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David E. Kardes is a seasoned management professional with 12 years of experience in program management, cost schedule control, and strategic planning. He has a strong background in government, finance, and customer relationships. Kardes has worked at Unisys and Home, where he held various leadership positions, including Director of Operations and Management. He also has a Master of Business Administration degree from Marymount University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Old Dominion University.

Experience

  • Home
    • Herndon, Va.
    • Sabbatical Management
      • Jan 2012 - Present
      • Herndon, Va.
    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Operations Director
      • Mar 2004 - Jan 2012

      Director of Operations 2005 - 2011 Responsible for operational, and financial, management for the following agencies over the span of the above indicated years: - All Federal Government Civilian Agencies - Department of Health & Human Servies - Department of Agriculture - Department of Justice (Bureau of Prisons) • Tasked to increase profitability through analysis, and evaluation, of labor utilization, burden pool contrd rate management and indirect expenses.• Trouble-shoot “red” contracts, identify problems, solutions and subsequent resolution of such.• Coordinate with the Office of General Counsel, all issues that required legal action to be initiated or to be responded. • Balance Sheet management for both profitability and compliance objectives. • Liaison, and Coordinator, with all support organizations (Human Resources, Recruiting, Contracts, Procurement, Learning & Development and Project Control to better manage programs, accounts and business units in regards to profitability and compliance (Corporate and Federal Government).• Evaluate facilities utilization to improve capacity usage, locations and ultimately profitability.• Responsible for the proposal pricing for the line of business of Inmate Telephone Systems as this required a more indepth knowledge in regards to the pricing structure, components and resources. In order to meet this objective it was necessary for me to develope a pricing model.

    • Federal Systems Civilian Agencies CFO
      • Feb 1984 - Jun 2011

    • Director of Finance
      • Apr 1996 - Mar 2004

      Director of Finance for Civilian Agencies (~$350M of financial responsibility) 2003 - 2005 • Reported to Managing Partner to assist with all Financial issues within the Civilian Agencies• Prepared Monthly Business Review package to be presented to Federal Systems President• Reviewed monthly Partner project presentations to oversee a more profitable operation and to gain early alert any potential red contracts. • Preparation of the Annual Operating Plan for Civilian Agencies• Managed Civilian Balance Sheet to maximize profit and minimize risk

    • Manager Program Control/Program Controller
      • Feb 1984 - Mar 1996

      Finance Director, Finance Manager, Program Control Manager 1984 - 2003“Innovative” Established EVMS for Unisys first cost-plus, cost disclosed contract, including an accounting system transition to accommodate these requirements. This allowed Unisys to pursue future contracts with these requirements.• Prepared, and presented, CSSR’s/CPR’s on a monthly basis to applicable customers• Responsible for revenue recognition • Responsible for optimizing profit through labor category utilization, indirect cost containment, program management office usage and other costs.

    • Manager Marketing
      • May 1974 - Nov 1981

      United Airlines (Passenger Airline Industry) 1974 - 1981Employed as ramp agent, ticket agent & gate agent while attending Old Dominion University in Norfolk. Upon my graduation, I was promoted to United's Executive Headquarters in Chicago as a Financial Marketing manager wi...

Education

  • 1991 - 1991
    Defense Systems Managment College
  • 1982 - 1983
    Marymount University
  • 1973 - 1977
    Old Dominion University
  • 1966 - 1969
    Henninger
  • Marymount University

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