Experience

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  Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.

  • United States
  • Government Relations Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • LLC Manager, President

    • Mar 2022 - Present

  • Vice President Operations

    • Feb 2022 - Mar 2022

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  Cherokee Federal

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

  • Operations General Manager

    • Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

    Overall leader, manager and administrator for all efforts of the company. Plan, direct, and coordinate company operations ensuring company objectives are timely met. • Manages daily operations and plans the use of materials and human resources.• Monitors and directs daily operations to ensure that policies and procedures are being followed, that goals and objectives are met, and that services are being provided efficiently and effectively; takes corrective action as necessary; personally handles the most difficult, sensitive or controversial projects for the company.• Prepare and review project schedules, budgets, and recommends technical and management solutions to technical problems that arise during project execution to the individual program managers.• Provide leadership and assistance to their team members. • Responsible for business planning and operational excellence.• Assist with development of solutions to operational problems.• Responsible for implementing controls over spending and procurements to ensure adherence to the company budget.• Formulates & Implements company policies and procedures.• Coordinates business development strategies and activities, identifies and develops growth opportunities, provides operations input on expertise and experience, and reviews proposals • Prepares contracts and bids; estimates proposal costs and schedules; and ensures projects stay within budget. Negotiate contract renewals/extensions with existing customers.• Understands technical challenges and able to formulate the best resources to resolve and complete technical issues.• Develop, implement, and monitor strategies to achieve the company's long-term goals and objectives.• Monitors and tracks the performance and achievements of the employees as well of the entire company. • Resolve all customer concerns directly or through direct reports and provide feedback to management.

  • Senior Director, Operations/PMO

    • May 2020 - Oct 2021

    Senior Director, PMO/Operations responsible for the company's overall project management function, providing leadership, integration and management of PMO processes and functions to improve the consistency and efficiency of the company’s project delivery. Also to ensure efficiency of the separate business units by monitoring the daily operational activities to include planning, organizing, implementing programs within major organizational policies, and reporting progress of major activities to the VP of Operations.

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  Cherokee Nation Businesses

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Senior Director Of Operations

    • May 2019 - Apr 2020
    • Denver, Colorado

    Senior Director who oversees the coordination and administration of all aspects of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling program activities. Manages the day to day activities of a sector with 7 companies. Client Management•Fully understands the mission of the customer and the r...

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  Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting

  • Denver, Colorado

  • Director Of Operations

    • Sep 2015 - Apr 2019
    • Denver, Colorado
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  Cherokee Nation Businesses

  • Lakewood, CO

  • Program Manager

    • Jun 2013 - Aug 2015
    • Lakewood, CO
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  Triquetra Technologies, Inc.

  • Kabul Afghanistan

  • Knowledge Manager

    • Nov 2012 - May 2013
    • Kabul Afghanistan

    Knowledge manager supporting NTM-A/CSTC-A whose mission is to support the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as it generates and sustains the Afghan National Security Force. Provides KM SME on-site technical support within ISAF HQ's.- Assist in developing and implementing polic...

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  NCI Information Systems, Inc.

  • Fort Meade, MD

  • Project Manager

    • Mar 2012 - Sep 2012
    • Fort Meade, MD

    •Project Manager of a software platform containing 14 integrated applications in a real time, artificially intelligent, 3D model (SiteWareMOM) of the Defense Information System Agency (DISA); runs on a Java platform and utilizes an embedded Oracle relational database management system (RDBMS) in...

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  NCI Information Systems, Inc.

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

  • Program Control Manager

    • Oct 2007 - Dec 2011

    •Manager of NCI Western Region Program Management Office – Obtained ISO 9001:2008 certification to ensure our products and services consistently met customer’s requirements, and that quality was consistently improved•Principal Program Control Manager for several large Government contracts with a ceiling value of over $900 million (NORAD & USNORTHCOM Command, Control, Communication and Computer Services, Network Enterprise Center Fort Carson, and Total Engineering and Integration Services)•Managed a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract of over $12M per year to within 1% of contract ceiling value saving the government $500K•Increased profitability by 7% over a four year period by effectively managing staff to complete projects on time and within budget•Responsible for analyzing Requests for Proposal (RFP) and Statements of Work (SOW), developing pricing strategies and preparing cost proposals in accordance with RFP requirements•Earned Value Management control and monitoring to track project performance; financial analysis to include tracking financial performance, ensuring funding availability, and preparing required notifications to the Government; cost proposal preparation; preparation and presentation of financial performance reports; report design and presentation; EAC development; verification of costs and processing of subcontract invoices; preparation of task order closeout packages; analysis of task orders for de-obligation of funding purposes; and, financial and contract maintenance•Key member of proposal team charged with developing Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), staffing matrixes, and cost proposals•SharePoint Content Manager; created user permissions; ensuring company data, applications and information was properly managed; provided user orientation and assistance when necessary•Supported special studies and analyses, preparing charts, tables, graphics, and diagrams to assist in analyzing problems

  • Project Manager, Logistics

    • Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

    •Project Manager of Logistics for the Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) move of 4,300 personnel from DISA HQ and other component agencies to new facilities in Fort Meade, MD•Responsible for $68M of IT/AV equipment in a 1 million square foot building•Responsible for coordinating all activities, tasks, and sub-tasks involved in the movement of C4I/IT and AV equipment and labs•Managed the procurement, integration, and overall logistics of equipment •Ensured all equipment arrives on time and appropriate preliminary steps followed•Work closely with the Transportation Coordinator and Supply Chain/Integration Manager in the GTSI warehouse who worked directly for me•Worked with various preferred shipping firms to ensure all equipment arrived safely, undamaged, properly insured, and on time based on the Master Delivery Schedule•Oversaw all equipment arriving in the integration facility and ensured each piece of equipment was correctly integrated, configured, tested, and asset-tagged•Responsible for all cost/financial management and analysis activities, to include financial analysis/reporting, budgeting (forecasting & execution), manpower and resource planning, cost estimating/analysis, proposal pricing, cost/benefit analysis and variance analysis•Superior leadership, team building and motivation abilities; demonstrated competencies in generating enthusiasm and results from an overworked team; reconciled differences among personnel, creating a more cohesive team

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  US Army

  • US Army Retired

    • Oct 1987 - Dec 2007