Guy Racuya
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Credentials
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ITIL v3 Foundation
AXELOS Global Best PracticeJul, 2013- Nov, 2024 -
DOE Q (Top Secret) clearance
Department of EnergyFeb, 2002- Nov, 2024 -
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)Jul, 2007- Nov, 2024 -
Mensa
Mensa InternationalMar, 1987- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Technomics, Inc.
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Subject Matter Expert
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May 2017 - Present
• Consultant to the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA). • Supporting an intense effort collecting financial data for work performed using NNSA funds, reporting cost data by standardized labor categories, functional elements, and cost elements. This data implements a common work breakdown structure (WBS) that aligns Management and Operating (M&O) contractor WBS’s with the budget structure of NNSA. This work accomplishes the goals of Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (FY17 NDAA) section 3113, which mandated the development and implementation of a common financial reporting system for the entire $20B+ Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE). Aiming to maximize the value of the appropriations; the effectiveness of this work is commended in several GAO reports, the latest is GAO-23-106486. Serving as the lead author of the project's Risk Management Plan, and driving Tableau visualizations for real-time analyses. • Streamlining a cost collection effort named CostEX that accomplishes the goals of FY14 NDAA section 3128, which mandated improved financial management of the entire NSE. Collecting data from M&O contractors, the effort has transitioned to a digital submission service, and in FY2020 deployed Tableau. Building a community of analysts who use powerful data visualizations to enable better decisions. • Leveraging the delivered success in the above two endeavors, now improving the Programming phase of NNSA’s Planning, Programming, Budgeting, & Evaluation (PPBE) process through tools (PlanEX and FormEX) using the WBS structures to reduce carryover and improve the forward-looking phases of the PPBE processes. • Supported the deployment, and the subsequent decommissioning, of the Enterprise Portfolio Analysis Tool (EPAT), NNSA’s initial response to GAO-10-582, critical of DP's at-the-time business practices. Subsequently, GAO-12-473T and GAO-12-806 acknowledged significant progress, specifically crediting EPAT. Show less
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Appsential
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Business Analyst
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Jul 2013 - Apr 2017
Consultant to DOE/Chief Financial Office, in Corporate Business Systems• Created the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) and other appropriate project management tools for an effort to collect granular spend plan data and cost data, improving the performance of Defense Programs (DP), at the time with a appropriation of approximately $7B, the largest program in DOE's NNSA• Created the Management Plan, Test Plan, and the Administrator's Guide for a new digital service called MOSRC. The acronym for Management & Operating [M&O] Subcontract Reporting Capability, MOSRC collects Small Business Administration (SBA) data from DOE's M&O Prime Contractors and their Subcontractors, enabling DOE to meet SBA annual goals. The data is validated against data in SAM.gov, the U.S. Postal Service, and internal procurement datasets. MOSRC was delivered on-schedule and in-budget, and its data is reported annually to SBA• Enhanced EPAT; the cloud-based, tailored Oracle application improving the programmatic management of NNSA's DP work scope. DP's mission is to keep the nation's nuclear weapon stockpile safe, secure, and available for deployment• Drove many of the latest EPAT enhancements, with new piloted functionality capturing granular spend plan projections, providing new insight into anticipated year-end carryover; and collecting corresponding costs from NNSA's integrated M&O contractors. Served as the primary configuration control point for DP's WBS, and its more than three thousand activity descriptions Show less
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Sr Business Analyst / Project Manager
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Jul 2012 - Jul 2013
Consultant to DOE/Chief Financial Office, in Corporate Information Systems• Collaborated with DOE's Office of Budget Formulation to modernize and improve the ~$28B agency’s Budget Formulation process by configuring an instance of Primavera Portfolio Management (PPM, a Commercially available Off The Shelf, or COTS solution from Oracle)• Elicited and refined functional and non-functional requirements by analyzing the existing budget formulation processes (across more than twenty business units), then mapping those requirements to the broad and deep capabilities of PPM• Drove configuration development by identifying gaps in the current processes, resolving issues to close those gaps; and ensuring that the business needs of all stakeholders were addressed fully• Spearheaded customer sign-off of the first set of Budget Formulation Use Cases, and Functional Design Description (FDD) document, an achievement that escaped two previous team leads• Enabled data transfers between PPM and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE or BI), promoting real-time updates, so necessary when timely responding to time-critical situations such as Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Pass Back• Deeply involved with software configuration testing, at Unit Test level, Quality Assurance level, and Installation Validation• Maximized team synergy by using Microsoft Team Foundation Server to manage all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), tracking enhancement requests (both current and pending) via the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), and other project documentation• Managed and reported progress in Primavera P6, Professional Project Management, arguably the gold standard in project management software• Supporting PPM projects elsewhere in the DOE enterprise, especially in NNSA Show less
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TechSource Inc
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Washington D.C. Metro Area
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Senior Analyst / Program Manager
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Jul 2010 - Jun 2012
Consultant to DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) - Defense Programs (DP), a $7B enterprise responsible for managing the nation's nuclear weapon stockpile. • Developed, deployed and refined EPAT, a tailoring of off-the-shelf Oracle technology. EPAT, teamed with the Work Breakdown Schedule (WBS) provides a structural framework for the DP mission. NNSA's work scope is accomplished by the integrated Management and Operation (M&O) Contractors, the WBS is critical to managing programmatic work across this community. • Created an executive-level financial data dashboard for DP, better informing critical decisions by supplying actionable data and allowing rapid analyses of relevant financial information in Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE), using an Exception Based Reporting protocol. • Improved NNSA's Contractor Performance Evaluation Process (CPEP), promoting consistency and commonality in evaluating performance of the M&O contractors performing DP work scope; and creating web-accessible collaborative virtual work spaces to enable the efficient and timely prosecution of the CPEP and other DP business processes. • Developed and co-authored DP’s Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Evaluation (PPBE) Manual; establishing an auditable process trail for formulating DP’s portion of the President’s Budget Request • Quickly deployed (in less than twenty four hours) and 24/7 maintained a web-accessed virtual work space that coordinated NNSA’s nuclear program response to the Fukushima tsunami and nuclear power plant emergency. This work space aggregated and analyzed data, and reported directly to the Executive Branch twice a day, every day, until the emergency abated. • Evangelized for the migration to the Federal Cloud; defined requirements, analyzed processes; advised on deploying cloud-based practices that lowered costs and improved mission outcomes. • Authored HTML code deployed in collaborative, virtual work spaces on Oracle WebCenter platform. Show less
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COMPA Industries, Inc.
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United States
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Government Administration
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100 - 200 Employee
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Installation Coordinator
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Oct 2009 - Jul 2010
Consultant to the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), in the Science Directorate of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Installation Coordinator for the $150M, multi-year project to modernize programmatic equipment in the linear particle accelerator (LINAC) at LANL. Project would ensure nuclear weapons related research deliverables through 2025, worth ~$10B. Major personal responsibility was to ensure alignment of internal facility work schedules with external contractor activities; while still providing ~3000 hours/year of beam time to the user group, itself comprised of material scientists, including international academia. • A key member of the Project Management Office (PMO), identified and solved facility interface issues for the project, directly supporting the Project Director and the Project Manager, and reviewed short-term/long-term plans and schedules, guided by DOE Guide G-430.1-1 (Cost Estimating), to effectively align future on-site efforts with external contractor deliverables, resources, and schedules • The project was a hybrid; neither a green field construction, nor purely a large facility maintenance effort. To control my segment, I developed detailed and accurate budget forecasts, analyzed their inherent risks, and prepared mitigating activities. Where work had begun, I analyzed financial status reports, reconciled with expected results and actual achievements. Much effort went towards ensuring that practice follows policy, that the funding is respected for its intentions • As a senior team member of the PMO, I analyzed many of the areas under management, developed detailed knowledge of the accelerator operations, and developed an understanding of the complex interactions the project impacts. These analyses helped me develop effective working relationships with the technical subject matter experts, and the facilities managers Show less
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PM tec, Inc.
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Project Controls Specialist
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Feb 2009 - Sep 2009
Consultant to the LANSCE, in the Science Directorate of LANL. Consulted through PM tec, Inc. PM tec is a Gold-level Oracle Specialized Partner for Primavera products, a Microsoft Partner, and a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute (PMI). PM tec, Inc. is the SouthWest regional provider/support point for Primavera Project Management software, the pre-eminent software tool for Project and Program Management. • Provided strategic and tactical project management support to the multi-year, ~$150M effort to modernize the linear accelerator. Developed project management / governance documentation (following practices enunciated in the PMBOK, and as required by the Critical Decision gates prescribed in Department of Energy (DOE) Order 413.3 (Program and Project Management For The Acquisition of Capital Assets); and guided by DOE G 413.3-9 (Project Review Guide for Capital Asset Projects). This included developing the spending profile, expense and capital budgets, the Project Execution Plan (PEP), a rigorously detailed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and earned value strategies. Control of the project was through (Oracle) Primavera P6. P6 hosted the WBS, comprised of almost three thousand separate activities, scheduled across five years. • A senior team member, participated in successfully navigating through the Critical Decision One (CD-1, Approve Alternative Selection and Cost Range) gate mandated by DOE Order 413.3. • Managed the configuration control and safe-keeping of project documents required by the various Project Reviews, necessary to successfully negotiate each Critical Decision gate. Documentation included: o - Preliminary Project Execution Plan (PEP) o - Work Breakdown Schedule (WBS) o - Earned Value Management (EVM) protocols o - Communication Management Plan o - Facility Interface Execution Plan o - Acquisition Plan Show less
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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United States
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Technical Project Manager / Project Leader
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Oct 2001 - Feb 2009
Project Leader for Dimensional Inspection and Non-Destructive Evaluation for Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Components, I reported directly to the LANL Project Director of Pit Manufacturing, in the Division Office for Program Management and Production Planning. I ensured the achievement of day-to-day deliverables, while identifying underlying weaknesses. I also assured the development of short-term and long-term solutions to eliminate those weaknesses. Personally managed budgets of up to $8.5M funding a staff level up to 66 persons • A senior team member, actively contributed to the achievement of a FY 2008 Level Two Milestone (L2): the development of LANL's Pit Manufacturing’s Program Execution Plan (PEP). This L2 generated $400k of contractor fee; authored content for sections regarding Inspection operations and non-destructive evaluation technology development, using historical Primavera P5 and LANL Work Package Generator information, to develop the 15-year-forecast. • Project Leader (Pit Manufacturing): managed projects that successfully developed the following: o - Data Equivalence had common understanding in both Design and Production agencies o - New radiographic protocol for Non-Destructive Evaluation, in a Category 1 Nuclear facility o - Capability and workflow of proposed Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility o - Optical metrology protocols for modernize inspection function o - Innovated application of 3D simulation codes • Project Engineer (Pit Capability sub-program): managed work packages to successfully meet technical and administrative requirements and improve business processes: o - Led multi-national, multi-functional team selecting the next pit manufacturing machining center o - Optical 3D metrology of nuclear-trigger components o - Superior, state-of-the-art transport system for glovebox network o - New, agile casting system from Livermore National Laboratory o - Increased production capacity of pit manufacturing Show less
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Thermo Fisher Scientific
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Mechanical/Electronics Designer, IT System Architect and Administrator
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Jun 1987 - Oct 2001
Fortune 500 leader in radiation measurement instruments (aka Thermo Electron Eberline) Network Architect/ Administrator • Migrated IT infrastructure, as Project Lead, to site-wide MicroSoft Exchange Server network w/Virtual Private Network (VPN), increasing company’s internet presence and aligning w/corporate global Internet protocol and branding • Initiated configuration and acquisition of Linux server; stood up and configured both hardware and software, including RAID protocol and hot-swappable data drives • Administered Information Technology assets for entire site; providing external connection and security. Provisioned all workers with email and other collaborative tools. Mechanical and Electronics Designer • Increased productivity of design teams by deploying Pro/Engineer 3D solid modeling • Migrated enterprise to digital storage and database for thousands of engineering and manufacturing documents Other prior employment includes: • Motorola, in Albuquerque NM • Bausch & Lomb/Synemed, in Berkeley CA • UC Berkeley Department of Engineering Geosciences Show less
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Education
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University of California, Berkeley
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University of California, Davis - School of Law
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