Lina Cuevas
Guilford,CT
Summary
Dynamic Project Portfolio Manager with expertise in intelligence collection, analysis, and program management. Proven ability to provide technical guidance and financial oversight while managing extensive portfolios, ensuring adherence to budgetary and quality standards. Strong emphasis on optimizing operations and enhancing collaboration across diverse teams to meet strategic federal goals.
Overview
1
1
Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Portfolio Manager/Program Manager
Department of Defense
Washington, USA
07.2022 - Current
- Deliver successful execution of complex intelligence IT projects, overcoming ambiguous requirements, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, and high-risk scenarios.
- Spearheaded cross-disciplinary collaboration with intelligence source analysts to develop and launch mission-ready programs optimizing analyst workflows and supporting federal government strategic goals.
- Translated stakeholder functional requirements into actionable development tasks, defining clear project objectives, requirements, and managing constraints of cost, time, scope, and quality.
- Provided technical and programmatic guidance to personnel and government contractors, ensuring mission accomplishment, schedule adherence, budget control, quality standards, and regulatory compliance.
- Oversaw contracts valued at over $50m annually, managing a total portfolio value of $500m for designated programs.
- Strengthened cross-functional collaboration through implementation of Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, ensuring adherence to counterintelligence and security protocols.
- Supervisor: Maurice Damoin | (434) 956-2440
- Hours per week: 40 hrs. Full Time
- Salary: 108,997
Mission Support Specialist
Customs and Border Protection
Windsor Locks, USA
08.2020 - 07.2022
- Coordinated mission support operations for effective enforcement of customs regulations.
- Streamlined administrative and management operations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of Port of Hartford functions.
- Fortified financial oversight through provision of technical and administrative expertise across finance sections facilitating budget formulation, execution, planning, and monitoring.
- Analyzed equity formulas, program impacts, and population trends to guide budget requests and financial distributions.
- Led organizational change initiatives coordinating structural and programmatic adjustments to optimize operational performance.
- Supervisor: James Herlihy | (860) 292-1314
- Hours per week: 40 hrs. Full Time
- Salary: 83,830
Investigative Analyst
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
Boston, USA
02.2016 - 08.2020
- Delivered timely investigative insights to agents and agency leadership, accelerating informed operational and prosecutorial actions.
- Compiled detailed Reports of Investigation (ROI), capturing crime elements, contextual assessments, and case/target backgrounds for discovery and prosecutorial use.
- Supported the Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) by conducting trend analyses, statistical reviews, and special projects on firearms trafficking and gun-related homicides.
- Extracted critical intelligence from open-source databases, federal/state repositories, and local law enforcement records to support operational decision-making.
- Employed inductive and deductive approaches to effectively structure, coordinate, and implement criminal investigations and intelligence research initiatives.
- Restructured information presentation to clarify linkages between criminals and crimes, utilizing analyst notebooks and link charts to enhance actionable intelligence.
- Supervisor: Michael J. Payne | (617) 557-1200
- Hours per week: 40 hrs. Full Time
- Salary: 75,782
Recreation Operational Specialist
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Danbury, USA
10.2013 - 02.2016
- Coordinated daily operations in correctional facility, ensuring adherence to regulations and enhancing safety standards.
- Improved inmate assimilation and reintegration by facilitating admission/orientation programs and release preparation classes.
- Strengthened relationships with local outreach groups and halfway houses, fostering collaboration with executive officials to enhance inmate program effectiveness.
- Produced, edited, and visually enhanced internal media resources such as inmate reference materials, SharePoint content, and infographics to improve accessibility and comprehension.
- Documented incidents and maintained precise records of daily activities, supporting accountability and transparency.
- Supervisor: David Cook | (203) 743-6471
- Hours per week: +40 hrs./Full Time
- Salary: 75,656
Education
Master of Business Administration -
Albertus Magnus College
New Haven, CTBachelor of Science - Political Science
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CTFederal Law Enforcement Training Center
Glynco, GAIntel Analysis Course
National White-Collar Training Center
Franklin, MASAFe Agile Program Management Course
Scaled Agile Inc
Boulder, COSkills
- Project management
- Requirements analysis
- Budget oversight
- Risk management
- Technical guidance
- Data analysis
- Stakeholder engagement
- Contract compliance
- Attention to detail
Security Clearance
Active U.S. Government Security Clearance
Certification
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of my statements are true, correct, complete, and made in good faith.
Personal Information
Nationality: USA
Awards
- Department of Justice: 20-Year Government Service Award
- Quality Step Increase Award (1)
- Special Act Award (6)
- Sustained Superior Performance Award (3)
- Time Off Award (10)
- Bilingual Award (2)
- Rookie of the Year Award
- Letter of Appreciation (3)
Highest Grade Held
GG-12/02
Veterans Preference Points
30
Timeline
Project Portfolio Manager/Program Manager
Department of Defense
07.2022 - Current
Mission Support Specialist
Customs and Border Protection
08.2020 - 07.2022
Investigative Analyst
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
02.2016 - 08.2020
Recreation Operational Specialist
Federal Bureau of Prisons
10.2013 - 02.2016
Master of Business Administration -
Albertus Magnus College
Bachelor of Science - Political Science
Southern Connecticut State University
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Intel Analysis Course
National White-Collar Training Center
SAFe Agile Program Management Course
Scaled Agile Inc