1. Quentin McColgin 310.699.1860
SECURITY Clearances
Secret – Updated / Renewed February 2015 – TS/SCI – Top Secret / Sensitive Classified Information (2007 – 2011)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Raytheon – RMS (Raytheon Missile Systems) – Tucson, AZ 11/2014 – 03/2015
Contracted Services provider – Employed through – The Fountain Group, Tampa Bay, FL
Program Planning & Scheduling
• Provided ad-hoc contract services and advice to managers in-charge of and responsible for a high profile
rapidly evolving program within Raytheon Missile Systems supporting Missile Defense Agency contracts.
• Provided integrated resource loaded schedules to a multimillion dollar program for planning, schedule
implementation, & execution in compliance with highly integrated earned value management (EVM) cost &
schedule control processes.
• Provided supplemental and what-if schedules for internally integrated program plans comprised of proposed
ECRs supporting rapid customer needs and expectations while filling that gap between formalized FRPs
and ATPs.
• I vertically & horizontally integrated task scheduling across functional groups & reported schedule status
weekly.
• Utilized MS Project 2010 highly customized with RPM, (Raytheon Program Management), add-on utilities
and reports.
• Developed / reported contract delivery margin trends; utilized OPDEC Critical Path tools/reports &
Milestone Pro.
Lockheed Martin – SSC (Space Systems Company) – Sunnyvale, CA 6/2007 – 3/2014
Engineering Planner – Staff
Program Planning & Scheduling 4/2011 – 3/2014
• Provided integrated resource loaded schedules to a multibillion dollar program for planning, schedule
implementation, & execution in compliance with highly integrated earned value management (EVM) cost &
schedule control processes.
• I vertically & horizontally integrated task scheduling across functional groups & reported schedule status
weekly.
• Established & detail planned contractual WBS scope & schedule changes to the program Integrated Master
Schedule (IMS) maintaining contract cost & schedule baselines, performance status, & forecast estimates-
to-completion (ETC).
• Utilized Microsoft Project 2007 / 2010 for detailed planning & RTP for rolled up swim lanes summarization.
• Coordinated & assisted account managers in decomposing WBS contract Statement of Work (SOW) scope.
• Incorporated WBS Statement of Work (SOW) deliverables into actionable detailed schedule IMS tasks &
Program Performance Milestones (PPM) compliant to internal cost, schedule, & technical risk requirements.
• Utilized Integrated Master Plan (IMP) events, accomplishments & integrated IMS criteria for program
control.
• Inputted task level resources into the IMS establishing & maintaining the performance management
baseline (PMB).
• Utilized Critical Path Methodology (CPM) to identify the longest path(s), to identify, mitigate, & reduce
schedule delays, gain margin, & reduce overall program costs while mitigating technical risk.
• Processed IMS budget change requests (BCR) for new or changed budget baseline scope.
• Advised & facilitated Integrated Product Teams (IPT) & stakeholders on best practices managing program
schedules.
• Provided production control organization with ERP customer order demand dates & quantities.
• Aligned & established independent & dependent demands in SAP ERP Master Production Schedule (MPS)
of components, assemblies, & end-item deliverables using the capacity constrained IMS with & without
margin.
• Synchronized ERP component lead-time durations calibrated with IMS task-durations for ERP backward
planned BOM exploded component procurement delivery need dates, subassembly, & assembly delivery
need/due dates.
• I tracked & reported schedule plans, performed risk analysis, & identified/resolved critical path & network
logic conflicts.
• Updated monthly task level budget performance & ETC values, then rolled-up performance & ETC labor
hours to account totals for monthly budget (BCWS), performance (BCWP), & estimate-to-complete (ETC)
reporting & analysis.
2. • Utilized Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management & other management techniques to
gauge progress & identify performance variances to facilitate focus & intervention on critical areas.
• Ensured compliance with DCMA 14 Point schedule metrics standards & I met robust IMS health standards
compliance.
• Worked with the cost managers, leads, & finance analysts to identify root cause & corrective actions of
variances.
• Updated schedule status weekly & processed task performance metrics for monitoring, reporting, &
mitigating delays.
• Met all product delivery & reporting requirements & passed all audits during entire period of employment.
Subcontract Planning & Scheduling 6/2007 – 3/2011
• Supported program subcontract product managers in the supplier’s schedule development, build, test,
delivery, & then the vehicle integration of various satellite components used within the satellite vehicle
infrastructure.
• Coordinated the preparation, review, & approval of key supplier cost & schedule plans, IMS, for responsible
subcontract product deliveries meeting internal satellite cost, build, & test schedule requirements.
• Performed Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBR) with subcontract suppliers after contract negotiations to
ensure supplier schedule viability of on-time supplier product(s) delivery while mitigating technical, cost, &
schedule risks.
• Determined responsible subcontractor’s IMS health/robustness, monitored, & reviewed subcontractor’s
costs, operational budgets, variances, & manpower requirements & assisted subcontract managers
determine monthly supplier subcontract performance measurements, analysis, & corrective actions.
• Successfully met all customer Integrated Baseline Reviews & internal audit reviews.
• Granted access to SCI (Sensitive Classified Information) by the U.S. Government.
• Completion of a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) & Successful completion of a gov’t
polygraph.
Raytheon Intelligence & Info. Solutions – NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 10/2005 – 2/2007
Principal Engineering Planner – Next Generation Air Transportation System & VAMS Study
• Provided programmatic schedule planning, schedule updates, & decision support project controls to the
NASA Ames Research team supporting research on the Next Generation Air Transportation System & to an
established project IMS on a 165 million dollar NASA Ames research project specific to managing
simulation research tasks & deliverables.
• Delivered multi-purpose project management simulation schedule models on a budgeted $335 million
NASA project.
• Fulfilled customer required multi-rollup structured views designed in Primavera Ver. 5.0 Project
Management software application & in MS Project 2003.
• Implemented the project WBS developed from the project proposal & from customer consultations in
schedule design.
• Produced monthly master summary milestone status extracts from the integrated Master Schedule for use
in other program presentations.
• Facilitated work sessions with project technical managers to estimate workforce requirements versus the
remaining baseline budget for estimate to completion (ETC) adjustments.
• Updated & reported critical path analyses & conducted meetings with project office, systems engineering &
technical managers to present & discuss the implications of the critical path analyses.
• Produced graphic representations of critical path networks, Gantt Charts, relationship diagrams, &
milestone status reports to brief other team members & senior management biweekly.
• Utilized a formalized Baseline Change Requests (BCR) process to manage & control the IMS baseline.
• Processed & reviewed results of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) Health Metrics analysis & performed
updates to the IMS network to reflect changes in work planned & to improve & maintain the IMS health.
• Utilized MS Project 2003 & customized Visio Network Logic Diagrams to maintain constant status &
analysis of the projects’ critical paths.
• Credited – 2006 NASA – Group Achievement Honor Award – System Level Integrated Concept
Development Team –National Airspace System – NASA Ames Research Center – Raytheon Information
Solutions team contributions.
Northrop Grumman (Formally known as Litton Guidance Systems) Woodland Hills, CA 8/2002-10/2004
Master Scheduling Integrator – Division Business Operations
• Created & managed resource constrained price costed schedules for software & hardware development
project scope.
3. • Produced Gantt chart reports, network diagrams, & miscellaneous schedule/resource reports on all
responsible projects for program control & earned value management using MS Project 2000, MPM cost
control application, & Artemis Project View applications.
• Developed R&D program schedules utilizing proposal Basis of Estimates (BOE) & approved customer
change orders in establishing & maintaining program budget baselines applying EVM methodology.
• Worked with engineers in setting up & executing schedule tasks & milestones for all contract deliverables.
• Assisted in WBS and Control Account creation & trace-back to approved proposals.
• Updated BCWS & BCWP on weekly & monthly basis & maintained all schedule activity resource data.
• Provided all associated schedule/resource change/update data to program finance analysis for updating all
respective cost data & models.
• Provided leadership in initiating individual & team schedule update meetings & coordinated with program
cost analyst focal point ensuring time fence status dates/periods & baseline versions were accurate.
• Guided program managers, Control Account Managers (CAM), & performing work package managers/leads
in WBS / OBS structure creation, roll-up summarization, Control Account / Work Package definitions /
groupings, & marrying methods in regards to collecting actual costs using time & materials cost collection
business systems/accounts.
SECURITY Clearances
Secret – Updated / Renewed February 2015 – Active
Secret – DoD (2011 – 2013)
TS/SCI – Top Secret / Sensitive Classified Information (2007 – 2011)
CERTIFICATIONS
MCP Microsoft Certified Professional – ID# 2614462
MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MCDBA Microsoft Certified Database Administrator – Microsoft SQL Server DBMS
U.S. Army – four years active duty – Honorable Discharge
Education - B.A. University of Oklahoma