Velan Mudaliar

Business Management & Procurement Specialist

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League City, GalvestonMember since March 22, 2025

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About

With 15+ years of experience in procurement, business strategy, and engineering, I specialize in contracting, acquisition strategy, and supply chain optimization to drive operational efficiency and mission success.

Recently certified as a Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I), I bring an Agile mindset to procurement, integrating iterative planning, cross-functional collaboration, and transparency where applicable. While traditional frameworks have shaped my experience, I am actively exploring Agile procurement methodologies to enhance acquisition cycles and supplier collaboration.

Key Strengths & Expertise:

✅ Procurement & Contracting Strategy – Managed multimillion-dollar contracts across artillery, fire control, and IT infrastructure.

✅ Agile & Lean Procurement Principles – Applying Agile-influenced strategies to enhance supplier collaboration & acquisition speed.

✅ Digital Transformation & IT Procurement – Supported AI, machine learning, digital engineering & secure communications procurement initiatives.

✅ Cross-Functional Team Leadership – Facilitated collaboration across technical, logistics & executive teams for seamless acquisitions.

✅ SECRET Security Clearance Holder – Oversaw critical defense procurement efforts, including Ukraine-related initiatives.

Certifications & Education:

🎓 Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) | Scrum.org (Certified 2025 – Exploring Agile Procurement Applications)

🎓 MBA in Supply Chain Management | Rutgers Business School

🎓 MS in Materials Science & Engineering | NJIT

🎓 BS in Ceramic & Materials Engineering | Rutgers University

💡 Passionate about procurement innovation, Agile methodologies & digital transformation to improve efficiency. Open to networking, collaboration & discussions on procurement strategy & technology-driven transformation.

🔹 Let’s connect and discuss procurement strategy, Agile methodologies, and digital transformation!

Experience

GS-13 Business Management Specialist (100% Remotely working from Houston, Texas area) March 2023-Present

US Army Joint Program Executive Office Armaments &Ammunition (JPEO A&A)

Project Management-Combat Ammunition Systems (PM-CAS) Business Management Division Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

Holds active SECRET Security Clearance as a requirement for job performance
Successfully generated several multimillion-dollar government contracts by implementing Agile procurement methodologies with enhanced positive Army-wide global supply chain impacts (including those that are Ukraine-related) in the high-demand product portfolio areas of artillery, mortars and fire control.

o Includes generation of critical procurement package documents to support all Request for Proposals (RFPs)

o Includes definitization of urgent Undefinitized Contract Actions (UCAs) in accordance with Presidential Drawdown initiatives o Includes successful conduction of detailed market research activities o Includes successful promotion of full transparency for all internal and external stakeholders through continuous detailed communication o Includes successfully facilitating Agile cross-functional teams by using Scrum principles, accelerating product timelines, achieving sustainable cost savings and boosting team collaboration

Successfully leveraged deep experience as certified Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and Agile management skills for layered enterprise IT service contracts to guarantee continuation of mission-critical global cell service for all employees with government-issued mobile devices.
Proven as an adaptable and quickly responsive team-player who is ready to take on multiple new contract actions at once in a constantly dynamic military business environment

GS-13 Systems Engineer and certified Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) January 2020-March 2023

US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command-Armament Center Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

Holds active SECRET Security Clearance as a requirement for job performance
Successfully leveraged Agile procurement methodologies by converting mission-critical technical requirements into government contracts that advanced the enterprise-wide IT infrastructure for the Army’s primary engineering and development center for conventional weapon systems and ammunition
Includes generation of critical procurement package documents to support all Request for Proposals (RFPs)
Chosen above peers to advise senior management on streamlined acquisition strategies using market research data analytics and subject matter expertise in Agile procurement methodologies
Generated several million-dollar government contracts with enterprise-wide impacts in the areas of digital engineering, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, systems engineering research, model-based systems engineering, software acquisition, digital transformation, secure video teleconferencing and general IT infrastructure upgrades.
Streamlined the overall acquisition process by reducing procurement package generation time by 20% while also increasing the number of active contracts being monitored in parallel by 10% as a certified Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

o This included performing the full range of all pre-award and post-award contract lifecycle activities o This Included successfully facilitating Agile cross-functional teams by using Scrum principles, accelerating product timelines, achieving sustainable cost savings and boosting team collaboration

Selected to serve as the Acting Branch Chief (GS-14 Supervisory Position) based on knowledge of Systems Engineering, proven coaching skills, local COVID-19 safety regulations and overall trustworthiness that successfully sustained the testing and development of an integrated digital engineering framework

Project Engineer January 2010-January 2020

US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command-Armament Center Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

Led 5-person cross functional team in accelerated R&D solution development and life cycle testing to expedite the improvement of mission critical products (mortars, tank ammunition, shoulder-fired weapons), delivering a 10 % performance improvement across a 10 year-period
Developed a critical component using novel materials for Stryker ammunition that resulted in the publication of a United States patent
Developed a man-portable drone armament solution with a programmable fuze that resulted in the 2010 RDECOM Research & Development Achievement Award for technical excellence in CCDC S&T Project, “Lethal Unmanned Aerial Systems”.

Materials Engineer April 2005-January 2010

US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command-Armament Center Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

Successfully oversaw materials selection, manufacturing, testing and improvements in the development and lifecycle management of critical components across the entire several million-dollar portfolio of tank ammunition