program risks, and communicate technical solutions with stakeholders. Provided program management support to senior managers for IT, Logistics, Facilities, Security, and external Agencies and designed requirements reports for control gates and milestones. Received personal commendation from President George W. Bush for “helping to protect this nation.”Lead Project Scheduler for a large scale IT migration program. Supervise junior scheduling staff, managed, designed, and developed a large integrated project schedule. Conduct briefings for high-level government program managers, provide horizontal integration of project schedules across the enterprise, analyze the project schedule and provide status to senior government leads. Assessed risks to the project schedule based on analysis of resource allocation to the WBS.

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  Hilton Consulting Corporation

  • Clifton, VA

  • Senior Systems Integrator

    • 2006 - 2006
    • Clifton, VA

    Teamed with COGNOS developers to define workflow analysis, establish business rules, conducted program assessments, developed a Roles and Responsibilities document, provided analysis of the business enterprise, developed an enterprise wide program management plans, and analyzed methods to enhance information sharing throughout the organization. Developed white papers for implementing blog and wiki solutions for customer collaboration efforts.

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  ACET, Inc

  • Waldorf, MD

  • Senior System Engineer

    • 2005 - 2005
    • Waldorf, MD

    Provided project management expertise to senior government officials including project scheduling, analysis of customer requirements, and quality control. Collaborated with senior government officials including those of the Office of the Director for the US Department of State.

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  Lockheed Martin

  • VA, MD

  • Senior Systems Engineer

    • 1997 - 2004
    • VA, MD

    Managed design of new functionality and user interface to a web based system including database connectivity, PKI, and user security controls. Developed and managed project schedule, supervised software development, briefed senior managers, prepared life cycle documentation, identified and documented technical requirements for software development and supervised staff for ensuring software version control. Project manager for an integrated product test team. Developed mission systems acceptance test plans. Managed test team, developed test plans, planned and conducted tests for Y2K compliance. Also responsible for the certification and accreditation of the enterprise system based on the customer compliance to Y2K requirements.Conducted data modeling, requirements gathering, traceability, and analysis using object oriented analysis techniques to reverse engineer system and subsystem software components to analyze the functionality of the Census Bureau’s data collection system. Worked with Configuration Control Change Board to evaluate and track impact of RFCs to the baseline. Also received recognition and cash award for “Outstanding Performance”.Authored proposals, research, trade studies, and evaluated GIS COTS products against spatial data schemas. Developed user manuals for world distribution, and designed, developed, and implemented a barcode tracking system.

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  IMI Systems

  • Parsippany, NJ

  • Project Manager

    • 1997 - 1997
    • Parsippany, NJ

    Consultant to Lucent Technologies Identifying, analyzing and formulating improved methods for reducing the cycle time for manufacturing integrated circuits. Provided systems analysis, project management, scheduling and systems documentation.

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  Computer Horizons Corporation

  • Clark, New Jersey

  • Senior Systems Analyst

    • 1994 - 1997
    • Clark, New Jersey

    Senior Systems Analyst addressing information management challenges for AT&T’s Customer Connectivity programs. Coordinated the efforts of over 20 technical staff to develop a large-scale software application. Developed and prepared program wide project management plan for a GIS. Identify, analyze, develop, and document spatial data requirements. Managed development of data requirements and prepared digital thematic maps. Analyzed and evaluated emerging GIS technologies and identified and provided solutions to spatial data quality issues.

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  Battelle Memorial Institute - Pantex Operations

  • Amarillo, Texas

  • Project Lead

    • 1992 - 1995
    • Amarillo, Texas

    Project Lead, US DoE Pantex Nuclear Plant. Developed project plans, identified and defined spatial data requirements for a GIS and procured GIS software. Received five awards for public presentations, requirements analysis, and quality assurance. Developed spatial data for digital thematic maps. Integrating Spatial Data for Public Access presented at URISA '94 conference.