1. David Alan Cunningham
David.A.Cunningham@Comcast.net Chalfont, PA 18914
Cell: 215-353-3336 218 East Fairwood Drive
Experienced professional looking to deliver exceptional business results using my leadership, technical and
communication skills by obtaining an IT management position within a progressive company.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Results-driven management professional with a career of progressive leadership roles and notable
success managing multiple projects of varying scope and complexity supporting clients within
Pharmaceutical, Health Care, and various Government Agencies (Intelligence and Homeland
Security).
Strong track record of providing value-added leadership successfully completing large and small mission
critical projects on time and within budget. Proficient in building trust based relationships with diverse
constituencies including : business partners, vendors, employees and senior management.
Extensive hands-on technical experience performing all phases of the System Development Life Cycle
including: requirements definition, analysis / design, development, testing / verification and transition.
Consistently achieved high ratings during annual Performance Assessment cycles and was recognized as
a high potential employee throughout my career at Lockheed Martin.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, team-oriented management style and extensive
experience utilizing the Microsoft Office suite of products.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2001 – Present
Project Manager 2003-Present
Successful project manager and senior engineer for a $46B global government contractor serving various
agencies developing enterprise level software solutions to complex issues. Lockheed Martin is one of the
few companies in the world recognized by the Carnegie Mellon Institute with a CMMI Level 5
(framework for business process improvement) designation for maturity of its SDLC processes. Earned
Value Management (EVM) was the project management methodology used based on the CMF model.
Leveraging formal training in Project Management, Lessons Learned and Six Sigma was able to meet
objectives and create continuous business process improvements to achieve excellent bottom-line results.
• Project Manager for a $400M, multi-year, CM controlled Data Warehouse enterprise software
development effort using (Java, XML, SOA, Oracle) in a PMO environment. Managed this
enterprise project thru multiple sub-project iterations (6-9 months) of the entire SDLC including
transition to operations with a diverse team that peaked at 30+ software, system, test and database
engineers. Successfully utilized Agile Methodology concepts during several increments
• Successful as a manager and proficient with Microsoft Office products, often achieving 100%
Customer Award Bonuses with our program considered the “Model” for our line-of-business
• Multi-tasked by leading in parallel other critical ad hoc project efforts and was rewarded with an
Exceptional Contributor bonus for completing a critical program milestone
• Developed a sophisticated costing tool which increased our bidding efficiency by 50% and
negotiated the results face-to-face with our customers for RFC proposals which brought in $15M
in new business

2. • As project manager for a test group, achieved a 42% reduction in schedule effort by defining test
data requirements earlier in the cycle and leveraging developers to create the data. Turned this
“Achilles Heel” into a best practice which was adopted as a program standard
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Senior Software / System Engineer 2001–2003
• Senior Software Engineer who assessed all RFC impacts to a rolling CM controlled development
baseline which changed bi-weekly due to shifting customer priorities
• Developed an Object Oriented (OO), customer-facing, web portal using Oracle eBusiness
Suite, XML and Java/JSP which later developed into a $2B enterprise-wide program
• Built a successful prototype which included deriving the requirements from vague customer
specifications and followed a lighter version of our standard SLDC processes
TV GUIDE INC. 3/2000-12/2000
Senior Software Engineer
Recruited to help build a Data Warehouse and a customer-facing portal interface for this $1.1B
communications industry entertainment company using Microsoft technologies. The project was a very
successful in porting the magazine to the web and in providing sales metrics to the client to improve their
business decisions.
• Senior Software Engineer on a 14-person team that successfully developed a $20M, Data
Warehouse with a customer-facing web portal interface
• Built using Microsoft technology specifically Visual Basic and SQL Server following SDLC
processes
MERCK & CO. INC. / RHONE-POULANC RHORHER INC. 1996 - 2000
President / Independent Consultant for DTC VENTURES INC.
As president of DTC VENTURES INC., performed various development projects: MERCK is a $40B
dollar health care company and RPR was a $10B pharmaceutical company. Provided critical solutions to
complex business issues in direct support of large sales forces which directly impacted the revenues of the
corporation
• Project lead /Consultant responsible for a Sample Allocation system providing 24x7 support to a
300 person pharmaceutical sales force
• Interfaced with 6 regional directors from across the country on an ongoing basis to determine
requirements and to prioritize work in a fast-paced, highly-visible, dynamic environment
• Consultant on a team which enhanced a financial reporting system utilizing Visual Basic for
Application for Excel (VBA), Visual Basic and Access
AETNA - formerly U.S. HEALTHCARE INC. 1994- 1996
Senior Programmer/Business Requirements Analyst
Performed the roles of business analyst and senior programmer, solving complex issues for business clients
in the health care industry, working for this $34.7B health care provider, one of the largest in the United
States.
• Met directly with business partners to develop requirements for ongoing baseline enhancements
• Project lead for a critical hospital payment system which ran on a nightly basis
• Senior developer on a 5-person team which successfully built a $2M hospital bonus system
following SDLC processes throughout the entire development effort
AON INC. 1991- 1994
Senior Programmer

3. Senior programmer for this $7.6B leading provider of risk management services, insurance / reinsurance
and human capital / management consulting. Interfaced heavily with various departments to provide
ongoing support for critical business initiatives. Rewarded for my performance by being chosen for formal
training in a new client server initiative from a large group of candidates.
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• Selected from 80+ developers to attend training and develop a enterprise-wide client server
initiative in Power Builder
• Project lead on an ongoing RFC effort to make enhancements to a dynamic baseline requested by
our business users.
• Interfaced directly with end users to develop a complex analysis tool to determine issues with our
monthly billing system which allowed the company to recover lost revenue
CORE COMPETENCIES:
● Program / Project Team Leadership / Multi-Tasking ● Strategic Planning / Metrics / Staffing
● Managing Technical / Cost / Schedule ● Risk Assessment / Mitigation Analysis
● Mentoring / Career Development / Motivation ● Performance Measurement / Retention
● Requirements Definition / Development ● RFC Cost Estimating / Negotiation
● Object Oriented Analysis / Design (OOA/D) ● Development / Test / Transition
● System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) ● Environments - UNIX, Windows, Web
● Languages - Java / VB / SQL ● Databases - Oracle / MS SQL Server
● Methodologies - Incremental / Waterfall / Agile-Scrum ● World-Class CMMI Level 5 Processes
● MS Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook ● Earned Value Management (EVM)
EDUCATION:
MBA, Management, LASALLE UNIVERSITY, BBA, Computer Science, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
CLEARANCES HELD:
TS/SCI with Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI)
Program management office Requirements SDLC Project Lead Training Go-Live
Production support Capability maturity matrix index six sigma lean events process
improvement
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