Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Experienced Agile Coach with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. Skilled in Enterprise Architecture, Organizational Leadership, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Management, and .NET Framework. Strong professional with a Masters in Information Technology, Concentration in Technology and Management from Virginia Tech.
Visionary federal IT executive and transformation leader with 13+ years driving mission-critical modernization across U.S. federal agencies. Proven record of delivering complex, compliance-driven technology programs — on time, on scope, zero failures. Expert at translating the latest technology capabilities into scalable, secure, operational outcomes for government clients. CORE COMPETENCIES ∙ AI/ML Adoption & GenAI Implementation ∙ Zero Trust Architecture & Cybersecurity Compliance ∙ Cloud Modernization & Scalable Infrastructure (Cloud-Agnostic) ∙ DevSecOps Adoption, Automation & CI/CD Pipeline Delivery ∙ Enterprise Digital Transformation & Change Management ∙ Lean-Agile & SAFe Program Governance ∙ Data & Application Modernization (Microservices, ETL, Analytics) ∙ NIST 800-53 | FedRAMP | CMMC | RMF/ATO | FISMA | Section 508 ∙ Full-Stack Development (Java, C++, C#,pl/sql, python) ∙ Teaming, Strategic Partnerships & Contract Vehicle Capture PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS ∙ Founded KSApex LLC in 2012; transitioned to federal prime contractor in 2019 — zero contract failures across entire delivery history ∙ Delivered enterprise IT modernization across civilian, defense, and legislative branch agencies — on time, on scope, every engagement ∙ Delivered Library of Congress enterprise modernization in 12 weeks under Agile/DevSecOps — later presented to Congress as a federal IT modernization model ∙ Led Oracle/cloud modernization for a 6,500+ user enterprise financial platform — hybrid Azure/on-prem, RMF/ATO, FISMA, and Section 508 compliant, zero operational disruption ∙ Architected and delivered scalable microservices, cloud portal solutions, and data analytics platforms aligned to agency mission requirements ∙ Championed DevSecOps automation, slashing delivery cycles while maintaining full security and compliance integrity ∙ Actively expanding contract vehicle portfolio and strategic teaming partnerships with large federal integrators
• Worked as an Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach of the Integrated Award Environment (IAE) program which is a Presidential E-Government initiative managed by GSA. • Provided guidance on scaled agile framework adoption including Lean agile, scaled agile, Kanban, Scrum, DevOps, and SecOps • Accessed Agile Maturity Model (AMM) for the 16 teams • Provided coaching to IAE's following TEN of sixteen teams w/respect to product flow, WIP reduction, risk reduction, dependency mapping & reporting, feature writing, backlog grooming and future Sprint and Release planning, Feature writing, Features sizing and prioritization based on WSJF, Writing good US Acceptance criteria, estimation, task creation, Capacity Planning DevOps (1) SecOps (1) Data Management and services (2) Business application teams (3) Identity Access management (1) Governance Team (1) Architecture Team (1) • Initiated and successfully completed integration of IT and Business by starting "PO Sync" meeting, a platform where IT and business product owners can collaborate closely • Worked closely with Product manager to the maturation of the PO Sync meeting • Prepared options to Security and IV&V as relates to how their work would be integrated w/in the Business Epic teams and managed in Jira. Decided on a program-wide final approach. • Initiated maturation of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment [CI/CD] and code deployment process. • Identified cross team challenges, provided required guidance • Provided guidance to security team on security Delta assessment for Security ISSO's ATO work • Shared importance/benefits of using WSJF for features and Epics • Audited the IAE Scrum-Of-Scrum (SoS) board to ensure blockers are consistently updated, communicated, tracked and that each blocker consists of mitigation strategies • Provided guidance and material to Release Train Engineer (RTE) for maturation of the PI Planning, SoS, and Portfolio Meetings