Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense:
Business Transformation (DUSD-BT) Office Support
Prime Contractor providing program and administrative support to the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, Director Business Transformation Agency, and Director Continuous Process Improvement/Lean Six Sigma Program Management Office.
Subcontractor: IBM Global Business Services
- Support key business transformation event planning
- Plan and support Deployment Leadership Workshops
- Plan, execute and oversee Defense Business Agility Forum
- Support Lean Six Sigma Training, including training registration and training resource logistics
- Provide front office support to the DUSD, Director BTA, and other senior executives
- Perform strategic planning for enterprise-level product lifecycle management
Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense:
Business Transformation (DUSD-BT) JCCS Support Task
Application development and Operations and Maintenance of Joint Contingency Contracting System
DoD DUSD-BT Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations – Iraq
Prime Contractor with subcontractors IBM Global Business Services and CACI providing support to the war fighters through application development and Operations and Maintenance for the Joint Contingency Contracting System.
- Perform program management, contract management, and scope management
- Provide Tier 3 technical support to Joint Contracting Command Iraq/Afghanistan
- Implement feature enhancements to the Joint Contingency Contracting System
- Develop process improvements in support of the rapid prototyping development environment
USDA Business Transformation Activities:
International Policy & Procedures Development / Documentation
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
International Services Program Unit
Process Engineering and Documentation
- Lead USDA stakeholders through a facilitated process to develop and/or re-engineer human resource management and information technology processes to document policy and develop procedures
- Introduced a Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) documentation methodology
- Train USDA personnel to develop and maintain SOPs.
- Provide PMO Activities
USDA Business Transformation Activities:
EXCERPT/PCIT Program and Consulting Services
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Plant Protection & Quarantine (PPQ) Program Unit
Led initiative to define requirements and business case for capital spending initiative to upgrade PPQ phyto-sanitary database for foreign regulations governing import (into foreign nation) of plant and plant products from United States. Project, initially code named ABNER, subsequently named system Phyto-sanitary Export Database (PExD).
- Project management for contract
- Development of work breakdown structure (WBS)
- Project schedule
- Scope management plan
- Risk management plan
- Issue management plan
- Communications management plan
- Bi-weekly government/contractor status meetings
- Quality control (document walkthrough) for all deliverables
- Systems Engineering
- Facilitated government and industry user requirements sessions
- Led Requirements Assessment Team meetings, leading to documentation of user requirements matrix
- Developed object oriented system use cases
- Developed functional and performance requirements documents, including 508 compliance requirements
USDA IT Infrastructure Tool Development:
IT Asset Inventory
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS)
- Provide tools for capturing data on:
- Personnel Contact Information
- Office Shared Equipment
- Individual Workstations
- Plan and implement and international office personnel and equipment inventory
- Devise a methodology for ongoing data capture and reporting
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Coordination with US Department of Homeland Security (DHS):
Technical Support
HHS Office of Public Health and Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP) Public and Private Health Sector/ Information Sharing and Analysis Centers, and Sector Support
Program Management Support:
- Supplied an Integrated Master Plan identifying the resource requirements and activities needed for the Critical Infrastructure Office of HHS to accomplish the mission
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Coordination with US Department of Homeland Security (DHS):
Healthcare and Information Sharing Concept
HHS Office of Public Health and Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP) Public and Private Health Sector/Information Sharing and Analysis Centers, and Sector Support:
- Assisted in the Establishment of an Information Sharing and Assessment Center (ISAC)
- Developed a prototype ISAC website
- Assisted in the identification of functional and operational requirement
- Developed procedures for information to be shared between HHS, OPHEP, and other government agencies
- Researched and Provided an information sharing model
- Vulnerability, Medical Credentialing Verification Capability, and Development of Agency Plan
- Assisted in the development of the Sector Agency Plan for assuring the protection of critical infrastructures and key resources
- Sub-Councils and Governance
- Assisted OPHEP with facilitating, supporting, and collaborating with each of the government-identified sub-councils
- Provided strategic support to the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HPHSCC) and the Healthcare and Public Health Government Coordinating Council
- Secretary's Operations Center (SOC) Integration with ISAC Functionality
- Assisted OPHEP with enhancements to the Secretary's SOC as it relates to the IT Requirements to support the OPHEP ISAC
- Assisted in manning the command center during the Hurricane Katrina-Rita disaster
US Department of Homeland Security:
Technical Support for Biowatch Program DHS
Technical Support, including:
- Supporting development of the integrated master plan for Biowatch
- Providing technical support and advice regarding program management
- Providing advice on training, subcontractor management, document storage, proposal development and evaluation, executive management information systems, Indefinite Quantity and Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) task management, program management office structure and deployment strategies
- Supporting the development of an innovative, web-based system that provides automation support for the development of statement of work (SOW) and individual project management of the diverse projects in the Biowatch Program
Siemens Government Services, Inc.:
Project Management Services
Management of subcontract services for complex programs supporting government requirements:
- Contract and dispute resolution
- Subcontract negotiations
- Coaching and management
- Transition planning (DoS)
- Scheduling resources
- Process documentation
- Requirements analysis
- Reporting and documentation