Brandon Davis is a Program Manager at ARES Corporation with over 10 years of experience successfully delivering IT projects from small infrastructures to a $12M data center. He leads a team of 10 Project Managers and has a track record of improving delivery performance by 25%. Previously he was a Risk Manager where he collaborated to create and manage over 75 risks, providing senior leaders with information to address priorities. He received a B.S. in Mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy and served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps leading up to 40 Marines.

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Brandon
Davis,
PMP
1115
War
Eagle
Drive
N
Colorado
Springs,
CO
80919
239-­‐938-­‐6289
Brandond03@gmail.com
Program
Manager,
ARES
Corporation,
2010
to
present
Consistent,
successful
delivery
of
a
variety
of
concurrent
projects
ranging
from
small-­‐scale
building
infrastructures
to
a
two-­‐year,
$12M
data
center.
Implemented
related
IT
systems
including
HP
servers,
Juniper
switches
and
routers,
McAfee
Firewalls
and
Intrusion
Detection
Systems,
CA
Gigastor
packet
analyzers,
RedHat,
Microsoft
server
2008,
HP
and
CA
Systems
Management
applications
and
VMware.
Interacted
directly
with
customers
to
refine
project
scope,
assess
status
and
assist
in
making
decisions
regarding
project
financials.
Clients
include
Department
of
Defense,
Missile
Defense
Agency,
Lockheed
Martin
and
Northrop
Grumman.
Lead
team
of
10
Project
Managers
and
work
with
the
Project
Management
Office
to
ensure
project
plans
are
realistic
and
executable.
Responsible
for
managing
cross-­‐functional
team
members
from
initiation
through
closeout
and
customer
acceptance.
Use
Earned
Value
Methods
to
coordinate
project
status
for
both
internal
and
external
stakeholders.
Develop
time-­‐phased
resource
loaded
schedules
using
Microsoft
Project.
Over
the
past
12
months,
this
collaboration
and
detailed
schedule
development
improved
our
average
delivery
performance
by
nearly
25%.
Risk
Manager
and
Project
Controls
Engineer,
ARES
Corporation,
2008–2010
Allocated
resources,
maintained
schedule
and
budget
performance
using
Microsoft
Project
and
Primavera
P6
tools.
Collaborated
with
project
managers
and
senior
management
to
create,
monitor
and
manage
over
75
unique
risks.
Our
risk
management
process
presented
senior
leaders
with
concise
information
enabling
informed
decisions
to
address
personnel
assignment,
budget
priorities
and
timing
of
system
upgrades.
This
resulted
in
our
customers
providing
additional
funding
to
mitigate
the
risks
identified.
Clients
included
US
Department
of
Energy,
CH2MHill,
Johnson
Controls,
and
Areva.
Captain,
United
States
Marine
Corps,
2003–2008
Led
15-­‐40
Marines
in
a
variety
of
engagements
as
a
Combat
Engineering
Officer.
Completed
multiple
training
courses
in
leadership
and
qualified
on
multiple
combat
systems.
Responsible
for
$2M
in
new
IED
(hostile
explosives)
route
clearance
equipment
during
deployment
to
Iraq.
Trained
Marines
to
complete
multiple
missions
including
roadway
and
runway
repair,
construction,
demolition
and
explosives
handling.
EDUCATION
•
US
Naval
Academy
2003,
B.S.
Mathematics
•
Certified
Project
Management
Professional
PERSONAL
PROFILE
Married
with
2
children.
Interests
include
woodworking,
sports
and
volunteering
at
my
son's
elementary
school.