Samuel Chittenden
Project/Program Management
Winchester,VA
Summary
Seasoned professional with over 28 years of combined military (marines) and government contractor experience (including significant program/project management and Scrum Master experience) within the field of facilities management, construction, engineering, and IT project management. Extensive leadership, management and technical expertise along with significant experience working both CONUS and OCONUS within the Intelligence Community (IC), including within an array of austere environments. Customer service oriented, self-motivated, organized individual with excellent oral and written communication skills and with ability to manage multiple projects in a high paced environment.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Cyber Security Sr. Manager
GDIT
Herndon, VA
10.2024 - 08.2026
- Managed a team of 13 employees across systems engineering, network engineering, ISSE, SysOps, and systems integration.
- Developed project plans, communication plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures to support program delivery.
- Evaluated schedules, dependencies, risks, and blockers to keep objectives aligned with on-time delivery.
- Provided quarterly evaluations, yearly goals, and weekly timecard approvals while managing contractor productivity.
- Coordinated cross-functional activities across the program and supported customer briefings and other communications.
- Ran weekly team meetings, agile ceremonies, and sprint demos while managing Jira ticket flow as Scrum Master.
- Delivered weekly team reporting, monthly PRM slide decks, outage notifications, and governance updates for leadership.
Scrum Master / Team Lead
Peraton
Chantilly, VA
09.2022 - 08.2024
- Led 5 sprint ceremonies weekly across multiple teams to keep delivery aligned.
- Created Jira user stories, epics, MVI's, and tasks while managing backlog refinement and grooming.
- Evaluated schedules, dependencies, risks, and blockers to keep sprint objectives on track.
- Coordinated quarterly planning, daily team meetings, and sprint retrospectives for development and O&M teams.
- Delivered weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly reports, plus Confluence updates, to support stakeholder communication and program reporting.
- Partnered with ISSE, outside vendors, and business stakeholders on ATO support, process improvements, access requests, and vault custody tasks.
Scrum Master/Project Manager
Next Tier Concepts
Reston, VA
04.2022 - 09.2022
- Evaluated project schedules, dependencies, risks, and blockers to support on-time delivery.
- Created Jira work stories, epics, and tasks, and served as Jira administrator for backlog refinement and grooming.
- Led daily SCRUM meetings, sprint planning, retrospectives, deployments, and demos.
- Produced daily, weekly, and monthly updates for customer PMs and product owners, including weekly reports and monthly PMRs.
- Supported governance by implementing office-wide business rules, sharing PMF expertise, updating Confluence pages, and coordinating with remote developers.
Primavera Project Manager
Integrate IT, LLC
Sterling, VA
04.2018 - 04.2022
- Led SCRUM team meetings, sprint retrospectives, and backlog grooming to keep work prioritized and actionable.
- Coordinated outages for patching and software upgrade events while supporting customers with project solutions and administrative follow-up.
- Built SOPs for new processes and delivered PMR briefings to support consistent project communication.
- Created work stories, epics, and tasks in Jira while maintaining schedule visibility across active workstreams.
- Maintained Oracle Primavera portfolios, entered resource rates, and created accounts for Primavera P6 and Oracle BI Publisher users.
Project Manager
SENTEL Corporation
McLean, VA
02.2009 - 01.2018
- Managed government facility projects from concept through 100% design-build on a highly classified program.
- Oversaw multi-million-dollar construction projects across the Washington, D.C. area from conception through completion.
- Reviewed A&E drawings at 30% completion, coordinating revisions and cost input with architectural and engineering firms.
- Reviewed A&E drawings at 60% completion and aligned updates with construction requirements and pricing assumptions.
- Reviewed A&E drawings at 100% completion before final submission, confirming scope alignment and project readiness.
- Built master schedules, SOWs, and status updates in Lotus Notes, Microsoft Project, Excel, Acquire, Maximo, and Jira.
- Coordinated procurement, RFIs, cost tracking, contractor meetings, change orders, IT work, furniture installs, outages, and security access.
Project Manager
CACI Corporation
Chantilly, VA
10.2007 - 02.2009
- Coordinate project schedules and stakeholder communication across engineering firms, vendors, and contractors.
- Draft SOWs and supporting funding packages for classified facility projects.
- Process RFIs, submittals, and change orders to keep design-build work moving.
Construction Project Manager
Lockheed Martin Corporation
McLean, VA
11.2006 - 10.2007
- Oversaw onsite renovation work for DoD facilities from implementation through completion.
- Prepared SOWs to define scope and support construction execution on a government renovation program.
- Reviewed drawing renderings and packages to verify project readiness and alignment with contract requirements.
- Coordinated closely with A&E firms and contracts teams to move revisions and approvals forward.
- Submitted complete construction drawings and supporting documents for contract award review.
Combat Engineer
United States Marine Corps
03.1999 - 11.2006
- Supervised direct-report personnel on active construction projects, reviewing shop drawings, technical manuals, and manufacturer drawings for compliance.
- Led Base Maintenance, Field Operations, Support, and Utility Shop activities as a supervising NCO at USMC Air Station Yuma.
- Implemented safety and HAZMAT programs that reduced lost work-time accidents by 90% in the first year.
- Directed and deployed junior enlisted personnel supporting Marine Air Station targeting, range operations, and base security.
- Managed purchasing and administrative functions supporting unit readiness and daily operations.
- Applied leadership, safety, electrical construction, combat engineering, and financial management training to field and maintenance work.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Construction Technology
ITT-Technical Institute
03-2014
Skills
Project management
IT project management
Jira
Oracle Primavera
Risk management
Scrum master
Sprint planning
Work breakdown structures
Schedule management
Stakeholder communication
Confluence
Certification
Scrum Master Accredited Certification
Timeline
Cyber Security Sr. Manager
GDIT
10.2024 - 08.2026
Scrum Master / Team Lead
Peraton
09.2022 - 08.2024
Scrum Master/Project Manager
Next Tier Concepts
04.2022 - 09.2022
Primavera Project Manager
Integrate IT, LLC
04.2018 - 04.2022
Project Manager
SENTEL Corporation
02.2009 - 01.2018
Project Manager
CACI Corporation
10.2007 - 02.2009
Construction Project Manager
Lockheed Martin Corporation
11.2006 - 10.2007
Combat Engineer
United States Marine Corps
03.1999 - 11.2006
Associate of Applied Science - Construction Technology
ITT-Technical Institute