1. Richard A. Dubois
Columbia,MD 21044 • H: 410-730-4393 • C: 443-310-6297 • all5dubois@gmail.com
Senior Program Manager / Acquisition Professional / Engineer
Critical Thinking Skills • Proficient Team Building • Strong Leadership Abilities • TS/SCI with
Polygraph
Objective:To obtaina Program/ProjectManagement,ContractLead,orsimilartype positioninthe
InformationTechnology/Networkingfield,utilizingtechnical skillsandabilities acquiredfromacareerin
the IC Community,Dept.of Defense atNSA,and the U.S Air Force.
Motivated,results-orientedSeniorProgramManagerwithover24 yearsof experience of implementing
highly successful IT and Analytic Solutions for the Department of Defense. Skillfully managed large
civilian and contractor teams, with budgets in excess of $100M, to deliver systems that met all
performance requirements within cost and schedule constraints.
PROFESSIONAL JOB SUMMARY
PROGRAMMANAGER– FISMOD II, NSABA6 (JAN 2012 – PRESENT)
Leadership: Lead a Program Management Office (PMO) of 4 civilians, 6 Systems Engineering and
Technical Assistance (SETA) personnel to direct a 50 FTE contractor team to develop the $100M+
Foreign Instrumentation Signals Modernization (FISMOD) Increment II system. Proven track record of
managingprogramlife cycle fromrequirementsdefinition,systemdesign, to verification/validation for
testing to declare Final Operating Capability (FOC) of the system.
Exceptional abilityto lead cross-functional teams to identify program requirements, assess resources,
and direct or collaborate with personnel, ensuring project delivery on time and within budget.
Successfully met Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for the system in June 2013 meeting all ODNI BIN-1
RequirementPerformance Metrics(RPMs) anddeemedsuitable and effective by our independent test
authority. As of the last Earned Value Management (EVM) report, there were no variances in cost or
schedule.
Program Management: Re-aligned the program to use corporate provided services to the greatest
extent possible, to allow for easier integration between programs and lower sustainment costs.
Returned $12.2Min sustainment costs to the corporation after the change in direction.
Strategic Planning: Lookedatsite deploymentplan,compareditwiththe possible site closure list, and
convinced the customer to avoid locations that may require relocation. This saved the customer
hundredsof thousandsof dollarsonour third deployment, which was scheduled for a base that is now
closed.

2. Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate risks associated with cost, schedule, and
performance requirements. This assisted with the challenge of utilizing corporate services, as some
programs were not as large,notbaselined,withlittle to no oversight. Developing a risk and identifying
our requirements and schedule raised insight into the importance of these services and placed added
incentive for delivering their capabilities on schedule.
Budget Administration: Developed a Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE), yearly spend plans, out-year
funding plan, and tracked/managed obligations and outlay rates to stay within Agency goals. Manage
contractor expenditures and variances to ensure the program budget is maintained.
Team Building/Collaboration: Recruit, develop, lead, and mentor PMO team members made up of
program managers,engineers,security,acquisition, and test specialists. Included the customer in spin
planning meetings with the developer, to insure requirements were understood and prioritized
appropriately.
Communication:DeliverquarterlyProjectStatus briefingstothe D/DirNSA andthe executive staff of all
majororganizationsatthe agency.Alsobrief senior leadership at the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence (ODNI) on progress and any risks possibly affecting the program.
Contract Management:AsContractingOfficerRepresentative (COR),developedanacquisition strategy,
authored/revieweddocumentation,andtakenacontract from market survey and request for proposal,
to final contract. Experience withmanycontracttypes;FirmFixedPrice, Cost Plus Award Fee, IDIQ, etc.
Miscellaneous: Extensive experience with DoD acquisition and engineering processes, multi-system
integration, COR functions, Earned Value Management, DoD risk and configuration management.
Expertise in long-range strategic planning, outstanding technical writing/editing skills, significant
experience mentoringjuniorpersonnel,excellentbriefing skills at D/Dir NSA and ODNI levels (program
quarterlyperformance reports),andstrong networkingand personnelskills –building relationships and
interacting with senior leadership down to subordinates, inside and outside the organization.
DEPUTY PROGRAMMANAGERCMM-II, NSABA6(APR 2009 - JAN 2012)
Led the PMO team to direct a 70+ contractor team to successfully complete the FOC of a Tier-1
ACAT-1A majorprogram on schedule andslightly below cost. Integrated many different disparate data
sourcestogetherandcreatedmany unique relationshipsto provide situational awareness to high level
decision makers.
Spearheadedthe development of a tactical version of the system, worked as a Quick Reaction
Capability.Deployedto3 locationsinAfghanistantocollectrequirements, modify the existing contract
to add scope (and resources), and deploy a system to make the deployed analyst’s job much more
efficient. Performedall duties of PMand system engineer to deliver the $2.2Mprototype in 8 months,
which, after successful delivery, was used operationally and only slightly modified for sustainability.
Createdan internprogram that became the model forthe AcquisitionProgramExecutive Office.
Not only did it include required training, but also research, write-up, and briefing of a major PM

3. duty/concept.Alsoincorporated them into the team and assigned tasks appropriate for their aptitude
level, to keep them challenged. This gave them a great overview of program management on a very
large scale requirement and prepared them for a future PMassignment.
PAST EXPERIENCE
NSA/T14 – Lead SystemsEngineerforCMM (2007 – 2009)
NSA/X551 – SeniorVendorManager(2006 – 2007)
NSA/V11- ActingD/DivisionChief –NTOCNetworkModelingandAnomalyDetection –(2005 – 2006)
NSA/AS225- Branch Chief – Special ProjectsandRapidInstallationsServices(2003 – 2005)
AcceleratedMaster’sDegree Program –GWU (2001 – 2002)
NSA/F253 – TelecommunicationsFieldEngineer–Wiesbaden,GE(1998 – 2001)
NSA/Q254 – NetworkingEngineer(1997 – 1998)
NSA/JZ– 2-yr Fellowship –Capitol College,Laurel MD(1995 – 1997)
NSA/Q22– WAN ProjectManager (1990 – 1995)
NSA – ComputerOperator(1984 – 1990)
US Air Force – ComputerOperator(1978 – 1983) – Honorable Discharge
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Defense AcquisitionUniversity –
DAWIA – ProgramManagementlevel 3AcquisitionCorps(2011)
DAWIA – SystemsEngineeringLevel 3(2014)
NSA - FrontLine LeaderProgram Certified(2008)
MS –TelecommunicationsNetworkingandComputers –George WashingtonUniversity(2001-2003)
BS – TelecommunicationsEngineeringTechnologies –Capitol College,Laurel MD(1993-1997)
AA – BusinessManagement(Telecommunications) –HowardCC, ColumbiaMD (1992-1996)
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