ROBERT GOODSON
Chantilly,VA
Summary
Program Manager with a proven track record in government, defense, and consulting sectors. Collaborates effectively with government and business leaders, as well as technical teams. Specializes in developing comprehensive project plans, seamlessly integrating various components, and ensuring successful execution within specified timelines and budgets. Consistently recognized for handling complex projects and delivering exceptional results that exceed expectations. Instrumental Senior Project Manager with 20 years of experience achieving ambitious goals in challenging IT environments. Diligent, forward-thinking, and adaptable to dynamic company, customer, and project needs. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Insight Global - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
01.2023 - Current
- Provide centralized planning, direction, and control required to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals
- Lead the planning and/or implementation of projects with increased deliverables % 30 ahead of schedule.
- Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements
- Track project performance and analyze project status to ensure the successful completion of all project requirements
- Responsible for developing comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other staff members
- Facilitate the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, and resource requirements
- Advocate on behalf of clients and represent clients' needs as appropriate to senior management
- Resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional areas
- Work across functional areas to solve problems and implement changes
- Interact regularly with existing or potential clients to determine their needs and to develop plans for improving delivery
- Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
Data Migration Project Manager
EPSI Worx - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
05.2021 - 01.2023
- Data Migration Project manager supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program
- Responsible for manage/oversee all CMO DMT reporting, and project control functions required to capture and track closure of action items, including: deliverable reviews, weekly reporting, risk/issue register entries needed to manage specific areas of vulnerability
- Coordinate multidisciplinary collaboration and actions with internal and external stakeholders to update procedures/guidance
- Create solutions, solve problems, and improve data migration quality and success
- Monitor/provide updates to IMS.
Senior Consultant
IntelliBridge / Trowbridge & Trowbridge - Joint Service Provider (JSP)
11.2019 - 05.2021
- Lead multiple complex IT engineering engagements and activities for JSP PMO through various stages of the project lifecycle
- Managed PM aspects of planning, scheduling, organizing and meeting client stakeholder needs
- Resolves overall IT technical problems assuring all technical aspects are considered and in compliance with IT interoperability/compatibility features, information assurance compliance, policies, and procedures
- Manages and leads work produced by business and technical resources within and across various functional areas to include Engineers, Developers and ISSOs
- Lead presentations to brief Change Management Board, Sponsors, Stakeholders and Executives on outcomes and status
- Assures quality of products, documents, services, and deliverables, including participation in research, reviews, audits, and Go-Live decisions
- Keen ability to develop and track against project plans, scope, timeliness and changing prioritization
- Serves as liaison with clients and stakeholders to coordinate activities, negotiate tasks, solve problems, prioritize risks and issues, and provide mitigation processes
- Produced the Strategic Roadmap while working as the Team Lead for a Strategy Communication team
- Developed Cloud Migration Planning and Migration Approach to satisfy the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) service models: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
SR. Consulting
IronBrick - Department of State
02.2018 - 11.2019
- Worked with Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) stakeholders to define requirements, work plans, metrics, plan of action and milestones, and outcomes for multiple GS-15/SES level initiatives
- Managed and developed five analysts with a focus on delivering specific work streams
- Led all aspects of the deliverable lifecycle including definition, production, sequencing, quality assurance reviews, and facilitation of deliverable review meetings with multiple leadership levels
- Department of State GITM/ECP - Enterprise Converged Platform technology lead
- Performed code analysis, testing, and development, in addition to developing automation and orchestration workflows
- Completed dashboarding of data for analytics
- Performed quality assurance testing and execution including development of automated test capabilities for hardware and software components and systems.
Senior Consulting / Deputy Program Manager
Grimm - DoD
06.2016 - 02.2018
- Finished USMC/Cyber Security Range Certification and Accreditation support related to RMF controls analysis and accreditation packages
- Managed the USAF Enterprise RMF Transition related to RMF policies and implementation across the AF IT Enterprise; provided USAF cloud migration support
- Completed penetration testing, source code analysis, testing, and forensics
- Performed Quality Assurance/Test Management and execution including development of automated test capabilities and infrastructure.
Project Manager
Department of Energy
01.2015 - 06.2016
- Awarded for providing program management support to the Department of Energy Agency (DOE) Infrastructure and Operations Division
- Developed statements of work (SOW) and other supporting acquisitions documents for vendor solicitation packages ranging from $1M-$7M and 20 people
- Planned, controlled, and monitored all aspects of program execution including providing relevant and timely stakeholder status reports and briefings
- Researched, analyzed, and provided recommendations for resolving issues impacting program execution
- Participated in writing of requests for proposal and market research for IT hardware, software, and personnel acquisitions within DOE
- Presented Tableau dashboards of system's metrics to senior leaders
- Developed and monitored performance against the OCIO annual performance plan, including future performance goals defined in an objective, quantifiable, and measurable manner
- Implemented an investment review process to drive budget formulation and execution for IT systems and programs, documenting and supporting the maintenance of the OCIO investment portfolio.
Governance & Control Lead
Xcelerate Solutions ITA/ DISA
10.2013 - 01.2015
- Tested Tanium Desktop Client/Server software between Joint Staff (JS) and Joint Service Provider (JSP)
- Installed and configured the Tanium client and Tanium Zone Server on windows 2008/R2 Server
- Tested connectivity between JS and JSP, Vulnerability Scan, request porting opening, and TCP Port Firewall; implemented and request Tanium queries report for JSP data on client workstation and server
- Monitored Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts/Bulletins (IAVA/IAVB) in ARCYBERG36 and USCYBERCOM IAVAs and received notifications from Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) when new IAVAs were posted
- Performed informal test and ACAS scan to validate if vulnerability was mitigated
- Worked as a test engineer for the US Army Information Technology Agency (ITA): developed test plan, created test framework document, and developed test template document on testing artifacts
- Performed ACAS Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) scans and used DISA STIG Viewer to verify configuration standards for DOD IA and IA-enabled devices/systems in Pre-Production Research Evaluation (PREP) environment
- Coordinated and scheduled IAVA deployment package with Operations to submit package to Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) to test the System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) deployment package of the software and to determine ACAS vulnerability and the functionality of Army Gold Master (AGM) continues to function after the installation
- Verified that the ACAS Security Center was current and installed updates for SC Active Plugin, SC Passive, and Security Center Feed, in the PREP environment
- Facilitated the Performance Testing of the Virtual Desktop Environment (VDI)
- Developed test cases and test plans, identified performance measures and tools to facilitate the testing
- Provided testing for a Lab as a Service
- Evaluated, identified, and recommended various testing tool the agency could use in a cloud environment
- Documented Test cases, Test plans and Test runs using ALM
- Developed automated test scripts using UFT.
Lead Project Manager
Celerity Government Solutions (CGS) - ITA
09.2011 - 10.2013
- Hired with full responsibility to manage 10 e-learning, instructor-led, and documentation projects for Customs and Border Protection, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Acquisition Institute, and Food and Drug Administration
- Successfully drove projects and results of 4 subcontracting firms, 4 independent consultants, and staff
- Facilitated meetings with clients to identify project requirements
- Authored and presented management plans detailing the tasks, schedule, and budget for each project
- Reviewed deliverables and setup fixed-price projects, ensuring deliverables were submitted and approved, and projects accurately invoiced
- Assisted with acquisitions of independent consultants and partner companies for subcontracted work within CBP
- Worked to define cloud-computing requirements and developed Test plans
- Evaluated Selenium, Junit, and Cucumber as automation tools to be used in the testing program
- Developed test scripts, Test Threads, and System Test Descriptions
- Verified that data was properly ingested into cloud base tables
- Responsible for running lab: managed/administered software and OS set up and upgrades.
Senior Logistics Officer
US Army
02.1993 - 09.2011
- Coordinated joint requirements with HQ US TRANSCOM J4 to support logistics system training for end user at various DOD site locations
- Independently developed and backend Software Tester for TC-AIMS II application in an enterprise production, standalone, and client/server environment
- Experienced with testing with PowerBuilder architecture/code and Java architecture for web-based browser
- Researched software requirements and capabilities to create manual test cases for 'black box' testing effort to ensure web-based capabilities are fully functional for the warfighter exercises.
- Responsibilities also included software testing, development testing, test case writing, defect reporting, tracking and resolutions in Serena software, and supplying supporting documentation for Configuration Management processes in setting-up an automated test environments
- Developed and executed integration and performance test cases for approximately 650 requirements
- Participated in peer reviews with stakeholders and developed test scripts to verify software functionality
- Setup and used an automated test & data analysis tool that automatically determined pass-fail status
- Executed stress testing for systems and web services
- Worked with the Systems team to clarify requirements that were not testable and suggested requirements updates or new requirement to address issues
- Reviewed code, added debug code, found code error, and made suggestions on how to resolve software bugs
- Performed System Administration task such accounts setups, applying Linux patches and upgrades, DB installation, and performing test string maintenance
- Mentored junior engineers, developed test metrics, briefed test results to upper management, and organized formal Qualification Test events
- Developed plans to maintain schedule
- Worked with Army Subject Matter experts to fully understand the intent of the requirements and to develop requirements acceptance criteria.
Skills
- Active Top-Secret Clearance, With SCI
- Operational and Strategic Planning
- JIRA
- Confluence
- NIST / RMF
- Regulatory Compliance
- Quality Assurance
- Information Systems
- Development & Leadership
- Personnel Management
- Operations Management
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Software Engineering
- Acquisition
- Strategic, results-driven leader with over 20 years of program management experience as a strategic and tactical leader with accomplishments in directing personnel resources, network security operations, supply chain acquisitions, DOD NIST regulatory compliance implementation, business operations, and leadership development Proven leadership experience in managing programs with a plethora of diverse employees and budgets worth over $800M in training and development, network and information security equipment, and program operation-related needs
- Strong proficiency in facilitating organized health services and program progress reporting quotas with the ability to develop budgets and identify cost-efficiencies and deficiencies
- Demonstrated skills in strategic planning and integrating management control systems and processes to meet present and future business conditions
- Proven leadership/influencing skills, able to influence-highest levels of organizations and shape business and program outcomes
- Operating systems and networks
- Programming and scripting languages: Python, Bash, JAVA, SQL, VBA, C, Prolog, Clips for Expert Systems, TC-AIMS-II, BCS-3, TRANS LOG-WEB, JDLM
- Database systems
- Software and applications: Active Directory,Microsoft Office, ACAS, UFT, Test management tools JIRA, HP ALM, AWS
- Methodologies: Agile, Jira
Awards
Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children (CASA) 2009-Present
Educationcertifications
- Master of Science, Business Management, University of Canterbury, 2005
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of South Carolina, 2001
- University of Pennsylvania, Certificate, Master Resilience Training Course, 01/2011, 02/2011
- Green Belt Certification, Six Sigma, Camp Humphrey, Korea, 01/2010
- Support Operations Course, US Army Logistics Management College, Camp Carroll Korea, 10/2009
- TC-AIMS SA/DBA (System Administrator / Database Administrator) Certification, Camp Humphrey, Korea, 09/2009
- Unit Movement Officer Course/ USAF Airlift Planners Course/ Fort Eustis, VA, 2007
- Transportation Coordination Automated Information Movement Systems II (TC-AIMS II), Vilseck, Germany
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Insight Global - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
01.2023 - Current
Data Migration Project Manager
EPSI Worx - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
05.2021 - 01.2023
Senior Consultant
IntelliBridge / Trowbridge & Trowbridge - Joint Service Provider (JSP)
11.2019 - 05.2021
SR. Consulting
IronBrick - Department of State
02.2018 - 11.2019
Senior Consulting / Deputy Program Manager
Grimm - DoD
06.2016 - 02.2018
Project Manager
Department of Energy
01.2015 - 06.2016
Governance & Control Lead
Xcelerate Solutions ITA/ DISA
10.2013 - 01.2015
Lead Project Manager
Celerity Government Solutions (CGS) - ITA
09.2011 - 10.2013
Senior Logistics Officer
US Army
02.1993 - 09.2011
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