Senior Technical Architect at U.S. Department of Education
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Senior Technical Architect at U.S. Department of Education
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Highly motivated, dynamic, technical professional with 10 years of experience in technical project management and web development and 5 years of technical architecture management experience. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Excellent leadership, writing, and communication skills. Superior analytical and organizational skills.
Expertise in system development lifecycle methodologies, IT project management, server architecture, application architecture, IT investment/budget/business case development, and earned value management.
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)
October 2002 — Present (6 years 3 months)
(Government Administration industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
(Government Administration industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years)
(Government Administration industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Program Development industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Government Administration industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
Master of Science, Information Systems Technology, 1999 — 2000
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 1989 — 1994
Enterprise Service Bus, Service Oriented Architecture, ITIL, earned value management, project management, server architecture, WebSphere, MQ, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Senior Fellow (2003 present); Co-coach, E-Government Fellows program (2003 present); E-Government Fellow (2002-2003) (Council for Excellence in Government)
CIO Innovator of the Year Award (2000) (U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid)
Vice President's Hammer Award, National Partnership for Reinventing Government (08/2000); recognized for putting customers first, cutting red tape, partnering with other agencies and improving government service.
E-Gov 2000 Trail Blazer Award, E-Gov (2000); recognized for developing an exceptional public-sector solution in the e-government community.
Secretary of Education's Special Award, U.S. Department of Education (1999), in appreciation for contribution to Project EASI, a student-centered financial aid delivery system.