Kristin Crysler
Falls Church,VA
Summary
I am a versatile strategy and technology executive in the Intelligence Community who thrives on connecting industry capabilities with customer requirements to drive growth and mission success. With over two decades of experience, my mission-driven leadership within the GEOINT community has consistently delivered innovative solutions and year over year growth. My entrepreneurial spirit and adaptability have enabled me to excel in the full lifecycle of the acquisition process - from the shaping and capture phase of opportunities to the execution of projects. Leveraging my deep expertise in geospatial technology and applied machine learning, I thrive on delivering advanced tradecraft solutions that are tailored to customer's mission requirements. I have driven growth around existing programs as well as shaped and secured sole-source contracts. I have built excellent performing teams - both internally and with partners - to lead to exceptional contract performance ratings year after year. I believe in:
• Leading with transparency and empathy to build strong connections within both industry and government, resulting in high retention rates, trusted, high-performing teams, and exceptional customer relationships.
• Merging data, technology, tradecraft, mission understanding and expertise to develop solutions that answer actual customer requirements.
• Committing to ongoing self-improvement, as well as the development of my teams, workflows, tradecraft, and processes to consistently identify opportunities for advancement, automation, and increased efficiency.
• Driving sustainable revenue growth through deep understanding of the IC procurement processes, building solid customer reputations and past performance, and developing meaningful customer and partner relationships.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director - Business Development
Maxar Technologies
10.2019 - Current
- Leading the growth and strategy for the Intelligence Programs portfolio, a Profit and Loss center, with over $28 million in annual revenue and an average year over year growth rate of 15%.
- Grew an IDIQ contract with a $100M ceiling and 5 task orders into a $250M contract with 24 task orders in 5 years.
- Building and maintaining a healthy $500M+ opportunity pipeline through the identification and successful management of organic growth opportunities, shaping, and stretch pursuits - tracking opportunities using Salesforce.
- Supporting all parts of the acquisition lifecycle from identifying opportunity, requesting B&P, gate reviews, capture management, teaming and proposal support.
- Active participant in industry groups including the large business intelligence collaboration group (AIMM), INSA, USGIF and AFCEA.
- Serving as Program Manager for multiple contracts delivering analysis, software development, AI/ML, data science, geospatial science, cloud solutions and SecDevOps.
- Managing all aspects of project execution to include human resources, security, contracts, budgeting, forecasting, subcontracting, customer relations, invoicing and personnel management.
- Maintained well over average retention rates of team members through exceptional communication and transparent leadership leading to high employee engagement.
- Fierce believer and advocate for increasing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the cleared workforce
- Established and managing over 50 subcontractor partners across disparate contracts and pursuits.
- Consistently monitoring cost, schedule, risk and technical performance of programs.
- Led a project that grew from a boutique application with 2 developers to an enterprise deployment with over 30 team members on multiple networks.
- Engaging in the development of employees and the organization’s professional growth programs including providing coaching to all employees and mentorship to program, project, and rising managers and technical leads.
- Business development efforts resulted in awards of over $300 million in new and recompeted contracts.
- Team champion and mentor known for empowering talent to become better versions of their professional selves, leading by example and cultivating strong workplace relationships to drive advancement and succession planning for future company bench strength.
- Deep expertise is in AI, advanced algorithms, analytics, and the operationalization of “boutique” solutions to enable critical information delivery to the customer.
- Negotiated, prepared, and signed contracts with favorable terms with customers and partners.
- Forged strong relationships with clients, fostering loyalty and encouraging repeat business.
Deputy Director - Intelligence Programs
Maxar Technologies
04.2016 - 09.2019
- Managed over $15M annual revenue of programs within the Intelligence Programs portfolio.
- Served as Capture Manager and Technical Volume Lead on numerous proposals resulting in contract awards over $100M.
- Led and supported color team reviews for pursuits across lines of business.
- Acted as liaison between corporate functions, customer site teams and contractor site teams.
- Coordinated with security, contracts, HR, quality, and accounting teams.
- Established repeatable processes to optimize workflows.
- Managed cross-functional teams of 37 Maxar and subcontractor individuals across multiple work sites, ranging from entry-level to principal developers.
- Provided mentorship, career coaching, goal-setting and professional development opportunities.
- Collaborated across all corporate and contract functions, including contracts and subcontract administration, finance, security, and recruiting.
- Supported project planning, frequent meetings, reviews, retrospectives, and demos for internal and external stakeholders.
- Fostered a positive work environment by promoting collaboration, transparency, and open communication among team members.
- Developed strategic plans to achieve organizational goals, ensuring alignment with portfolio's and company's mission and vision.
- Monitored performance metrics, analyzing trends to identify areas requiring attention or improvement.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to successfully execute large-scale projects on time and within budget constraints.
Project Manager/Senior Imagery Analyst
Maxar Technologies
04.2008 - 04.2016
- Led a team of 12 contractors and provided support to the team with imagery and geospatial data support.
- Successfully managed project by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large and small projects yielding 100% exceptional contract performance ratings.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
- Developed deep understanding of electro-optical imagery, processes, and systems and the ability to respond to ad hoc requests.
- Provided day to day Task Management for the team of including, serving as the primary point of contact between Maxar and the customer, managing level of effort of team members to achieve 100% of LOE.
- Acquired and prepared imagery for mosaicking, viewing and extraction in support of an annual survey.
- Produced imagery derived data during the annual survey and conducted quality control. Provided feedback to analysts when necessary and ensured efficient production.
- Assisted the customer with any requests for imagery. Required knowledge of government systems, sensors and processes.
Senior Geospatial Analyst
Maxar Technologies
04.2006 - 03.2008
- Served as the single geospatial analyst/targeter to a team in a regional office providing skilled technical targeting support to a counter-terrorism mission
- Traveled extensively to hazardous areas to provide field support
- Created detailed, accurate cartographic maps using expert techniques such as data clocks, pattern of life analysis, social network analysis, and feature extraction.
- Created effective maps, charts and other images based on project-specific requirements.
Team Lead/Geospatial Analyst
Maxar Technologies
04.2003 - 03.2006
- Managed a team of 4 Geospatial Analysts providing operational support to a counter-terrorism mission
- Analyzed pattern-of-life, extracted geographic information, maintains a geospatial database.
- Employed geospatial data files in combination with other multi-source intelligence to create cartographic products.
- Created cartographic briefing materials for senior level briefings.
- Performed geospatial analysis using ArcGIS for quality assurance in asset validation and terrain analysis.
- Conducted bi-monthly classes and trains deploying officers to use COTS and GOTS Google Earth tools.•Trained New team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements.
- Promoted a positive work environment by fostering teamwork, open communication, and employee recognition initiatives.
- Served as a role model for the team by demonstrating commitment to excellence, professionalism, and adherence to company values at all times.
- Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
Geospatial Analyst
Maxar Technologies
09.2002 - 03.2003
- Team member on the GeoCover LC contract, producing 13-class land cover classifications worldwide from Landsat TM imagery using ERDAS IMAGINE®.
- Performed Cross-Correlation Analysis on multiple dates of Landsat TM and ETM imagery to producing updated classifications.
- Contributed to production database maintenance and generation of production statistics.
- Contributed to all aspects of production including ingestion of orthorectified imagery, classification and raster editing using ERDAS IMAGINE® and deliverable product creation.
- Utilized multiple ground truth sources to improve classification accuracy.
Research Assistant
Boston University
09.2001 - 09.2002
- Employed artificial neural networks and multi-temporal Landsat TM imagery to produce a thematic map of a Massachusetts State Forest at the species level.
- Authored a paper evaluating the classification accuracy or artificial neural networks as a function of seasonality and number of images.
- Used various software packages and programming languages including ERDAS IMAGINE®, IPW, ArcInfo, ArcView 3.2, Perl, Awk, Shell Scripts, IDRISI and SPlus.
Education
Master of Arts - Geography
Boston University
Boston, MA2002
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Analysis And Policy
Boston University
Boston, MA1999
Skills
- Strategy and Pursuit Development
- Operational Excellence
- Pipeline Development
- Competitive/Business Intelligence and Analysis
- Government Proposal Writing and Capture Management
- Team Leadership and Collaboration
- Verbal and written communication
- Program Management
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Contract Management and Negotiation
- Teaming Strategies
- Training and mentoring
- Stakeholder Management
- Exceptional Communication and Customer Relationship Building
Clearance
TS/SCI with Polygraph
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP) certified, 2013, Credential ID 2555233
Maxar’s Executive Leadership Development Program (Catalyst), 2022-2023
Recipient of numerous customer awards including a Director’s Award for Excellence in Collaboration and 5 Certificates of Appreciation for Exceptional Service, Outstanding Mission Support, and Excellence in Training.
Volunteering
Maxar Women's Network - DMV Chapter President
Women in STEM - Guest Lecturer
Timber Lane Elementary School Parent Teacher Association - Vice President
Timeline
Director - Business Development
Maxar Technologies
10.2019 - Current
Deputy Director - Intelligence Programs
Maxar Technologies
04.2016 - 09.2019
Project Manager/Senior Imagery Analyst
Maxar Technologies
04.2008 - 04.2016
Senior Geospatial Analyst
Maxar Technologies
04.2006 - 03.2008
Team Lead/Geospatial Analyst
Maxar Technologies
04.2003 - 03.2006
Geospatial Analyst
Maxar Technologies
09.2002 - 03.2003
Research Assistant
Boston University
09.2001 - 09.2002
Master of Arts - Geography
Boston University
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Analysis And Policy
Boston University
Project Management Professional (PMP) certified, 2013, Credential ID 2555233
Maxar’s Executive Leadership Development Program (Catalyst), 2022-2023
Recipient of numerous customer awards including a Director’s Award for Excellence in Collaboration and 5 Certificates of Appreciation for Exceptional Service, Outstanding Mission Support, and Excellence in Training.
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