George Vukovich

• Developed strategic plans to enhance service delivery of DMSS.
• Mentored junior staff, fostering professional growth and enhancing team performance.
• Provided guidance to several project managers who took over for me upon my retirement from ANL.
• Provided support the construction of DMSS, specifically the security of the physical facility.

• Provided support across multiple divisions interested in doing national security projects.
• Fostered collaborative partnerships with external organizations to drive innovation and funding opportunities.
• Streamlined operational processes to enhance efficiency across laboratory functions.
• Marketed, designed, and executed the first national security experiments using advanced methods requiring the use of APS for LANL and LLNL.
• Consistently brought in 8X to 15X in new funding over the cost of NSP (National Security Programs Group). Received multiple recognitions from the National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory.
• Began the pre-project effort to bring in DMSS, an approximately $300M construction project at APS.
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• Directed strategic initiatives to enhance research capabilities and operational efficiencies for the Strategic Services Division and Experimental Operations Division.
• Oversaw budget management and resource allocation, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and project requirements.
• Developed and implemented policies enhancing compliance with federal regulations and safety standards within research environments.
• As the Assistant/Deputy Division Director and as the Division Director, the budget grew each and every year. My division was the second largest among seventeen divisions and Argonne National Laboratory and had the smallest overhead rate while growing among the three fastest each year.

• Led strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency across dozens of research programs.
• Developed and implemented policies aligning with organizational goals and regulatory standards.
• Facilitated collaboration between scientific staff and administrative departments ..to optimize resource allocation.
• Marketed, designed, and led construction of a classified facility.
• Significant participant in the Laboratory Management System Team that developed processes for the administration of Argonne National Laboratory.
• Turned around the RAP Team from being considered moving from Argonne to a program that regularly received positive recognition from DOE.

• Lead cross-functional teams in project management initiatives, ensuring timely execution and resource optimization.
• Implement financial process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce operational costs within departmental workflows.
• Managed multiple contracts supporting a large division initiative with the Department of Homeland Security.

• Coordinated and evaluated emergency response drills to enhance team preparedness and operational efficiency for multiple government organizations.
• Developed and implemented comprehensive emergency management budgeting for a multi-billion dollar program to clean up stockpiles of weapons remaining from the cold war. In the process, I developed a budgeting process used to estimate costs and integrate them for 10 Army sites, 23 counties, FEMA, and DoD.
• Conducted risk assessments to identify potential hazards.
• Facilitated training sessions for the budgeting process.

• Led project control initiatives to enhance budget management and tracking processes for the advance Photon Source.
• Led project control initiatives to enhance budget management and tracking processes.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure alignment on project goals and deliverables.

• Led cross-functional teams of multiple national laboratories and contractors to deliver complex projects on time and within budget.
• Developed project plans utilizing Agile methodologies to enhance workflow efficiency.
• Facilitated communication between clients and technical teams, ensuring alignment on project objectives.

Delivered profit/loss projections for multiple multimillion dollar energy projects, enabling informed decision-making.

Project Controls Manager in the company's first foray into federal government work on a multi-billion dollar project cleaning up 23 uranium mill tailings site across the country. Led the project through an intense project management system certification process successfully.

Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.

Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.

Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

• Collaborated with project managers to develop cost control strategies for ongoing construction projects.
• Prepared detailed cost reports and forecasts to support financial decision-making processes.
• Reviewed vendor contracts and pricing proposals to optimize procurement efficiency and reduce costs.
• Analyzed project cost estimates to ensure accuracy and compliance with budgetary constraints.

Program focused on project management system (cost engineering, scheduling, and estimating).