Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton
Total years of experience :41 years, 5 Months
. Senior level member on in-Kingdom Saudi Arabia staff as advisor to Royal Saudi Naval Forces Director of Training (DoT):
•DoT appointed as a core team member in February 2013 to plan, coordinate and implement a major force-wide Training Transformation Project (TPP) based on the USN’s NAVEDTRA 130 (series) policies and procedures.
•Lead for TPP site survey training data collection and initial analysis for core team planning milestones.
•Liaison with RSNF Planning for Budget and Follow-on and other headquarters directorates to collaborate and coordinate training requirements for current and future planning requirements.
•Coordinate with in-Kingdom staff to provide monthly activity and forecasting reports; contract deliverable to NETSAFA Country Program Manager and
•Liaison with NETSAFA’s in-Kingdom Contracting Officer Representative and Naval Forces Division staff
Marketing Manager-4 yrs/Program Manager-2 yrs, CAE Electronics, Inc. (June 1994 - July 2000)
Prepared, defended, and administered the annual marketing budget for the business activities within the US federal government procurement environment, as well as directed advertising and business development initiatives. Interfaced and participated in successful pre-contract award with teamed prime contractor for LPD-17 new construction program and digital Engineering and Damage Control Systems. Re-assigned to role as Program Manager for LPD-17 Engineering Control System. Over ensuing two years, successfully completed all major milestones; team formation, chartering, initiation of Risk/Mitigation and Technology Insertion programs, software product interfacing/integration with 13 participating integrated product teams.
Director, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) - Germany, U.S. Navy International Programs Office (August 1992 - March 1994) Managed $1.3B of 250 military sales accounts on behalf of US Defense Security Cooperation Agency and the host country, Germany. Coordinated all political/military activities concerning German Ministry of Defense procurement of US military defense products approved for FMS by US Departments of State and Defense. Coordinated sensitive U.S. technology defense system/equipment transfer requests through Technology Transfer for Security Assistance Review Board.
Deputy Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation (FMS) - Belgium, U.S. Embassy, Brussels (June 1988 - August 1992) Successfully represented 14 U.S. defense companies in an international competitive program for NATO mine warfare simulator project. U.S. Company won this project with contract value of $12.4M over 64 international company competition. Acted as Naval Advisor to U.S. Ambassador and Naval Affairs Representative to Belgian Ministry of Defense for U.S. defense systems.
Other Naval Career Assignments; Executive Officer, U.S. Navy combatant, Tactical Action Officer (directing ship’s weapon systems), Command Duty Officer (in-command of naval combatant in-port), Director World-wide Salvage-Chief of Naval Operations (Pentagon), Manpower Analyst for Naval Telecommunications Command, Exchange Officer at French Naval and Staff War College, Paris, France.
Surface Warfare assignments to various surface combatants (CG, DD, LPD, LST), Shore assignments included Naval Telecommunications Command, CNO Command Center and Navy International Programs Office in Washington, D.C. Qualified in USN Submarine Service (SS) as E-5 Petty Officer; New London, CT, U.S.S. Cobbler (SS-344).
• M.S. Business Administration; Boston University
• B.A. English; University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
• Managed all administrative and personnel actions to establish an Engineering Control System (ECS) Integrated Product Team (IPT), composed of 26 members, for the inauguration of LPD 17 new construction program, implementing a new integrated data design environment process. • Conducted monthly risk and mitigation assessments for IPT and, monthly updates to prime contractors. Identified two key areas of concern with recommended actions to circumvent time-consuming process. • Evolved ECS IPT software to achieve Configuration Maturity Model (CMM) Level III certification. • Administered successful software product developments and integrations to achieve Concept and Preliminary Design Reviews on time to the utmost satisfaction of a US government prime contractor. • Initiated the establishment of, and managed, a Total Ownership Cost (TOC) program to reduce lifecycle costs of marine engineering • Directed all activities and actions for COTS product technology refresh and insertion program. Technologies refresh inputs based on evolving digital engineering control system product. • Achieved 94 percent award fees over two year IPT Program Manager tenure in a Federal Cost-Plus Award Fee contract operating within an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) under COBRA financial and cost-schedule assessment system. • Coordinated and successfully delivered two major product Design Reviews and six Program Management Reviews with prime government agency and systems integration contractor.
• Program Management for DoD Government Contractor; LPD 17 Engineering Control System • International Business Development and Case Management for U.S. Defense Foreign Military Sales • Diverse international cultural experience; combination of nine years; France, Belgium, Saudi Arabia • Marketing and Capture Management for International Corporation • Software Product Development Management • Risk Assessment Planning and Management • Personnel and Material Resource Management • Marketing event planning, coordination, execution and participation Business Development & Marketing Management • $12.4M contract awarded to represented U.S. defense supplier in an international competitive program to deliver mine warfare simulator to NATO program. Solicited, coordinated and mentored 14 U.S. companies through pre-contract award process in 64 international company competition. • $6M contract awarded to deliver digital machinery control system to beta test U.S Navy combatant designated for IT product innovations culminating four years of direct marketing efforts. • Successfully concluded partnership with Federal IT product reseller to place COTS collaboration software and services on two government-wide area contracts. • $15.3M contract awarded for advanced machinery control system as subcontractor to major Defense systems integrator. Included direct marketing participation in pre-contract award tradeshows. • Authored and conducted a two-hour web cast overview presentation to deliver corporate strategies for conducting business with federal agencies. • Directed national sales force in conducting business with the Federal market sector on General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules for Group 70, responding to Federal Requests for Proposals, overview of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Craig W. Brewer Program Management