Robert E. M

Experience

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  Infantry Division at Fort Lewis,WA

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Bravo Company Commander
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  Training Support Battalion

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  Quartermaster Observer Controller Team Chief
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  Joint Tactical Radio System

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Assistant Program Manager

  -Provided management oversight and assistance to the Product Manager in all aspects of cost schedule and performance for a Joint Services program valued in excess of $1B. -Executed a $30M FY 06 program to deliver Five Legacy waveforms and associated Cryptographic Equipment Applications (CEA) for integration into Ground Mobile Radios and Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Factor Radios.-Served as Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) directly responsible for delivering the first six Harris Corporation Sierra II CEAs, valued in excess of $6.5M. More importantly, these were the first official NSA-certified CEAs developed on the JTRS contract.-Prepared and coordinated a complete procurement package for a JTRS Logistics Waveform study, a $1M effort directed by Congress in response to report language in the National Defense Authorization Act. Show less

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  Army Brigade Combat Team Modernization

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Lead Test and Evaluation Officer

  -Led the independent continuous test and evaluation (T&E) of the Army’s top priority (FCS) acquisition program, valued in excess of $26B in RDT&E. -Led the ATEC System Team of evaluators and test unit through a highly successful technical field test (TFT), a force development test and experiment (FDT&E) and a limited user’s test (LUT) to ensure the collection of critical data to support the independent evaluation report to Congress.-Chaired an evaluation team of over 15 civilians and military personnel focused on the development and execution of a System Evaluation Plan and Final Report for Congress. -Briefed the final independent evaluation report to senior Army and DoD leadership to support critical Army materiel acquisition decisions to modernize the Current and Future Force. Show less

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  DISN

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Project Officer

  -Managed DISN program execution, cost, schedule, performance and risk of multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with a budget in excess of $1B/per year.-Directly responsible for the assessment of a performance-based contract award for the Global Information Grid (GIG) Services Management (GSM) program- a new risk mitigation concept for a performance-based contract award over $5B.-Led the development of the DISA 2010 Technical Refresh Plan; the plan was selected as one of the Network Services technical projects of the year. Show less

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  Army Brigade Combat Team Modernization Future Combat Systems

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Program Manager

  -Selected by special general officer board to manage planning, programming, budgeting and execution of a $150M (C2) system design and development effort of Hand-held devices capable of controlling and networking numerous Unmanned Ground Vehicles, Unmanned Air Systems and Unattended Sensors.-Conducted critical analysis resulting in $130M of research, development, and procurement resources being effectively realigned to fund Army priorities most urgently needed for the Global War on Terrorism.-Demonstrated a mastery of the acquisition process; led a workforce of over 40 personnel through numerous critical program events: the conversion of an Operational Requirements Document to a Capabilities Development Document and a Critical Design Review. Show less

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  Army Command, Control, Communications- Tactical

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2013

  Program Manager

  -Army Command, Control, Communications-Tactical; Command Selected to lead and manage the cost, schedule and performance of an over $1B (C2) program, serving a critical link to battlefield distribution and in-transit visibility of logistics assets; over 25,000 systems deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and Sinai;11,000+ fielded and supported worldwide.-Chaired an Integrated Product Team (IPT) resulting in the relocation of the Movement Tracking System (MTS) Network Operations Center (NOC) from a commercial facility to a consolidated government facility; all part of the Army’s initiative to gain efficiencies.-Initiated and managed the relocation of the Movement Tracking System (MTS) RFID reader and Global Positioning System (GPS) module in MTS hardware in preparation for the next version MTS transceiver, resulting in over $9M in annual network operations savings. Show less

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  IPKeys Technologies

  Apr 2013 - Jan 2017

  Senior Program Manager
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  ALEX - Alternative Experts, LLC

  Jan 2017 - Mar 2018

  Senior Program Manager
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  IPKeys Technologies

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2020

  Senior Program Manager
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  Microsoft

  Mar 2020 - now

  Senior Program Manager

  Senior Program Manager for FastTrack to Azure. Specifically working with customers in Government (Federal, DoD, Army, etc.) Azure provides customers with on-demand and infinitely scalable infrastructure and platform for customers to build, host, and scale service application through Microsoft’s global data centers. FastTrack (FTA) for Azure helps the customer onboard to Azure, getting them on track to “build it right and architect it right........the first time”. FTA takes a solution-centric approach, providing customers with Microsoft Azure engineers, tools and best practices significantly increasing customer success with Azure. Show less