Counsel
Agri-Turf Worldwide
Total years of experience :30 years, 0 Months
Advise executives on all aspects of business contracting and procurement.
Manager, Contracts General Dynamics, Washington 2015
Working department manager responsible for all Government and Commercial contract and sub-contract matters at three sites with +50MM in total revenue.
• Manage two critical national asset programs (THAAD and Orion) with high visibility and multiple stakeholders for the NASA and Army end user.
• Receivable management through monthly cash receipt forecasts based upon contractual milestone schedules to Finance and responsible for all invoicing and payment activities with regular reporting to upper management monitoring.
• Supervise three contract administrators in two locations with both government and commercial contracts.
BARDEX CORPORATION, Goleta, California 2012 to 2014
A global technology leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of heavy load handling, positioning, mooring, and tensioning systems for the offshore oil and gas industry.
Supervision of contract administrator and procurement staff
Contracts Program Manager
• Perform legal risk management through contract review: redlining, drafting, and negotiations for international customers with overseas travel. Identify potential legal issues and prepare appropriate response with mitigation strategy.
• Oversee supply chain operations with emphasis on fair and balanced procurement agreements.
• Demonstrate continuous process improvement by establishing new sales transaction process for support services department providing field service and spare parts.
• Establish export control for EAR/ITAR compliance.
• Negotiate Commercial Terms and manage largest company order to date valued at +$40MM with Samsung Heavy Industries. Also negotiated 20MM Master Service Agreement with British Petroleum for capital assets in the GOM in light of the Macondo incident.
• Draft employment agreements for C-Level executive recruitment efforts.
• Establish CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management) protocols to analyze risks, right and obligations for reporting to executive management.
• Manage Quantity Surveying for new proposals.
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS), Baltimore, Maryland 2012
A federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program.
Advised the CMS PMO on scheduling and implementation of Program Management Best Practices.
Program Manager
• Provided guidance, planning, execution and ongoing support to include monitoring, responding to customer issues and concerns, communications; make recommendations for improvement in a multi-contractor / government FTE environment.
• Ensured compliance to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) scheduling requirements to meet important milestones for the Health Care Insurance Exchange website implementation.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, Lanham, Maryland 2009-2011
An American global aerospace and defense technology company. The company was the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2010 and employs over 68, 000 people worldwide.
Responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of national asset pace-flight avionics programs for NASA GSFC.
NASA Program Manager
• Initiate, plan, execute, control and close NASA ESES ID/IQ Task Order Programs totaling $7MM. Responsibility for technical, cost, and schedule performance with reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Advise Site Manager on legal issues pertaining to HR, Federal Procurement and supply chain exposure.
• Act as primary stakeholder contact for all program activities. Responsible for organizing multiple elements for program team of 150 employees including diverse functions such as design, manufacturing, engineering, contracts, quality, material procurement, testing and other support while intensely competing for internal resources.
• Perform task order status and risk management reporting to the NASA customer including contract and corporate management. Generate monthly EAC-ETC with EVMS.
• Support new business proposals and develop detailed costing for labor, materials and capital equipment requirements on multi-year programs in accordance with FAR regulations.
• Conduct internal process improvement initiatives by chairing Material Review Board and Corrective Action team efforts.
• Lead PM for quick-react build-to-print electronics assembly operations from diverse customer base: DoD, NASA, Johns Hopkins-APL, US Air Force. PM for national asset programs including the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and LandSat 8 avionics and mechanical packaging.
• Extensive business & proposal development that included technical writing for both ID/IQ and Task Order estimates.
TOPER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Baltimore, Maryland 1999-2008
A closely-held manufacturing company specializing in prototype and close-tolerance aerospace hardware fabrication from atypical metals and other exotic materials.
Provided leadership, ingenuity and vision that drove annual sales from $1, 000, 000 to $3, 000, 000.
Corporate Counsel & Partner
• Primary leadership role managing all business and legal issues.
• Positioned company to attain lucrative DoD contracts including high-tech space and missile projects.
• Negotiated and drafted multi-year Time & Material contracts for US Military Prime Contractors seeking to purchase manufacturing services for "time critical" R&D in aeronautical mechanical applications.
• Challenged with drafting Quality Control policy and implementing certifiable quality control operations and documentation for the manufacture of custom space-flight hardware to ISO 9001:2000.
• Developed comprehensive fixed price service proposals for U.S. Federal Government solicitations in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR)
• Direct oversight of multiple National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Blanket Purchase Agreements, Awards and Calls.
INVESTORS RETIREMENT & MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Carpinteria, California 1997 -1999
Corporate paralegal supporting the Chief Legal Counsel of a multi-million dollar financial services firm.
• Performed research and predictive writing for broker-dealer and investment advisor issues including No-Action Letter requests to the NASD.
• Extensive involvement with federal and state securities agencies regarding SEC, NASD and California Department of Corporation filings.
• Researched tax issues that were key to developing proprietary products.
PRICE, POSTEL & PARMA, LLP, Santa Barbara, California 1994 - 1997
Hired for a highly competitive litigation paralegal position.
• Responsibilities varied widely, from document production to legal research.
• Work product for high-stakes Fortune 500 litigation, negotiations & settlements.
SANTA BARBARA COLLEGE OF LAW J.D. Emphasis: Contracts Law; Corporate Transactions/Federal Procurement & Compliance
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA B.A. - U.S. History/Manifest Destiny
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE A.S. - Marine Construction Technology ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND