Dan Vallish, PMP, ITILv3

Experience

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  U.S. Air Force

  Apr 1975 - Dec 1979

  Weapons Control Systems Specialist

  • Active Duty. Maintained the avionics system on an Air Force fighter jet, which involved travel to Europe and the Middle East. Served full tour. Honorably discharged. Awarded AFGCM (16Apr75-15Apr78) and AFR 900-48.

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  Federal Aviation Administration

  Jan 1979 - Jan 1984

  Field Installation (F&E)

  • Participated on teams and worked independently upgrading FAA Equipment supporting the NAS. Fabricated and installed remote communications systems at several locations in Alaska. Worked closely with the local Technical Operations and Air Traffic staff to minimize disruption during installations and to ensure a smooth transition after the JAI (Joint Acceptance Inspection).• Highly experienced at running, terminating and connecting CAT5 cables and other voice communications cables in Terminal Air Traffic Control facilities: ATCT, AFSS and TRACON. • 80% Travel Show less

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  Federal Aviation Administration - FAA

  Aug 2001 - Sept 2013

  Air Traffic Quality Control Group, AJV-E14• Compiled sensitive information and developed official FAA Aircraft Accident packages for review and approval by the FAA HQ Legal department before final release to the NTSB.• Developed and performed performance metrics studies and identified areas where operational costs could be reduced, and workforce efficiencies increased. Prepared working papers and white papers to brief executives on proposed Business Process improvement recommendations. • Developed several actionable recommendations, such as scheduling formal OJT in advance of subsequent resident technical training. This was implemented and resulted in accelerating the NAS system certification process and facility responsibility assignments. Show less Performance Analysis Team• Provided direction for 9 Business Analysts where organizational performance data was summarized, analyzed, interpreted, and presented the monthly performance metrics reports to the FAA Service Center executives.• Collected data from multiple sources and analyzed performance metrics to determine the effectiveness of each organization in achieving and maintaining their established goals.• Arranged on-site Performance Metrics Development Training for the federal managers. Worked with each manager to develop individual organizational performance metrics. Show less Business Case Management• Managed project surveying the FAA infrastructure supporting the National Airspace System (NAS). Through my leadership and participation, completed 42 FAA Air Traffic Control facilities in 10 weeks instead of the anticipated 10 months.• Managed and participated in project performing FAA Leased Office Space assessments. Three resulted in a $250,000/year lease savings while supporting the FAA HQ Real Estate Office.• Managed project establishing the Seat-Space Management Program for the 400+ Employee ATO Eastern Service Area. This involved mapping all desk offices/cubicles in the office complex. Before new employees arrive, ensured the desk is available and equipped with phone, computer and other support equipment to minimize the delay for new staff to begin productive work. Show less Atlantic Operations Control Center (AOCC), AJW-B32• Directed an FAA Tech Ops workforce of 28 at the Atlantic Operations Control Center (OCC), which provided remote maintenance and monitoring (RMM/RMLS) to facilities supporting the NAS. The OCC serves as the communications hub between the FAA HQ, Air Traffic and Tech Ops support organizations for events impacting the NAS.• Developed and used personnel performance metrics to manage efficient and cost-effective staffing levels in a dynamic environment.• Developed and implemented several national directives to maximize organizational efficiency and to standardize operations across the three Operations Control Centers (OCC’s).• Performed reliability and availability analysis using RMM/RLMS on operational facilities supporting Air Traffic operations to determine the effectiveness of facility remote management policies. To accelerate training throughput, I split the initial OCC operations training to enhance staff proficiency and efficiency. Show less

  • Program Analyst - Quality Control Group

    May 2010 - Sept 2013

  • Manager

    Aug 2009 - May 2010

  • Team Leader

    Jan 2008 - Aug 2009

  • Operations Manager

    Aug 2001 - Jan 2008
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  Tantus Technologies, Inc.

  Sept 2015 - May 2017

  Program Manager (FAA)

  NISG Support Contract, AJW-13• Provided technical direction for 9 contractors supporting of the national air transportation system. Provided expert-level remote monitoring & maintenance and operational Communications, Navigation & Surveillance (CNS) support. Published a Services Catalog to provide clients with the contract services available to increase the Tantus Technologies footprint.• Worked with federal executives, program managers and stakeholders to advance programs. This included remote maintenance and monitoring advancement, Obstruction Evaluation (OE-AAA) data verification and reconciliation. Highly skilled with data analysis from government information resources and databases. Worked with FAA Financial systems: SPIRE (RPD) and PRISM to advance projects through the AMS and Joint Resource Council (JRC). Prepared the FY2018 RPD for the RMLS Technology Refresh. Updated and reviewed the RMLS Tech Refresh status monthly in SPIRE.• Public Trust Clearance 09/01/2015 • ITIL Certified 10/01/2015 Show less

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  Engility Corporation

  May 2017 - Mar 2018

  Systems Engineer V (FAA)

  FAA Technical Operations SME – ETASS Support Contract, AJI-2• Provided Technical Operations SME technical insight and direction in support of the NAS and efforts to modernize technical training courses for Communications, Navigation and Surveillance systems. Developed plan to reduce an expensive six-week distant/resident training course into a cost-saving two-week mixed-media platform. • Proactively identified and pursued additional customer needs to increase Engility’s footprint by identifying and pursuing three new Task Orders to be added to the existing contract.• Public Trust Clearance 09/01/2015 • PMP Certified 02/09/2018 Show less

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  Crown Consulting, Inc.

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2018

  Sr. Systems Engineer (FAA)

  FAA - SASO Program Office Support, AFS-900• Provided Systems Engineering support for Flight Standards (AFS) with the System Approach to Safety Oversight (SASO) Program and the associated Requirements Baseline. Worked closely with different product team Managers to process official change requests. Updated the Flight Standards Change Management Policy. Used MS Visio to develop new business process flow charts (including swim-lane diagrams) for the configuration management plan. Developed and initiated plans to transition 121 Safety Management System (SMS) requirements to another program office.• Managed the Change Management program in support of maintaining the configuration baseline for the FAA Safety Assurance System Program. Updated Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM). Prepared and archived associated artifacts on the KSN/SharePoint site. Worked with the IV&V contractors tracking their progress with requirements verification.• Published bi-weekly Significant Activity Reports (SAR) capturing program progress and financial data. Worked with the Acquisition Management System (AMS) to advance investments through to their final deployment. • Public Trust Clearance 06/28/2018• ITIL Certified 10/01/2015• PMP Certified 02/09/2018 Show less

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  Architecture Technology Corporation

  Apr 2019 - Jul 2020

  Sr. Systems Engineer

  • Worked with program staff providing systems engineering support for the Commercial Space Data Integration (SDI) program. The SDI program facilitates the integration of Commercial Space vehicles into the National Airspace System (NAS). Providing concept and development engineering support for new NAS capabilities. Developed AMS engineering artifacts including the SDI Concept of Operations, Program Requirements and System Architecture drawings in preparation for JRC progress reviews. Also developed and maintain SV-1, SV-2 and OV-6c’s. Participated in regular Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM).• Developed system testing scenarios and processed through the feedback and editing process. Works with program managers, other engineers and security specialists to advance the system testing document through the AMS approval process. Show less

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  Cobec Consulting, Inc.

  Jul 2020 - Jun 2021

  Principle Consultant

  Equipped with 25+ years of experience in a wide variety of positions in the FAA/ATO, with strong focus in Technical Operations and the Maintenance & Management of the NAS. Supporting efforts to modernize the Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Technical Training through the Safety & Technical Education Platform (STEP) Program. Developing official artifacts to move this effort forward through the Acquisition Management System (AMS).

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  Changes in Latitude to Alaska

  Jul 2021 - now

  Retired

  I’m planning to moving back to Anchorage shortly.