CURTIS S. CARR

Home Address:  500 W Whipp Rd. Washington Township, Ohio 45459

Phone:  937-361-4777

Email:  ccarr3@outlook.com

EDUCATION

MS, Management, Lesley College, Cambridge, MA, 1991

BS, Industrial Technology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 1985

WORK SUMMARY

Mr. Carr brings over 17 years of military management experience and 15 years of management experience in the commercial sector with Sierra Nevada Corporation.  While in the US Air Force, he started his career as an enlisted Titan II ICBM launch crewmember, specializing in guidance systems.  His jobs included competitively selected training and evaluation positions.  Following his officer commissioning, Mr. Carr held key positions as a Minuteman III ICBM Launch Crew Commander to include Senior Standardization Crew Commander commanding 45 personnel.  Mr. Carr then moved into the Government acquisition field.  He held positions ranging from contract buyer to contracting officer to Chief of Operational Contracting.  In all of his contracting assignment, Mr. Carr developed and fielded automation projects, saving hundreds of hours and resources for the Government.  Mr. Carr’s final assignment included his direct involvement in the analysis, design, and development of the Air Force Material Command’s Contract Management System.  Mr. Carr then moved to the commercial sector as a Program Manager/Director responsible for millions of dollars working programs from competitive proposals through execution. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aug 2010 – Jan 2015.  Program Director, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), Dayton, OH.  

 

Mr. Carr was appointed the Gorgon Stare Inc, 2 Program Director.  He is responsible for coordinating the content of Program Management reports and documents (Configuration Management Plan, Quality Plan, Risk Management Plan, and Integrated Master Plan/Schedule).  Mr. Carr serves as the Government Gorgon Stare Program Manager's primary point of contact.  He manages the resources and briefs SNC Senior Management monthly on the status of the program.  Additionally, Mr. Carr serves as the SNC proposal lead for all Gorgon Stare follow-on efforts. He led the initial proposal effort resulting in a sole source award of $227M.  Negotiations with the Government resulted in a minimal 5% reduction from the proposed price.  At the time this was the largest program effort for SNC. The program required management of seven (7) major subcontractors and three geographically separated SNC teams.  Mr. Carr successfully completed execution of the program on-cost, realizing full profit for SNC. 

 

Mr. Carr has completed the follow-on proposal for $79M and oversees the execution which is being executed on time.  He also leads the proposal efforts for three Gorgon Stare spares proposals.  During this time Mr. Carr managed the RDT&E effort to further the Gorgon Stare technology.  His team successfully completed and SRR, PDR & CDR leading to a follow on to this effort. 

 

Aug 1999 – Jul 2010.  Program Manager, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), Dayton, OH.  

 

Mr. Carr was appointed the SSI Combat Sent Reconnaissance (Recce) Program Manager.  He was responsible for coordinating the content of Program Management reports and documents (Configuration Management Plan, Quality Plan, Risk Management Plan, and Integrated Master Plan/Schedule).  Mr. Carr serves as the Government Combat Sent Program Manager's primary point of contact.  He manages the resources and briefs SSI management monthly on the status of the program.  Additionally, Mr. Carr serves as the SSI Cobra Ball Program Manager.  He maintains the Integrated Master Schedule and directly supports the Government Cobra Ball Program Manager and Program Engineer.

 

Mr. Carr was appointed the SNC Proposal/Program Manager for the Board Area Maritime (BAMS).  He successfully negotiated the competitive effort with less than 3% decrement from proposed price. He was responsible for coordinating the content of Program Management reports and documents (Configuration Management Plan, Quality Plan, Risk Management Plan, and Integrated Master Plan/Schedule).  Mr. Carr served as SNC’s primary point of contact to the prime contractor.  He managed the resources and briefed SNC management monthly on the status of the program.  Mr. Carr completed all programs on or under target cost to maximize SNC profit.

 

Utilizing his Government procurement background, Mr. Carr served as the primary SNC Dayton proposal manager.  He was responsible for developing Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) Statements of Work SOW) and Basis of Estimates (BOE).  While at SNC the company has been awarded proposals ranging from $20M to $227M that Mr. Carr led.

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Top Secret/SCI

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATION                                       

Level II Acquisition Development Program in Contracting                                                                      Level I Acquisition Development Program in Contracting

Project Management Institute (PMP) Certification (2008 -2012)

SNC Program Management Certification

MANAGEMENT TOOLS

MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Project, MS Access, MS Visio

MS Outlook, Lotus Notes 8.5

WBS Chart Pro

Open Plan 3.0

SNAGIT 10