Clark C. Mesolella

Dod Team Lead @Defense Contract Management Agency Dcma

Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL, US

Lead large, multi-functional, ad hoc teams to make commerciality determinations and price/cost reasonableness recommendations.• Create tools, such as cost models and databases that can be used to develop independent Government positions and cost realism analyses.• Apply expert knowledge in price/cost analyses and in proposal reviews and analyses. Provide extensive support to Buying Commands. • Provide commodity specific price/cost analyses and forecasts to senior managers.• Develop training materials reference mitigating price/cost gaps in contracts.• Use negotiation techniques during price/cost reviews to address sensitive issues or contentions with senior acquisition/contractor executives.• Conduct pre-analyses and other conferences to develop pricing positions on various cost elements of contractors\' proposals.• Advise senior management on the soundness and quality of contract price/cost programs.• Recommend improvements to price/cost analysis policies and procedures in accordance with laws and regulations.• Provide advice to peers on price/cost analysis policies and procedures to ensure mission effectiveness in accordance with laws and regulations.• Recommend the initiation of new policies and procedures to resolve unique and persistent problems that are not addressed by current regulations.• Brief senior acquisition personnel on results of analyses. • Provide support and advice to over 45 Contract Management Offices (CMOs) worldwide as well as senior acquisition professionals in the DoD Buying Activities, NASA and OSD (Office of the Secretary of Defense).• Apply expert knowledge of contracts and contracting laws, Federal and Defense regulations, and policies to evaluate adequacy of proposals. Structure and recommend negotiation objectives that provide for efficient and economical contract performance.

Defense Acquisition University

Contracting Level 3 Certification, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management

University of Tampa

MBA, International Business

Penn State University

BS, Business and E-Commerce

The George Washington University

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