Experience

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  Saic

  May 1999 - Aug 1999

  Computer systems analyst, new media systems

  Assistant to Senior Network Engineer / System Administrator

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  Nextel

  May 2000 - Aug 2000

  Technical intern
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  Sra international

  Jul 2001 - Dec 2010

  -GUI design/development-COTS application integration, extension-Analytic tool design/development, multi-tier via TCP/IP-Conducted feasibility studies, wrote engineering white-papers -Established interface standards (input/system, system/system, system/client)-Implemented system-driving simulator (next event)-Internal and external API creation-Custom .NET project installers/deployment-System configuration, product assurance-Integrated reporting and advanced report design• Tools: ESRI ArcView, ArcObjects, ArcEngine, Visual Studio, NetBeans, XMLSpy, GoogleEarth, FalconView, Tortoise SVN, Mantis, Hudson, MS Access, PL/SQL Developer, Crystal Reports• Languages: C#, J2SE, XML, Windows Forms, PL/SQL, SQL Show less -Worked under CIO on internal IS applications/initiatives-Designed/developed interfaces to automate payroll rules-Managed/implemented company-wide web reporting solution-Built out/updated web-deployed, QA mgmt solution-Developed Oracle packages and stored procedures-Desktop configuration & troubleshooting-Tech lead for programmatic improvements to automated test scripts-Managed inventory IS-Multi-dimensional DB support/admin-Cryptography, Data Mining in Bioinformatics studies• Tools:PL/SQL developer, Crystal Reports & Enterprise, Oracle Designer, LoadRunner, Essbase, ODBC, IIS, Custom MS Access tools/apps• Languages:PL/SQL, C, html, Java, SAS, SQL, shell script Show less

  • Sr. Software Engineer, Intelligence & Space

    Oct 2005 - Dec 2010

  • System Engineer / Software Engineer, Infrastructure Applications

    Jul 2001 - Oct 2005
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  Bae systems

  Dec 2010 - Aug 2015

  • Program Manager / Technical Program Manager

    May 2012 - Aug 2015

  • Expert Consultant / Principal Programmer

    Dec 2010 - May 2012
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  Caci international inc

  Aug 2015 - now

  *Awards: Numerous formal individual and team recognition (both USG and CACI)Technical Lead for a program executing operations and development of multiple sponsor-accredited software systems and an ever-growing list of capabilities and integrated analytics-Established a platform of continuous mission engagement, identifying new problem statements and innovative prototype solutions to address them, including new AI, ML, and NLP approaches-Developed a customer Opportunity Roadmap, connecting proven solutions to permanent use cases and a greater technical direction for the customer; advisor to USG Technical Director-Numerous mission and technical kudos; former “O&M only” team is now the trusted driver of technical innovations-Increased annual contract value and scope 200%+ in otherwise collapsing environmentDelivery Lead, responsible for mission data deliverables (regular and ad hoc) -Implemented enhanced QC procedures, regularly detecting issues to avoid delays and/or quality inconsistencies-Increased customer awareness and engagement with all levels of stakeholder-Reduced average time-to-delivery from 2 weeks to 2 days-Top program risk now a strength with regular kudos -Directs software delivery, including agile software planning, stakeholder engagement, technical product management, release planning, user and technical change management-Technical direction planning and advisory with staff program managers, technical directorsPartnered with mission to drive innovations and improvements:-Quick prototyping to demonstrate new capabilities with mission decision-makers and shape implementation to optimize impact-Multiple new capabilities receiving Division and Group level engagement and buy-in-One solution reduced mission labor hours and delivery time frame 10x+ on a top-visibility project-Findings and outcomes from SME engagements showing customer business and technical leadership what is within reach, feeding multiple long term mission capabilities Show less *Awarded: Individual recognition for service excellence by customer leadership (Division level)*Awarded: Individual recognition (CACI) Managed technical projects providing enterprise-class software services to two separate partners – different domains, missions, requirements, customer leadershipAgile software development, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) - including Scrum Master, Product Owner duties10 week plans, 2 week sprints, daily standups, multiple release trains & cyclesRegular briefing and briefing support to customer executive and technical leadershipDirect report and subcontractor managementTechnical change management, including transition planning from end-of-life, proprietary solutions to commercial-standard, open source onesDrove technical innovations – including unilateral approaches: Created a new solution to address a new mission need-Saved multiple weeks of analytical effort, team received customer kudos, led to further development to strategically develop this capabilityAdapted an existing approach to avert partner design constraints negatively impacting performance-Optimized performance to user, especially for worst-performing requests, no changes to consumer’s design neededEstablished near and long-term goals with customer buy-in, directed cross-team work to ensure goals are metContinuous communication of execution against those goals to: customer, mission partners, release train managementRisk management – technical, user-facing, strategic; identification, mitigation, analysis of alternativesMentored both technical and functional staff, up to Senior PM levelRegular designee for customer-facing and higher-up representation – especially train & contract context. Program strategy, technical strategy, subK performanceDifficult situations: performance management situations (action plan, PIP), competing priorities, technical debt, negative customer feedback situations Show less

  • Ops Manager

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Sr. Technical PM

    Aug 2015 - Apr 2023

  • Sr. Technical PM

    Aug 2015 - May 2017