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Noel H. Richey, CSM, SBBP
noel.richey2@gmail.com • 443-478-3086
Objective
To acquire a challenging position where I will have the opportunity to use my knowledge in data analysis and reporting,
operation readiness, audit readiness, project management, identifying and solving complex issues, asset valuation and
portfolio management.
Professional Experience
DC GOVERNMENT, DC OFFICE OF CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT (OCP) – Washington, DC
10/2019–Present
Senior Measuring & Planning Analyst
• Present findings and recommendations forprogrammatic support to the Office of Contracting and Procurement
(OCP) Operation Staff on administrative programs including personnel budget related matters; non-personnel
budget (general services and supplies); procurement and contract; records management, salaries and expenses
budget formulation and execution.
• Provide expert technical advice and guidance to senior management in establishing or amending administrative
data repository systems to ensure maximum efficiencies and effectiveness throughout all OCP data initiatives.
• Manage various aspects of the District of Columbia (DC) government disposal supply chain, which including
federal and local property.
Selected Contributions:
• Design, deploy, and execute day to day oversight of the DC FEMA federal reimbursement data respiratory
system that has substantiated over $700 million dollars in federal reimbursement submissions for the District of
Columbia’s COVID-19 relief efforts for internal and external offices, users, and stakeholders in relation to the
CARES act of 2020.
• Developed the OCP acquisition planning data visualization tool that showcases over $11.6 billion dollars in
forecasted annual procurements districtwide from the acquisition management system.
• Developed public facing data visualization tools to showcase KPI indicators which equals $30 million dollars
of surplus auction sales and $33.27 million dollars in Real Property reutilizations cost avoidance portfolio.
• Analyzed and recommended changes in contract provisions to the Auction sales platform which incorporate
local sales tax and controls over revenue allocated to the district.
• Developed technical and non-technical desktop guides to streamline the system to delivery phase in the
Automated Disposal Process for users and stakeholders.
DC GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (DSLBD) – Washington, DC
12/2016–10/2019
Senior Compliance Specialist
• Served as senior advisor to agency leadership on matters related to compliance and enforcement of the
Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) Program.
• Assigned projects as a team lead for the department’s agency compliance portfolio.
• Monitored and enforced the inclusion of CBE firms- (DC based Small Businesses) in District government-
assisted projects and procurement.
Selected Contributions:
• Reviewed and various district agencies approved capital, local, federal projects budgets along with inter-agency
agreements to set aside over $2.3 billion dollars toward small businesses Districtwide.
• Created and consolidated budget reports to track in real time local, federal, and capital project budgets along with inter-
agency agreements.
• Managed business requirement documents such as subcontracting small businesses agreements, quarterly reports
subcontracting plans, vendor verification forms for various real estate projects ranging from Short Term Family Housing,
Martin Luther King Library and development projects funded by dc government subsidies.
• Developed a data repository system that contained districtwide business required documents such as justifications for
non-small business inclusion, acquisition packages, requests for proposals, invitation for bids, determination and findings,
or quotations to streamline the compliance oversight process.

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• Audited various contract provisions for set-aside subcontracting to small business compliance with various firm fixed price
contracts such as Human Care Agreements and Cost Reimbursement with incentives agreements.
• Issued, executed and negotiated over $1.2 M in Fines to avoid further litigations disputes and court proceedings which
funded DSLBD programs such as the Capital Access Fund for Small Business to obtain loans.
• Analyzed budget gaps in client agency the Department of General Services portfolio to identified over $100 million dollars
in which raised spending rates from 13% to 131%.
• Reviewed agencies spending plans from federal and local dollars to Identify over $1.2 billion dollars in expenditures &
obligations for contractual services.
• Designated as the Compliance Administrator for DC Government QuickBase application for Fiscal Years
2016-2019 DSLBD Agency Compliance Reporting System.
• Identified gaps in Agency Fiscal Officer participation in the SBE expenditures process and increased participation
rates by 37% to account for 88 agencies in DSLBD’s portfolio.
MINDFINDERSINC. – Washington, DC
02/2016-10/2016
IT Project Manager/ Data Analyst Lead
• Served as contract project manager and data analyst lead for the District of Columbia Department of General
Services (DGS) by Administrated, coordinated and reviewed all DGS programs to ensure consistency with
procurement agency policies related to technology across various platforms.
• Scheduled and provided acquisition planning across the DGS in an accordance to the Procurement Practices
Reform Act of 2010 section 1105 and Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 7.
• Designed, developed and implemented solutions with an emphasis on data-related tasks.
• Analyzed data elements with an understanding of technical problems and solutions as they relate to various
programs.
• Collaborated with clients, project managers and program leaders to identify program requirements to develop
process models.
Selected Contributions:
• Served as project lead/main liaison for DGS’s Acquisition Planning Tool Rollout, which automated the
current District Procurement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system SAP Ariba and implemented a
more efficient way to control and schedule over $866 million dollars in ad-hoc procurement requests from
various DGS divisions with over 50 users.
• Identified over $10 million dollars’ worth of duplicates in the 2016 acquisition master schedule and
provided and implemented recommendations for reconciliation.
• Developed scorecards and key performance indicators for procurement request based on time,
requirement/purpose, and program.
• Led design and deployment of control schedules with validation rules to manage metadata for third party
consultants in DGS’s construction division to capture over $350 million dollars in change orders, firm fix price,
letter, architectural/engineering, and design-build contracts.
POTOMAC WAVE CONSULTING – Washington, DC
11/2015–02/2016
Financial Management Associate
• Quickly developed a thorough understanding of applicable accounting and auditing standards to support federal
client agency, the United States Coast Guard (USCG), with commercial and government-wide policies and
regulations.
• Analyzed various financial inter-agency agreements for quality assurance and compliance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and OMB Circular A-123.
• Provided support to review and document Standard Operating Procedures.
• Supported primary contractor, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Selected Contributions:
• Provided expertise and financial management assistance to identify potential courses of action to recover and
reuse obligations, liquidate aging obligations and improve the accuracy of obligation balances.
• Performed a GAP analysis of the current state of USCG’s master reimbursement process and found that not all
the sub-processes aligned with the master process. Provided recommendations to program managers that offered
solutions to rectify inaccurate sub-processes and ensure that all future sub-processes aligned with the master
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• Provided support in the development and implementation of internal controls over budgetary resource
management to remediate internal control weaknesses identified in the external audit and to align with DHS
control standards.
DC GOVERNMENT, DC OFFICE OF CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT – Washington, DC
11/2013–11/2015
Program Financial Analyst
• Performed quantitative/statistical analysis to develop reports that facilitated executive-level decision making.
• Managed multiple financial portfolios and assisted with budgeting, accounting and forecasting.
• Proactively sought and recognized potential issues within the Surplus Property Division and provided solutions to
mitigate risks.
Selected Contributions:
• Led a team to develop the Policy and Procedure Guide for the Surplus Property Division.
• Reconciled Purchase Orders and District Purchase Card transactions by comparing and correcting data and
using Microsoft Excel VBA to create monthly Districtwide Purchase Card expense reports.
• Created multidimensional dashboards to track procurement spending throughout various agencies in the district
and managed (CBE) expenditures.
• Scheduled project in Gantt charts in Microsoft project.
• Determined agency’s financial status by analyzing and comparing plans and forecasts with actual results, and
recommended actions to company executives in the form of reports and presentations.
• Worked with senior management, contracting officers and specialists to negotiate the districtwide auction contract
to decrease buyer’s premium rates by 5% to increase the demand for surplus products.
Additional experience as an Accounts Payable Coordinator at Carl M. Freeman & Associates (2013), Accounting
Technician at Children’s Hut Daycare Center (2007 – 2013) and Procurement Leadership Program Intern at the Office of
Contracting and Procurement (2011).
Education
• University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Bachelor of Business Administration – Finance
Certifications
• Six Sigma Black Belt Professional, Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, Sarbanes-Oxley Trained Professional,
Certified Scrum Master, The George Washington University District Procurement Certification-Tier III
CoreCompetencies
• Risk Mitigation & Vulnerability
• IBM Cognos Analytics
• TableauDashboards
• SharePoint
• ChangeManagement
• Inter-Agency Agreements
• Quality Assurance
• SOX compliance
• Microsoft Office Suite (Excel,
Project & Visio)
• Program/Project
Management
• Data Publications
• SAP Ariba
• Financial Operation
Management
• Business Process Re-
engineering
• Proposals & Contracts
• Microstrategy
• Audit Readiness
• OMB Circular A-123
• Celonis Software
• Federal & Local Advisory
• Google Analytics
• Budgeting
• QuickBase
• SAP Lumira
• Wasp Inventory Management
Systems
• Surplus/Real Property
Management
• Salesforce
• Alteryx