SUMMARY 20+ years of increasing responsibilities in Supply Chain Management in areas of Information Technology Management, Corporate Procurement, Program

Management, an d Business Management. a Significant experience in managing software technology projects ranging in si ze from $500K to $15M. Projects ranged from mainframe applications to SAP R/3 an d SAP eProcurement applications. Managed the technical and function resources an d software and hardware suppliers. Strengths include the ability to knit a project team together, developing each i ndividualas assets and working with the team members in a coaching, non-threaten ing approach and bringing projects to completion on schedule and within budget. 2007-CURRENT NORTHROP GRUMMAN CONTRACTOR, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND/VIRTURAL Project Manager a Brought deep knowledge of commodity aggregation, corporate procurement and ove rall knowledge and ability to work with all business areas for entire aerospace/ defense corporationas procurements. Oversaw spend aggregation initiative to clas sify annual procurement spend in excess of $10B per year; in accordance with Uni ted Nations Standard Products and Services Code classifications for all commitme nts across corporation (20 procurement systems); facilitated the creation of pur chasing agreements and measurable compliance agreements. a Managed both supplier activities (Zycus Spend Analytics software and Censeo Co nsulting spend categorization) and internal information technology resources. Pr oject was completed on schedule and within cost constraints. The Zycus software was integrated to SAP SRM as means for identifying commodity of items requested and all routings were set-up based on commodity identification. a Responsible for developing common Government small business reporting process in accordance with supplier diversity, which required consensus between numerous business area small-business-liaison officers and using various procurement pro cesses and procedures. Programming completed in SAP Business Information Warehou se with programming assistance in SAP R/3 a" Materials Management and Integrated Contract Management System components, in compliance with Department of Defense and Small Business Administration guidelines for Individual and Summary Subcont racting Plans. a Created potential small business supplier database in Microsoft .NET Framework that included supplier web on-line registration, financial validation through l ink to Dun & Bradstreet, and supplemental supplier information obtained from U.S . Small Business Administration supplier database. 1994a"2006 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, Director of Corporate Procurement. Los Angeles, California, 2004-2006 Reduced the cost of material spending and improved on-going procurement process effectiveness through centralized sourcing, supply chain process improvements, a nd formation of alliance management teams. Established cost-saving drivers nett ing savings of $500M over five years through the use of commodity spend aggregat ion, and achieved process improvement through reduction of information technolog y and personnel costs.

Director of Corporate Procurement, Baltimore, Maryland, 2002-2004

Implemented multi-sector SAP eProcurement System, creating common business pract ices between diverse business areas (aircraft, electronics and ships). Prepared electronic contract catalogs for eProcurement system, resulting in placement of corporate-wide indirect catalog orders and processing of all non-MRP direct mat erial requisitions. Objective of eProcurement system is to maximize catalog spen ding, create electronic purchase orders removing the buyer from the procurement process; in addition, all non-MRP requirements are being created in the eProcure ment system that allows for aggregation of all requirements at the corporate pro curement and not business area levels. Director of Procurement a" New York Operations, Long Island, New York, 1999-2002 Directed activities of a Long Island based supply chain management organization with material commitments in excess of $800M per year. Managed entire supply ch ain management process from generation of requirements to disbursement of materi al to assembly line. Implemented process-improvement programs for process-based metrics, creating significant improvements in part supply and part quality. Im proved overall part supply through reduction in shortages from over 1,000 to les s than 75. Manager of Materiel Administration, Los Angeles, California, 1994-1999 Consolidated two procurement systems into one procurement system with $1.8B of a ctive purchase orders, reducing information technology costs and allowing buyers to consolidate procurements. Implemented procurement card program accounting fo r $180M in yearly buyer-less transactions. Automated procurement process, reducing cycle time from over 40 days to 5 days t hrough automation of purchase order and change order creation processes eliminat ing buyers in purchasing process through the use of blanket purchase orders; ins talled bar coding to automate receiving process reducing cycle time and labor in the receiving to inventory process; and implemented evaluated-receipt system. Business Management, Material Estimating, Director Productivity and Operations B usiness Manager, Los Angeles, Prior to 1994 Negotiated and managed Indirect Budgets in excess of $200M per year for operatio ns and materials departments. Developed the material earned-value management sy stem. Prepared business area productivity improvement plans, resulting in recei pt of three consecutive Productivity Recognition Awards from the U.S. Defense Co ntract Management organization. Prepared make-or-buy plans for aircraft program s in excess of one billion dollars. Participated on teams that implemented deci sions to purchase facility for aircraft assembly line; consolidate warehousing s pace; and consolidate machining of structural parts. Managed F/A-18 intra-compa ny procurements in excess of $200M. Directed socio-economic program and achieve d highest Government rating. EDUCATION/OTHER MBA - University of Southern California, 1987; Summer International Executive Pr ogram, University of Southern California; Bachelors Degree in Aviation Managemen t, Auburn University, Alabama; co-authored publication Launch Vehicle Availabili ty a" Isoprobs, published by NASA. Community activities: Vice President, Chester County SPCA; President, Birmingham Environmental Stream Team; member of West Chester Rotary; member of Birmingham Township Zoning Hearing Board; member of Auburn Alumni Association; and active b eekeeper.