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Work History
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Certification
DOD Security Clearance
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Katherine Elliott

Renton,WA

Summary

30 years of experience with the U.S. Department of Defense in Requirements, Software Development, Program, Product and Project Management and a proven ability to direct successful initiatives, lead effective teams, and administer multi-million dollar budgets. Has the technical skills for application development, testing and optimization while also adept at managerial tasks such as preparing briefings and presentations, contracts, requests for proposals, directing complete project development life cycles, determining ROI and requirements, leading configuration of systems and formulating business metrics. Consistently recognized for delivering quality results on mission-critical initiatives.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Management Consultant

Mayvin
02.2009 - Current
Mayvinements processes.

CWMD Principal Analyst

Battelle Memorial Institute
11.2008 - 02.2009
  • Principal Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Analyst for the JRO, which serves as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s (CJCS) single source of expertise to address all issues involving Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE) defense within passive defense, consequence management, force protection, and homeland security.
  • Led the development, implementation, and operations of JRO protection programs through independent tasks and project assignments.
  • Developed, initiated, and completed research tasks in support of operational defense protection projects/tasks.
  • Conducted requirements analysis and capabilities assessments.
  • Conducted CBRNE defense-related planning, to include, but not limited to, strategic plans, operations plans, emergency management, and capability/technology roadmaps in support of the JRO and with oversight by senior technical personnel.
  • Reviewed CBRNE defense-related plans for regulatory, legal, and technical compliance.
  • Led development of all hazard threat, vulnerability, consequence and/or response capability assessments.
  • Conducted and/or developed report(s) of all hazard threat, vulnerability, consequence and/or response capability assessments.
  • Lead development, review and comment on readiness evaluation tasks, conditions, standards, measures, and criteria.
  • Conducted training, exercise, and readiness evaluation tasks.
  • Conducted CBRNE defense operational assessments in support of the JRO, to include but not limited to, military operations, force protection, installation protection, homeland security, and anti-terrorism activities.
  • Provided technical leadership on small- to moderate-scale projects.

Sr. Program Manager

University of Buffalo Research Foundation
05.2005 - 06.2008
  • Directed vital programs for an organization devoted to R&D, testing, and systems integration for chemical/biological defense technologies, public health and safety, international security, and other sectors.
  • Supervised 20 international scientists, planners, policy makers, project managers, and technical designers.
  • Developed and established program requirements and plan for Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Chemical Biological Defense Science & Technology Directorate.
  • Led development of planning documents, schedules, and budgets for $10M program resulting in streamlining processes for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Recovery through technology sharing in a multinational environment.
  • Assisted with technology requirements definition.
  • Formulated requirements for data modeling, sourcing, and architecture.
  • Monitored and reported on program performance.
  • Prepared and delivered technical briefings.
  • Managed government contracts and negotiated program specifications.
  • Directed the CBRNE-Toxic Industrial Materials (TIM) Branch for Multinational Planning Augmentation Team Secretariat’s Office in Asia-Pacific region, specializing in CBRNE Defense technologies, Emergency Management, and Disaster Management procedures.
  • Served as a SME for chemical-biological policy, tactics, techniques, procedures, and technologies, supporting coalition planning and improvement efforts throughout the U.S. and Asia-Pacific Region.
  • Formulated strategic and operational plans, briefings, and white papers to facilitate funding and management of contracts, resulting in the introduction of new or improved technology and procedures for CBRNE-TIM defense.
  • Obtained multi-million-dollar funding for multiple CBRNE defense projects.
  • Played key role in development of technology tools for deterring chemical-biological threats.
  • Developed USPACOM operational and strategic plans in NBC Defense, Homeland Security, and Missions Other Than War (MOOTW).

Branch Director

Department of The Navy (Civil Service)
06.2003 - 03.2005
  • Directed the USPACOM branch responsible for reviewing, prioritizing, and recommending all new post 9/11 gaps in Biological Warfare/Global Infectious Disease defense.
  • Program Manager and Branch Chief, supervising 15 project and program managers totaling tens of millions of dollars.
  • Oversaw 14 projects simultaneously.
  • Led development of all requirements, carried out data management, monitored project performance, and managed resources.
  • Prepared reviews, reports, and briefings.
  • Directed publication of documents.
  • Administered government contracts.
  • Drafted U.S. DOD plans.
  • Coordinated project management with teams in Japan, Korea, Australia, Singapore, and India.
  • Signature authority on government contracts and negotiated program specifications.
  • Spearheaded various seminars, technology conferences, working groups, and high-level meetings resulting in the implementation of technological and procedural improvements on Biological defense.
  • Developed USPACOM operational and strategic plans in NBC Defense, Homeland Security, and Missions Other Than War (MOOTW).
  • Co-developed software/hardware suite, the baseline for CBRNE software technologies currently being implemented by Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
  • Formulated organization-wide strategic and operational plans and policies.
  • Prepared and delivered successful briefing at Pentagon in 2005, to Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for CBRNE defense.

Project Manager, Engineer & Sr. Administrator

Wakelight Technologies
04.2002 - 04.2003
  • Created project plans and software designs.
  • Defined project costs, technical needs, and schedules.
  • Built and maintained Solaris production environment.
  • Implemented and administered servers, supported Oracle database, and installed monitoring tools.
  • Led design of applications for network trend analysis, statistics, and network and security performance.
  • Oversaw 24x7 support and after-hours maintenance.
  • Worked in conjunction with other NOCs on enterprise deployments.
  • Managed design, build, and distribution of Tivoli products.
  • Developed software for Tivoli, Oracle, and UNIX monitoring systems.
  • Improved network performance by revising capacity planning and architecture solutions, resulting in meeting classified server needs before datacenter construction.
  • Saved EDS thousands of dollars in rebuilding costs through effective planning.

Project Manager / Business Intelligence Analyst

SMF Systems
12.1999 - 04.2002
  • Team Lead and Project Manager at U.S. Army Pacific Theater Network Operations Security Command.
  • Carried out analyses to support proposed systems, developed system documentation, managed in-house software development, and coordinated Software Configuration Management Plans.
  • Oversaw hardware and software installations.
  • Provided technical assistance to remote NOCs.
  • Developed Oracle and SQL tools for performance management tracking.
  • Mentored and trained new SQL and Oracle programmers.

Program Manager / Data Warehousing Programmer

Active Duty Guard/Reserves (AGR), U.S. Pacific Command
08.1996 - 12.1999
  • Planned, supervised, and carried out technical projects.
  • Designed and developed Access and Oracle databases, led database migrations, and provided general IT support.
  • Improved efficiency and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by revising and automating U.S. Pacific Command’s Reserve Personnel System.

Education

MBA - Information Technology

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
06-2013

Bachelor of Science - Business / Information Systems

University of Phoenix
Honolulu, HI
06-2001

Skills

  • Acquisition
  • Budget/Cost Control
  • Business Intelligence Analysis
  • Configuration Management
  • Database Management
  • Inter-Agency Liaison
  • IT Security Performance
  • MS Dataverse/PowerApps/PowerBI/SharePoint
  • MS Excel/PowerPoint/Project/Word/Visio
  • Operations Management
  • Performance Management
  • Procurement
  • Product Management
  • Presentations
  • Program & Project Management
  • Software Development Life Cycles
  • Software Development/Engineering
  • System Management
  • Systems Administration
  • Technical Writing
  • Top Secret Clearance
  • Trend Analysis

Accomplishments

WakelightPdMPdM
  • Multiple PM SWAR Certificates of Appreciation (2009 - 2022)
  • Mayvin Leadership Team Award, 2019
  • Mayvin Impact Award, 2009 and 2011
  • SMF Systems Employee of the Year Award, 2000
  • Joint Service Commendation Medal, 1999
  • Army Commendation Medal, 1999

Certification

  • PMI Project Management Professional (recertification in progress)
  • DOD ACQ - Acquisition Management
  • DOD System Engineering
  • MS Power Platform Maker training
  • MCSE Active Directory & Networking training
  • Java Certification
  • UNIX Certification
  • Oracle DB Engineer Certification
  • U.S. Army IT Security Certification
  • Army BNCOC
  • Army Information Technology Specialist Training (AIT MOS 74B)
  • AF Services Specialist Course (AFSC School)
  • AF Basic Training

DOD Security Clearance

  • Top Secret (TS), Active

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Sr. Management Consultant

Mayvin
02.2009 - Current

CWMD Principal Analyst

Battelle Memorial Institute
11.2008 - 02.2009

Sr. Program Manager

University of Buffalo Research Foundation
05.2005 - 06.2008

Branch Director

Department of The Navy (Civil Service)
06.2003 - 03.2005

Project Manager, Engineer & Sr. Administrator

Wakelight Technologies
04.2002 - 04.2003

Project Manager / Business Intelligence Analyst

SMF Systems
12.1999 - 04.2002

Program Manager / Data Warehousing Programmer

Active Duty Guard/Reserves (AGR), U.S. Pacific Command
08.1996 - 12.1999

MBA - Information Technology

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - Business / Information Systems

University of Phoenix

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