Robert Hite
Bowie
Summary
Detail and customer oriented individual with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives. Highly technical with networking, software development, and Office applications experience.
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief, Project Management Program
US Dept. of Commerce
Washington, DC, United States
06.2004 - 12.2025
- As Chief of the NTIA Project Management Program (PMO) I was responsible for the overall project portfolio and associated resource planning for IT related projects within NTIA. These duties include:
- Establishing the PMO charter, goals, and strategy;
- Working with interagency and intra-agency stakeholders to identify, negotiate, and prioritize IT initiatives;
- Developing program and project cost estimates;
- Identifying project resources, including management, staff, and budget resources;
- Providing standards, policies, and guidance to IT project managers;
- Providing assistance and mentoring to IT project managers; and
- Assisting in the establishment and execution of the IT Strategic Plan.
- As Project Manager I was responsible for multiple, complex projects with competing resources and deadlines. Budgets managed range from thousands of dollars to over $80M for any single project or program. As a senior level FAC/PPM I managed some of the organizations largest and most important IT initiatives, managing a program staff of 5, contractor staff exceeding 40, and internal IT staff which varies from a few to over 20.
- For one of NTIA's largest projects I negotiated and established a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Defense's Defense Spectrum Organization creating an Integrated Product Team for the cooperative development of spectrum related systems and services across the United States and its Possessions. This cooperative effort saved the Department of Commerce $158M in development costs for these systems and services.
- I regularly provided program, project, and IT documentation, whitepapers, reports, and presentations to all levels within the NTIA, the Department, and to external agencies, user groups, including various spectrum related committees and conferences.
- As a Contracting Officers Representative (COR) I developed statements of work, participated in procurement actions, managed the execution of multiple IT related contracts, validated and verified all contractor deliverables, and approved all contractor invoices for payment.
- Supervisor: Soma Chary
Staff Consultant
TEKsystems, Inc.
Linthicum, MD, United States
02.2002 - 06.2004
- Customer Client: Deutsche Bank/Alex Brown
- The Collateral Operations Reporting System was developed to fill a void in the clients operating capabilities. The system was developed in two phases, each being a separate project. These projects were initiated to implement an international banking application that monitors and reports on loans backed by various types of collateral. The capability allows for the identification of loans whose collateral was falling outside of acceptable risk values. The system was developed in accordance with the clients Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for the J2EE platform.
- The Regulatory Oversight System was developed to automate the functions of the client's compliance and legal departments in order to track regulatory inquiry requests, subpoena requests, discretionary account applications, and customer complaints. The system was developed in accordance with the clients SOA for the J2EE platform.
- The Collateral Monitoring System was a reengineering project which improved the clients existing credit risk management business processes and reduce the cost of operations. The new system was developed in accordance with the clients SOA for the J2EE platform, allowing for component reuse and eliminated costly mainframe processing.
- As project lead for these projects I was responsible for all of the teams activities related to project management and systems development. More specifically I was responsible for:
- Working with the system sponsor, stakeholders, and users in the gathering and prioritization of requirements;
- Identifying project risks, assumptions, and constraints along with risk mitigation strategies;
- Creating the work breakdown structure from which a schedule was created;
- Developing cost estimates from which the client managed the project budget;
- Gathering metrics for the creation of the test plan and processes;
- Development of the systems architecture and data model;
- Gap analysis and subsequent database migration and implementation;
- Design artifacts; SDLC management; configuration management; status reporting; project plan tracking and updates; and lessons learned.
Staff Consultant
Sai Software Consultants, Inc.
NA, VA, United States
02.1999 - 02.2002
- Customer Client: MCI WorldCom
- Provided consulting services as a Systems Developer for the re-engineering of MCI's local service OE system. The interface was developed using JDK 1.1.6 and Swing 1.0.3; later ported to the Java 2 platform. JNI was used for the development of a native interface for print screen functionality. This System is comprised of more than 1500 Java class files and communicates with the UNIX back-end via an XML ORB.
Vice President/COO
PhD Systems, Inc.
Crownsville, MD, United States
11.1995 - 02.1999
- PhD Systems Inc. provided IT products and services to federal government and private industry entities. As Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, I was responsible for the day to day planning and operations of the corporation. My responsibilities included:
- Registrar of the corporation, formed as a sub-chapter S corporation
- Maintained corporate banking relationships
- Established corporate benefits package
- Established group medical insurance program
- Setup accounting systems for accounts receivables and payables
- Negotiated and established vendor contracts
- Negotiated and established subcontractor contracts
- Responsible for establishing and carrying out the corporate strategic plan
- Directed managers and staff in daily business operations
- Established GSA schedule contract with the Federal Government
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining client relationships
- Established corporate standards, policies, and guidelines for business operations
- Communicated at all levels within the organization, as well as with vendors and clients in order to achieve success in the daily operations of the business
Senior Consultant
Information Management Consultants
NA, VA, United States
08.1993 - 11.1995
- Customer Client: Department of State, Financial Management and Planning
- Participated in the re-engineering of a financial management system acting as Development Coordinator.
- Technical responsibilities included: IEF Central Encyclopedia (CE) Administration; Client Server Encyclopedia (CSE) Administration; Development Support; Overseas Technical Support; Release Management; Systems Integration; C interface programming.
- Server-side processes were IEF generated & C and custom C interface utilities. Client-side processing was developed in Visual Basic and C.
Senior Consultant
Advanced Technology Systems, Inc.
Vienna, VA, United States
08.1992 - 08.1993
- Customer Client: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing Systems Division
- Technical Lead for the development of an automated Management Information System designed to manage HUD's budgeting, forecasting, and contracts.
- Modeled data and process hierarchies.
- Authored external COBOL blocks written in COBOL II and JCL runstreams.
- Client Interface development in Visual Basic.
Senior Consultant
Advanced Technology Systems, Inc.
NA, VA, United States
05.1989 - 11.1992
- Customer Client: Social Security Administration
- Technical Lead for the installation and implementation of a nationwide electronic mail system for the Social Security Administration (SSA), including the installation of 10 regional and 2 local LAN using Arcnet Network interface hardware. Novell Advanced NetWare v2.15; Novell ELS Levels I and II, and Novell Advanced NetWare SFT v2.15.
- Oversaw shipping of system components on a national level, and extended technical and customer support.
- Customer Client: Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Responsible for full life-cycle development of a Multi-user Novell LAN-based system written in the FoxBASE+ and the C programming languages.
- Produced functional requirements document.
- Authored program specifications. Programming of the download process used for extracting data from four major systems residing on a UNISYS 1100 mainframe in order to load contracts. The download programs were written in System 2000 PLI and COBOL.
- Created specifications and performed conversion for several programs from System 2000 to RDMS 1100.
- Responsible for all phases of design, implementation, and analysis of an automated Management Information System designed to manage HUD's budgeting, forecasting, and contracts. The prototype was written in the FoxBASE+ programming language.
Senior Staff Consultant
The Orkand Corporation
NA, VA, United States
11.1992 - 08.1992
- Customer Client: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Departmental Systems Division
- Team lead for full life-cycle support of a Funding and Contracts Tracking System. The system extracted information from a Unisys mainframe, which then was downloaded to a local area network for insert into a FoxPro database for processing. User Interfaces were written in FoxPro, Clipper, C and MASM.
- Managed a development team of six.
Programmer/Analyst
Program Resources, Inc.
NA, MD, United States
03.1984 - 05.1985
- Provided full life-cycle support for multi-user personnel systems using the DATABUS programming language.
Staff Analyst
Mantech International Corporation
NA, MD, United States
02.1982 - 03.1984
- Performed full life-cycle support of Management Information and Tracking Systems using COBOL and DATABUS.
- Authored a User/Training Manual.
Education
Technical Or Occupational Certificate - CEH/CHFI
CED Solutions
Bozeman, MT11-2021
Technical or Occupational Certificate - undefined
USDA Graduate School
Washington, DC, United States02.2007
Technical or Occupational Certificate - undefined
George Washington University
Washington, DC, United States10.2005
Technical or Occupational Certificate - undefined
Project Management Institute
Columbia, MD, United States09.2005
Some College Coursework Completed - undefined
Catonsville Community College
Catonsville, MD, United StatesSkills
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Dependable and responsible
- Flexible and adaptable
- Excellent communication
- Critical thinking
- Computer skills
- Organizational skills
- Calm under pressure
- Problem resolution
Affiliations
- Project Management Institute - Certified PMP
- PMI Baltimore Chapter - Chapter Member
Certification
- Certifications:
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- FAI FAC-PPM Senior/Expert Level
- Masters Certificate in IT Project Management from GWU
Timeline
Chief, Project Management Program
US Dept. of Commerce
06.2004 - 12.2025
Staff Consultant
TEKsystems, Inc.
02.2002 - 06.2004
Staff Consultant
Sai Software Consultants, Inc.
02.1999 - 02.2002
Vice President/COO
PhD Systems, Inc.
11.1995 - 02.1999
Senior Consultant
Information Management Consultants
08.1993 - 11.1995
Senior Staff Consultant
The Orkand Corporation
11.1992 - 08.1992
Senior Consultant
Advanced Technology Systems, Inc.
08.1992 - 08.1993
Senior Consultant
Advanced Technology Systems, Inc.
05.1989 - 11.1992
Programmer/Analyst
Program Resources, Inc.
03.1984 - 05.1985
Staff Analyst
Mantech International Corporation
02.1982 - 03.1984
Technical or Occupational Certificate - undefined
USDA Graduate School
Technical or Occupational Certificate - undefined
George Washington University
Technical or Occupational Certificate - undefined
Project Management Institute
Some College Coursework Completed - undefined
Catonsville Community College
Technical Or Occupational Certificate - CEH/CHFI
CED Solutions