Experience

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  Defense security cooperation agency

  Mar 1993 - Mar 1995

  Senior procurement analysis

  Senior Military Acquisition Analyst for Direct Commercial Contracting to United States allies. Responsible for managing 80,000 international contracts valued at $7 billion for 8 foreign countries to include Israel, Egypt, Turkey, and Morocco. Responsible for coordinating with foreign embassies, ministries of defense, multiple senate and congressional committees.

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  U.s. army

  Mar 1995 - May 1998

  Commander, defense contract management command, general dynamics defense systems

  Led 92 civilian and military employees, over 2,000 contracts valued at $6B. Responsible for two government owned contractor operated defense plants located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and Burlington Vermont. General Dynamics Defense Systems, over five thousand employees with sales over $630M. Led team to ensure contract compliance between the government and industry. Led the monitoring, inspecting, all processes to include production, manufacturing, engineering, quality control, supply chain management, systems and processes, obsolescence parts, earned value engineering, lean six sigma process improvements. Personnel skill sets ranged from software engineers, mechanical engineers, industrial engineers, quality inspectors, price analysis, and contracting specialists. Products produced included major components for Army Bradley Fighting Vehicle, Cobra Helicopter, and Fire Control Systems for Trident Nuclear Missile, Mortar and Rockets and Light Armored Vehicle. Successfully managed three corporate transitions from Martin Marietta to Lockheed Martin then to General Dynamics. Our team had the highest requirement for quality due to our nuclear systems that were produced on site with no major deficiencies over a three year period. Accelerated achievement in all levels of organization. Won Massachusetts Quality Award. Show less

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  United states army, washington d.c.

  May 1998 - May 2000

  Program manager

  Led a team of 22 software, systems engineering, acquisition and contracting personnel to develop and implement a worldwide joint service Contracting System. System was to be implemented across all Army and other service contracting activities and required to interface with the contracting, logistics and finance systems. Effort took tremendous leadership and coordination as a program manager working across DOD and overseas locations. As a result of my leadership and teams efforts, this program is being implemented by the Army Contracting Command as the Army Contracting Writing System. Directed the planning, programming, budgeting and execution that came in under budget and on time. Supported 17 Major Army Commands. Show less

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  Defense contract management agency

  Jun 2000 - Aug 2003

  Commander, defense contract management agency, department of defense, long island, ny

  Responsible for 332 civilian and military personnel, managing 19,000 DOD contracts valued in excess of 14.6B at more than 650 defense industry contractor facilities (Lockheed, Boeing, L3, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, etc.). Products produced included components for the space shuttle, Joint Strike Fighter, Navy helicopters, weapons systems, chemical biological agents to small machine and repair parts. Responsible for ensuring contract compliance government and industry. Led teams for monitoring, inspecting all processes to include production, manufacturing, engineering, and quality control, supply chain management, systems and processes, obsolescence parts, earned value engineering, lean six sigma process improvements, calibration controls and many others. Led a team of software and design engineers, mechanical engineers, industrial engineers, quality inspectors, price analysis, and contracting specialists that lead to zero quality defects within a three year period in protecting the safety and health of our warfighters. Show less

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  U.s army

  Aug 2003 - Jun 2006

  Military deputy to assistant secretary of army (policy and procurement), united states army

  Military Deputy to Assistant Secretary of Army (Policy and Procurement), responsible for directing the management and oversight of $76B, 375,000 procurement actions and 6,152 Army personnel. Directed the worldwide Army Acquisition, Contracting, Environmental and Industrial Base policy and procedures supporting all Army major weapons systems, material development, and total life cycle management. Supported 12 Program Executive Officers and had contract oversight over 23 Army contracting activities. Participated as a FAR council member. Facilitated across DOD for consensus on Army acquisition policy. Led a worldwide Army Contracting Study Working Group of 35 senior acquisition officials on behalf of the Secretary of the Army tasked to recommend the best organizational alignment of the procurement and contracting functions and activities throughout the Army. The results of the efforts became known today as the Army Contracting Command which is fully functional as an Army Command. Show less

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  Concurrent technologies corporation

  Jun 2006 - May 2014

  Led and managed a highly technical team of 35 to develop and win business for Army vehicles, Navy Ship and Air, Missiles and Space, Logistics and Ammunition services. Led and managed Department of Defense (DOD) Center of Excellence and a Naval Metal Working Center. Responsible for developing breakthrough, cutting edge technologies to improve efficiency, effectiveness and lower costs to DOD programs and systems in support of our warfighters. Directly supported the Office of Naval Research and developed and improved technologies that saved DOD in excess of $42M over a five year period. Show less

  • Executive Director, Department of Defense Sector, Market & Program Development

    May 2012 - May 2014

  • Executive Director Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Engineering Solutions

    Apr 2009 - May 2012

  • Executive Director, Contracts, Procurement and Corporate Recruiting

    Mar 2008 - Apr 2009

  • Executive Director Corporate Business Development

    Jun 2006 - Mar 2008
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  Binary group, inc.

  Jun 2014 - Oct 2014

  Corporate development executive

  Responsible for the Department of Defense market. He is the corporate lead for developing strategic sales and market opportunities within Binary’s practice areas of financial management, IT/IM, health, agile enterprise architecture, and program management, as well as pursing new contract vehicles in support of Binary’s technology solutions and service offerings.

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  Ibm global process services

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Subject Matter Expert, Contracting and Program Management Subject Matter Expert: Acquisition; Contracting and Program Management

  • Senior Managing Consultant

    Apr 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Corporate Development Executive Consultant

    Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
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  Ibm global business process services

  Jan 2016 - now

  Business development executive
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  Akima

  Feb 2021 - now

  • Vice President Corporate Business Development

    Feb 2021 - now

  • Vice President Corporate Business Development

    Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
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  President, kcl business enterprises

  May 2023 - now

  President, kcl business enterprises