Ernest Kyle Oliverernestkyleoliver@hotmail.com or kyle.oliver@gmail.com

PO BOX 711614 Herndon, VA 20171 (703) 994-8182

ObjectivesUtilize my experiences and skills in seeking employment in program management, project/product management for developments, acquisitions, and engineering services, Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), technical contract management, system engineering, system integration, and system testing areas.

Executive SummaryI possess vast experience in program and project management with a track record of success on programs and projects with varying levels of complexity. I have a history of gathering stakeholders’ requirements and implementing the requirements to achieve stakeholders’ desired product(s). I hold a lengthy and successful history of monitoring program cost, schedule, and technical capabilities daily to immediately identify risks and/or opportunities as they arise, and to develop plans to avoid or minimize risks and/or achieve or maximize opportunities. I raise risks/opportunities to stakeholders with a suggested plan of action as soon as possible. I have exceptional briefing and presentation skills to inform stakeholder(s) of program status and address any issue(s), tailored to each stakeholder’s needs. During my thirteen years as a Program Manager with the Intelligence Community (IC) specifically the CIA and the NRO, I routinely prepared documents and presentations, as well as, briefed senior IC leadership on programs I managed. In addition to Program Management, I preformed Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) for thirteen years on different programs with varying degrees of complexity depending on the program, such as preforming IV&V on a low complexity project that exploits cellular data prior final acceptance by the government; as well as leading a team of thirty people performing IV&V on a Geospatial Satellites from delivery to launch and initiation. I led remediation team(s) to address and correct testing deficiencies for eight years on programs that ranged from low to very high complexity levels, that I was the Program Manager or on the IV&V team as a leader or member.

Ernest Kyle Oliver

Core Competencies and Skills Preformed Program and Project and Product management and Project Integration for thirteen

years on programs with extremely high levels of complexity in Information Technology, Cellular Targeting and Tracking, Space Based Communications, and Space Based Imaging Intelligence Business Areas from concept to decommission with experience managing every type of government contract type, i.e. Firm Fixed Price, Cost Plus Incentive Fee, Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Cost Plus Award Fee, etc.

Performed Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) for thirteen years independently from the program’s development team and advised the program’s Decision Authority (DA) with recommendations on a path or paths forward at key Program milestone control gates

Preformed Systems Engineering and System Integration for thirteen years on various different programs

Led remediation team(s) to resolve program testing deficiencies for eight years Excellent Leadership skills in program/project/product management with conflict resolution Ability to manage and prioritize shifting critical requirements and tasks with assigned resources Experience throughout project life cycle from requirements gathering/planning to decommission Stakeholder management (sponsor, management, government agencies (DNI, CIA, NRO, NSA,

NGA, FBI, NASA, DoD) customer, user, project, design, developmental, & construction teams) o Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to brief

both technical and nontechnical stakeholderso Foster information sharing between stakeholders

Strategic planning, short and long term Risk and/or opportunity management Cost management Schedule management Technical requirements management

o Quality controlo Process improvement

Program/Project/Product management in both technical and nontechnical areas/skillso Cellular systemso Communication and Imagery satellite systemso Software Engineering/Development, Hardware Development, and Integrationo Software development, testing, and debugging o Data centerso Information Technology

Create Program Documents and Presentations for senior IC Leadership Excellent verbal, writing, and briefing skills Leadership skills Routinely briefed senior IC Leadership

Ernest Kyle Oliver

Professional Experience

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Directorate of Science & Technology (DS&T)Office of Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20505Project Management Engineering August 2002 to October 2015

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) CIA, DS&T; detailed to the NROOffice of Public Affairs, Chantilly, VAProject Management Engineer March 2013 to October 2015Program Management (PM), Project Management, Product Management, Technical Contract Management, System Engineering (SE), and System Integration (SI)

Provided program management, SE, and SI, leading multiple teams of fifty plus personal in integrating a node of the Director of National Intelligence’s (DNI) and the CIA’s Commercial Cloud System (C2S) for the Intelligence Community (IC) at a NRO ground station facility (GSF) for the IC cloud designed by Amazon. I started and led a remediation team to address deficient completion date that improved schedule completion date.

o This development will allow greater collaboration and sharing of data within the IC and allow the IC to make timelier and more accurate intelligence decisions.

o My actions as the PM saved the government $1.1M and prevented major delays. Performed IV&V for the many different stakeholder’s requirements at the Federal, State,

Local, DNI, CIA, NRO, Customer, User, Department of Army to maintain all necessary requirements are met when all stakeholders requirements are combined for the AWS/C2S/IC node at ADFE.

Represented senior NRO management at C2S’s milestone control gates.o I ensured NRO’s equities were represented at these milestone control gates.

Provided technical representation and management for a contract competition for a new system engineering and integration (SE&I) services contract for the NRO’s GSFs.

o This will allow for more efficient and innovative SE&I services for the NRO. Provided program management, system engineering, system integration, IV&V testing,

and leadership over a team of twenty personal for the delivery activities to launch and initialization (L&I) activities for image intelligence satellites.

o The IV&V team discovered a flaw in the ground components and network that would have delayed L&I. This discovery allowed for the ground components and network to be addressed before L&I saving $1M to $3M per day if L&I were delayed from its schedule date.

Provided program management, system engineering, system integration, and leadership over fifteen personal for the communications & information technology portfolio and the facilities portfolio at a NRO GSF.

o The team(s)’ actions ensured continuation of daily operations at a NRO GSF.

Ernest Kyle Oliver

NRO CIA, DS&T; detailed to the NROOffice of Public Affairs, Chantilly, VAProject Management Engineer July 2008 to March 2013Program Management, Project Management, Technical Contract Management, System Engineering, and System Integration

Provided program management, system engineering, system integration, IV&V testing, and leadership over a team of five personal for the development activities to delivery activities for communication intelligence satellites.

o Leading a team of five, I provided system engineering (SE) and IV&V reviews of readiness development milestones for communication satellite systems, and provided recommendations to the decision authority (DA).

o The IV&V team discovered a flaw in design during review that allowed for corrective action to be performed saving potential $1M to $2M that would have been needed later in the development process.

o The recommendations allowed the DA to make more informed decisions. Provided technical management of a system engineering personal services contract.

o The contract provided the SE resources, which ensured the necessary evaluation and recommendations needed for the office’s continued mission success.

Provided technical management of an administrative personal services contract.o This produced a cost savings for non-government administrative functions.

CIA, DS&T Office of Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20505Project Management Engineering August 2002 to July 2008Program Management, Project Management, Technical Contract Management, System Engineering, System Integration, and System Testing

Provided program management, technical contract management, system engineering, system integration, and system testing for systems’ developments utilizing cellular technology, with development project costs up to $30M in value.

o Preformed hands-on IV&V technical evaluating and testing these projects as an individual (team of one) and as team member and/or leader of a team of five separate from the development contractor prior to final acceptance by the IC, provided constructive feedback to developer to address any deficient requirements

o These systems provided highly valued intelligence data used in IC and national security (NS) decisions.

Initialized, authored, and technically managed an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a seven year period of performance and $125M value for systems utilizing cellular technology.

o Task order (TO) types on the contract: Development TO

Award fee incentive based on a percentage of the award fee valueo Quarterly or Bi-annually Awardo Recommended percentage to the DAo DA determined percentage of fee award

Procurement TO Fixed fee incentive based on procurement TO value

Engineering services TO Fixed fee incentive based on engineering services TO value

o The contract allowed for faster turn around time on developments, procurements, and engineering services, which in turn provided key data for intelligence and NS decisions.

Operated as a team member in a group of ten performing functional and acceptance tests for airborne and ground systems utilizing cellular technology.

o These tests were used to verify functionality of each system prior to deployment, once deployed the systems provided valuable intelligence and NS data.

Lead a team of five in system integration and testing for systems utilizing cellular technology.

o This system provided valuable intelligence data to the IC and our partners.

United Bank Zebulon, GAProcessor August 1997 to May 2002Banking Data Processor

Ernest Kyle Oliver

EducationGeorgia Institute of TechnologyMay 2002 Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science

Continuing Education August 2015 to Present

References Available Upon Request

Awards Three Individual Exceptional Performance Awards from CIA and NRO Two Meritorious Citation Group Awards from CIA and NRO Senior Civilian of the Quarter, June 2013 from NRO, Mission Operations Directorate, Aerospace Data

Facility East

Diversity and Inclusion Volunteered as part of a team of three that created of the NRO’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,

Transgender, and Allies (LGBT&A) affinity group which was a Presidential mandate required for all DoD agencies once the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy was lifted

Actively sought participation in the CIA’s, NRO’s, and IC’s LGBT&A affinity groups which included recruiting, advertising, and organizing events

Participated in the Native American affinity group at the NRO Served as the minority representative while in NRO and CIA/DS&T Served as the 2012 chair of the combined federal campaign, the federal government’s

annual drive for over 500 charities, for my office raising 255% of our goal amount set by the NRO