Craig Simon
Program Director @Xcelerate Solutions
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WORK HISTORY
Program Director @Xcelerate Solutions
Team lead for seven (7) Xcelerate employees spread throughout Washington D.C. metro region.• Helped win multi-million-dollar contract recompete through managing team’s work performance and interfacing with both prime contractor and government customers, as well as drafting parts of bid submission.• Increase oversight of multiple IC IT Services of Common Concern, focusing on Networks, Transport, Cloud, and Identity Credential Access Management (ICAM) by developing Key Performance Indicators, conducting programmatic reviews, and participating in multiple IC-wide forums. • Draft MOUs/MOAs, reports, memos for the record, responses to Congressionally Directed Activities, and other documents signed and approved by the DNI, PDDNI, ODNI COO, IC CIO, and other senior leaders shaping the IC’s IT policy and direction.• Prepare IC CIO, IC Chief Architect, IC Chief Information Security Officer, and other ODNI senior leaders for meetings and policy decisions by drafting memos, read-ahead materials, meeting minutes, and policy papers.• Draft and edit responses for Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB), Intelligence Planning Guidance (IPG), and other budget related activities on behalf of IC CIO.• Successfully track projects and taskings ensuring IC CIO compliance with all relevant actions; extensive use of N-CERTS, ITMS, JIRA, and Microsoft Office Tools.• Create and collaborate across ODNI and the IC on strategies, Congressionally Directed Actions, and other documents that speak for the entire IC regarding IC IT policy, budget, and decision making.• Organize successful 3-day offsite including deputies from IC’s Big 6 agencies that lead to newly formed IC IT priorities.• Perform governance functions for IC Technical Integration Committee Next Gen (IC TIC NG), working on issues including, but not limited to Enterprise and Reference Architectures, ICAM, and Cybersecurity across the IC.• Awards: MVP-Honorable Mention (11/2019)
EDUCATION
University of Maryland
B.A., History; English
Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital
Talmudic Studies
University of Maryland
Master's Certificate, Intelligence Analysis
University of Maryland
Master's degree, Public Management
ABOUT CRAIG SIMON
PMP and ITIL Foundations certified, experienced Program Manager skilled in Management, Program Operations, Technical Writing, Policy Analysis, and Training. Strong program and project management professional with a Master\'s degree focused in Public Management from University of Maryland College Park.
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