Michael B. Wirth

2327 Parliament Drive   Colorado Springs   CO 80920

719.594.9802 (h)   Michael@theWirths.com   719.649.9130 (c)

 

  

Objective: To contribute in a Department of Defense Program in the capacity of a Program / Project Management & Leadership role and help drive and assist in the organization’s success, by utilizing my past experiences and expertise in DoD space and similar commercial programs.

 

Qualifications:

§    Extensive project management/responsible engineer experience, managing DoD space based payload & spacecraft processors Integration & Test - MIL-STD 1750A, and Survivability Testing; including Flash X-Ray & EMI/EMP - MIL-STD 461E/464 & RTCA-DO-160D

§    Continued ad-hoc on orbit support for Milstar payload & spacecraft processors

§    Complex program & project management in situations of high visibility; DoD and corporate programs & projects, process Improvement, software projects, as well as sub-contracted vendor management, with multi million-dollar budgets, including successful assumption of out-of-scope situations in need of critical turnaround

§    Proposal /Program/Project solution generation and execution in business process re-engineering

§    Multi-Project management experience, while keeping all on-time and in-scope, in addition to applying rational analytical problem solving techniques

§    Program and Project Management of Siebel and integration programs in Sales and CRM

§   Project Management of re-engineering processes with B2B and inter-business technology integration, reducing procurement cycle times 50% with 40% accuracy increase

§    Proficient interpersonal skills, oral/written communications and excellent presentations

§    Secret / COMSEC in process of reactivation – EPSQ submitted 2003.02 – interim clearance expected 2003.03

 

Employment History:

2003 – Present:

Sr. Technical Consultant – Milstar, LMSC (MidCom), Colorado Springs, CO

1998 – 2002:

Senior Program Manager, MCI WorldCom, Colorado Springs, CO

1997 – 1998:            

Senior Project Manager, MCI Systemhouse, Colorado Springs, CO

1994 – 1997:            

Business Process Re-engineering Mgr., Decision Management, Los Angeles, CA

1978 – 2003:

Engineering & Supervision of numerous systems projects and programs, many classified SECRET/COMSEC, at Lockheed Martin Missile and Space Co., MidCom Corp, Anaheim, CA, Teledyne Systems Co., Northridge, CA, Teradyne Corporation, Agoura Hills, CA, and Eaton MacroData Corp., Woodland Hills, CA.  Details available at interview.

 

Educational History:

1997

Systems Dynamics for Senior Managers

MIT Sloan School of Management – Cambridge, MA

1994

Master Business Administration

Pepperdine University – Malibu, CA

1983

BA, Concentrations in Electrical Eng & Graphic Arts

California State University – Northridge, CA

 

Professional Development & Associations:

2003

Project Management Professional – In Process
Project Management Institute – Member since 1997

1997

Train the Trainer – Microsoft Certified

MCI Systemhouse – Colorado Springs, CO

1996

Project Management – Train the Trainer

Decision Management Associates – Los Angeles, CA

1996

Oracle Financials Functionality

Oracle Corporation – Redwood City, CA

References: on request