Mark Salesky has over 20 years of experience managing programs and projects for both government and commercial clients as a Project Management Professional and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He has expertise in program management, business operations, analytics, and establishing processes and metrics. The document provides details on his credentials, areas of expertise, work highlights managing multi-million dollar portfolios, and professional experience leading programs and consulting for various federal agencies.

1. MARK E. SALESKY
9107 Meadowcreek Lane, Lorton, VA 22079
571-572-5218 swordmn@verizon.net
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE
Project Management Professional (PMP), trained as Chief Information Officer (CIO), and
certified as Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
20+ years program management experience as planner, organizer, and manager of product strategy,
technology research & development and business operations for federal and commercial markets, built
on the leadership and ethic of a full career as Regular Army officer. Broad experience managing P&L,
contracts, proposals, and overseeing product development and professional services. Overarching these
skills are excellent visual, verbal, and written communications, thought leadership, and a strong
collaborative work ethic.
KEY CREDENTIALS
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• M.S., Management, Bisk School of Business,
Florida Institute of Technology
• Defense Acquisition Professional (DAWIA) Level 3
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Dynamics
AX Project Management and AX Financials
SPECIFIC AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• Program/Project
Management/Portfolio Assessment and
Strategy
• Analytical modeling for financials and
data-driven business processes
• Establishing program metrics, best
practices, and controls
• Defense budget process (PPBES)
RELEVANT WORK HIGHLIGHTS
MANAGING OPERATIONS AND EARNING REVENUE / P&L
• Won and executed $122 million of new revenue on several large and multiple smaller contracts
over my roles as senior Director and Program Manager.
• In addition, managed and executed $293M portfolio of IT R&D, operations, and maintenance
projects for a large Defense organization.
• As capture or proposal manager led more than 80 proposals of various services and technologies.
• Managed teams from 3 to 120, integrating program policy and processes with contracts, legal,
finance, security, and technical departments
• Acquired, deployed and managed highly skilled staff, including developers, engineers, and
subject matter experts in diverse disciplines as network engineering, computer science, logistics,
finance and accounting, trade and export compliance, training, and management consulting
• Determined optimal investment strategies of investment funding through statistical analysis of cash
flow patterns of 328 projects/proposals.
• Educated and coached multi-disciplinary engineering teams through compliance and processes
for market research and product development.
• Organized and/or implemented processes for four new Program Management Offices.
• Established the startup company Gettysburg-excursions.org providing corporate talent
development and executive business studies on the Gettysburg battlefield.

2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• ABLE SWORDPLAY LLC (PRESENT)
General Manager and Principal Consultant
Program executive and principal management consultant for corporate clients, using skills based on the
PMBOK Body of Knowledge, project management best practices, and Lean Six Sigma process analytics.
Able Swordplay LLC is organized and certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
(SDVOSB), delivering these offerings:
• Program Management Support & Consulting
• Business operations consulting & improvement
• Intellectual Property Assessment
• Lean Six Sigma Process
Improvement
• Instruction for Adult Professionals
Current work includes training and management consulting for Federal agencies and strategic consulting
on intellectual property, market position, and brand messaging for Corporate firms.
• MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS (2013-2014)
Program Director and Management Consultant
Manage selected elevated-risk contracts for developing web-based applications requiring project
management rigor and client focus. Design and implement management best-practices, develop PMO
processes, cost estimating tools, and company-wide business process improvement (BPI) initiatives.
Organize, lead and contribute to proposals. Lead a team of management experts supporting the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the aftermath of the healthcare.gov initiatives. Write, teach, and
consult for Intelligence Community customers using PMBOK® standards.
• SEVATEC, INC. (2012-EARLY 2013)
Managing Principal, Services Contracts Center of Excellence / Six Sigma Champion
Designed and implemented a Center of Excellence for management of Information Technology
Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and others issued by federal agencies, including GSA’s
Information Technology Schedule 70, Department of Homeland Security IT Service Solutions EAGLE
contract, National Institute of Health CIO-SP3, and others. Championed continuous process
improvement with Six Sigma-based business analytics and earned value principles.
• EXELIS INFORMATION SYSTEMS (2010-2012)
Program Director, Intel Software Programs
Directed a portfolio of related IT programs, contracts and staff, the largest was Support and Advisory
services for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Enterprise, a 5 year $129M contract producing
software tools, data, and processing techniques within a service-oriented architecture (SOA). 15
subcontracts complemented organic staff to provide about 100 staff positions in various work packages,
some within sensitive and/or classified work environment. Various work packages ranged across the
project lifecycle, including market surveillance for directions and trends in IT policy, evolving data
transmission standards, storage solutions, mobility, and security.
• ITT ADVANCED ENGINEERING & SCIENCES (2000-2009)
Director, Products and Commercial Activities (2006-2009)
Managed tech transition of selected development projects into software and hardware products
including market position, pricing, supply chain planning, intellectual property and regulatory
compliance. Developed margin targets, ROIC and profit goals. Established and managed a portfolio of

3. twelve candidate products; three were launched commercially. Identified, deployed and managed
developers, engineers, and subject matter experts in diverse disciplines as network engineering,
computer science, scientific optical engineering, and scientific programming.
Senior Program Manager and Manager, Special Technologies (2000-2005)
The prime Program Manager for a 5-year task order contract providing research and development for
the federal and defense technology, leveraging the capabilities of a 17 - company team, including
business units of Raytheon, SAIC and Northrop Grumman. Established a lean Program Management
Office (PMO) to manage 42 separate projects across the project lifecycle, from initiation to
development, testing, transition to operations, maintenance and sustainment, to retirement and
closure. Championed the use of quantitative management techniques, including Earned Value
Management (EVM), into normal project administration.
• UNITED STATES ARMY (1999 AND EARLIER)
Retired from active duty from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research,
Development, and Acquisition, the Pentagon, as the strategic military planner for the Army Acquisition
Corps, developing technology and workforce management policy, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
Earlier Army assignments included Chief, Future Ordnance Systems at Aberdeen Test Center, Deputy
Commander for USSOCOM Ground Systems Program Management Office, and other command and staff
positions in 7th
Infantry Division, 2d Infantry Division, and US Training and Doctrine Command.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
M.S., Management Science, Florida Institute of Technology
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Program, National Defense University
Project Management Professional (PMP) since 1998
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) certified
Professional Certificate in Management of Research & Development, Association of Systems Engineers
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act certified (DAWIA Level 3)
Advanced Program Management Resident Course, Defense Acquisition University
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Dynamics AX Project Management
In addition to commercial clients, US government customers for which I have personally managed
programs or provided management consulting include:
Federal Emergency Management Agency Central Intelligence Agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Defense Intelligence Agency
US Postal Service Office of Inspector General National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
National Institutes of Health National Reconnaissance Office
US Special Operations Command & JSOC Naval Research Laboratory
GSA Public Building Service Army Research Laboratory
FBI DARPA
Federal Aviation Administration
ENDORSEMENTS
Please see the endorsements and recommendations from many of the people with whom I’ve worked at
http://www.linkedin.com/in/msalesky