Experience

Defense Acquisition University

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Department Chair, Contracting and Pricing

  • Dec 2014 - Present

  Responsible for oversight on all current development for College of Contact Management courses. Includes all Contract Administration and Pricing material for 12 new courses.

• Professor, Contract Administration and Pricing

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2019

• Professor

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2014

  Currently involved with the College of Contract Management (DCMA) curriculum design team, writing, developing and fielding DCMA orientated training, scheduled to be operational January 2015. Serves as Course Manager (CM) for all CCM Contracting courses currently under development.



Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cost Analyst

  • Apr 2007 - Sep 2013

  Work with large defense contractor in Contract compliance area; Advise and assist local Contract Administration Approving Official in all cost accounting and policy areas. Maintain sureveillance on Contractor Buisness Systems, to include Accouting, Estimating, Material Managment and Purchasing. Provide opinions on approval of all systems and policies to Approving Official. Develop and provide training on all cost and pricing related areas for junior analysts, to include operational training on Government use of SAP and other buiness systems. Show less

• Lead Price/Cost Analyst

  • Feb 2010 - Feb 2012

  Served as Lead Analyst for all assigned Price/Cost Analysts (Four-Five Employees) at three separate duty locations in two Southwest Regions, covering three large Defense Contractors. Responsible for all price proposal assignments and output approval for assigned analysts, reviewing cost reports and analysis prepared for internal and external customers. Responsible for all team training to include Proposal Review and Analysis, Subcontractor and Vendor Analysis, Labor Rate and Overhead Rate Analysis and Business System regulatory oversight. Show less

• Price/Cost Analyst

  • Apr 2007 - Feb 2010

  Serves as Price/Cost Analyst at Defense Contractor with two major divisions at plants in Greenville and Waco, TX. Advises and assists Contracting Officer (CO) on all Cost Accounting Standard (CAS), Business System and Pricing activities for both sites. Performed all proposal pricing activities for all assigned sites from 2007-2009 while serving as primary rate analyst at both sites, working concurrently with DCAA to provide CO with pricing positions during FPRA (Forward Pricing Rate Agreement) negotiations. Developed and maintained Government pricing models for customer use in North Texas and Oklahoma proposal pricing. Performed price and cost analysis on all assigned pricing cases, interfacing with contractor proposal and estimating representatives. Utilized standard pricing techniques to analyze both complex and non-complex proposals, for all types of contracting actions. Conducted analysis of subcontractor proposals using similar pricing techniques, determining subcontract effect on prime level proposals. Show less

• Contract Administrator

  • Apr 2004 - Apr 2007

  Contract Administrator (CA) in large Defense Contractor facility located in McKinney, TX. Managed approximately $250 million of contract value, consisting of FFP, CPFF and T&M contracts. Performed all CA functions up to point of ACO signature; supported three separate ACOs in all CA functions, to include Contract Receipt and Review, Contract Closeout and Management of Canceling Funds. Managed full range of contract types, from Research and Development contracts to Full-Scale Production efforts. Applicant fully responsible for Performance Based Payment (PBP) schedule and milestone development, analyzing contractor expenditure and schedule profiles while developing DCMA independent PBP schedules for PCO. Served as Primary Pricing POC, assisting Lead Negotiation ACO in complex negotiations and pricing actions on wide range of contract types, including Spare, Repair and Full-Production effort; negotiated with contractor and worked pricing cases as needed to assist customers, performing price and cost analysis for assigned cases. Mentored local administrators in DCMA and Contractor Pricing procedures and policies. Performed statistical analysis on Contractor data to establish reasonableness of price estimates and to establish Government pricing positions. Show less

• Contract Administrator

  • Feb 2001 - Apr 2004

  Duties: Served as Contract Administrator (CA) at large Defense Contractor facility, administering aircraft maintenance contracts to include high dollar, multi-year FFP, CPFF and T&M type efforts. Managed approximately $200 million worth of contracts, performing all CA functions up to point of ACO signature. Performed Contract Receipt and Review, contract closeout and Canceling Funds management. Developed and maintained Division Over and Above Procedures for ACO/DACO approval. Negotiated Over and Above work with local technical representative's input; administered Grants and Cooperative Agreements with local tribal Governments and local Educational Institutions. Completed Defense Acquisition University Level Two Contracting certification program while at location. Show less



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Logistics Specialist

  • Oct 1994 - Feb 2001



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Inventory Mangement Specialist

  • Oct 1987 - Apr 1991