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1. Abel Sussman
Ashburn, VA
abel.sussman@gmail.com
703-855-9097
Senior Consulting Program Manager leading strategy and delivery services at world-class companies
Experienced information technology professional with over 18 years of experience covering a variety of fields,
including IT and non-IT program and project management, project management and operation, process
reengineering, strategic consulting, portfolio management, business case development, and general management.
Led and managed multi-million dollar IT implementations and has worked in both Federal and Commercial sectors.
Experienced in conceiving, developing, and managing performance of strategic systems to transform organizations.
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Solid Leader, developing and directing personnel across projects and programs to continually broaden
knowledge and skill capacity, pioneer innovative solutions and achieve strong ownership of mission.
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Technology Subject Matter Expert with extensive collaborative experience in IEEE, higher education,
government and private sector emerging technology research partnerships.
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Excellent customer service record, providing expert advice and consultation to SES-level, C-level and
Program Management to support informed technology investment planning.
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Highly analytical with demonstrated expertise defining capability gaps, gathering and translating business
requirements to technical design and development projects, and ensuring sound, secure implementations.
Consulting
Business Analysis
Project Management Office
Policy Development
SETA Support
Information Technology
Systems Development Lifecycle
Innovation
Research & Development
IT Strategy
Management
Project / Program Management
Team Leadership / Motivation
Contract/Vendor Management
Proposal Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lead Associate, Booz | Allen | Hamilton, (4/2009 to 9/2013)
Provided extensive leadership experience on multi-task projects. Responsibilities have included direct oversight of
funds, resources, business development, advocacy, and overall delivery and client satisfaction. Accomplishments
include:
Led team of subject matter experts, technical and functional analysts, assigned to multiple clients
Developed relationships with leading universities and developed pipeline of interns and new hires
Directed proposal teams for Defense (DoD, Intelligence) and Civil (DHS, FBI, TSA) markets
Represented firm at industry organizations including Smart Card Alliance, RTCA SC-224 (Airport Security
Access Control Systems), Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR), and National Strategy for
Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) Identity Ecosystem Steering Group
Investigated new technology areas including Cloud Computing and strategized integration with client
programs
Awarded Booz Allen Cybersecurity Expert Belt
Transportation Security Administration - Directed development of a program office within the Transportation
Security Agency (TSA) Office of Information Technology (OIT). Developed use cases to support the integration into
the Risk Based Security (RBS) security initiatives to assign risk profiles to travelers and enhance airport security.
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Developed of a state-of-the-art laboratory to process a variety of biometric,
biographic and behavioral data sets. Led functional capability requirements, and performed vendor analysis to
identify COTS, GOTS, and open source products that should be included.
2. Navy Criminal Investigative Service - On site project lead providing program management support to the Naval
Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) that includes the development of an operational OCONUS counter-intelligence
and counter-terrorism capability, the development of policy for NCIS' law enforcement missions and overall analytic
and technical support to assist NCIS in providing effective, integrated guidance and direction to overseas field
operations and the Department of the Navy.
Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate - Developed a program to review technically
challenging biometric requirements of several DHS programs. Performed and presented a holistic biometric analysis
of operational and performance requirements, gap analysis, identifying program risks, and improvement to
biometric information flows between Departments, Components and Agencies.
Department of Veteran’s Affairs - Managed efforts of the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) project to continually
evolve their enterprise identity management capabilities. Contributed thought leadership to the Virtual Lifetime
Electronic Record (VLER) project which will implement overarching Identity Services across VA administrations and
Lines of Business (LOB).
Manager, BearingPoint (5/2005 – 4/2009)
As a manager with the Identity Management and Security team, was the prime lead for the oversight of various
smartcard, privacy, and credentialing programs. Responsibilities include project management leadership for teams
providing biometric identity verification services to Federal Agencies; programs include ensuring compliance with
HSPD-12 and FIPS 201 mandates. Managed efforts at DMDC to improve privacy protection and oversee the change
management process for the Common Access Card (CAC). Provided leadership for the GSA Shared Services identity
card program which served to produce the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards for GSA’s HSPD-12 project
management office. Spearheaded a 15 person team to develop the detailed functional design of the Transportation
Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) solution and supported the alignment of the solution with HSPD-12 and FIPS 201.
Project Manager (Consultant), US Department of State (10/2002 – 5/2005)
At the Department of State (DoS) provided project management to a team of eighteen Java, PowerBuilder, .Net
developers, and business analysts in support to the Office of Consular Affairs (CA). All work performed under this
contract employs the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and the Rational tool suite, augmented to include CMMI Level
II and III standards, improved application design, and updated development framework. Was awarded
commendations from the Assistant Secretary of State for my quick action during a crisis situation during the 2005
Tsunami and 2004 Hurricane Evacuation.
EDUCATION
Certificate, Executive Leadership, Yale - 2009
Certificate Project Management, George Washington University - 2000
MBA, State University of New York at Albany - 1996
BS, Computer Science, State University of New York at Binghamton - 1994
CERTIFICATION
Project Management Professional (PMP# 218809)
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP # 352537)
IEEE Certified Biometric Professional (IEEE CBP)
Six Sigma Green Belt
3. CLEARANCES
Top Secret awarded March 2011
TSA Suitability awarded March 2011
DHS HQ Suitability awarded July 2009
Secret Level Clearance awarded March 2003
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, and PANELS
Contributor for Smart Card Alliance whitepaper “Mobile Devices and Identity Applications”, September 2012
“Biometrics and National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace”, published and presented at the
2012 Biometrics Consortium Conference
“Biometric Maturity Model”, IAnewsletter Volume 15 Number 3 Summer 2012
“Trends in Biometrics for Travel Transit and Immigration”, published and presented at the ID360: The Global
Forum on Identity, April 2012
“Meeting the Performance Requirements of the Next Generation Biometric Systems”, presented at the DoD
Biometric Data Sharing Community of Interest (BDS COI), April 2012
“Leveraging the Cloud for Big Data Biometrics”, published by the IEEE and presented at IEEE 4th
International Conference on Cloud Computing, July 2011
Led “Biometrics and Cloud Computing” technical panel at the September 2012 and 2011 Biometrics
Consortium Conference
Contributor for Smart Card Alliance whitepapers “Smart Cards and Biometrics” and “2011 PIV-I Use Cases”
“Methodology for Evaluating Multi-Biometric Systems”, presented at the September 2010 Biometrics
Consortium Conference