Resume as of 21 October 2015. Program Manager, Project Manager, Product Manager, System Engineering, System Integration, System Final Acceptance Testing for contractual requirements, Leadership

1. Ernest Kyle Oliver
ernestkyleoliver@hotmail.com or kyle.oliver@gmail.com
PO BOX 711614 Herndon, VA 20171 (703) 994-8182
Objectives
Utilize my experiences and skills in seeking employment in program management, project
management, technical contract management, system engineering, system integration, and/or
system testing areas.
Executive Summary
I possess vast experience in program and project management with a track record of success on
programs and projects with varying levels of complexity. I have a history of gathering
stakeholders’ requirements and implementing the requirements to achieve stakeholders’ desired
product(s). I hold a lengthy and successful history of monitoring program cost, schedule, and
technical capabilities daily to immediately identify risks and/or opportunities as they arise, and to
develop plans to avoid or minimize risks and/or achieve or maximize opportunities. I raise
risks/opportunities to stakeholders with a suggested plan of action as soon as possible. I have
exceptional briefing and presentation skills to address the issue at hand.
Core Competencies and Skills
 Program and project and product management
 Excellent Leadership skills in program/project/product management with conflict resolution
 Ability to manage and prioritize shifting critical requirements and tasks with assigned resources
 Experience throughout project life cycle from requirements gathering/planning to decommission
 Program/Project/Product milestone control gates evaluations and recommendations
 Stakeholder management (sponsor, management, government agencies (DNI,CIA,NRO, NSA,
NGA, FBI, NASA, DoD) customer, user, project, design, developmental, & construction teams)
o Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to brief
both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
o Foster information sharing between stakeholders
 Strategic planning, short and long term
 Risk and/or opportunity management
 Cost management
 Schedule management
 Technical requirements management
o Quality control
o Process improvement
 Program/Project/Product management in both technical and nontechnical areas/skills
o Cellular systems
o Communication and Imagery satellite systems
o Software Engineering/Development, Hardware Development, and Integration
o Data centers
o Information Technology

2. Professional Experience
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Directorate of Science & Technology (DS&T)
Office of Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20505
Project Management Engineering August 2002 to Present
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
CIA, DS&T; detailed to the NRO
Office of Public Affairs, Chantilly, VA
Project Management Engineer March 2013 to Present
Program Management (PM), Project Management, Product Management, Technical Contract
Management, System Engineering (SE), and System Integration (SI)
 Provided program management, SE, and SI, leading multiple teams of 50+ personal in
integrating a node of the Director of National Intelligence’s (DNI) and the CIA’s
Commercial Cloud System (C2S) for the Intelligence Community (IC) at a NRO ground
station facility (GSF) for the IC cloud designed by Amazon.
o This development will allow greater collaboration and sharing of data within the
IC and allow the IC to make timelier and more accurate intelligence decisions.
o My actions as the PM saved the government $1.1M and prevented major delays.
 Represented senior NRO management at C2S’s milestone control gates.
o I ensured NRO’s equities were represented at these milestone control gates.
 Provided technical representation and management for a contract competition for a new
system engineering and integration (SE&I) services contract for the NRO’s GSFs.
o This will allow for more efficient and innovative SE&I services for the NRO.
 Provided program management, system engineering, system integration, and leadership
over fifteen personal for the communications & information technology portfolio and the
facilities portfolio at a NRO GSF.
o The team(s)’ actions ensured continuation of daily operations at a NRO GSF.
NRO
CIA, DS&T; detailed to the NRO
Office of Public Affairs, Chantilly, VA
Project Management Engineer July 2008 to March 2013
Program Management, Project Management, Technical Contract Management, System
Engineering, and System Integration
 Leading a team of five, I provided system engineering (SE) for reviews of readiness
development milestones for communication satellite systems, and provided
recommendations to the decision authority (DA).
o The recommendations allowed the DA to make more informed decisions.
 Provided technical management of a system engineering personal services contract.
o This contract provided the SE resources, which ensured the necessary evaluation
and recommendations needed for the office’s continued mission success.
 Provided technical management of an administrative personal services contract.
o This produced a cost savings for non-government administrative functions.

3. CIA, DS&T
Office of Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20505
Project Management Engineering August 2002 to July 2008
Program Management, Project Management, Technical Contract Management, System
Engineering, System Integration, and System Testing
 Provided program management, technical contract management, system engineering,
system integration, and system testing for systems’ developments utilizing cellular
technology, with development project costs up to $30M in value.
o These systems provided highly valued intelligence data used in IC and national
security (NS) decisions.
 Initialized, authored, and technically managed an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity
contract with a seven year period of performance and $125M value for systems utilizing
cellular technology.
o Task order (TO) types on the contract:
 Development TO
 Award fee incentive based on a percentage of the award fee value
o Quarterly or Bi-annually Award
o Recommended percentage to the DA
o DA determined percentage of fee award
 Procurement TO
 Fixed fee incentive based on procurement TO value
 Engineering services TO
 Fixed fee incentive based on engineering services TO value
o The contract allowed for faster turn around time on developments, procurements,
and engineering services, which in turn provided key data for intelligence and NS
decisions.
 Operated as a team member in a group of ten performing functional and acceptance tests
for airborne and ground systems utilizing cellular technology.
o These tests were used to verify functionality of each system prior to deployment,
once deployed the systems provided valuable intelligence and NS data.
 Lead a team of five in system integration and testing for systems utilizing cellular
technology.
o This system provided valuable intelligence data to the IC and our partners.
United Bank Zebulon, GA
Processor August 1997 to May 2002
Banking Processor
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
May 2002 Bachelors of Science in Computer Science
References Available Upon Request

4. Awards
 Three Individual Exceptional Performance Awards from CIA and NRO
 Two Meritorious Citation Group Awards from CIA and NRO
 Senior Civilian of the Quarter, June 2013 from NRO, Mission Operations Directorate,
Aerospace Data Facility East
Clearance
 Current Secret Clearance
Diversity and Inclusion
 Volunteered as part of a team of three that created of the NRO’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, and Allies (LGBT&A) affinity group which was a Presidential mandate
required for all DoD agencies once the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy was lifted
 Actively sought participation in the CIA’s, NRO’s, and IC’s LGBT&A affinity groups
which included recruiting, advertising, and organizing events
 Participated in the Native American affinity group at the NRO
 Served as the minority representative while in NRO and CIA/DS&T
 Served as the 2012 chair of the combined federal campaign, the federal government’s
annual drive for over 500 charities, for my office raising 255% of our goal amount set by
the NRO