ITility,
LLC, Herndon, VA IT
Contract Management & IT Program Manager Nov. 2012 – Present
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Managed diverse teams providing infrastructure
support within an Architecture Engineer environment , delivering premier
customer service
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Applied solid degree of business acumen and
functional knowledge of operations and maintenance to maintain operational
readiness to systems supporting voice, engineering and desktop services
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Managed, coordinated and administratively
supported the program to ensure the contract resources were appropriately
addressing the Government requirements, priorities, and objectives
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Managed organizes, directs, and coordinates the
planning and execution of all contract activities.
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Contract Management from, cradle to grave.
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Conducts the preparation, negotiation,
acceptance, management and termination of standard and nonstandard contracts
and subcontracts.
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Issue and negotiate, as necessary, Teaming
Agreements (TAs) and Proprietary Information Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
on behalf of the Company. Act as the principle point of contact for TAs and NDAs from
other companies and distribute for project management and executive
management review.
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The primary contractual liaison with government
agencies and prime contractors from initial proposal engagement to contract
close-outs. Identify contractual risks and provide appropriate negotiation
and mitigation strategies.
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Advise and renders interpretations and guidance
to delivery teams and senior management concerning contractual issues and
requirements to ensure consistency with current business objectives.
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Collaborates with Corporate Legal to address
non-standard terms and conditions.
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Collaborates with the Project Management, Project
Finance and Accounting to set up projects in Deltek/CostPoint according to
the contract.
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Work closely with Accounting and Project Control
personnel to ensure funding is appropriately addressed within CostPoint and
corporate forecasting systems; and invoices are submitted properly and any
issues are brought to the attention of management.
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Develops and prepare and send out subcontract
modifications including, but not limited to, adding funds, realignment of
funds, changing level of effort (hours), and adjusting fees.
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Monitor and maintain company profile and up to
date information in government databases i.e. GSA Advantage, System for Award
Management (SAM).
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Develops quarterly filing and payment of all
Industrial Funding Fees (IFF) via the GSA Advantage Quarterly Reporting
website
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Collaborate with accounting to ensure billing is
consistent with contract terms
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Manage and responds to complex inquiries
regarding contract obligations and revisions
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Identifies risks and issues, suggests
alternatives that lead to the best solution
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Manage and reviews contractual obligations of the
parties and provides continual review to ensure that all terms and conditions
are met
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Manage and prepares and disseminates information
regarding contract status, compliance, modifications, etc.
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Developed and manages implementation of CM processes
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Manages daily workload of assigned personnel and
project and/or business personnel assisting with the contract management
function
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Reviews, drafts and negotiates major account
agreements, teaming agreement, consulting agreements, non-disclosure
agreements, terms and conditions with customers.
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Drafts, manages, distributes, responds to, or
analyzes, RFPs, RFQs or customer terms & conditions as needed.
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Maintains a deep understanding of contract
templates, contracts policy, legal risk and liability, and company position
on various matters.
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Develops deep understanding of the Industrial
business and its customers, and relationships with business leaders to
facilitate excellence in contractual business relationships
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Prepares contracts for internal review and
approval and ensures compliance with company policies as well as applicable
laws or regulations
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Interprets contracts and advises sales consulting
managers on contractual responsibilities
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Developed and provide oversight and execute
contract-related documents including option notices, modifications, and
delivery orders.
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Compose, write, edit, and proofread a variety of
internal and external business correspondence, contracts, proposals, and
management reports is essential.
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Administer and monitor contract performance on
government contracts.
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Assist with the negotiation and administration of
agreements between the company and customers subcontractors/vendors ensuring
adherence to company policies and procedures.
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Used the Automated Business Services System
(ABSS) in regards to the Air Force standard
system for processing financial documents.
The system is designed to comply with
Department of Defense (DoD) and AF regulatory
guidance. Optional functions in
the system allow the flexibility to accommodate
business practices and procedures
that are unique to individual installations.
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Develop a list of prime contract flow-down
clauses for inclusion in subcontract requests for quote proposal.
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Advise senior management on strategies to
mitigate or eliminate risk arising under these agreements.
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Contractual interface with Government Contracting
Officers and prime contractor Administrators.
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Review of contracts and prepare contract brief
prior to contract kick-off meeting to clearly define technical and business
staff roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
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Experience developing Large Medium and Small
Business and OCI Mitigation Plans.
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Prepare Subcontracts and Consultant Agreements to
meet CPSR requirements.
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Maintain all contract files in accordance with
company contract management and administrative policies and procedures.
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The lead in monitoring all aspects of the project
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Track and monitoring fill rates, ensuring
accuracy of fill rates
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Track employee work schedules & vacancies
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Interacting with Government Personnel and on-site
employees.
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Responsible for ensuring accuracy in time-sheets
& schedules,
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Assist HR with the schedule replacements for
vacancies
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Assist HR for any disciplinary matters.
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The lead point of contact for government on
contractual matters. Act as contractual “middleman” between company employees
and customers,
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Maintain contractual records and documentation
such as receipt and control of all contract correspondence, customer contact
information sheets, contractual changes, status reports and other documents
for all projects
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Ensure contract compliance and contract
administration; develop initiatives to increase profitability and cash;
establish and maintain excellent customer relations, both internally and
externally; and develop business strategies for new business opportunities.
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Advise management of contractual rights,
obligations and risks.
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Conduct IT strategic planning, organizational
design, operating concept development, and associated governance for an
application management organization
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Scan the external IT environment to provide a
common set of planning assumptions, competitive analysis, current and future
market assessments for products and services to the business, and a common
set of planning processes and tools to assist those with planning
responsibility in IT
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Assist the government organization in developing
a vision statement and establishing underlying goals, objectives, and
measures aligned with strategies and plans from higher-echelon parent and
partner organizations
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Develop transition plans and roadmaps
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Provide expertise in strategic and organizational
planning and the ability to gather information to synthesize
functional needs and conduct studies, plans, and assessments
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Develop organizational improvement
recommendations and facilitate process and quality improvement efforts
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Identify, analyze, and resolve business and
administrative operation issues and challenges that are central to the
effective conduct of their activities
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Support task execution activities to include
meeting minutes, schedules, and action tracking
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Extract and synthesize complex information to
prepare briefings, read-ahead and other materials
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Compile and analyze data; and maintain historical
information
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Developed and performed the formation, drafting
and definitazation of commercial sales contracts vendor agreements and RFP
responses, assuring that the negotiated requirements are accurately
documented and fully reviewed
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Modified the existing vendor agreements.
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Analyzed contract requirements, special
provisions, terms and conditions to ensure compliance with appropriate laws,
regulations and corporate policies.
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Establishes service attributes such as availability,
performance, resolution times etc. to develop Service Level Agreements (SLA)
and Service Level Objectives (SLO)
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Independently manage multiple programs, projects
and project managers simultaneously using strong project management,
analytical, organizing, and planning skills
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Projects range in size and scope from $5million
to $12 million.
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Strong knowledge of SDLC deliverables, SLAs,
SOWs
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Work with both internal and external teams for
project deliverables
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Serve as the conduit between customers and
development team to ensure requirements are understood and successfully
implemented
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Assess quality of delivery and time commitments.
Recommend strategies for improvement, including continuous improvements and
leading best practices programs
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Track course of projects from meetings,
conferring with developers, and receiving reports
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Address bottlenecks, provide escalation
management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus
technical constraints, and encourage risk-taking behavior to maximize
business benefit
Foster
Soft, Kensington, MD IT
Program Manager/Advisor Dec. 2010 – Nov. 2012
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Advised and demonstrated to the Federal
Government the process to negotiated contract, including complex licensing
agreements, hardware purchases, software licensing, managed services and
professional services regarding Technology Lifecycle Management; Business /
IT Process; IT Governance; Operations Management; and / or Change Management
($10.4 million contract) at the Federal Trade Commission
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Provided on site advisement and oversight to the
Lead Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and Administrative Contracting
Officer Reprehensive (ACOR) as well as the (OCIO) to a federal agency in
support of the Infrastructure and help desk environment
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Provided consultation and assistance and
expertise advice in support of managing multimillion dollar IT contracts and
provided IT business analysis in direct support of the federal government
regarding the Enterprise Architecture frame work within that
environment
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Coordinated with all levels of executive
management, including business unit and staff, on contract negotiation
project plans and processes for a Federal Agency
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Demonstrated to a Federal Agency how to
oversee the subject matter expert regarding Scope, estimate, client
consulting engagements including the approach and structure of the work,
deliverables, work estimates, staff requirements, project work plans,
timelines, and scope
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Devised workarounds, crafted alternative
positions and proposed solutions to achieve business and legal objectives
regarding the infrastructure of the IT environment
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Represented the Federal Agency's interests and
interfaced with supplier's counsel and negotiating teams
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Advised the Federal Government regarding the
contractor delivery of the technology lifecycle, including: business
planning; data analysis; process analysis and design; business and functional
requirements analysis; program roadmap creation; design; build; test;
implement and operate
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Support the development/finalization of the
business requirements package to include all relevant requirements (e.g.
business, data, interface, functional, non-functional, support, usability,
and/or security requirements) as well as technical and business evaluation
criteria and key performance indicators (KPIs)/service level agreements
(SLAs) to assist in the government surveillance on vendor performance
EMOR, Oakton, VA Contract Specialist Dec. 2005 – Nov. 2010
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Addressed regulations and requirements associated
with government and commercial sub-contracting
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Managed entire acquisition process from starting
bid to contract closeout
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Oversaw pending requirements for contracts, as
well as price and business proposal preparation, negotiation, compilation and
submittal
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Initiated dialog with clients and a broad range
of defense, intelligence and civilian government and commercial agencies
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Monitored financial status of a wide range of
contracts within GSA schedules
APT,
LLC, Virginia Beach, VA Contract
Manager May 2000 – Dec. 2005
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Developed closeout procedures for NAVY and a
listing of open documents indicating process in recoup funds
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Initiated action to de-commit or de-obligate
funds, obtain final bills and ensure finals are forwarded to contracting
officer
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Composed financial reports to support disputed
billing statement and reported status of IDIQ contracts to Commander for
board review
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Prepared Non-Disclosure, Confidentiality
Agreement and Teaming Agreement
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Use SEAPORT – E to response to RFPs and other
items
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Virginia State
University | B.S. in Business Administration, Minor in Computer Science
Attended Classes
for Program Management Professional (PMP) Certificate
Member of NCMA