Gary McKay
Herndon
Summary
Savvy information technology and systems; DevOps Director with 25+ years of progressive DevOps, Cloud, Agile, SAFe and software Development experience. Develops and implements SDLC and Engineering policies and procedures. Manages functional and technological application support. Technical expert in applying strategic direction, practical implementation, and support to accomplish corporate IT, DevOps, Software Engineering and data security initiatives. Experienced Information Technology Manager well-versed in Cloud, security planning, DevOps, Software Engineering,, and daily operations management. Forward-thinking and strategic leader with 25+ years of experience within IT, DevOps,SWE, and Cloud. Recognized for cost-effective system improvements, operational streamlining, and positive leadership style, People Oriented, and a Principal Centered Servant Leader.
DevOps| Agile Software Development | Test Driven Development | CI/CD Automation| IaC Automation| Continuous Improvement | Scrum Agile and SAFe| Vendor & Supplier Management | Software Engineering | Cross-Functional Collaboration | Organizational Design | Strategic & Tactical Engineering Innovation | Team Building & Leadership| Coaching.
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of DevOps
Somos
Herndon
12.2015 - Current
- Continually maintained and improved company's reputation and positive image in markets served.
- Optimize Cloud costs resulting in a70% in cost reduction
- Built a DevOps and Cloud Practice from Scratch
- DevOps Transformation
- SAFe
- Agile Coaching
- Established and institutionalize DevOps Practice that resulted in cutting releases from 1-2 days to hrs
- Created DevOps Blue Print Framework that was used across the enterprise to standardize Pipeline creation and automation
- Pioneered IaC within the Enterprise as part of the Ci/CD process
- AWS Transformation and Migration
- EKS
- GitOps
- Facilitated moving enterprise applications from the Mainframe to the cloud
- increase deployment tempo from a hand full of deployments per month to a daily tempo of over 100 deployments
- Established and maintained highly effective relationships with clients and industry partners to drive growth.
- Researched product pricing, ratings and performance and created comparison spreadsheets to evaluate competitors.
- Developed and implemented technical application support and information technology policies and procedures that advanced investment needs, outcomes and performance measurements to balance continuous innovation with responsible risk-taking.
- Developed, tracked and controlled information technology operating budgets and cost and benefit analyses for IT spending initiatives.
- Cultivated a highly-regarded technology services organization that sustained culture of respect, collective pride and individual and group professional development.
- Fostered positive working environment that encouraged innovation, collaboration and accountability and managed end-user needs with functional and security responsibilities.
- Implemented, created and tested disaster recovery and business continuity plans and maintained appropriate back-up system.
- Stayed abreast of technology advancements, emerging standards and IS regulations to meet strategic technology goals.
- Assessed current service needs and calculated product satisfaction levels to make appropriate product and service adjustments.
- Contributed to industry events and trade shows to showcase products and gather industry intelligence.
- Leveraging deep technical and people skills to lead and innovate to get the job done.
- Led and assisted technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
- A visionary well-versed in advising senior executives, setting company direction, and a servant leader.
Agile Scrum Master/Coach
Independent Consultant Firm
McLean
07.2010 - 12.2015
- Highly sought after Scrum Master and Business Analyst presently working for Rally Dev with a large Insurance client as a Scrum Coachp
- Mr McKay has served as a Scrum Master and Coach in other large financial institutional, such as FannieMae, IRS, Comptroller of the Currency
- Tasks include but not limited to, AGILE and SCRUM Master training, provide guidance on Scrum team composition, helping teams with Agile Scrum Adoption, assist with transitioning from Waterfall methodologies to Agile, work with product owners to create Epic and Feature Stories
- Work with developers to put in place TDD/BDD practices
- Track, Monitor, report on all aspects of Agile Team progress and activities using stable Agile PM Tools.
Sr Business Analyst and Scrum, Business Owner
MITRE
Tysons Corner
01.2005 - 01.2010
- Master supporting MITRE Center for Modernization under the Internal Revenue’s (, ) Federally Funded Research and Development Center or FFRDC
- Current engagement is to provide Sr (SES) Leadership and AGILE SCRUM Master on various IRS and Health and Human Services program initiatives, such as Tax forms and Publications End-to-End Enterprise Publishing, IRS Web Portal the development of IRS’s New Portal Implementation (NPE)
- Additional duties include AGILE and SCRUM Master training, SCRUM Master Coaching, SCRUM Master Practitioner (On Direct Charge Projects), System Analysis, AGILE methodology implementation and traditional PMP/Project Management oversight
- On going SCRUM Master tasking includes daily SCRUMS to ensure that they Agile process is running smoothly
- This is includes but not limited to weekly Product owner meetings, management of the Story/Requirements Backlog, Daily Burndown and Burn-up chart review/generation, and weekly velocity review
- Work closely with the development team to work out any issues and adjustments to active stories
- Further responsibility includes providing technical and business solutions, cloud computing architecture definition and SCRUM/AGIL software development process management for Government and Commercial clients
- Leveraging AGILE software development utilizing .NET/ASP.NET MVC and WEB forms development (VB,C# and JavaScript) on several projects
- Certified SCRUM Master
Independent Consultant
EDS
Herndon
12.2000 - 12.2004
- Presently serving in the Navy/Marine Corp Intranet (NMCI) providing direct support to the NMCI Director’s Office serving RADM Munns and the USMC PMO
- Current duty is to provide technical and program management consultation, as the liaison between the Director NMCI and the USMC PMO
- My Duties included but was not limited too
- Created and Nurtured Alliances between units and organizations
- Wrote and Presented Position Papers to Key Stakeholders
- Facilitated and Participated in Integrated Product Teams (IPT)
- Steward and Created Transition Strategies and Plans for systems and processes that required integration and deployment
- Worked with and supported Senior Leadership in solving very complex system deployment issues
- While on the EDS side, (Prime Contractor) Provided NMCI’s Chief Financial Office attached to the Business Management Office (BMO), also provided support within a very complex political environment for multi-billion dollar IT infrastructure and seat management project in conjunction with the US Department of the Navy to restructure NMCI’s entire IT infrastructure
- Project represents the largest IT migration and Transition in US government history
- Created strategy for eCommerce providing service to 18,000 seats in 2001; goal for fiscal year 2002 is 302,000 seats
- Designed PKI infrastructure in complete compliance with DOD security regulations
- Selected to represent CFO to US Department of the Navy Information Architecture Study Group and IPT’s
- Assisted in the creation of EDS’s internal infrastructure to support the NMCI contract to include the establishment of the Enterprise Data Warehouse and staging area
- In a collaborative effort, established the NMCI Asset Management Process valued in excess of $6 billion over five years
- Selected to participate in the Government’s project, “Executive Office eCommerce Tiger Team” to devise and implement new and innovative business practice protocols
- Lead the NMCI Tiger Team for TM of EDS systems and Processes required to support NMCI.
Director of Client Solutions
Cross Tier.com
McLean
02.2000 - 12.2000
- Premier consulting organization focusing on B2B solutions
- Annual sales $5 million
- Reporting directly to CEO with full strategic planning, leadership, infrastructure development and decision-making authority for 38 Microsoft professionals, business analysts, and support staff with department budgets exceeding $2.3 million
- Recruited to develop a strategy integrating B2B products into the company’s consulting service offerings
- Resulted in a 7% increase in revenue within 4 months
- Customized existing Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) to achieve a standard software development process; a program still in use by current development staff
- Challenged to design and implement a new project management system utilizing state-of-the-art technologies to maximize internal efficiencies
- Provided full instruction and support to managers and staff
- Directed projects and developed technology for customers ranging from the integration of products to total custom eBusiness, KM, extranets, B2B exchanges and marketplace solutions
- Was responsible for creating a MS-Project Management center of Excellence/Project Management Office
- This center was setup to administer all projects within the organization, using a standard project management template
- The Center was also responsible for project and program management training, PM-QA under MSF and Project Management Execution
- Provided leadership training, strategic planning, business and infrastructure development.
Group Manager
Lockheed Martin, OAO Corporation
03.1996 - 01.2000
- Founded in 1973, provider of enterprise-wide, advanced IT solutions to achieve business objectives
- Led a group of 40 business process reengineering (BPR) and web software engineers in building custom eBusiness and business solutions
- Carried bottom-line responsibility for directing the company’s Strategic Planning Group and full life cycle software development efforts, including OAO’s Corporate Knowledge Management System
- Received the Hammer award for “Reinventing Government” and USAG Surgeon General’s Coin of Excellence, in 1999
- In a collaborative effort, developed an innovative Standard Software Process (SSP), still in use by the corporation’s software engineering center
- Gained national recognition for the SSP program, independently rated as CMM level 3
- Selected to serve as technical advisor and liaison to eight outside firms participating in a corporate mentoring program, counseling on matters of software development and BPR practices
- Recruited to work with key clients including USAF and the state of Maryland building web-based applications and IT infrastructure.
Information Engineer
- Responsible for the set up and transition from “as -is” to “to-be” practices and processes
- Was also responsible for Program Management using PMI PMBOK to include MS-Project and MS-Project Server
- Taught project and program management, to include project manage tools, such as MS-Project, Primavera, etc
Principal
American Management Systems
06.1990 - 02.1996
- An international business and information technology consulting firm with revenues of $1.28 billion
- Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia with approximately 8,750 employees in 51 offices worldwide
- As an AMS principal, served large governmental and commercial clients including Rural Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) (worth $50 million), IBM’s International Marketing Group (worth $20 million) and the US Department of the Navy’s BAIM Project (worth $12 million)
- Responsible for data modeling, application development, and project management representing $82 million in revenue during tenure
- Orchestrated initiatives to ensure all systems remained in compliance with US and International GATT trade agreements
- Revitalized overall system performance protocols for the US Navy shipyards’ BAIM suite of applications, increasing efficiencies by over 38%.
Commissioned Officer
United States Air Force
03.1981 - 04.1990
- Trained as a B52 Air Crew member, was promoted through a series of increasingly responsible leadership positions.
- Moved into IT, communications, mainframe data centers, and IT development groups
- Served at White Sands Air Force Base leading an IBM / DB2 test group, assisting in the migration to the nation’s first client server environment
- Earned the Commander’s Plaque for setting up the combat Ammunition System-Base Level (CAS-B) at Holloman AFB in 1988
- Awarded the Wing Commander’s Plaque for work on the WSA system modernization in 1986
- Received the USAF Accommodation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the USAF Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf in 1988.
Education
MBA -
University of Maryland
2010
Leadership and Results Training - undefined
Franklin
1999
CCM Lead Assessor Training - undefined
USAF Data Center Management
1997
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Chapman College
1990
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
University of North Dakota
1986
USAF INFOSEC and - undefined
USAF COMSEC
1984
Bachelor of Arts - Music
Howard University
1983
Skills
- Team Development
- Team Leadership
- Budgeting
- SQL
- Data Analysis
- Business Analysis
- Business Planning
- Product Knowledge
- Data Warehousing
- Web Application Development
- Software Develop
- SAFe
- Quality Management
- Scrum
- Leadership Development
- AWS
- DevOps
- GitOps
- CI/CD
- IaC
- DevOps Transformation
Affiliations
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member, Academy of Computer Machinery (ACM)
Voting Member, Project manager’s Institute (PMI)
Charter Member, Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
Certification
- AWS CSA
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- Scrum Alliance certified Scrum Master
Timeline
Director of DevOps
Somos
12.2015 - Current
Agile Scrum Master/Coach
Independent Consultant Firm
07.2010 - 12.2015
Sr Business Analyst and Scrum, Business Owner
MITRE
01.2005 - 01.2010
Independent Consultant
EDS
12.2000 - 12.2004
Director of Client Solutions
Cross Tier.com
02.2000 - 12.2000
Group Manager
Lockheed Martin, OAO Corporation
03.1996 - 01.2000
Principal
American Management Systems
06.1990 - 02.1996
Commissioned Officer
United States Air Force
03.1981 - 04.1990
Information Engineer
MBA -
University of Maryland
Leadership and Results Training - undefined
Franklin
CCM Lead Assessor Training - undefined
USAF Data Center Management
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Chapman College
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
University of North Dakota
USAF INFOSEC and - undefined
USAF COMSEC
Bachelor of Arts - Music
Howard University
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