DEIDRE HAYES
Brandywine
Summary
Knowledgeable Acquisition/Budget Analyst with strong background in program analysis, consistently delivering valuable insights and recommendations. Proven track record in optimizing processes and enhancing program efficiency.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Acquisition Manager
LS Technologies, LLC
10.2021 - Current
- Contributed to the development of solicitation packages for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Program Management Office (PMO)
- Develop solicitation packages and conducts reviews of contract specifications and contract changes
- Advise program officials of the procurement objectives and prepares statements of work along with other solicitation documents
- Develop new or innovative contracting approaches to arrive at an equitable contract arrangement
- Advises managers on changed procedures involving regulations, laws, and good business practices
- Write determination and findings document
- Manage the construction of the market survey document
- Provide and produce single source justifications
- Reports on the status of executed contracts
Program Analyst
Tantus Technologies Inc.
10.2021
- Develop sustainability studies for AJW-135 surveillance and weather team in order to revalidate requirements, procedures, and policies for NAS legacy systems
- Prepare and coordinate NextGen emerging systems and technologies in the National Airspace System (NAS)
- Develop future concepts and policies in preparation for NextGen emerging systems and technologies in the NAS
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on legacy and emerging technologies
- Collaborate with system users, planners, engineers and vendors involving NextGen systems and services
- Prepare and review complex assignments (such as sustainability studies) with potentially broad impact on the NAS
- Review and analyze draft regulations manuals and directives
- Develop broad recommendations on enhancing the efficiency of current NAS systems and future NextGen services and technologies during transition to end state NextGen system
- Provide key input on operations concept, maintenance concept, and associated strategies
Program/Financial Analyst
A3 Technology Inc.
09.2012 - 10.2015
- Manage all phases and day-to-day operations for the FAA’s AJW-136 National Test Equipment Program (NTEP)
- I develop statements of work, market analysis, independent government cost estimates (IGCEs), and procurement requests (PRs)
- Prepare contract and budget sections of the OMB Exhibit 300, prepares the Resource Planning Document (RPD), and tracks resources and expenditures as well as conduct research and present findings on contracting approaches and requirements analysis
- Ensure that newly procured test equipment reaches the correct facilities
- Additionally, I provide the property manager with the correct National Stock Numbers (NSN)
- Served as an evaluator on the technical evaluation team for the calibration contract
- Provide expert level information guidance, interpretation, and advise on policy, procedures, regulations, issues and trends
- Communicate and/or coordinate evaluations of new potential replacement products with Engineering groups, the field, Service Area offices, FAA Academy, vendors, and other Government agencies
- Lead workgroups and delegate responsibilities to the Service Area Test Equipment Program Managers
- Serve as an advocate on future deployed platforms test equipment requirements
- Implement the Test Equipment Program Quality Assurance Plan
- Match test equipment replacement requirements to required performance measurements
- Evaluate life-cycle management requirements to determine the Agency's future needs
- Administer configuration management of test equipment
- Formulate and submit budgets for calibration services, test equipment replacement, store credit purchases, contract support and disposal of old assets
- Manage the Test Equipment Program website
- Provide funding scenarios, feasibility analysis, and requirement analysis for the purpose of establishing Screening Information Request (SIR) and justifying budget increases on behalf of the National Test Equipment Program
- Provide recommendations on procurement strategies to senior level management legal, contracts office, CFO office, and FAALC
- Developed a process for calibrating equipment and recouping funds from non-FAA organizations
- Generated National Test Equipment Fact Book and annual report at the request of AJW-13
- Brief all levels of management as well as outside organizations on various test equipment issues, initiatives, and requirements
Senior Acquisition Manager
Advanced Engineering Design (AED), Inc./Stratecon
06.2009 - 05.2012
- Managed the IT commodities procurement and budget activities for the Chief Information Office (CIO) of the Immigration Custom and Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Prepared acquisition packages on behalf of the program offices and forwarded to the contracts office for processing
- Wrote the market research reports, approved funding for the requisition (purchase order), and prepared pre-solicitation write-ups for RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs
- Developed procurement documents for commodities
- Supported all pre-award planning activities, recommended contracting strategies, provided market and product research in support of the program offices, and served as business advisor on procurement matters to the customers regarding the purchase of hardware, software and associated services
Education
BS - Business Administration/Management Studies
University of Maryland
Skills
- Strategic Development
- Efficiency Enhancement
- Requirements gathering
- Risk assessments
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved cost discrepancies, which led to a significant reimbursement to the program.
- Achieved cost avoidance by analyzing and de-scoping contract clins that were no longer needed.
Timeline
Acquisition Manager
LS Technologies, LLC
10.2021 - Current
Program Analyst
Tantus Technologies Inc.
10.2021
Program/Financial Analyst
A3 Technology Inc.
09.2012 - 10.2015
Senior Acquisition Manager
Advanced Engineering Design (AED), Inc./Stratecon
06.2009 - 05.2012
BS - Business Administration/Management Studies
University of Maryland
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