director of contractors ~ contracts manager

senior contracting officer ~ senior contract administrator

 

profile                                                

 

ø  senior procurement officer, supervisory contract specialist and business/program advisor with over 20 years experience in both government and civilian markets

ø  expertise in providing cradle-to-grave contract administration in broad scope of areas ranging from it, telecom and administrative to finance, human resources/personnel and legal

ø  consistent track record of generating high volume cost savings while maintaining and enhancing quality of services

ø  comprehensive understanding of government programs and contracting processes including key regulatory guidelines and adept in managing contracts of varying types, size, complexity, and structure; effectively conduct price and cost/cost realism analyses and utilize broad range of contract types including fixed price, time and materials and indefinite delivery/quantity

ø  proficiently support business planning and development, contributing expertise toward providing informed recommendations and guidance vital to optimizing contract as well as operational performance

ø  dynamic communicator, persuasive negotiator and solutions-focused problem solver able to generate results, build strategic partnerships, facilitate productive relationships, and ensure delivery of superior service to internal/external customers and major stakeholders

ø  decisive leader who effectively builds and directs top-performing contract and procurement teams

ø  fai level iii certified; secret security clearance; u.s. government unlimited contracting warrant

 

~ career highlights~

 

ø  currently direct branch managing over $30m in annual it/telecommunication, legal support, personnel services, and administrative support contracts; includes $3m+ annual it support contract, $2m+ business intelligence and data store (bids) services, and $3m+ impact evaluation program

ø  effectively spearhead contracting with international firms as well as public international organizations (pios) including world bank

ø  led u.s. department of justice team in annually awarding $50.6m in contract actions and $82.8m in inter-agency agreements

ø  saved 20%-28% in 2004 awards, substantially surpassing 10% goal, by strategically unbundling a cost reimbursement contract into 2 performance-based, fixed-price and/or time-and-materials lots/contracts; strategically re-engineered program and rewrote statement of work (sow) for $80m national criminal justice reference service (ncjrs)

ø  facilitated innovative fair opportunity system generating 20%-40% savings for 38-state, $21m+  convicted offender dna backlog reduction program

ø  resourcefully consolidated 42 copier machines from 3 gsa vendors to 1 generic performance-based solicitation leading to 5-year lease savings of 19.5% while concurrently delivering enhanced features and improved administration; 2005

ø  successfully drafted advanced procurement/source selection plans for broad range of hardware/ software/services including $200m application support center (asc) services and $8.2m competed delivery order for 276 systems, the largest live-scan fingerprinting equipment award in history

ø  persuasively defended pre/post-award protests from 4 vendors to comptroller general (gao), the sba and the u.s. court of federal claims, to successfully award $40m base operations support services (boss) contract for border patrol satellite academy in charleston, sc

 

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professional experience                

 

millennium challenge corporation -washington, d.c.                                                      2005-present

senior procurement officer/chief, general contracts branch

  proficiently steer procurement/contract operations for contracts & grants management division of this u.s. government corporation; spearhead cross-functional initiatives supporting development of finance, human resources and program policy beyond standard contract cycle requirements under federal acquisition regulation (far) guidelines

  actively manage 9-member team of salaried and contracted contract specialists as well as a procurement assistant; routinely assume accountability for 22 personnel in capacity of acting managing director

  apply dynamic leadership, team building and motivational skills toward facilitating a collaborative work environment conducive to optimizing morale, professionalism and performance and leading to high employee retention rates and ensuring superior levels of customer satisfaction

  utilize access database to monitor and evaluate staff performance; effectively identify, troubleshoot and resolve inefficiencies

  strategically develop proactive procurement plans to streamline procurement processes and maximize competitiveness

u.s. department of justice-washington, d.c.                                                                1988-2005

supervisory contract specialist/team leader; 1999-2005

office of justice programs (ojp)/acquisition management division

  led team of 4 contract specialists and 1 purchasing agent in awarding and administering multi-million dollars in annual contract actions and inter-agency agreements, with contracts ranging from gsa blanket purchase agreement for ojp financial system to a unique 9-vendor gsa schedule bpa program, with individual competed delivery orders on behalf of 38 states for a $21m+ convicted offender dna backlog reduction program

  successfully managed a $54.8m+, 5-year ncjrs 2008 hybrid firm-fixed-price and time-and-materials contract award

  effectively devised and executed advanced procurement and source selection/evaluation plans

senior contracts specialist; 1988-1999

immigration & naturalization service, headquarters procurement

  demonstrated adaptability and versatility in proficiently rotating between general contracts and it/adp contracts sections over the course of 11 years

  contributed expertise and dynamic communication skills toward serving as lead negotiator for all procurements; conducted comprehensive price and cost/cost realism analyses, utilized diverse range of contract types and resourcefully employed it gsa schedules and bpas

  decisively implemented aggressive policy changes (fasa and fara), i.e., commercial items acquisition and simplified commercial item acquisitions up to $5m

  facilitated critical compliance with government performance and results act (gpra) and national performance review criteria

 

prior background includes 3 years of military active duty

 

education                                           

 

post-graduate business, accounting and law studies, 36 semester hours

b.a., government/political science, university of virginia-charlottesville, va

 

extensive professional development through seminars, workshops and training over course of career; details available upon request