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John (Jay) J Petillo
4105 Maryland Ave, Bethesda, MD 20816 US
Phone: 301-219-2468, Email: jaypetillo@gmail.com
Security Clearance: Top Secret
PROFILE
High-performing, results-driven leader with 19 years federal experience including 10 years in the
Senior Executive Service with extensive knowledge of innovative financial management for
large-scale science, medical, public health and emergency preparedness organizations.
 Risk Management
 Service Excellence
 Strategic Planning
 Financial Analysis
and Execution
 Organizational
Development
 Process Innovation
 Proven track-record in formulating budgets for emergency preparedness agency resulting
in a 9-year doubling of program funding from FY08-16, or over 9% annually on average.
 Provided ground-breaking financial leadership to ensure the success of emergency
supplemental budget requests that resulted in over $12 billion made available for
investment in science and medical programs in support of Pandemic Influenza
preparedness, and responses to the H1N1 Pandemic and Ebola Epidemic in West Africa.
 Insightful long-range planner that ensured agency strategic goals were operationalized
through 22 management initiatives and monitored by 41 performance metrics.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
03/2010 - Present: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis SES
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
US Department of Health and Human Services Salary: $177,000
Supervisor: Edward Gabriel, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Office Phone: 202-205-2882
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Senior Financial Executive for a scientific and medical services emergency preparedness
organization with 600+ staff, 10 regional offices, and an annual budget of over $1 billion. My
responsibilities include all budget and financial oversight for programs in support of the
Congressionally mandated National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) including the development
and acquisition of large-scale medical countermeasure vaccines, the National Disaster Medical
System of deployable teams comprised of over 6,000 physicians and other healthcare
professionals, the Hospital Preparedness grant program with awardees in all States, territories
and major cities; I lead over forty staff and supervise five GS-15 Deputy Directors.
Accomplishments include:
 Senior executive responsible for the coordination, formulation, publishing and
submission to Congress of the HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures
FY14-FY18 and FY15-FY19 Multi-Year Budget reports which documented end-to-end
requirements from basic research, to development, acquisition, regulatory review, storage
and deployment of next generation vaccines and therapeutics that could be used in
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infectious disease. The five-year budget report enables cross-agency resource
coordination among HHS science programs at NIH, CDC, FDA communicates long-term
funding needs to Congress and other stakeholders, and informs annual budget priorities.
 Enhanced the presentation of the ASPR annual budget request by publishing a Budget in
Brief (BIB) “plain-language,” narrative. The FY2016 BIB highlighted funding priorities
and new programs including $192M million for the President’s Initiative to Combat
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB), $646M million in new funding for Project
BioShield procurement of medical countermeasures, $166 million for Influenza
Pandemic preparedness, and $6 million for the Civilian Medical Reserve Corps. The FY
2016 BIB was made available online and to stakeholders including Congressional staff
 As an HHS representative to Domestic Resilience Group (DRG) Sub-Interagency Policy
Committee (IPC) on Incident Response Funding, led the discussion with senior agency
officials on HHS financial planning and execution for the response to the Ebola epidemic
in West Africa as a case study to be used in support of developing new authorities for
flexible and nimble financial management during large-scale emergencies pre-submission
of emergency supplemental funding requests to Congress.
 Successfully negotiated with OMB and the Department of Justice the expansion of the
Public Safety Officers Benefit authority to include National Disaster Medical System
deployable staff to ensure their coverage for death or disability in the line of duty during
emergency responses including those to infectious disease outbreaks.
 Senior Financial Executive for administrative preparedness initiative to improve business
functions in an emergency response; instituted an exercise program to test and revise
processes, policies and authorities; successfully negotiated with Departmental and OMB
policy and budget officials to include a legislative proposal to expand funding thresholds
for the Secretary’s Transfer Authority in times of declared public health emergencies.
 Developed and presented to HHS senior leadership including the HHS Chief of Staff,
OMB and National Security Staff a $53 million proposal to support Federal emergency
medical response assets deployed to State and local hospitals requesting aid during the
H1N1 Influenza Pandemic. Successfully negotiated concurrence from the National
Security Staff (NSS), OMB, DOD, VA and FEMA resulting in multiple vaccination
teams provided to supplement community efforts.
 Provided executive leadership for the development and implementation of a web-based,
Oracle database budget execution tool that provides real-time status of funds reports in an
executive dashboard format for nearly $1.8 billion in expenditures and contributed to
85% of all FY15 program specific-funding committed by the end of the third quarter, and
99.99% of the total budget committed by years end.
 Executive management official responsible for the design, development and management
of an annual Integrated Strategic Resource Plan (ISRP) that incorporated and analyzed
the interdependencies of all program spending, staffing, central cost and facility needs;
provided this analysis to agency leadership for final review and approval resulting in
detailed execution roadmaps for program funding, workforce recruitment and shared cost
allocations based on utilization of services. The successful implementation of annual
ISRPs were ensured by monthly status of funds reports, obligation goals by quarter, and
the availability of an executive dashboard to track expenses by cost center including
salaries and recurring needs for travel, training, supplies and equipment. The ISRP led to
the following results:

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o Obligation of 99.99% of over $1 billion by the end of the last four fiscal years.
o Development and maintenance of a real-time cost allocation system for salaries and
expenses of over $130 million annually. This system also identifies potential savings
in fixed costs available for reallocation to strategic program priorities, and provided
estimates for out-year fixed cost growth.
o The establishment of, and executive oversight for, a shared-services fund averaging
over $3 million annually in support of intranet and internet websites, centralized
management of accountable property, library services and internal control
professional consultation services.
 Instituted property and inventory management practices for $5.3 billion of supplies and
equipment, including review and reconciliation of accounting code structures, submission of
quarterly inventory reports documenting financial valuations, and a photo library of
inventoried assets. These practices contributed to the Department receiving the Association
of Government Accountants Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting award for
the 2013 Agency Financial Report.
 Provided financial oversight of the HHS Office of the Inspector General review of
Superstorm Sandy research grants resulting in over 1000 transactions confirmed to be
without findings of improper payment and an overall error rate of zero.
09/2006 - 02/2010: Director of Resource Planning and Evaluation SES
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
US Department of Health and Human Services Salary: $163,000
Supervisor: Gerald Parker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Retired) Phone: N/A
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Senior Administrative Officer/ Senior Financial Officer with oversight for all budget and
financial processes, performance management, facilities, human capital and workforce
development, emergency support services, and quality assurance; supervised four GS-15 senior
managers with responsibility for 30+ staff. Accomplishments include:
 Senior administrative official responsible for development of ASPR’s first five-year
strategic plan; technical monitor in partnership with a Federally Funded Research and
Development Corporation to develop the agency’s mission and vision focused strategic
plan, align assets and operations with 22 goals and objectives, and develop a metric-
based performance management system.
 Completion of a balanced scorecard framework including the perspectives of
stakeholders, program directors, management officials and staff that resulted in three
strategic objectives evaluated by 41 key performance indicators and that was recognized
by OMB as an exemplar under the President’s Performance Improvement Initiative for
the development of a performance metric that monitored the number of National Disaster
Medical System (NDMS) teams fully staffed, equipped and trained.
 An FY 2011 ASPR Congressional Budget Justification with an 18% increase over the
FY10 PB, seven new performance goals on medical countermeasure projects progress on
clinical trials, and five new performance targets to increase the number of grantees with
five core medical surge capabilities including hospital bed reporting to 100%.
 Senior management official responsible for transfer of National Disaster Medical System
assets between HHS and the Department of Homeland Security under two separate OMB
Determination Orders; negotiated sensitive and often controversial elements of transfer with
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resulting in the preservation of long-standing HHS commitments to its Continuity of
Operations Program (COOP) and transfer of $30 million in Hurricane Katrina supplemental
funding that was used to upgrade NDMS capabilities required to fulfill Health and Medical
Emergency Support Function (ESF-8) under the National Response Framework.
 Provided executive leadership for realignment of the organization to meet legislative
requirements of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act authorizing statute;
incorporated newly transferred major program assets, including a $500 million grants
program, and 6,000 person mobile medical corps into existing mission structure;
constructed 40 key performance indicators for program and management objectives;
developed monthly executive dashboard reports that monitored progress toward
milestones and prompted mid-course corrections to achieve mission goals when needed.
 Established the budget policy that resulted in the appropriation of a $5 million
contingency fund to support public health and medical emergencies that are not covered
for reimbursement by FEMA under the Stafford Act and that has been used for responses
to the Haiti Earthquake, support for medical screening of unaccompanied children across
the US border, and National Special Security Event such as the State of the Union.
 In support of the Department's implementation of OMB Circular A-123 "Management's
Responsibility for Internal Control," developed a risk assessment methodology using
financial data to determine accounts of highest priority to target for testing; presented this
methodology as best practice to the HHS Senior Assessment Team including members of the
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) community and coordinated with the CFO’s office to web-cast
the annual A-123 training session to all Departmental staff.
05/2002 - 08/2006: Operations Officer GS-15
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
US Department of Health and Human Services Salary: $130,000
Supervisor: William Raub, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Retired) Phone: NA
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Overall responsibility to plan, coordinate and evaluate program management operations of a
$4 billion program level budget, management of a human capital program for staff of over 200;
Technical Evaluation Committee Chairman for procurement of commercial services totaling $50
million annually and ensured project officers have requisite training and guidance regarding
ongoing procurements; Administration and Finance Section Chief for deployment of over 3,000
medical personnel deployed to provide public health response to areas affected by Hurricanes
Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
08/1997 – 04/2002: Senior Analyst GS-14
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget, Technology and Finance
US Department of Health and Human Services
Senior analyst responsible for planning and evaluating budget, staffing and legislatives proposals
from HHS science agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes
of Health; developed written briefing materials and other work products on HHS programs
including supplemental budget requests in FY99 and FY02 for emergency funding of scientific
research and public health preparedness to respond to chemical, biological, radiological and
nuclear events.

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EDUCATION
Duke University, Sanford Institute of Public Policy Durham, NC US
Master's Degree 05/1997
Credits Earned: 51 Semester hours
Major: Public Policy Minor: Health Policy
Boston University School of Public Communication Boston, MA US
Bachelor's Degree 05/1984
Credits Earned: 128 Semester hours
Major: Broadcasting and Film Minor: Dramatic Literature
TRAINING AND RECOGNITION
Driving Government Performance, Harvard University Executive Education, March 2009
A-123 Internal Controls Training, Potomac Forum, WDC, June 2006
Principals of Federal Appropriations Law, GAO, WDC Sept.,1997