Michelle Parekh

10038 Edgewater Terrace/Fort Washington, MD/20744

(301) 575-4550/mp58ba12@westpost.net
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EXPERIENCE
Booz Allen Hamilton (09/09 to Present)
Unites States Coast Guard (USCG)
o Project Management Support/Meeting Planner

*Provide technical support for the USCG Logistics Information Management System
(LIMS)
*Coordinate, schedule and facilitate meetings for USCG clients, vendors and cont
ractor support personnel using excel and MS Project spreadsheets.
*Organize off-site client meetings-manage all facets of meeting preparation and
presentation. Establish meeting objectives, inspect meeting site and negotiate w
ith suppliers of materials, food, and entertainment.
*Provide life-cycle management technical support and planning for all aspects of
Integrated Logistics Support (ILS).
*Provide direct support to USCG Captain and Program Management Office (PMO) -rec
ommend processes and procedures to achieve PMO functions efficiently and effecti
vely.
*Plan and develop acquisition documentation, including Configuration Management
Plan (CMP) and Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) in compliance with Major S
ystem Acquisition Material (MSAM).
*Provide research, collect, analyze, and validate data to develop briefings and
presentations, develop presentations and provide necessary tools for presenting
the data, and assist with actual presentations.
* Develop and maintain Integration Master Schedule (IMS).

Booz Allen Hamilton (09/08 to 09/09)

Department of Navy
o Project Management/Logistics Support
*Served as primary Program Management Office (PMO) support lead for the Assistan
t Program Manager for Logistics (APML).
*Managed multiple tasks and activities, including logistics documentation, Logis
tics Review Board (LRB), Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) Portal and Pl
an of Action and Milestone (POAM).
*Prepared and developed high-level briefings, reports, SWOT analyses, presentati
ons and organization charts for logistics team meetings and various Government r
eviews.
*Served as co-lead for leadership meetings, logistics team meetings, gate and mi
lestone review efforts and document reviews.
*Established excellent relationships with Government personnel and support contr
actors located at various facilities.

U.S Coast Guard

o Logistician/Configuration Management (CM) support
*Provided acquisition logistics support for the Coast Guard CG-934 task.
*Responsible for creating Configuration Management (CM) training plans and devel
oping high-level CM presentations, white papers and analyses to assist in the de
velopment and implementation of acquisition logistics plans, CM plans and proced
ures in accordance with the Coast Guard's Major Acquisition Systems Manual (MSAM
).
*Conducted in-depth research on various CM configuration tools, prepared white p
apers and presented findings on various CM tools.

CHENEGA TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CORP (06/07 to 09/08)

Department of Homeland Security
o Logistics Analyst/Interdiction Technology Branch Liaison
*Analyzed and developed logistics plans and technical documentation that affect
production, distribution and inventory.
*Created and reviewed procedures for distribution and Life Cycle Supportability
to maximized customer satisfaction and minimize cost.
*Served as Liaison for the Information Technology Branch at DHS (Department of H
omeland Security). Provide onsite support to end-users during all on-going stage
s of the project by following project management methodology.
*Conducted and participated in ILS and IPT assessments, which focus on in-depth
analyses of process, standards, technology, and organization.
*Developed, tracked, and performed analysis on performance metrics.
*Participated in site surveys and acceptance tests for new equipment installatio
ns/de-commissioning/relocations and transfers.
*Participated in Configuration Change Boards and Configuration Management Proces
ses.
*Conducted process improvement and organizational development procedures.

EVOLVER INC (07/06 TO 06/07)

Lockheed Martin
o Deployment Manager
*Provided Deployment and Operations support for the Census 2010 project.
*Responsible for overseeing all deployment activities, which include deployment
planning, deployment plans, cost analysis, risk mitigation and metrics.
*Facilitated and lead customer weekly meetings. Prepare presentations and provid
e customer with status reports on all activities associated with deployment and
operations.
*Analyzed and tracked change requests using Borland Tools software.
*Statused and managed deployment activities and schedules using MS Project. Prov
ide cost reports for monthly cost reviews with the customer.
*Created and managed metrics for all deployment activities.

NORTEL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS (11/04 to 05/06)

o Release Manager
*Served as liaison to the Customer Acceptance Test Team for PostalOne!
*Provided task planning, oversight, and coordinate with functional managers on r
eleases of work products. This includes developing and updating project schedule
s, coordinating with other project managers of development, CM, testing, and col
lecting metrics.
*Managed and maintain release schedules, as well as rollback and deployment plan
s.
*Coordinated and oversaw the release process and release activities, including f
acilitating Configuration Control Board (CCB) and pre-release meetings, interfac
ing with production services offsite teams, managing issues, analyzing impacts a
nd mitigating risks.
*Worked with the customer to allocate resources and make decisions regarding rel
eases.
*Trained new employees on release processes and release cycles.
*Prepared/developed reports in Polytron Version Control System (PVCS) Tracker fo
r deployment team and client.
*Developed and implemented process improvement initiatives, and maintain quality
standards throughout the project.

NORTEL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS (11/01 TO 03/04)

o Analyst
*Wrote, edited, and desktop published documentation including web pages, technic
al documents, and training manuals, utilizing MSWord, Excel, Access and FrontPag
e 2000. Documents included procedures for software implementation, technical nar
ratives, and network architecture.
*Designed, updated, and maintained web pages and web content for AC-Technologies
, and Veterans Administration Facility using extensive HTML, and some ASP Script
.
*Produced overall visual layouts of web pages, and integrated all text within th
e websites.
*Gathered information for documents, which included interviewing personnel, Inte
rnet research, and reviewing related project documentation.
*Installed, configured and provided second tier Systems Management Server (SMS)
2.0 technical support to twenty-two Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilit
ies nationwide. Support included troubleshooting, installing and configuring SMS
2.0.
*Generated technical SMS 2.0 weekly and monthly status reports for entire VA sit
es.
*Worked extensively with SMS Administrators and Network Engineers to build and t
est software packages, and to create and maintain build documents.

EDUCATION
o JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
*M.S. in Technical Management, 3.85 GPA
*Project Management, Technical Group Management, Intro to Systems Engineering, P
roject Planning and Control, Communications in Technical Organizations, Financia
l and Contract Management, Technical Personnel Management, Management of Technic
al Organizations
o GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY:
* B.A. in Biology. 3.4 GPA

CERTIFICATIONS/CLEARANCES
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Secret Clearance
Certificate of Completion-Quality Assurance Testing for Section 508 Compliance.
BI Homeland Security Clearance