Sherri K. Berry

• Serve as the Program Manager for the Integrated Dissemination Program private cloud platform responsible for managing and ensuring the coordination of all interacting systems within the assigned portfolio
• The NWS mission depends on the delivery of critical data to forecasters within NWS, as well as the public, and the Weather Enterprise to meet its mission to protect lives and property and enhance the national economy
• This portfolio consists of 55 applications, of which 39 applications have been migrated to IDP to date, with the remaining 16 applications being scheduled to migrate no later than end of June 2024
• Perform additional duty as Lead of the Project Management Officer (PMO) for the Office of Dissemination (DIS) responsible for coordination and management of all program and project activities affecting IDP private cloud platform
• The PMO hosts Senior Executive Bi-Weekly meetings to review status of cloud migration and enterprise infrastructure projects, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting to the Department of Commerce (project and operations performance, and budgetary data)
• Perform additional duty as Contract Officer Representative (COR) responsible for performing all contract management activities and functions for multiple contracts supporting DIS operations
• These duties include the development of proper requirements and ensuring during contract administration that contractors meet the commitments of their contracts, including the timeliness and delivery of quality goods and services as required by the contract
• Prepare and communicate plans, reports, charts, graphs, briefing slides, and related correspondence to effectively produce and defend studies and reports
• The audience includes GS-15 civilians, and General Officer/Senior Executive Service (SES) level personnel.

• Serve as the Chief of Integration, Department of the Air Force, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services (A1), Plans and Integration Directorate (A1X), Systems Planning and Integration Division (A1XI) responsible for managing and ensuring the coordination of all interacting systems within the enterprise and its extended environments within the A1 portfolio
• The A1 portfolio consists of approximately 115 major systems which account for a total more than 500 subsystems and applications which support service members and civilian working in the Air Force and Space Force
• Lead teams to conduct analysis and develop plans to execute an effective portfolio rationalization program
• This work consists of cultivating cohesive and synergistic relationships with team members to ensure the team fulfills the requirements outlined by the Director of the Plans and Integration Directorate and facilitating the modernization of legacy systems and applications within the A1 portfolio
• The goal is to realize a significant cost-avoidance, improve the product offering to our customers, and to deliver capabilities and services to Airmen and Guardians in the field faster and exploit opportunities to reinvest cost-savings in capabilities
• Serve as Lead for the A1 HRM Portfolio Life Cycle Management Project
• This consists of working with A1 portfolio system owners to fulfill the requirements outlined in the Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) memorandum for CIOs and executive departments and agencies (M-19-19 – SUBJECT: Update to Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI))
• This project is being executed to reduce A1 digital footprint in closing all its data centers, modernizing, and enhancing existing systems, subsystems, and applications, and preparing each system for migration to the cloud environment
• The design for A1’s cloud environment is a capabilities-based approach to reduce the number of systems in the portfolio to less than 20 major systems
• The end state of this project will be to work from approved platforms, reinvest dollars to enhance A1’s ability to support customers, and ensure that system capability is delivered better and faster
• Serve as Action Officer to lead the execution and preparation for the bi-monthly IT Update provided to the Department of the Air Force A1 (Lieutenant General Officer) and to all stakeholders within the A1
• The brief consists of updates on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) executing in support of the A1 HRM Life Cycle Project, current and new initiatives supported by A1 personnel, and updates that reflect current posture and progress to meet prescribed milestones and delivery dates
• Prepare and communicate plans, reports, charts, graphs, briefing slides, and related correspondence to effectively produce and defend studies and reports
• The audience includes senior Air Force leadership, GS-15 civilians, and General Officer/Senior Executive Service (SES) level personnel.

• Serve as the senior advisor and the Deputy Branch Chief to the Operations Branch Chief, Operations Management Division, Technical Services Directorate
• Establish and lead the Project Management Office (PMO) to define and maintain the standards for project management within the IT Operations Management Division
• Conduct assessments and evaluate policy needs to provide policy guidance to IT management, staff, and customers
• Define the current and future environments, identify and address IT workforce planning and management issues, such as recruitment, retention, and training and conduct audits of IT programs and projects
• Lead a team of project managers in the application of project management principles, methods, and best practices developed from experience, education, and training for application design and delivery to implement policies governing enterprise programs and associated major IT applications
• Regularly synchronize and coordinate the duties of contractor personnel consisting of program managers, business analysts, software developers, and database administrators through regular engagements and Agile Scrum Sprints
• Prepare and communicate plans, reports, charts, graphs, briefing slides, and related correspondence to effectively produce and defend studies and reports
• The audience includes senior DoD leadership, GS-14 and above civilians, and General Officer/Senior Executive Service (SES) level personnel.

• Efficiently demonstrate knowledge and application relationships among multiple IT disciplines; project management principles and methods to lead a functional development project in software analysis design and development
• Effectively execute duties to manage project schedules and perform release coordination for multiple interdependent software application projects
• Led application developers in translating and mapping functional requirements as well as preventing and resolving major conflicts in IT database, software policy, and program objectives
• Regularly synchronize and coordinate the duties of contractor personnel consisting of program managers, business analysts, software developers, and database administrators through regular engagements and Agile Scrum Sprints
• Regularly coordinate with developers to implement the program design and modifications to database and software application; as well as drove business and technical planning of all software and software documentation and the development of plans and schedules sufficient to ensure the integration of assigned IT programs.

Serve as the supervisor, program manager, and senior advisor to the Vice President, Logistics to lead personnel assigned to teams and to participate in strategic planning meetings to assess company and division performance and implement new strategies to establish and cultivate business opportunities.
• Project oversight and management of the day-to-day operations of all projects awarded in support of Marine Corps Systems Commend. Responsible for all the submission and completion of all Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) and deliverables as specified in the contracts.
• Led application developers in translating and mapping functional requirements as well as preventing and resolving major conflicts in IT database, software policy, and program objectives.
• Manage contract budget to track labor, travel expenses, start-up and project sustainment costs in support of contract execution. Sustaining profits of more than $200K annually (two years consecutively), and incorporated restructurings to sustain profitability for the following year.
• Prepare and communicate plans, reports, charts, graphs, briefing slides, and related correspondence to effectively produce and defend studies and reports. I provide formal briefs, training, and represent stakeholders at meetings with Operational Assessment Group (OAG) leadership to facilitate understanding, benefits, and stakeholder buy-in of the GCSS-MC Sustainment Training program. The audience includes senior Marine Corps leadership, GS-13 and above civilians, and General Officer/Senior Executive Service (SES) level personnel.