Principal advisor to CEOs, corporate executives and Boards providing strategic roadmaps, new product initiatives planning, technology, business and contract advice for national expansion and financial performance improvement.

• Led the development of an 8a set-aside federal Technical Proposal encompassing multiple IT initiatives. Response was rated as best proposal submitted, and resulted in the award of a $300+ MM ten year IDIQ contract.

• Led the development of a $65 MM DOD proposal to provide program management, big data, and predictive analytics services to improve the operations, governance, compliance and solution delivery of over 400 systems.

•   Adjunct Faculty for certificate in project management courses.  SME for new Program Management curriculum.

Executive Consultant, Rockwell Automation:   2013

• Developed a Five Year Strategic Roadmap and interactive capacity planning and resource management tool that defined the strategy to accomplish the enterprise goals mandated by the Rockwell Automation ($6 B+) BOD.

Interim CIO & Information Technology VP, Corvesta, Inc. & Delta Dental of Virginia:   2012-2013

Senior executive leading enterprise software development and technology delivery for a $580 MM global family of companies in the Insurance, TPA, Technology, Informatics, Healthcare, Clearinghouse and Bio-Tech industries. 

• Provided secure private cloud hosted SaaS and leased software claims systems for national healthcare companies.

• Created multi-year HealthCare Reform, federal and state regulatory and compliance milestone roadmap.

• Led a multi-company information assurance and compliance risk assessment, rapidly identifying insightful solutions to remediate deficiencies and strengthen defenses for a portfolio of systems serving millions of members.

• Architected an e-commerce “real time transactional processing” concept of operations to radically decrease provider and customer claims reimbursement cycle times from days to minutes.

• Incorporated enhanced high availability, fault tolerant telecom, network, IVR, data center and unified communications into new data center to improve reliability and operational efficiency of call centers, DR and BCP.

• Collaboratively partnered with the Board of Directors, CFO and CEO to identify prioritize and fund mission critical Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity initiatives to enable national business expansion.

• Performed cost management and technology evaluations for global offshoring and joint venture opportunities. 

• Dramatically improved electronic Eligibility Enrollment and Claims processing performance and auto adjudication by automating integrated Business/IT process maps, procedures and technology insertions.

• Directed the creation of Enterprise Service Delivery processes including: Change and Release Management, Portfolio Prioritization, Intake, Systems Performance, and Information Assurance that improved service levels.

Senior Management Consultant, Humana Healthcare IT:   2012-2013

• Executive consultant for a $250M+ Infrastructure division of Humana Healthcare.  Architected and established an ITIL service catalog and configuration managed library of services, maps, cost models and processes.

Cigna Healthcare: AVP/Sr. Director, Operations & Transformation Program Delivery 2010-2012                                                                                                                             

• Created integrated business unit processes for project and service request intake, capacity management, IT and business multi-year portfolio planning and prioritization that sequenced critical strategic initiatives saving $35 MM.

• Implemented a vendor deliverable process for a $200+ MM outsourced contract that saved $24 MM.in first year.

• Successfully integrated performance and strategic initiatives, Healthcare Reform, and interoperability data into an $80 MM portfolio of 10 programs and 40+ projectsthat increased delivery of compliance, operational and medical expense savings.

• Implemented effort based planning and earned value management methodologies and processes that enabled the synchronization of 40+ projects into an integrated dynamic strategic program with objective metrics.

• Led the development of an iterative multi-year program estimating and planning process that deployed tools and techniques to align estimates to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases that increased estimating fidelity, while optimizing architectural and solutions designs across different work streams for a $500 MM portfolio.

• Defined an accelerated program project delivery and governance process that decomposed multi-year technology roadmaps into critical sequenced portfolio capabilities that optimized the delivery timeframe and business value.

• Authored a monthly financial management controls and reporting process for a $100 MM Healthcare division that improved program visibility and value delivery while reducing recurring operational costs by 10%/year for 2 years.

• Established a program management center of excellence to incubate governance best practices, ideas and talent while implementing an integrated program and project management delivery maturity model.

Northrop Grumman1999-2010

Director, Program Integration, Corporate Transformation:2009-2010

• Established a PMO and led the integration and delivery of a transformation across all five NG sectors to transform multiple systems into enterprise services generating over $80 MM in annual business savings.

• Integrated networks, data centers, servers, end user services, unified communications, thin client, cloud, application rationalization, security and cost chargeback into a $1.2 B transformation portfolio improving efficiency.

• Invented techniques to decompose strategic roadmap projects into an optimized set of capabilities that maximize business value. The technique was adopted as a best practice and validated during the Data Center consolidation.

Director, Program Management Office, State of Virginia IT Outsourcing:2008-2008

• Established a PMO and turnaround plan for a $2.4 B ITO; successfully achieving 100% award fee on $48 MM of incentive milestones and resulted in a 750% increase in performance for a $550 MM transformation portfolio.

• Authored an integrated executive reporting system including the development of key forward looking metrics allowing internal/external stakeholders to visualize and control program performance.

• Designated a corporate expert in complex large scale business program planning & systems integration.

• Designed innovative IT Service Roadmaps that integrated data, tools, technology, systems, processes and personnel into a Managed Service Catalog and integrated chargeback model.  Efforts were adopted as corporate best practice.

• Established IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Level Management processes and data measurements for 196 discrete SLAs with $2.5 MM/month of potential credits.  No penalties were assessed in the first 12 months.

• Architected an Integrated Master Schedule with over 140,000 activities and 36,000 cross project dependencies into a delivery plan supporting the transformation of 90 agencies, 66,000 users, 4,500 servers and two data centers.

• Led a PMO in the delivery of enterprise data center, server consolidation and virtualization, MPLS network, security, helpdesk, asset management, messaging, disaster recovery and end user services to 2,200 locations.

• Designated as a corporate expert in complex program planning and integration

• Appointed to Corporate Planning and Scheduling team defining enterprise best practices and processes.

Senior Program Manager, Sector IT Infrastructure Operations: 2007-2008

• Led the recovery of a failing global software development, enterprise data automation, migration, CATIA to SAP integration and digital manufacturing/PLM environment enabling $6 MM in recurring savings. 

• Directed a $120 MM IT infrastructure, operations and managed services portfolio supporting a $2.1 B sector.

• Introduced $26 MM of cutting edge strategic technology initiatives that transformed a $2.1 B manufacturing program from paper drawings into a fully digital (paperless) design, manufacturing and delivery environment.

• Designed procurement protocols and fiscal controls that saved $5 MM in the 1^ST year and $20 MM over two years.

• Defined standard hardware and software computer configurations for 20,000 users that shifted $2 MM from recurring to non-recurring costs and generated $4 MM in annual savings.

Information Technology Program Manager, Business Facing Program:2005-2007

• Architected and sponsored a secure wireless mobility initiative for a heavy manufacturing environment enabling productivity savings by eliminating time and distance barriers.

• Core member of “Shipyard of the Future” steering team, defining the 15 year future state technology innovation, human capital strategy and roadmaps for a $2.1 B high technology manufacturing sector.

• Established long-range strategic plan for a $750 MM technology business division to transition from legacy systems to an SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment to improve performance.

• Championed an electronic data management strategy using automated document workflows and electronic signature approval process to eliminate paper reducing labor costs and increased profit by $1.5 MM/cycle.

• Reduced annual business unit IT expenditures by over $2 MM while improving performance.

Chief Technologist & Program Support Manager: Virginia Class Submarine Program: 1999-2005

• Sponsored a $155+ MM transformation portfolio of automation and BPR initiatives to improve efficiency and integrate supply chain, planning, logistics, manufacturing, and delivery systems with a teaming partner.

• Designed a 10 year Strategic Technology Roadmap to deliver innovative technology streams to improve cost performance and reduce construction timelines, resulting in $37MM contract award.

• Architected a $35 MM SAP ERP transition from a legacy mainframe system providing a secure engineering, manufacturing, logistics, and reporting with automated work flows to increase efficiency.

• Led a cross functional team that identified and eliminated $12MM in duplicate material reservations in an SAP ERP system resulting in decreased procurement, inventory and storage costs.

• Directed a cross functional team that invented a $15 MM secure workflow electronic signature process for a $2+ B product line; saving $55 MM+ per cycle with a forecast save >$1+ B while reducing cycle times from days to hours.

Kelly Technical Services: 1998-1999

Senior Program Consultant, Virginia Class Submarine Program Office

• Joint Business and IT lead for the conversion of legacy material and procurement systems to SAP, integrating 40+ systems between General Dynamics Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding.

• Led the development of a highly secure, transactional, automated workflow, electronic record system creating the 1^ST government approved electronic signature process for the nuclear shipbuilding industry. 

• Increased strategic manufacturing supplier base by sponsoring two national suppliers in the development, manufacturing, testing, delivery and certification of a new supply chain commodity saving over $1 MM in 6 months.

U. S. Navy, Nuclear Trained Submarine Officer (Retired)1980-1998

Deputy CIO/IT Operations Director/Officer in Charge: 1995-1998

• Responsible to BUPERS CIO for global Human Capital Management (HCM) systems operations and delivery.  Led multi-site teams integrating 15 global data centers and 360 sites servicing 380,000 personnel while directing 13 major releases.

• Synchronized three worldwide systems and increased operability from 85% to 99.5%, while reducing software defects and user errors by 90% in 4 months. 

Program Manager-Officer in Charge: Training Systems Implementation SEAWOLF Program 1993-1995

• Senior technology, logistics support and technical training advisor to PEO Subs for a $10B acquisition program. 

• Onsite program executive for Newport News Shipbuilding’s SEAWOLF submarine technical design contract.

• Led the outsourced development of training, CBT, simulators, and devices at 9 national sites saving over $20 MM.

• As CNET curriculum approval authority, used 3D modeling and simulation to develop interactive training courses to prepare submarine personnel to report trained on systems that were under construction.

Business Unit CIO/Department Head: Submarine Integrated Warfare Systems: 1990-1993

• Coordinated the operations, maintenance, testing and repair of a $1 B+ integrated high availability global data center and enterprise sensor network and weapons suite with multiple redundant channels and fault tolerant processing to ensure 100% availability.

Regional CIO/Atlantic Fleet Warfare Systems Operations, Testing& Implementation1988-1990

• Designated as fleet expert in the development and exploitation of next generation warfare systems and sensors providing innovation tactics and methods for the synthesis, interpretation and utilization of big data systems.

• Coached over 500 executives in from over 50 operating units providing systems operations and advanced decision techniques for extracting time sensitive structured and unstructured data from enterprise decision support systems.

• Oversight of national vendors during the design, manufacture, software development, testing and delivery of next generation integrated data centers, business intelligence and integrated warfare systems, networks and sensors.

EDUCATION

Masters Certificate in Project Management, University of California-Irvine, 2005; GPA: 4.0

Executive MBA, College of William and Mary – Mason School of Business, 1995; GPA: 3.88, Class Rank: 2

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri – Rolla; Cum Laude

Completed 27 Defense Acquisition University courses in Program, Contract, Systems, Logistics & Acquisition management

CERTIFICATIONS & ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundations, EXIN, 2009

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI), 2005

Adjunct Faculty: Project Management Certificate Programs:  UC-Irvine and Old Dominion University

Submarine Command Qualification

TECHNICAL ASSOCIATIONS & BUSINESS AFFILIATIONS

Guest Speaker/Panelist - Global Leadership Series; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Graduate School Alumni Association

Keynote Speaker - Central Virginia Chapter, Project Management Institute: Program Management

Board Member - Presidents Model of Excellence Screening Board, Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding

Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business School Honor Society

Pi Tau Sigma, National Engineering Honor Society

Tau Beta Pi, National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society