Andrea Garner

Director, Defense Programs:

• Successfully manage Ascolta's $6 million Defense pipeline providing administrative, fiscal, schedule, risk management, and ensure applicable policies and regulations are followed for multiple programs
• Designed and monitored project schedules and project manager assignments.
• Built strong teams through selective recruitment and post-hire mentorship of junior engineers.
• Identified and qualified customer needs and negotiated and closed profitable projects with high success rate.
• Leveraged professional networks and industry knowledge to strengthen client relationships.
• Led proposal development efforts, presenting engineering opportunities to senior leadership for go-no-go decisions.

AF Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Data Analytics Project/Engineering Lead:

• Perform duties as Engineering Lead across multiple Data Analytics Task Orders defining development requirements/tasks and priorities aligned with key performance indicators to the Development Team
• Set budgets for engineering tasks, tailoring financial limitations to business goals and optimizing return on investment (ROI) for completed deliverables.
• Functioned as primary point of contact for high-profile clientele, addressing concerns and meeting or exceeding expectations.

Project Management Office (PMO):

• Successfully managed $5 million programs across DoD and VA portfolios
• Established and maintained processes and procedures, provided administrative, fiscal management, schedule management, risk management, and applicable policies and regulations for multiple programs
• Mature client relationships and interact with senior leadership
• Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.

AF DCGS Data Analytics Engineering Lead:

• Collaborated with management, internal and development partners regarding software application design status and project progress.
• Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
• Documented software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used by IT personnel in future projects.

Faster Care for Veterans Pilot Program, ScrumMaster:

• Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
• Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.

AF DCGS COMPASS Suite Technical Lead:

• Collaborated with management, internal and development partners regarding software application design status and project progress.
• Supervised a team of 10 programmers, designers, and technicians; assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.
• Documented software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used by IT personnel upon software delivery.
• Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
• Provided successful working software within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.

Senior ISR Process Modeler (as SRA International, Inc and Adroit LLC):

• Utilized data modeling and evaluation strategies to find patterns and predict unseen instances.
• Designed computer simulations to model physical data for visual reference and comprehension.
• Optimized mission strategy development by conducting simulations for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance crew throughput, capability, and utilization requirements enabling critical manpower and infrastructure analysis.
• Formulated mathematical or simulation models of problems, relating constants, and variables, conflicting objectives and related numerical parameters.

• Assignments: Langley AFB, VA; Ramstein AB, GE; Hill AFB, UT
• Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
• Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.