Brian Groft

About Brian Groft

Goals:Provide executive leadership in DOD and DHS Systems Engineering, Planning, R&D, S&T, Nuclear and Counter WMD CBRN, nuclear, and Counter-WMD fields.Experience Highlights* Twenty eight years of US Army experience in a variety of command and staff positions with expertise in nuclear and weapons of mass destruction operations and research and development* Masters Degrees in Physics (MS) and National Resource Strategy (MS)* Led the standup of the Army\'s first Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Field Operating Agency (FOA)* Key to capture/win/execution of $70M System Engineering Support Program to DNDO at DHS* Led and transformed a Research and development organization with operational interface for a Major Defense Agency* Noted leader of transformational change with 14 years of Counter WMD experienceDirector of DHS Programs at Engility with responsbioity for over $24M in annual revenueDirector of DNDO System Engineering Support Program, responstibility for over $15M in annual revenueDeputy Program Manager of DTRA A & AS Program with over $10M in annual revenueDeputy Director US Army Nuclear and Combating WMD Agency Springfield, VA Deputy Director, Systems Engineering Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft Belvoir, VA 20••••06Director, Operational Technology Division, Technology Development Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Hybla Valley 20••••05Growth: Proven leader with ability to grow business in new areasSpecialties: Translates Strategic policy into implementation, and corporate capability into realized revenue/Synthesizes Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction doctrine into programmatic actionSupervises planning, implementing, and evaluating activities supporting research and development (R&D) programs Builds teams of scientists, engineers, operations and intelligence analysts, and plannersStrong written and oral communications skillsNoted leader of organizational transformation

Experience

1. Strategic Growth Manager

   Systems Planning & Analysis

   Nov 2016 — Present · Northern, VA, US

   Responsible for Corporate growth in DOD and DHS programs developing strategies to translate SPA capabilities into realized revenue- Plans and manages internal and external capture project efforts- Analyzes corporate strategic plans and products and aligns marketing intelligence with win strategy- Develops proposal strategies into plans and efforts to win work- Focuses on Nuclear, CWMD, and CBRNE areas- Both DOD and DHS markets- Develops and executes work transition.Accomplishments: As growth manager for the DTRA market, developed and led the capture effort for SPA\'s largest contract award in its 50 year history - valued at over $185M - DTRA\'s RD S&T SME A & AS program - over and against heavy competition. As key to capture operations, with TASC in the DHS market, led the way to a $100M take away win, taking the DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) System Engineering and Support Program (SESP), and led that program for several years.

Education

• University of Virginia

  MS

  1988 — 1990

• National Defense University - ICAF

  MS

  2001 — 2002

• United States Military Academy at West Point

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  1977 — 1981

Skills

• Integration
• Proposal Writing
• Top Secret
• Strategy
• Program Management
• Dod
• National Security
• Analysis
• Organizational Development
• Army
• Engineers
• Command
• Change Management
• Cbrn
• Data Analysis
• Defense
• Security Clearance
• Training
• Corporate Governance
• Management
• Intelligence Analysis
• Intelligence
• Military Operations
• Systems Engineering
• Government
• Strategic Planning
• Military
• Leadership