Son K. Lam
Springfield
Summary
Logistics and financial management professional with 24 years of U.S. Army service. Demonstrates strong leadership in managing diverse teams and complex budgets, achieving over $500 million in savings through strategic fiscal reporting. Adept at fostering collaboration and ensuring compliance in procurement processes.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Contracting Officer's Representative
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington
09.2023 - Current
- Science Division. I lead all procurement activities for research and development and services for the Space Science Division in Washington D.C. I work with Primary Investigators for procurement of Research and Development contracts via competitive solicitation, Broad Agency Announcements, and Cooperative Agreements. I assist Primary Investigators in developing Statement of Work, Performance Work Statements, andIndependent Government Cost Estimates. I coordinated with the Contracting Division to ensure all pre-award documents are to standard and ready for solicitation. I coordinated with Primary Investigators in conducting evaluations of all proposals to ensure the best value and best vendor is selected for the Space Science Division. I also provided advice to management on regulations, policies, procedures, on procurements.
- Managed contract compliance for projects at a leading research facility.
- Coordinated interdepartmental communication to streamline project workflows.
- Reviewed and approved contract modifications and amendments as required.
Budget Analyst/Finance Officer
U.S. Army
Fort Bragg
01.2010 - Current
- Prepared, reviewed and evaluated fiscal reports on performance and the organization's fiscal needs, resulting in savings of over $500 million.
- Developed courses of actions in order to make recommendations to senior leadership on best ways to conserve funds while providing best mix of personnel and equipment for operations.
- Led 10-member team to track and report execution of $2.65B annual budget.
- Reallocated savings to organization’s headquarters to support critical needs.
Logistics Officer
U.S. Army
07.1994 - 01.2010
- Led a team to ship materials from several global locations using third-party logistics.
- Conducted strategic planning, managed teams, tracked, and distributed goods and supplies to optimize logistics operations.
- Demonstrated expertise in supply chain management, focusing on warehousing and distribution processes.
- Forecasted staffing needs of diverse workforce to ensure timely completion of production requirements.
Education
Doctor of Education - Organizational Leadership
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN12-2020
Masters of Business Administration -
Webster University
St. Louis, MO01-2002
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ01-1994
Skills
- Contract Evaluation
- Compliance Reporting
- Budget Management
- Operations planning
- Distribution Management
- Supply chain
- Distribution Logistics
- Warehousing
- Problem Solving
- Evaluating
- Supervising
- Managing
- Leadership
- Team Building
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Employee Development
- Mentoring
- Coaching
- Training
- Performance management
- Compliance Reporting
Knowledge Skills And Abilities
Global logistics leader able to conduct strategic planning, managing teams, tracking, and distributing goods and supplies. Experienced in forecasting staffing of a diverse work force to ensure all production requirements were accomplished to meet demands. Keen knowledge of supply chain management, warehousing, and distribution management. Led a team that successfully shipped $500M of worth of materials from several global locations using third party logistics to an austere location on time with zero loss., Managed numerous people, teams and organizations that successfully accomplished their goals. Strong ability to train, mentor, coach, and develop employees to proactively solve problems and to effectively conduct operations. Increased performance by developing goal, establishing Key Performance Indicators, and honestly evaluating employees. Ability to coordinate cross staff & functional team. Led a cross-functional team that successfully reorganized employees, equipment, supplies, and property for the company, saving over $100M in resources., Thorough knowledge in conducting and evaluating statistical analysis using regression and trend analysis that enabled executives to make informed decisions. Strong cost management and analytical skills successfully resulted in effective cost benefit analysis to reduce production costs. Managed the analysis of 20 sales units in the western United States. Through regression analysis, made over 92% accurate estimates on which units would make their quotas. This enabled the company to direct limited funds to under-performing units to strengthen their sales., Supervised a 10-member team that tracked and reported the execution of the organization's $2.65B annual budget. Developed courses of actions in order to make recommendations to senior leadership on best ways to conserve funds while providing best mix of personnel and equipment for operations. Prepared, reviewed and evaluated fiscal reports on performance and the organization's fiscal needs resulted in savings of over $500 million. This savings was returned to the organization’s headquarters for critical needs elsewhere in the organization.
Qualifications Summary
An accomplished logistics and financial management professional with 24 years of distinguished U.S. Army service. Broad based background encompasses ability to lead, mentor, coach, train, and sustain a proactive and productive staff. Focus on team building to create solutions. Successfully led teams from 20-150 employees and budgets from $500M to $2.6B, achieving global results. Strong presentation skills and excellent knowledge of Office products.
Key Qualifications
- Supervising / Managing
- Problem Solving
- Planning and Operations
- Cost Management
- Resource Management
- Mentoring
- Evaluating
- Safety Compliance
- Team Building
Accomplishments
ONR Silber Award for Program Professional of the Year 2025
Timeline
Contracting Officer's Representative
Naval Research Laboratory
09.2023 - Current
Budget Analyst/Finance Officer
U.S. Army
01.2010 - Current
Logistics Officer
U.S. Army
07.1994 - 01.2010
Doctor of Education - Organizational Leadership
Vanderbilt University
Masters of Business Administration -
Webster University
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Rutgers University