Strategic leadership executive with more than 30 years of experience leading large organizations, enterprise transformation initiatives, and multidisciplinary teams in the defense
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Strategic leadership executive with more than 30 years of experience leading large organizations, enterprise transformation initiatives, and multidisciplinary teams in the defense industry. Doctor of Strategic Leadership with graduate education in professional writing and executive leadership. Passionate about developing future business leaders by connecting leadership theory with practical executive experience in strategy, organizational behavior, project management, innovation, and communication.
Experienced presenter, facilitator, mentor, and corporate instructor committed to engaging, student-centered learning.
Senior Program Manager – Corporate Research and Development at Leidos (formerly SAIC) (2023-01 – Present)
Lead enterprise-wide strategic planning and governance for a $200M corporate research and development portfolio supporting innovation across a Fortune 500 defense company. Direct organizational planning, financial stewardship, cross-functional leadership, executive communication, technology transition, compliance, and business process improvement initiatives.
Deputy Program Manager – Operations and Deliverables at Leidos (2017-01 – 2023-12)
Deputy Program Manager for the $150M Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) code modernization program. Responsible for day-to-day program operations, deliverables, technical publications, quality assurance, configuration management, knowledge management, meeting support and facilitation, integrated digital environments, customer interactions, and other program management functions.
Deputy Program Manager – Integration at Leidos (2015-01 – 2017-12)
Deputy Program Manager for the Program Integration and Support Contract, a nearly $500M contract that provided a broad range of technical and integration services to the US Army for the disposal of the nation's chemical weapons.
Responsibilities included competitive task order proposals, project initiation, execution, monitoring & control, and closure; subcontract utilization; bi-weekly integration forums; customer liaison; business development; planning and forecasting; property management; and other program oversight functions.
Senior Project Manager at Leidos (2013-01 – 2015-12)
Responsible for competitive proposals, task initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & control, and close-out for multiple government task orders that provided technical, logistics, and integration services to the Federal Government. Serves as the lead customer interface, integration team facilitator, and personnel supervisor for $12M in labor‑based task orders. Provided oversight for personnel supervisory and training programs, SharePoint site administration, financial reporting, and business development actions.
Assistant Vice President at SAIC (2010-01 – 2013-12)
Direct supervisory responsibility for 25 technical professionals, multiple contracts and task orders, and over $8M annual revenue. Technical Resource Manager for the 125-person Logistics, Training, and Response Support Division. Responsible for all personnel management, including job requisitions, hiring actions, personnel re‑deployment, training, and performance counseling. Served as the lead technical writer and manager for multi-million-dollar competitive proposals.
Director at SAIC (2008-01 – 2010-12)
Planned, organized, and managed large government projects, including schedule, cost, contracts, and customer requirements for a $6M labor-based portfolio. Interfaced with task and functional leaders, subcontractors, support personnel, customers, and senior management. Core responsibilities included building, maintaining, and managing relationships with internal and external customers; coaching, mentoring, and motivating project personnel; preparing business plans and monitoring revenue.
Primary support areas included logistics, training, technical integration, response support, chemical demilitarization, and knowledge management.
Department Manager at Science and Technology Corporation (STC) (2004-01 – 2008-12)
Managed five programmatic support tasks worth $4M (labor-based), including contract execution, task manager supervision, client interface, product reviews, budget control, task planning, and team integration. Support areas included knowledge management, configuration management, field assessment, treaty compliance, and data management.
Project/Task Manager at Science and Technology Corporation (STC) (2000-01 – 2004-12)
Managed a team of treaty compliance experts and $1.2M government task orders (labor-based), including client interaction, team assignments, document review, budget control, and task planning.
Principal Investigator at Science and Technology Corporation (STC) (1999-01 – 2000-12)
Authored compliance documents and facilitated international negotiations and agreements, including on-site verification regimes for chemical disposal facilities. Managed software‑development effort for a web‑based library, including the software development plan.
Program Analyst at Science and Technology Corporation (STC) (1998-01 – 1999-12)
Assessed and documented cost and schedule risks for a $20B Department of Defense program, including extensive archival research and expert interviews.
Technical Writer/Meeting Support Specialist at Science and Technology Corporation (STC) (1997-01 – 1998-12)
Facilitated interactions between government agencies and contractors for large Department of Defense programs at CONUS sites and in the Pacific. Served as the lead technical writer for complex scientific, regulatory, and program-decision documents.
Freelance Journalist at The York Dispatch Newspaper (1996-01 – 1998-12)
Authored numerous bi-lines and series articles as a freelance journalist covering municipalities in Pennsylvania.
Chemist I at EA Engineering Science and Technology (1996-01 – 1997-12)
Analyzed soil, water, and tissue extracts using high performance liquid chromatography and ion chromatography. Supervised 11 chemists.
Chemistry Technician II at EA Engineering Science and Technology (1994-01 – 1996-12)
Performed water, soil, and tissue sample extractions for chromatographic analysis in a high‑volume laboratory using EPA methodologies.
Doctor of Strategic Leadership in Strategic Leadership – Liberty University (2024-01)
Executive Certificate in Strategic Leadership in Strategic Leadership – Liberty University (2024-01)
Master of Science in Professional Writing – Towson University (2001-01)
Bachelor of Science in Natural Science – Towson University (1994-01)
