Deborah Carter, MBA, CISSP, Veteran

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Mar 1988 - Aug 2001

  Technical Leader

  Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in US, UK, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia• Handled multi million-dollar projects to certify and accredit new installations and provide upgrades to classified and unclassified networks including the Global Command and Control System at Offutt Air Force Base and network upgrades in Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia• Led technical support team for US Intelligence Officers conducting debriefings of repatriated US former prisoners of war after Operation DESERT STORM--managed electronic workflow for classified intelligence reporting used to determine status of persons missing in action, document Geneva Convention violations and to revise escape, evasion, and resistance to interrogation training. Show less

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  Raytheon Technologies

  Apr 2007 - Apr 2020

  Responsible for strategy development, capability roadmaps and strategy to action plans aligned to digital priorities, integrated with technology value streams leveraging strategy modeling (PESTLE and Futurecasting). Led Six Sigma Expert projects delivering $19M in risk reductions over a three-year period. Designed and executed multi-phased deployment plans for two web-based software applications for use by 300+ Engineering programs across 4 mission areas and 29 sites--established schedule, communications and training for stakeholders and users. Software configuration team leadership, program leadership, risk and opportunity management Executive liaison, senior leadership team support, team alignment and oversight Managed 100+ software engineers supporting five global programs and Internal Research and Development (IRAD) and Customer Research and Development (CRAD) initiatives. Led two system migrations providing 250+ external business partners dual factor authentication and new secure collaboration server environments. Assessed systems and advised owners of compliance and audit readiness in preparation for Critical Controls Reviews leveraging Control Objectives for Information Technologies (COBIT). Defined roles and responsibilities and charter for IT Project Management Office (PMO) revitalization -- benchmarked best practices, transitioned responsibilities.

  • IT Strategic Talent & Workforce Transformation Lead

    Jul 2015 - Apr 2020

  • Engineering Deployment Performance Measures & Metrics Lead

    Oct 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Configuration Management Department Manager

    Apr 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Staff Exec to the VP of Engineering, IIS

    Jan 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Software Department Manager

    Jun 2009 - Jan 2011

  • Member, IT Leadership Development Program

    Apr 2007 - Jun 2009
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  Raytheon Technologies

  Jul 2020 - Oct 2023

  Established framework providing visibility of technical debt, its cost, and level of business risk aligned to investment strategy, service strategy, technology roadmaps across a multi million-dollar Raytheon Technologies Enterprise Services landscape. Established governance and operating model and led execution for $25M Active Directory migration program team, migrating ~200k users and devices from ~20 legacy domains in less than 6 months. Oversaw successful conversion of ~74k user IDs – enabling the O365 and Active Directory migrations. Responsible for customer relationship management between business units and technology service areas, strategy, metrics, reporting, and customer value creation. Partnered across services, applications, cyber and infrastructure to create an operating model for new demand and work intake leveraging agile processes and tools supporting two business units as a part the $120B merger between United Technologies and Raytheon.

  • Director, Technology Lifecycle Management

    Jul 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Program Director, Active Directory Migrations

    Oct 2021 - Jul 2023

  • Senior Manager, Business Relationship Management

    Jul 2020 - Oct 2021
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  Vulcan Materials Company

  May 2024 - now

  Director, IT Project Management Office

  Responsible for establishing and leading the project management practice to standardize skillsets, behaviors, processes and an integrated toolset across all IT projects. Manages strategic initiatives and oversees the deployment of training for all project managers on processes, tools, and methodologies. Works closely with the ELT on demand management/prioritization, makes recommendations on PM assignments both in-house as well as through the vendors and skill set needs. Strengthens partnerships with functions and the business. Leads the strategic planning function, continuously seeks innovation opportunities, and increases the value of services to consumers while highlighting IT’s brand across the organization. Show less