Kristina E. Thomas 11 Franklin Drive Stony Point, NY 10980 845-893-4523 thomas.kristina@gmail.com

Summary

Motivated, detail-oriented, and dynamic software/information technology (IT) program manager with 10 years’ experience in technical consulting looking for a new challenge and continued career growth. Expertise to take on multiple program and project roles applying the necessary skills where needed. Proven ability to take an idea from conception, to requirements gathering, followed by design, development, testing, and maintenance while also expanding client relationships into new opportunities. Continually demonstrate success by leading geographically diverse teams in productive work environments resulting in client expectations being satisfied. Identify and establish new business opportunities expanding the client market.

Skill Areas

Program/Project Management IT Strategy Business Development Software Development Life Cycle Team Development Leadership

Capability Development Software Engineering Task Management Mentoring Professional Development Technical Consulting

Application/Web Development Gap Analysis Cost Estimation Resource Management Microsoft SharePoint

Work Experience

Systems Delivery Program Manager (Senior Lead Technologist), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) Lexington Park, MD December 2007 – Present Deputy Program Manager, May 2014 – Present

Responsible for providing program management support to the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Headquarters Information Technology/Information Management (IT/IM) Command Information Officer (CIO) office.

Secured over $1.5M in work for the CIO office, identifying a new contract vehicle and managing seven program tasks.

Research emerging technology initiatives for the CIO and deputy CIOs, such as mobile solutions, cyber risk assessment tools, and cloud computing.

Lead the migration planning effort for WebCenter Portal, securing an additional $350K in new tasking and expanding the existing footprint in the client market.

Manage a team of 14 consisting of BAH employees and subcontractors within contract guidelines. Career Manager, December 2011 – Present

Provide administrative and career guidance to 11 direct reports. Create professional development plans and prepare employee annual reviews.

Software Project Manager, October 2009 – Present Concurrently lead up to seven projects at a time with teams ranging from four to 35 individuals. Manage over $2.5M in project work annually continuing to grow the business. Hiring manager for all project openings, interview potential candidates and make hiring decisions. Demonstrate aptitude to quickly acclimate and be productive in changing environments. Develop and provide clients with strategy and vision for future IT activities. Effectively provide recommendations for resolving project challenges and present strategies to

clients for implementing these recommendations. Developed a solid second-tier of employees to allow for the expansion of business. Utilized as a trusted advisor to clients within the supported markets. Maintain financials for all projects, keeping within budget and contract guidelines. Proactively manage team resources to ensure that all tasks and activities are executed on time and

to client satisfaction. Identify and capture follow-on work for current projects such as training opportunities and

network/system maintenance. Use multiple data gathering and analysis practices to elicit client requirements and expectations

generating rough order of magnitudes (ROMs).

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Maintain work breakdown schedules and identify risks that may affect deliverables. Develop Concept of Operations (CONOPS), Software Requirements Specifications (SRS), System

Design, Architecture, Test Plan, and Test Case documents. Author white papers outlining get well plans for client technical solutions. Author and lead presentations and demonstrations, including design and project reviews, for clients. Propose solutions to incorporate technology into established client business processes. Utilize internal network across firm allowing for cross-capability efforts in support of client efforts. Share knowledge with peers and colleagues, continuing to provide opportunities for team members

enabling them to stretch their skills. Work in a multi-contractor environment ensuring success of projects and client deliverables. Evaluate Microsoft licensing models and provide recommendations to clients. Established software team from the ground up, including developers, testers, administrators,

requirements manager, configuration manager, and trainers. Integrated software, hardware, and networking teams into one unified strategic group to solidify

communication of activities. Standardized software development and deployment practices leveraging Team Foundation Server

to facilitate the software engineering process to track code, work items, requirements, test cases, and test results.

Established software configuration management process including Technical Review Boards (TRB), Configuration Control Boards (CCB), and Requirements Working Groups (RWG).

Supported over 40 programs with SharePoint needs including governance, training, best practice recommendations, system design, and development.

Led the migrations of over 20 web applications to SharePoint Server 2010/.NET. Established Continuity of Operations (COOP) site server farms.

Functional Standards Group (FSG) System Review Board (SRB) Coordinator, December 2009 – Present Coordinate, organize, and lead a senior leadership oversight committee responsible for reviewing

and assessing the risk management posture for BAH system development and integration programs. Provide guidance and feedback to 16 systems delivery projects in the areas of project management,

technical, financial management, scope management, resources, process compliance, customer satisfaction, and security.

BAH Lexington Park SharePoint Capability Lead, November 2009 – Present Established, maintain, and grow the SharePoint capability business in the Lexington Park office. Develop employees to be skilled in SharePoint related areas including, server administration, site

administration, development, graphics, training, and knowledge management for support of the established client environments.

Present brown bags to the office and technology team on SharePoint capabilities. Lead teams in the establishment of five separate client SharePoint production environments.

Miscellaneous Roles, December 2007 – Present Lead business development opportunities such as independently authoring sources sought,

authoring technical responses, and researching contract vehicles for potential new work. Selected to participate in the BAH Leadership Development Program, one of 60 in the firm. Selected by leadership to be a BAH Peer Catalyst based on being a strong people connector and

influencer among colleagues; providing guidance to employees regarding corporate changes. Sponsor new hires at BAH, providing firm level guidance. Mentor fellow employees regarding functional capabilities and company matters. Lead and organize networking events for the Lexington Park office and Technology department. Lead events to benefit charities and participate in activities within the local community.

Software Engineer, December 2007 – October 2009 Provided software engineering support including analyzing, requirements gathering, designing,

implementing, and testing areas of multiple applications utilizing the model view controller pattern. Prepared presentations on development updates for clients. Teamed with corporate staff members and clients in various locations.

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Engineer II, DCS Corporation Lexington Park, MD 2005 – November 2007 Software Developer, 2005 – November 2007

Analyzed, designed, developed, and tested components of multiple desktop applications. Maintained applications by incorporating change requests and fixing defects. Prepared software test descriptions for applications. Conducted peer reviews and walkthroughs of designs and code generated by team members. Teamed with corporate colleagues, competitors, and customers, in the development of applications. Provided input for schedules, status, briefings and demonstrations. Mentored new developers, providing technical and project specific training.

Education

Master of Business Administration, August 2009 The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), State College, PA

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, May 2005 Business and Mathematics Minor Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA

Certifications

Project Management Institute (PMI), Project Management Professional (PMP), 2011, valid until 2017 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 Application

Development, 2009 CompTIA Security+, 2009

Other

Agile Project Management course, Santeon Group, 2014 Cleared Top Secret and granted access to Sensitive Compartmented Information based on a Phase Periodic

Reinvestigation (PPR) completed 130513 PMI Member, 2011 – Present Virginia Tech Alumni Association Member, 2005 – Present