Michael Coolican

Professor of Program Management at Defense Acquisition University
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Credentials

  • certified scrum master
    Scrum Alliance
    Nov, 2016
    - Oct, 2024
  • Level III Program Management
    Defense Acquisition University

Experience

    • United States
    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Professor of Program Management
      • Dec 2018 - Present

    • United States
    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Field Site Director, Quantico
      • Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

    • Program Manager
      • Sep 2016 - Dec 2017

    • Director
      • Dec 2013 - Apr 2016

      Responsible for the day-to-day leadership and management of the Department of Defense Non-Lethal Weapons program; handle R&D/S&T budget of approximately $58M annually. Lead a team of representatives from the four services as well as Coast Guard and Special Operations Command to make fiscal and execution decisions for the program Responsible for the day-to-day leadership and management of the Department of Defense Non-Lethal Weapons program; handle R&D/S&T budget of approximately $58M annually. Lead a team of representatives from the four services as well as Coast Guard and Special Operations Command to make fiscal and execution decisions for the program

    • Armed Forces
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Program Manager, Training Systems
      • Jun 2012 - Dec 2013

      Lead a diverse team of engineers, logisticians, contracting officers, industrial engineers and program managers in working with companies to develop, produce and sustain training systems for Marines. These systems include computer based training, full motion simulators and live training venues with role players (actors), sights and smells to replicate situations Marines find themselves in when deployed world wide. Lead a diverse team of engineers, logisticians, contracting officers, industrial engineers and program managers in working with companies to develop, produce and sustain training systems for Marines. These systems include computer based training, full motion simulators and live training venues with role players (actors), sights and smells to replicate situations Marines find themselves in when deployed world wide.

    • United States
    • Armed Forces
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Deputy Director, Engineering
      • Jan 2010 - Jun 2012

      Assisted the Director in leading and managing the Engineering workforce which was charged with design and development oversight of all the weapon systems for the Marine Corps. Solved complex problems at the enterprise level. Assisted the Director in leading and managing the Engineering workforce which was charged with design and development oversight of all the weapon systems for the Marine Corps. Solved complex problems at the enterprise level.

    • Director, Production
      • Oct 2008 - Jan 2010

      Led a multi-service team which consisted of foreign officers as well in negotiating the initial production contracts for the F-35. Managed a production effort that spanned multiple countries ensuring that all contracts were in place, all material arrived on the production line expeditiously and modified the effort as the political situation changed and challenges arose. Led a multi-service team which consisted of foreign officers as well in negotiating the initial production contracts for the F-35. Managed a production effort that spanned multiple countries ensuring that all contracts were in place, all material arrived on the production line expeditiously and modified the effort as the political situation changed and challenges arose.

    • United States
    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Professor, Systems Acquisition
      • Jul 2007 - Oct 2008

      Taught multiple classes in Acquisition 201- the foundation course for multiple disciplines, personally instructing more than 350 students as well as acting as the lead instructor for the Risk Management course Taught multiple classes in Acquisition 201- the foundation course for multiple disciplines, personally instructing more than 350 students as well as acting as the lead instructor for the Risk Management course

Education

  • Marine Corps Command and Staff College
    Master's degree, Military Science
    2001 - 2002
  • Villanova University
    Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics
    1984 - 1988
  • Leadership Orlando
  • Leadership Orlando
  • Leadership Orlando

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