Paul DiYanni

Key Accomplishments:Spearheaded the end-to-end development and deployment of enterprise-level automation systems, including the DD 2656 and SF1174 platforms, to modernize high-volume defense workflows. By transitioning the team to an Agile execution model, I compressed the development-to-production lifecycle for the DD 2656 project by 55%, reducing delivery time from 9 months to 4 months. These initiatives are projected to deliver $1M+ in annual operational savings by eliminating a 30% system rejection rate across 50,000 annual submissions. I also architected mission-critical security modules, ensuring 100% compliance with DFAS PII and CAC-encryption standards through rigorous iterative testing.

Detailed Experience:

• System Architecture & Technical Ownership: Acted as the Technical Lead for the end-to-end creation of the DD 2656 SmartForm. Managed the integration of 156 high-logic data fields across a complex 19-page interface, ensuring seamless data flow and system reliability in a high-stakes defense environment.
• Rapid Prototyping & Agile Delivery: Directed a cross-functional team through 23 iterative versions of the DD 2656 project. Served as both Lead Developer and Project Manager, bridge-building between stakeholders and technical teams to ensure rapid project execution and the successful transition from prototype to full-scale deployment.
• System Integrity & Quality Assurance: Engineered secure authentication modules and spearheaded the remediation of system vulnerabilities. Utilized Fortify and WebInspect for continuous quality monitoring, ensuring that every software "build" met the highest standards of cybersecurity and operational resilience.

Key Accomplishments:Led the technical stand-up and data architecture for the DFAS ServiceNow ecosystem, ensuring 100% compliance with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) through the systematic validation of hundreds of security artifacts. I engineered and executed a high-complexity data migration strategy to transition legacy systems into a modern unified platform, developing dozens of custom automated conversion scripts to ensure data integrity across hundreds of unique application points. By leveraging automated Bash scripting in a Linux environment, I optimized database performance and collaborated directly with DISA and external vendors to implement technical mitigations for STIG requirements on a compressed delivery schedule.

Detailed Experience:

• Process Automation & Infrastructure Scripting: Developed and deployed custom server-side scripts to automate critical database functions and system maintenance. Conducted iterative performance stress tests and audit analyses to ensure high-reliability system uptime in a regulated defense environment.
• Systems Integration & Technical Standards: Applied rigorous software engineering standards using C#, Java, and Linux to create a fully integrated information system. Managed the technical interface between disparate data sources to provide leadership with a single, accurate "source of truth" for system operations.
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) & Technical Leadership: Authored comprehensive technical manuals and operating procedures for complex database management. Led cross-functional training sessions to standardize work across the team, ensuring consistent execution of complex IT management processes.

Key Accomplishments:Served as the Lead Systems Engineer and Database Manager for the DLA Product Testing Center, where I modernized the department's technical infrastructure by architecting a custom SQL and Visual Basic data environment. I pioneered the development of automated performance-tracking programs that streamlined laboratory throughput, resulting in thousands of hours of reclaimed annual productivity. Beyond digital systems, I held final technical authority on the evaluation of complex engineering reports, determining the flight-readiness and structural integrity of critical defense components. I established rigorous empirical testing protocols for hardware validation, ensuring that all defense systems met the most stringent failure-analysis and quality-assurance standards before deployment.

Detailed Experience:

• Manufacturing Process Development & Automation: Directed the end-to-end development of proprietary software tools to modernize departmental testing infrastructure. Engineered automated solutions to capture and analyze real-time testing data, significantly reducing manual error and increasing the speed of the manufacturing value-chain.
• Hardware Validation & Quality Assurance: Authored and executed comprehensive test plans for hydrostatic, flush, and operational performance. Analyzed complex mechanical datasets to identify pass/fail trends, diagnosing root-cause failures in hardware prototypes and standardizing recourses for manufacturing non-conformities.
• Design for Manufacturing (DFMA) & GD&T: Specialized in the interpretation and application of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards to ensure physical system performance aligned with theoretical design. Evaluated perturbing forces on physical systems and conducted equivalency testing to guarantee that hardware met the rigorous specifications required for high-reliability defense environments.