Floyd (Bill) Harris

Grew revenue of organization from $18M to $55M per year. Responsible for overall management of a $800M plus program. Supervise and provide oversight to all division personnel. Provide budget and long-term planning strategies to increase revenue. Oversees scheduling, pricing, and technical performance of organizational programs. Responsible for the governance, alignment, assurance, management, integration, optimization, tracking, finances, infrastructure, planning, and improvement. Proposal preparation to include assisting with plans, specifications and financial terms of contracts. Oversee and assist with business development initiatives. provide supervision of a project or multiple projects to achieve a corporate vision. Work as the head of division leading our team, and perform liaison activities with upper management and stakeholders. responsible for governance, which involves working with the over arching structure, processes and procedures to accomplish objectives, which include metrics of success and deliverables. Alignment entails top-down vision, goals and objectives from business strategy flowing through to successful completion of projects for program objectives. Planning which entails developing the plan to orchestrate projects, resources, timescales, monitoring and control.

Controlled and maintained $300M plus program. Supervised and provided oversight to project managers and Product Data Management personnel. Provided complete oversight to all projects assigned to the Division to ensure projects meet schedule, scope, and budget requirements. Provided project cost estimating to include new projects and update to ongoing projects. Worked directly with engineering staff and other support staff to ensure products meet the expectations of the customer. Worked as the primary for day-to-day customer communications to ensure that the teams are meeting expectations. Management of personnel in a matrix-based organization to ensure product delivery to external customers was within stated scope, schedule, and budget. One of the key personnel in the development of proposals to acquire additional work for organization, proposals values range from $1M to $900M

Provided oversight to the Program Control personnel in a matrixed organization. Managed a $300M plus program. Ensured company meet all requirements of contracts assigned to our division. Developed project cost estimating for new projects and provided updates to ongoing projects. Work with engineering personnel and other support personnel to ensure products meet the expectations of the customer. Provided the voice for day-to-day customer communications.

Supervised 9 personnel in the areas of Test and Evaluation, Certification and Accreditation, and Systems Integration Laboratory. Managed the Test and Evaluation staff and the computer Certification and Accreditation Staff. Managed people in a matrix-based organization to ensure product delivery to external customers. Worked within the managerial staff to establish project plans and objectives. Provided decision making to ensure products meet the customers expectations. Interacted with the customer and staff to ensure that the projects stayed within the schedule and budget requirements

Managed all aspects of project management for a multi-year-multi-million dollar project to U.S. Air Force computer-based communications system. Ensured the project scope, schedule, and budget were maintained. Ensured all project deliverables were delivered on time and within requirements. Worked directly with the customer to ensure that all phases of the project were being completed as expected and within the negotiated schedule.

Managed 6 personnel ranging from Communications Specialists to Network Engineers. Responsible for the production of test plans, procedures, and reports. Provided testing and evaluation for hardware and software and provided recommendations to the customer regarding the installation of newly acquired hardware or software into an active U.S Air Force communications systems. Evaluated Engineering Change Proposals (ECP)s prior to submitting requested change to the customer.

Responsibilities included the coordination all activities for a $6+M US Air Force Program. Developed and maintained project budgets, staffing plans, schedules, and work plans for each phase of the program. Worked with line managers for the recruitment of project personnel. Coordinated with the customer and company staff, both horizontally and vertically. Prepared project status reports for upper management. Coordinated with project personnel and functional managers to provide technical advice and assist in solving problems.