Transformational Leader and Adept Team Builder - Delivering Cutting Edge Cyber Technologies
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Charismatic leader with an indelible reputation for delivering innovative business strategies and client focused solutions that consistently exceed revenue targets and improve margins. Demonstrated ability to lead large technology efforts of 300+ personnel and build high performing teams with junior personnel. Global, innovative, and resourceful professional with 35+ years' experience delivering enterprise IT and Cyber solutions.
Deep experience developing and implementing winning business strategies. Fiscal oversight of intelligence markets of over $450M/yr. targets. Supervised teams and resources resulting in on-time/on-budget execution.
Intuitive leader and problem solver able to balance multiple priorities in fast-paced settings. Clear thinker and communicator, with outstanding skills in coordinating all operational aspects including major programs, personnel management, and establishing effective working relationships.
Chief Executive Officer - KIS Improvement LLC - Silver Spring, MD
(2006-01)
Manages a small woman owned business providing CMMC and CMMI services globally to a variety of public and private clients. Lead Certified CMMC Assessor (#35) and a member of the DOD's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body industry working group. Coauthor of the provisional CMMC assessment method and training. CMMC services include consulting, training, and assessments. CMMI services include High Maturity consulting, training, and appraisals.
Chief Engineer - Business Transformation Institute - Annapolis Junction, MD
(2013-01)
Delivers Engineering, CMMC, and CMMI consulting, appraisals, and training and Lean Six Sigma training and consulting to a variety of government and commercial clients.
Management, Green Belt and Black Belt candidates mentoring.
Senior Director IT Platforms-Enterprise Architect - ISACA-CMMI Institute - Schaumberg, IL and Pittsburgh, PA
(2017-01 - 2021-12)
Shaped $9M corporate IT transformation to migrate all services to the cloud. Guiding and mentoring personnel through a Salesforce/Service Cloud/ Marketing Cloud implementation while staying on schedule and within budget using DevOps techniques. Responsible for defining the current state and finding opportunities for future innovations, risk reduction, or cost savings for IT.
Accountable for proactively and holistically leading enterprise responses to disruptive forces by identifying and analyzing the execution of change toward the desired business vision and targeted outcomes. Represents ISACA/CMMI brand at conferences, sale calls, technical and marketing events, and networking. Ensured alignment of the IT organization's mission, strategy, and processes with the Product Roadmap.
Manages and leads important and complex projects, assists in the development of policies, standards and guidelines that direct the selection, development, implementation and use of IT platforms within the organization. Managed ISACA High Maturity and CMMC programs. Designed and implemented ISACA Measurement program defining Objectives, KPIs, and Results covering all ISACA products and services.
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Principal Engineer/Product Manager - ISACA-CMMI Institute - Schaumberg, IL and Pittsburgh, PA
(2017-01 - 2021-12)
Conceives and produces CMMI intellectual property and delivers training and consulting services to a variety of global commercial and government clients. Designed product strategy while managing a Scrum team developing Azure applications using agile techniques. Provided project management, process improvement consulting/appraisal services to senior executives.
Fulfilled task orders ranging from $75-$250K. Exceeded annual fiscal goals. Led the Scrum team for a $1.5M Enterprise upgrade of all CMMI Institute legacy systems, implementing a new integrated, custom ERP system in 9 months, managing all business information, appraisals, training, and certifications.
System delivered under cost and one month ahead of schedule. Conceptual lead for High Maturity and CMMI Training Program designing and delivering all course materials, exams, and consulting. Develops and delivers Lean Six Sigma Black and Green Belt training and consulting.
Mentored numerous clients implementing CMMI achieve various Maturity Levels (2-5). Serves as the CMMI technical expert devising new content, engaging with C-suite executives and travelling globally selling and delivering CMMI services. Authored presentations f
Principal Program Manager - Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
(2014-01 - 2017-12)
Accountable for $450M/yr. revenue targets, exceeding targets six consecutive years, through a down market. Provided technical and financial oversight delivering enterprise cloud technologies and operations for a $25M/year program, with $150M total contract value. Supervised largest Firm Fixed Price contract in Firm, providing IT managed services, exceeding SLAs with a multi-contractor team of 140 FTEs, and 10 subcontractors.
Corporate liaison with SES-Level government officials and internal Booz Allen executives.
Services using the OpenShift platform using a container and microservices based cloud architecture. Provided technical and financial oversight for a $27M/year program, $135M total contract value. Program supported global clients 24/7/365, certified ISO 9001.
Directed a multi-contractor team of 60 FTEs, 14 subcontractors, and over 20 Firm-Fixed price, completion-based, and Level of Effort technical task orders, exceeding fiscal targets. Implemented SIGINT systems and procurements from large scale to small scale man-wearable systems. Team awarded Performance Excellence Award, the highest award in the Firm.
Principal Program Manager - Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
(2012-01 - 2014-12)
Rescued a $300M/year program resulting in exceeding all program objectives, timelines, milestones, and budgets. Program delivered 12 software releases per week and devised service-oriented architecture for client using Agile techniques and SAFe framework. Recognized by client for new program management approach resulting in improved award fee score.
Formulated a multi-contractor team of over 300 FTEs, grew contract by 10% per year. Planned, implemented, managed over 40 completion-based, and Level of Effort technical task orders. Program implemented CMMI Maturity Level 3 processes and received additional work with a $68M two-year sole source extension.
Principal Program Manager - Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
(2010-01 - 2012-12)
Rescued a $20M/year, full-lifecycle development and maintenance contract to deliver and deploy a large-scale integrated hardware/software system using cyber and cloud technologies, providing intelligence services directly supporting warfighters. Formulated a multi-contractor team of over 100 FTEs responsible for designing, developing, integrating, testing, and deploying large scale IT Systems, using performance-based technical task orders. Oversaw contract efforts using Booz Allen's Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
Recovered program making innovative use of over 30 interns to deliver final spiral over 3 months ahead of schedule while exceeding Government quality targets using combined Agile and CMMI processes. Program rated at CMMI- DEV Maturity Level 3 and received $20M sole source extension and cited by Government Acquisition Lead as a model program.
Senior Member of the Technical Staff - Software Engineering Institute (SEI) - Pittsburgh, PA
(2008-01 - 2010-12)
Delivered SEI training and services to a variety of global commercial and government clients. Provided project management, process improvement consulting/appraisal services to senior executives. Managed cost and schedule for task orders ranging from $50-$300K. Exceeded annual fiscal goals. Assisted numerous clients implementing CMMI achieve various Maturity Levels (2-5).
Citation from NGA for exemplary support. Authored presentations for several professional conferences annually representing the SEI, recognized as a conference Top Presenter. Recognition as an industry expert attracted additional $1M yearly SEI revenue. Maintained product quality and raised SEI image as quality-driven.
Division Process Manager/Senior System Engineer - Northrop Grumman - Fairfax, VA
(2006-01 - 2008-12)
Directed Program Management, had fiscal and programmatic oversight for all Intelligence Systems Division process-improvement activities, CMMI ML5 ratings, and AS9100/ISO 9001 certifications. Managed process improvement implementation, training, and audit/appraisal services to all projects within a 3000-person organization.
