Andrew Foote
Alexandria,VA
Summary
As a digitally-savvy Technical Program Manager, I possess expertise in streamlining functional operations and overseeing projects that involve strategic planning, data management, policy implementation, and information technology integration. With an advanced grasp of organizational strategies, fiscal management, acquisition & procurement, and contracting, I am well-versed in driving digital transformation initiatives.
My key strengths lie in performing logistical analysis, particularly in optimizing inventory and supply chain performance through the development and standardization of digital solutions. I possess a deep understanding of inventory management, procurement, and acquisition regulations, which enables me to effectively navigate the complexities of modern digital transformation projects.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Research Analyst
CACI
05.2022 - Current
- Developed written documents and reports related to programs and operations.
- Identified and analyzed project risks and developed mitigation strategies.
- Developed program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones for enterprise level digital transformation.
- Created models to forecast and predict quantitative and comparative evaluations of various business solutions.
- Devised modeling and measuring techniques using statistical and engineering methods.
- Developed written documents and reports related to programs and operations
- Designed data optimization and interfaces for user interaction
- Devised modeling and measuring techniques using statistical and engineering methods
Technical Project Manager
Sand Cherry Associates
04.2022 - 05.2022
- Served as technical liaison, supporting engineering, management, procurement, sales and marketing, quality assurance and supply base.
- Empowered 2 project teams for software development, technical development in Agile environment for multi million dollar IT program.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
Senior Data Scientist
Filius Corporation
11.2020 - 12.2021
- Advised senior executives at Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) on enterprise wide digital transformation development of artificial intelligence (Ai) and machine learning (ML) implementation projects to enable missions and the agency’s data strategy.
- Introduced new capabilities and functioned as a liaison between vendors/providers and DCSA to plan, develop, and prioritize data requirements to accelerate delivery of Ai/ML capabilities.
- Supervised data collection requirements sessions then applied ML platforms to analyze trends in large datasets
- Managed technical teams to create nationwide due diligence platforms that helped enhance the Department of Defense (DoD) mission
- Serve as a technical expert on the technical standards working groups across the DoD and Federal agencies
- Coordinated and provided input to meetings on matters pertaining to technical policy (e.g., data governance, data analytics, architecture, and interoperability) across the DoD, U.S Inter-agency.
- Built linkages and fostered joint projects and efforts of mutual interest across the Government and Industry.
- Leveraged best practices to provide technical advisement and consultation to leadership for the development and coordination of innovative strategies, policies, and implementations.
- Supervised the development and implementation of a big data platform that was able to ingest and process multiple streams of data on a U.S Government system.
- Made Facility Clearance data collection more actionable for investigations by refining collection requirements and highlighting potential counterintelligence threats while ensuring the project was proceeding according to expectations.
- Provided recommendations and guidance to identify, prioritize, and program objectives and requirements.
- Analyzed legislative and DoD policy change impact on technical feasibility, limitations, and mission initiative/capabilities.
- Evaluated processes and data, identifying productivity gains and sales growth within digitization segment.
- Designed tools to automate process such as is required for investigations.
Project Manager
U Group
12.2019 - 11.2020
- On contract with the DoD adding value and analysis of companies within the defense industrial base functioned as a liaison between commercial and DoD stakeholders
- Project Manager for Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III projects ensuring accurate and timely communications between stakeholders and the DoD
- Managed a large nationwide portfolio of over 17 projects with a net budget of over $10 million
- Coordinated with stakeholders on COVID 19 supply chain delays and impacts that affected the defense industrial base with the goal to find timely solutions
- Worked several COVID-19 specific projects under DPA Title III
- Coordinated the drafting of press releases and talking points ensuring timely coordination between stakeholders while maintaining tight deadlines
- Created project reports and summaries used by senior DoD executives to evaluate the progress and risks of existing projects
- Provided expert analysis and recommendations to senior leadership that helped save companies at risk of financial default
- Facilitated and framed working group sessions about budget execution to understand funding requests and stakeholder needs in executing current funding.
Action Officer
U Group
07.2019 - 12.2020
- Briefed senior Department of Defense and National Security Council (NSC) staff on the entities for further action
- Identified key metrics to determine is entities within the defense industrial base were a risk or being influenced by predatory lending from the Chinese government
- Further refined the metrics to identify companies that had illicit affiliations with Chinese State-Owned Entities
- The metrics were in alignment with 1999 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Section 1237, as well as data researched from Bloomberg, Pitchbook and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings
- Developed new metrics used as indicators of suspicious activity that enabled the quick and accurate analysis of large data sets
- Evaluated the merits of Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) legal applications and application of the 1999 NDAA.
Manager
Morgan Franklin Consulting LLC
11.2018 - 03.2019
- Drafted strategies for clients on the benefits of using Salesforce Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Collibra commercial platforms and on data migration from legacy platforms such as Microsoft SQL databases and Excel
- Designed system integration solutions for DoD enterprise digital transformation.
- Leveraged best practices of supply chain management and used historical data to determine the as-is state of organizations to identify process gaps
- Reviewed controls and processes for audit and business intelligence software for an online bank
- The value for the client was to understand existing and previously unrealized gaps in their reporting process that if unaddressed would have resulting in risky investments that would have put the bank in jeopardy
- Prepared internal procedures to build practice vertical for the financial sector
- Project management for banking supervising technical transformations
- Organized a team of stakeholders and subject matter experts that provided governance process oversight and later helped with the outsourcing of the more technical implementation of software.
Senior Systems Analyst II
Geocent LLC
10.2018 - 11.2018
- SQL DBA for the DoD performing systems audits to ensure that Federal laws followed existing design structures
- Data engineering planning and architecture review/design
- Performed a technology audit to identify the current state of the data and the needs of the service in accordance with Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) cybersecurity and risk mitigation principles
- Developed and coordinated meetings with the Amazon Web Services Government Cloud team to ensure that the integrity of the data across the system and SQL databases
- To accomplish this, multiple meetings were help with stakeholders to ensure buy in
- Created implementation plans and milestones to ensure data migration with minimal risk.
Program Manager
Paraclete Risk Management
11.2009 - 07.2014
- Supervised business development activities, creating proposals and capability statements for $500K
- Prepared cost estimating templates using Excel for business development activities
- Maintained project economics while ensuring flexibility for unanticipated issues.
Education
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) - Marketing
Syracuse University
2017
Masters of Diplomacy and International Relations - International Finance
Seton Hall University
2004
Bachelor of Arts - English, Communications
LeMoyne College
1999
Skills
- Statistical analysis
- Digital transformation
- Data Mining
- Machine learning
- Cross-functional teamwork
- System integration
- Root Cause Analysis
- Forecasting skills
- Reporting abilities
- Trend modeling
- Data analysis
Certification
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Timeline
Operations Research Analyst
CACI
05.2022 - Current
Technical Project Manager
Sand Cherry Associates
04.2022 - 05.2022
Senior Data Scientist
Filius Corporation
11.2020 - 12.2021
Project Manager
U Group
12.2019 - 11.2020
Action Officer
U Group
07.2019 - 12.2020
Manager
Morgan Franklin Consulting LLC
11.2018 - 03.2019
Senior Systems Analyst II
Geocent LLC
10.2018 - 11.2018
Program Manager
Paraclete Risk Management
11.2009 - 07.2014
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) - Marketing
Syracuse University
Masters of Diplomacy and International Relations - International Finance
Seton Hall University
Bachelor of Arts - English, Communications
LeMoyne College