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Senior Manager Application Technology - Innovation & Digital Modernization @ American Chemical Society Chartered by US Congress, ACS is the world's largest nonprofit scientific society and publishes over 60 scientific journals with high impact factors.Direct strategic information technology development in the Washington IT Division. Lead Strategic Planning, have Budget and P&L responsibility. Eleven direct reports: Senior program / project managers, a software architect, senior developers, and senior business analysts. Indirect reports from offsite vendors.Example for leading a highly-visible innovation initiative: • The Parature software application was scheduled for sunset by software manufacturer. This affected a portal with thousands of users and implicated the loss of voucher processing capability. On short notice, we had to implement Salesforce technology to replace the soon to be retired application. A new software solution had to be in place within 8 weeks to accomplish a smooth transition.• Under my leadership, the project manager and his team developed requirements for application development, crafted a project plan. Led status meetings with vendor to monitor progress. Provided risk assessment and led exploration of temporary workarounds if needed.• Addressed roadblocks and other administrative obstacles in collaboration with senior executive management.• Successful deployment with seamless transition occurred on schedule and on budget.• The custom-developed Salesforce software solution significantly exceeded functionality of the legacy application. The selected solution offered 20% savings over other development options. Since its launch, the new platform has been used to add more functionality for automation of previous manual processes. Washington D.C.Program Manager - Information Technology Development | Strategic Leadership | Financial Management @ United States Postal Service USPS is an independent Federal Agency with FY 2018 operating revenue of $70.6 billion.In a diverse and highly complex environment, managed a portfolio of several major ITS programs conducted at Postal Solution Centers nationwide. Approving Manager of up to 120 on/offsite contractors including project managers and technical leads. Managed an operating budget up to $33 million per year. One portfolio segment (Package Platform) generated nearly $5 billion annual revenue. Led the improvement of the Facilities Access and Shipment Tracking System (FAST), a web-based portal that was used for making millions of delivery appointments every year for high-volume commercial customers. • Received the Executive Leadership Team Award and the CIO Certificate of Appreciation.Example for leading a high-priority project:• An informational Web portal for high-volume commercial customers had to be ported in only 5 weeks from a pilot site to a secure government platform in the AWS (Amazon) Cloud. The site had to be fully operational for the CEO’s keynote presentation at the Annual National Forum. • Led development of requirement specifications, statement of work, and budget estimate. Secured funding and a contract for outsourced Cloud platform development. Led daily efforts targeting the redesign of the site’s architecture to meet federal standards and requirements. Organized cross-organizational and cross-functional collaborations with internal IT, Network Perimeter, and Telecom teams. Coordinated efforts with senior executive leadership to advance the implementation process and remove impediments. Followed best management practices, even though development had to proceed on a highly accelerated timeline.• Successful site deployment and validation occurred on time and on budget.• The new Web portal offered enhanced information for customers and received encouraging feedback at the National Forum. From April 2014 to January 2018 (3 years 10 months) Washington DCSenior Program / Project Manager Consultant - Science & Technology @ Federal Government, Non-Profit, and Commercial Sectors Through W2 contracts, performed program and project management consulting services in information technology, biomedicine, and science. Provided strategic and tactical direction. Selected projects: Hired by Division Director of National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK, NIH). Member of Steering Committee / Chair of Redesign Committee. • Tasked to accomplish the redesign of the Institute’s public website, a high profile project that had been stagnant for years because stakeholders could not agree on a solution and a course of action.• Built consensus among 4 division directors, 50 medical & scientific program officers, and 10 senior IT staff. • Presented solution at Institute Director’s staff meeting and secured funding.• Oversaw redesign of website with modern technology, improved Web architecture, enhanced usability, and better-quality content and layout design. The site was deployed on time and on budget. Target audience: physicians, research scientists, and the general public.• The Redesign Committee under my leadership received the Institute Director’s Award for leading the successful redesign.Contributed a broad range of subject matter expertise and scientific guidance and training to medical and scientific program and project teams at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). • Supported various initiatives for the National Cancer Institute (NCI), including (i) Multidisciplinary Cancer Care (MDC); (ii) Informatics for Consumer Health (ICH); and (iii) Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program including the digital Management System. Performed Quality Assurance functions. • Attended two National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) meetings and coauthored reports for U.S. Congress.• Authored invited review articles about computer-assisted analysis for quality control of biologics and presented at international biomedical & pharmaceutical conference in Nuremberg, Germany. From 2002 to 2014 (12 years) Washington D.C. Metro AreaTechnology Director | IT Product Development | Operational Efficiency Improvements @ Cadmus Communications (now Cenveo) Hired by Chief Technology Officer to manage operations and day-to-day technical Web and software development at the Linthicum branch for this #1 producer of scientific, technical, and medical (STM) communications, with 3,900 employees nationwide in 2001. Over 20 clients included the American Medical Association and McGraw-Hill (Access Science & Access Medicine initiatives). Improved operational efficiency by 150% based on CFO’s statistics. Led transfer of new technology to new owner prior to closure of branch location. From 1999 to 2001 (2 years) Linthicum, MarylandTechnology Team Lead | $765 Million NASA Goddard Space Center Program @ Aerotek, Inc. | Hughes ITS & Raytheon Systems Assigned to the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Program conducted onsite at Hughes ITS & Raytheon Systems, Landover MD for NASA Goddard Space Center. Challenge was to engineer computer platforms and software for processing terabytes of data obtained daily from ground stations and earth-orbiting satellites. From 1996 to 1999 (3 years) Landover, MarylandScientific Project Manager and Research Scientist | Development of Innovative Analytical Technology @ Justus-Liebig University Giessen & National Institutes of Health 1993 - 1995: Scientific Project Manager and Research Scientist in Biometry (Biostatistics) and Population Genetics at the University. ■ Received a research grant from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Science Foundation) to continue studies previously conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ■ Conducted scientific research and rovided plenary lectures for students.Prior Experience: For nearly 10 years, at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, he conducted postdoctoral scientific research as part of the NIH Visiting Scientist Program sponsored by the Fogarty International Center. Led cross-functional laboratory research for the development of computer-assisted analytical techniques, first of its kind, for effectiveness & quality analysis of conjugated vaccines that were developed for the immunization of infants against bacterial meningitis (Haemophilus influenza type b, Hib). These semi-synthetic vaccines are high molecular weight. Due to the method of preparation, vaccine particles vary in size in the range from 20 to over 200 nm (polydisperse size distribution).■ Developed methods based on physical and chemical characterization, which allowed predicting effectiveness of vaccines within days, instead of months.■ Collaborated with biomedical engineers, mathematicians, and image processing experts.■ Published analytical procedures in several peer-reviewed papers and presented experimental results at national and international conferences. ■ Invited to give lectures at the Max-Plank Institutes for Experimental Medicine and Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany.■ Vaccines received subsequent FDA approval, have helped thousands of infants, and are presently manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Sanofi Pasteur, and Wyeth Lederle. From 1993 to 1995 (2 years) Giessen, Germany & Bethesda, Maryland