Experience

Adminstrative Office of Courts

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief - Judicial Support Staff/Judicial Services Office

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  The Administrative Office is the central support entity for the Judicial Branch. It provides a wide range of administrative, legal, financial, management, program, and information technology services to the federal courts. My office serves as liaisons, consultants, and advocates to federal judges and their staff. The Administrative Office is the central support entity for the Judicial Branch. It provides a wide range of administrative, legal, financial, management, program, and information technology services to the federal courts. My office serves as liaisons, consultants, and advocates to federal judges and their staff.



Administrative Office of the US Courts

• Washington, DC

• Program Analyst

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2014

  The Administrative Office is the central support entity for the Judicial Branch. It provides a wide range of administrative, legal, financial, management, program, and information technology services to the federal courts. My office is responsible for functions involving analysis of strategic policy, management, and program issues that have a bearing on the Judiciary’s national information technology program. This staff is the primary advisory resource to the Judicial Conference Committee on Information Technology, the Assistant Director for Information Technology, and the senior staff within the Office of Information Technology. Specific duties: •Serving as IT Policy Liaison responsible for the development of policies affecting the Judiciary’s national information technology program for consideration by the Judicial Conference of the United States and other Judicial branch authorities.; •Maintaining the IT volume of the Guide to Judiciary Policy, serving as single point of contact for IT policy for the entire federal court system •Managing logistics, agenda development, content submission (white papers), and post meeting report for bi-annual advisory council meetings; •Briefing court community on IT policy matters and other OIT initiatives, including presentations to judicial officer (federal judges) panels and committees; •Leading project team to evaluate the mechanism for distributing IT funds to the courts; i •Conducting analysis of expenditure data to make recommendations for refreshing the IT funding formula •Drafting publications, presentations, and other communication vehicles designed to inform the Judiciary on procedural, technical, and administrative issues as they relate to the national information technology program; Show less



Aquilent

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Business Analyst

  • Aug 2009 - Apr 2010

  Senior business consultant for the Department of Veterans Affairs Revenue Improvement and System Enhancements (RISE) Data Migration project; RISE seeks to establish a comprehensive enterprise-wide end-to-end revenue solution that will result in revenue improvement through the implementation of improved business practices, state-of-the art software and enhanced VHA applications.Specific duties:•Conducting analysis related to the data migration strategy; including analysis of the timing of migration based on the RISE Iteration Strategy and Business Analysis Packages; •Documenting business objects for migration, and mapping of “As-is” data structures; •Communicating data migration recommendations to RISE PMO via documented Data Migration Plan updates and briefings leading to ultimate delivery of finalized Data Migration for implementation; •Authoring key deliverables as specified in task order and participating in stakeholder meetings and working groups; Show less

• Sr. Business Analyst

  • Oct 2004 - Aug 2009

  Senior business consultant for the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Contract Management System Project (eCMS). eCMS is designed to provide an electronic contract administration solution for VA Procurement. Specific duties:•BA for national contract writing software system; responsible for tracking project milestones, coordinating with system developers and client stakeholders, implementation schedule management; and documentation of project deliverables.•Developing business process analysis strategies, managing communications with the user communities, leading working sessions, managing overall requirements analysis and communicating information to technical staff for purposes of developing and enhancing software functionality;•Drafting business process flows to document “As-Is” processes and taking information obtained during client meetings to create a “to-be” model for system design and development; •Coordinating, designing, and conducting role-based nation-wide end-user training sessions;•Providing on-site user support for newly trained individuals, as well as help-desk support to existing user base;•Assisting in quality assurance (QA) audits through system testing and documentation on proposed functionality, as well as system performance and reliability;•Configuring software based on user specified criteria and data; •Providing project documentation support including content creation, review, and editing (e.g. system requirements specifications, test plans and cases, functional design specifications, and training materials); •Providing input for proposals submitted on behalf of Aquilent, including level of effort estimates and content to address items outlined in the request for proposals/quotes;•Serving as change management advocate involved in developing strategies for user adoption; Show less



CACI International Inc

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Systems Analyst

  • Oct 2003 - Oct 2004

  The Standard Procurement System (SPS) is an automated contracting system that standardizes procurement processes across the Department of Defense (DOD). It is used by more than 23,000 contracting professionals to purchase over $48 billion in goods and services to support America’s war fighters. Provided IT consulting services for the implementation of the next Increment in the SPS project. Specific duties: •Writing software design documents for implementation of enhancements to existing software •Researching Federal and DOD procurement regulations, examining business processes, and collaborating with the government’s Joints Requirements Board (JRB) to design a system that complied with federal contracting regulations •Drafting business use case scenarios and communicating requirements to software developers •Participating in testing/training initiatives for newly implemented software enhancements •Facilitating client meetings to ensure accuracy of software designs throughout the development cycle of software enhancements Show less



U.S. Department of Navy

• Greater Philadelphia Area

• Logistics Elements Manager

  • Mar 1997 - Oct 2003

  Provided comprehensive logistics support for a multi-million dollar defense weapon system, projecting total life cycle requirements, including configuration management, training, supply support, and software integration. Specific duties: •Developing metrics for monitoring and evaluating program milestones and objectives; •Serving as lead government representative in the requirements generation process; •Conducting research and analysis to identify trends and anomalies in occurrences; used results to create summarization briefings, point papers, and justification papers in order to make recommendations to rectify existing problems that adversely impacted the program; •Preparing programmatic change justifications for Program Office review; •Conducting product demand analysis, inventory control, sales management, and contract administration and management for major weapon system and associated personnel and supplies which exceeded $100 Million dollars; •Fiscal year budgetary planning and execution for major defense weapon system, including management of congressionally allocated funding accounts and preparation of various monthly reports covering the status of funds, expenses, and obligations; •Managing travel and training for team of over 20 members, including preparation of travel orders, maintenance of travel budget and reconciliation of travel claims; •Conducting briefings summarizing analytic findings/proposals/program status/budget justifications, before large audiences of 100 people or more, including high-ranking military officials; Show less