Lanette K. Johndrow

Experience

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  Various Companies

  Sept 1989 - Jan 2009

  Contract Manager

  • Manage life-cycle contract processes as both a Prime Contractor and Subcontractor.• Draft and negotiate contracts, amendments, modifications, renewals, software licenses, statements of work, and other legal documents.• Develop various agreements, including teaming, personal service, master services, non-disclosure, and cooperative agreements.• Accurate reporting on contract requirements as well as small business, GSA, and HUB Zone reports.• Maintain processes, procedures, and workflow in compliance with ISO 9001 and similar quality management standards.• Serve as subject matter expert on contracting and procurement, provide organizational training on contracting, GSA Schedules, and DOD Contract Vehicles.• Write, edit, and proofread proposals to ensure compliance prior to submission. Show less

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  McLane Advanced Technologies

  Feb 2009 - Dec 2015

  Director of Contracting

  • Direct the contractual activities, providing guidance on contractual issues, GSA Schedules, and Contract Vehicles to leadership, peers, and staff.• Perform business development, contract management, and technical writing for multiple contract types (FFP, CPFF, CPIF, CPAF, and T&M.)• Lead proposal management to include solicitation breakdown, win scenario, technical writing, negotiating terms and conditions, determining teaming partners, small business requirements, and risk assessment. • Responsible for ITAR compliance on two OCONUS contracts.• Manage prime contracts and subcontracts with varying customers, contract terms, and staffing levels following FAR, DFAR, 2CFR, commercial, GSA, and business regulations.• Composed and provided legal reviews for all proposals and contracting documents.• Additional roles as Small Business Liaison, Facility Security Officer, and Quality Assurance Representative. Show less

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  L-3 Integrated Systems Group

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2018

  Contract Negotiator

  • Oversee the daily contractual activities of two multi-million-dollar international aerospace programs.• Lead complex negotiations implementing strategies that maintain a healthy relationship with stakeholders.• Collaborate with proposal team to analyze solicitations, recommend strategies, develop terms and conditions, review technical proposals, and conducting risk assessments.

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  Texas Work Force Commission

  Apr 2018 - Feb 2020

  Strategic Workforce Initiative Program Manager

  • Launch a grant department directing activities and providing guidance on the development and evaluation of solicitations, compliance with funding sources, policies, and government regulations.• Perform the initiation, planning, execution, close-out, and auditing of all projects.• Design, budget, and award no less than twenty-five grant-funded projects annually.• Utilize work-in-progress methods to review milestones and develop risk mitigation strategies.

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  Office of the Attorney General

  Mar 2020 - Aug 2022

  Contracts and Procurements Manager

  • Provide guidance on contractual and procurement activities to leadership and direct staff.• Direct the completion of two hundred solicitations in three months, ensuring compliance with FEMA guidance, 2CFR, and federal, state, legal, and organizational regulations during a worldwide pandemic.• Mentor department in complex acquisitions, articulating assignments, actionable items, milestones, and performance requirements.• Lead proposal management to include solicitation breakdown, win scenario, technical writing, negotiating terms and conditions, and risk assessment. • Orchestrate the development of SOPs, policies, procedures, and templates as the Contract Oversight Team Lead ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations and legislative guidance. Show less

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  HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

  Aug 2022 - Apr 2024

  Director of HAF Subrecipient Activities

  • Direct daily activities and provide guidance on contractual issues to leadership, staff, and peers on a $30.5 Million program.• Lead audit team on a $30.5 Million program as well as compliance monitoring for thirty-five Subcontractors serving fifteen thousand Texas Homeowners.• Manage proposal activities including analysis, strategy development, technical writing, risk assessment, drafting and negotiating terms, and review of pricing and content for accuracy and consistency. • Advise leadership of contractual rights, obligations, risk mitigation alternatives and business strategy. Show less

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  HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

  Jun 2024 - now

  Management Consultant

  • Lead policy development and deliver strategic coaching.• Assistance in a $842 Million program audit serving sixty thousand Texas Homeowners ensuring audit compliance and efficient program close-out.• Develop quantitative reports, processes and procedures, and final record retention.• Encourage departmental collaboration and maintain positive relationships with all stakeholders.

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  PCSI - Professional Contract Services, Inc

  Aug 2024 - now

  Contract Manager