Jerry Black

Experience

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  Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)

  May 1987 - Jul 2000

  Information Technology Special Projects
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  US Forest Service

  Jul 2000 - Feb 2017

  Provide oversight, management, formulation, and execution of a $260M annual IT budget supporting Data Center Services, Mobile Computing, End User Computing, Network operations, telecomm Services and Radio.Directly responsible for the oversight of services provided to include budget, contracting, project management, service catalog, human resources, telecommunications billing/ordering, asset management, and safety.• Conduct Information Technology Project and Program Management activities for the entire CIO enabling a Program Management-based approach to resource execution• Expert advisor to leadership providing independent assessment of IT integration progress• Recognized by top agency officials and senior staff as an expert in program management as well as strategic, tactical, and programmatic planning• Coordinate CIO service delivery with FS customers and senior leaders across all FS Regions• Serves as member of the executive leadership team to influence and direct strategic business decisions• Develop corporate and strategic budgetary policy, planning, across the FS in collaboration with USDA and external leadership and stakeholders• Plan, document, and implement congressional and executive level policy changes• Develop long-term goals and execution strategies to achieve Agency-wide goalsResponsible for evaluating program results and determine goals or methods to improve overall effectiveness • Lead corrective action efforts when resources do not fully align with changing strategic and customer requirements• Managed the FY14 and FY15 CIO Workforce Management and Workforce Planning Efforts• Provide leadership, vision and direction to over 760 employees. Provides customer support services to a worldwide organization of over 40,000 employees in 1200 locations• Expert communicator with highly-developed interpersonal abilities-including outstanding experience in providing expert advice and guidance to senior leaders. Show less

  • CIO Assistant Director- Business Management

    Apr 2013 - Feb 2017

  • Chief Information Office Assistant Director for Business Management

    Apr 2013 - Feb 2017

  • Chief Technology Officer

    May 2011 - Apr 2013

  • Deputy Director Chief Technology Office Program Management, US Forest Service

    Jul 2000 - May 2011
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  USDA OCIO

  Jul 2016 - Nov 2016

  Assistant Chief Information Officer- CTS
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  Criterion Systems

  Mar 2017 - now

  Criterion is a cybersecurity and IT services company that provides innovative and secure solutions across our nation’s mission-critical environments, collaborating with our customers and partners to address the Government’s toughest business and technology challenges.Since 2005, Criterion has provided cybersecurity, cloud/data center management, IT infrastructure operations, and systems engineering for our nation’s mission-critical environments across the Federal Government. For these agencies, we provide classified network and information-security operations, cyber defense and Risk Management Framework (RMF) services, and advanced data analytics. Criterion has achieved Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)-DEV and CMMI-SVC Level 3 ratings and has been certified against ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management Systems, and ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 Information Technology – Service Management Systems by G-CERTI Co., Ltd. Criterion is headquartered in Vienna, VA, with sites across the United States Show less The Deputy Program Manager is responsible for providing project planning, management and oversight for key initiatives and implementation of projects, executing and finalizing solutions related to new and existing products, modules and services. The DPM sets milestones for each project, coordinates efforts between operations and technology teams, and works efficiently to deliver projects according to cost, schedule, and performance. The DPM leads and manages IT projects and program initiatives and acts as a project management subject matter expert and is responsible for working functional areas to deliver technical solutions in the form of new and enhanced services. This position works with internal and external stakeholders to bring structure while implementing complex, project-based processes to bring increased efficiency in the delivery of all projects and services and in turn, enhanced client satisfaction. Responsible for installing, configuring and testing network and server infrastructure and software; Perform troubleshooting of complex issues in a complex enterprise network environment; Maintain and optimize network servers comprised of various OS platforms; Ensuring overall security guidelines are fully implemented on network server platforms. Show less

  • VP USDA Agriculture/Land Managment Division

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Deputy Program Manager

    Dec 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Civilian Account Executive

    Mar 2017 - Aug 2021