LARRY D WRIGHT II
Information Technology Project Manager
Prattville,AL
Summary
Information Technology Project Management professional with over 11 years of experience in IT leadership and project management, expert in Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Power Apps. Some key achievements include optimizing 2 million data points for 5,200 personnel, saving $30 million, and increasing operational efficiency by 320% with maintenance tracking projects. Seeking a role at Leidos as part of the Cloud One Architecture team, to bring IT leadership and project management skills in support of the mission to enhance USAF system resiliency, security, and cost-effectiveness.
Strategic-thinking individual experienced in turning low-performing organizations into top revenue producers. Offering engaging and pleasant personality with expertise improving customer relationships.
Overview
2024
2024
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Staff, Facilities, Support, and IT
United States Air Force
Montgomery, AL
7 2023 - 6 2024
- Led and supervised civilian staff team, managed 68 facilities, 10K user terminals and IT accounts for 3,000 students per year, zero interruptions for 24/7 systems
- Led project, designed power BI grading system programming for Officer Training School, optimized 2 million data points for 5,200 personnel, saved $30 million for organization
- Designed maintenance tracking project for 1,680 dorm rooms and 68 facilities, project closed, operational efficiency up 320%, repaired systems 48% faster with Microsoft power apps
- Created integrated dashboard list in power apps, detected 30% capacity gap, enhanced service requests and personnel support, produced 1st-ever executive level decision tool
- Analyzed data for performance measures, informing staffing, program design, and resource allocation decisions, enabled data-driven decision making
- Managed executive projects, including budget and resource allocation, providing insights to executive staff
- Optimized communication strategies during project planning, ensuring clarity and alignment among teams, leveraged Myers-Briggs to group members strengths and weaknesses, productivity increased by 300%
Chief of Plans and Programs
United States Air Force
Montgomery, AL
12.2022 - 07.2023
- Led daily sprints and coordinated tasks for a 40-member team, enhanced communication and productivity, and resolved conflicts when needed
- Shaped team info flow by delivering push-pull data points pre and post meetings, created lessons learned database adopted by stakeholders as best practice
- Executed a group-wide tech refresh, managed all phases from initiation, spiked work, delivered 300 digital training units 3 months early, kept mission on track
- Developed departmental objectives, budgets, and strategies to optimize operations, advocated for resources when needed, provided needs list producing 'just in time' saving allocation for $30M feeding contract, lauded by budget team
- Implemented process changes, reduced costs, oversaw inventory management project, procured and organized $150K in Air National Guard Assets, revitalized workstations, re-purposed $50K in IT assets to Defense Logistics Agency
- Managed and coordinated 39 projects/programs, ensuring timely and successful delivery to customer, deconflicted schedules, and de-escalated conflicts, brought teams/people together, revived training unit after 10 years of atrophy to glory
Assistant Director of Operations & Security Manager
United States Air Force
Montgomery, AL
06.2020 - 12.2022
- Commander for 85 students and faculty, responsible for training of Air Force Officer Accessions for the Department of Defense resulting in a commission in the United States Air Force, commissioned 1,300 officers for the Air Force
- Wing Security Manager Assistant, spanning 4 years, remotely managed access vetting services and IT access approvals for the Holm Center spanning 33,000 personnel, 145 ROTC detachments, processed over 3,600 security actions for users, with zero system data compromises
- Evaluated training reports generated by instructors in order to monitor progress towards meeting overall mission goals, ensured database compliance for proficiency and currency, evaluated metrics for training to ensure training requirements are being met
- Addressed the public 24 times per year at commencement ceremonies, delivered speeches, and presided over commissioning ceremonies
- Provided daily briefs to communicate mission requirements in person and remotely on a daily basis to students and staff, provided recognition of achievement when necessary and directed corrective action when needed
Division Chief
United States Air Force
Shreveport, Louisiana
01.2018 - 06.2020
- Fielded $100M in IT assets for SCIF, enhancing defense and communication between Global Strike commander and the President
- Led a team monitoring Air Force Nuclear forces, ensuring continuous tracking and situational awareness
- Implemented new tech to boost division productivity and compliance with government regulations
- Reinvigorated and completed the Remote Visual Assessment project, securing 495 nuclear facilities
- Fielded Tactical Assault Kit Node for real-time nuclear convoy operations tracking in North America, executed 200 stateside nuclear convoys
- Prepared executive briefs from critical data for Global Strike Command's 4-star General
Assistant Director of Operations
United States Air Force
Great Falls, MT
09.2015 - 01.2018
- Trained and evaluated officer and enlisted personnel in diverse specialties while managing $1.2B in government resources, ensured safe and secure command, control, communications of nuclear weapons systems
- Program lead for Network Link computer interface system, ensured sustainment for 16 terminals, and developed sustainment plan for hardware and software assets, repaired 1K software and hardware tickets
- Cultivated relationships with stakeholders, vendors, customers, suppliers to maintain continuity of operations, revived 49 strategic workstations for DoD
- Created, implemented, and monitored operational budgets to maximize cost savings and effectiveness
- Provided leadership in developing strategies to improve customer service levels and increase organizational productivity
Information Systems Security Officer/Data Sourcing Manager
United States Air Force
Omaha, NE
12.2012 - 09.2015
- Information Systems Security Officer, represented Defense Information Agency in Global Operations Center, protected 10K national security systems, zero errors
- Evaluated IT security incident response policies, three perfect inspections, named Defense Intelligence Agency #1 Information System Security Officer
- Performed Weekly, Quarterly, and annual cyber compliance checks within the Global Operations Center
- Policed 1,000 personnel and performed training when needed for the use of media within the command center, protected $1B in government IT assets
Education
Master of Science - Government Information Leadership, Information Technology Program Management
National Defense University
Washington, DCMaster of Science - Aeronautical Science, Space Studies
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach, FLBachelor of Applied Science - Electronics Engineering Technology
ITT Technical Institute
Albuquerque, NMSkills
Leadership
Certification
Project Management Professional
Timeline
Chief of Plans and Programs
United States Air Force
12.2022 - 07.2023
Assistant Director of Operations & Security Manager
United States Air Force
06.2020 - 12.2022
Division Chief
United States Air Force
01.2018 - 06.2020
Assistant Director of Operations
United States Air Force
09.2015 - 01.2018
Information Systems Security Officer/Data Sourcing Manager
United States Air Force
12.2012 - 09.2015
Master of Science - Aeronautical Science, Space Studies
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Director of Staff, Facilities, Support, and IT
United States Air Force
7 2023 - 6 2024
Master of Science - Government Information Leadership, Information Technology Program Management
National Defense University
Bachelor of Applied Science - Electronics Engineering Technology
ITT Technical Institute
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