Mark Lynch

Experience

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  Louisiana Tech University

  Feb 1992 - May 1994

  Assistant Professor

  Teaching Graduate and Undergraduate classes in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management. Performed research in the use of Neural Networks in machine vision applications.

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  Beyond, Inc

  Jun 1996 - Apr 2004

  CoFounder

  Beyond Inc. was a consulting and equipment manufacturing company. Duties include consulting for external customers and design/development/fabrication of specialty manufacturing equipment. Customers included: WALMART, MEMC Electronic Materials Corporation (Sun Edison), Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc., Maritz LLC,Projects included:- Lean manufacturing consulting for redesign of Wafer Manufacturing flow within wafer facility.- Design and fabrication of Chemical Dilution Cabinets for Wafer Manufacturing Industry.- Design and fabrication of Teddy Bear Stuffing Equipment.- Software development for multi-tier database systems. (Java, Oracle) Show less

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  Primary Marking Systems

  Apr 2004 - Apr 2005

  Director of Technology

  Provided technical guidance and leadership to the company in support to the sales staff support on data collection and labeling systems. This included preparing proposals and system design documents of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems for internal and external implementations Also prepared technical reports/assessments from customer sites on automation systems and wireless data collection systems. Provided software development capability which included:- Web site development for company website (www.primarymarking.com).- System/Software design/development of warehouse management system (.net platform, MS SLQ Server, C#).- System/Software design/development of Voice Picking System for warehouse management system (.net platform, C#, XML).- System design, Software development and system integration for data collection systems that feed data into legacy data bases and applications (AS400, MS Access) Show less

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  SAGE Systems Technologies

  Apr 2005 - Sept 2010

  -Responsible for Business Operations of the largest security services firm in the National Capital Region ($115M annual revenue, 1900 employees).-Managed corporate staff of 15 to ensure efficient and profitable operations. Responsible for the following areas of operations:o Human Resources for the 1900 employee workforce (Union and non-Union).o Accounting with A/P of $14M, A/R of $115M, and over 50,000 payroll checks per yearo Contract administration of 17 government contracts, two commercial contracts and several subcontractso Purchasing and logistics including weapons, vehicles, protective equipment and uniforms for on-going operationso Contractual compliance control, including reporting requirements, quality control and quality assuranceo Information technology including ERP system and SharePoint based web portal• Responsible for IT Infrastructure, including ERP system, SharePoint Portal and IT Policies.• Developed and managed process improvement projects throughout the organization (information flow automation, purchasing/inventory control, requirements compliance tracking, employee recruitment). Improvement projects produced:o 30% reduction in payroll staff o 15% increase in inventory accuracyo 50% reduction in purchasing to payment cycle time o 25% increase in Security Officer compliance rates o 35% increase in personnel file compliance Show less Responsible for business operations of NASA Protective Services Contract ($1.186 B, with 1500 people)o Recruitment and management of business operations team (20 people).o Financial management for $1.186B contract.o Contract management of IDIQ contract, consisting of task orders for 14 NASA sites.o Human resources (recruitment, personnel management) for 1500 people from prime contractor and 10 subcontractors.o Purchasing/Logistics for all centers and central management office.o Quality Control for all operations (Design/Development of Quality Control/Quality Assurance System).o Oversee design and development of Management Infrastructure based on SharePoint Technology. Show less - Project manager for Navy’s Mentor Protégé Assessment Program ($600,000) - Developed assessment reports for US Navy’s SPAWAR laboratory on small manufacturing suppliers ($1-5 million). These reports assessed company strengths and opportunities for improvements in various manufacturing, business areas and information technology.- Developed Continuous Improvement Plans consisting of projects in various areas (lean manufacturing, business process improvements, operation improvements, quality management, CMMI, etc.) of small manufacturing and information technology companies.- Developed and provided technical assistance to small manufacturing companies in areas of project management, lean manufacturing and information systems.- Improved internal business operations in the area of assessment and Continuous Improvement Plan development through process standardization and simplification.- Developed intelligent forms and forms processing system (XML based) for processing of client questionnaires and technical assistance reports.- Developed and performed system administration for DSTAR program website and portal. - Provided ASP.net based front end and a sharepoint portal to twenty companies participating in the program. Show less

  • Chief of Staff - Coastal International Security

    Sept 2009 - Sept 2010

  • Director of Business Operations - NPSC

    Jun 2008 - Oct 2009

  • Senior Information System Engineer

    Apr 2005 - Jun 2008
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  Barling Bay, LLC

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2014

  St. Louis Site Lead

  - Program Manager of several Department of Defense Contracts for USTRANSCOM and Air Mobility Commands.- Agile Project Manager assisting the Government in introducing agile methodologies for the development of new capabilities for the Air Mobility Command.- Scrum Master for Agile Specification Teams for several specification initiatives with the Air Mobility Command. The teams developed process flows, process documentation, data need description and business rules for existing Word Wide Planning and execution operations. In addition developed “to-be” processes with story-boarding deliverables to support an agile development effort. - Member of the Enterprise Engineering Team developing a new computing environment for USTRANSCOM's logistics' capabilities.- Providing coordination of Engineering and Development activities between USTRANSCOM and SSC-Atlantic Team on the Agile Transportation for the 21st Century (AT21) Project.- Performing analysis of existing Program of Record for capabilities improvement opportunities. Show less

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  Superlative Technologies

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2022

  Agile Project Engineer utilizing industry best practices in development a logistics planning system for the Department of Defense (DoD). Championed the transformation of the organization from Project to Product mindset. • Analyzing requirements and managing resources based on the contract’s Performance Work Statement (PWS). • As the Release Train Engineer (RTE), successfully assembled and coached the Agile Release Train (ART), consisting of eight development teams delivering business value every 11 week increment.• Scaled Agile Framework Program Consultant (SPC) providing training and coaching on SAFe best practices and methodologies.• Created Knowledge Management Systems to capture and provide essential information to team members. Implemented within Microsoft Teams. • Assembled a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and track the planned and delivered capabilities. Show less Scrum Master for multiple development teams utilizing Scrum Methodology to deliver planning and replanning capability to the 618th AOC as part of the Agile Development (ADEV) Contract. • Worked with other ADEV team members to create software delivery life cycle (SDLC) processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality software capabilities to USTRANSCOM and AMC.• Successfully collaborated and implemented the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for the Mission Time Line (MTL) and What If (WiF) capabilities.• Successfully coached Scrum Masters in agile methodologies and adopted software development processes. Show less

  • Deputy Program Manager

    Mar 2019 - Jul 2022

  • Scrum Master

    Jan 2015 - Feb 2019
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  Boeing

  Jul 2022 - now

  Release Train Engineer