Jamaal Ramey

About Jamaal Ramey

Press Relations: Develop and implement strategic communications plans for colleagues to widely publicize articles, including arranging press conferences and briefings as needed. Has written press releases, backgrounders, press kit materials, press conference remarks, marketing and advertising, and other related materials that are clear, accurate, and appropriate for an audience. • Team Building: Worked with colleagues and sponsors by meeting with them routinely, both individually and collectively, to exchange vital information and thoughts. Worked in conjunction with the senior editor keeping them informed about team progress and tribulations and regularly disseminate to the team information on changes in management policies that affect the team\'s results.• Immense Information Technical Skills: Page layout, desktop publishing, illustration, on-line documentation, and editing. Has also incorporated the development of standard operating procedures and new user training, experience in data conversion across a variety of platforms of Apple and PC. Has shown the ability to show initiative working independently and as a team member. Extensive proficiency in all Microsoft office applications.• Supervisory skills including the ability to: Communicate well with co-workers, management, and outside vendors. Edit the work of others in a constructive and non-ego-bruising manner. Analyze projects and quantify them into tasks and budget requirements through worksheets implemented by Excel. Independently plan and monitor projects, ensuring timely and cost efficient task completion. Make work assignments and gauge individual progress. • Budgetary Understanding: Responsibilities include revenue recognition and forecasting for business units to provide planning, profitability and pricing analysis for current and future projects. Working with departmental teams, a cost analyst also assists in cost-reduction initiatives.

Experience

1. Contract Specialist Officer

   Air Force Research Laboratory

   Jan 2019 — Present

   Performs and follows established procedures to procure off-the-shelf materials, which are available from numerous commercial sources, and are easily identified by common names for which standard price lists are available;• Responds to customer needs to procure repetitive items or services for which specifications have become standardized and where established competitive markets and price competition exists.• Reviews requisitions to determine if proper specifications or purchase descriptions are included in solicitation documents.• Prepares Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Quotation (RFQ) or Request for Proposal (RFP) ensuring that technical descriptions and appropriate contract clauses are included; develops source lists of responsible contractors,• Coordinates with the small business specialist; uses primarily firm fixed-price, time and materials, indefinite delivery, or similar contracts using standard clauses; performs detailed analysis of responses to solicitations,• Include price reasonableness, adequacy of competition, compliance with solicitation, and probability of meeting requirements.• Assists in monitoring contract performance and assists in contract termination; monitors contract performance through telephone conversations, correspondence, site visits, inspections, progress reports, and analysis of contractor metrics,• Compliance with performance standards, applicable laws, delivery schedules, payment provisions, inspections, progress reports, and other requirements stated in the contract.• Provides advice and assistance to others relating to contracting work and prepares correspondence; provides advice, guidance, training, and assistance to technical or program personnel, functional commanders and/or contractors.

Education

• University of Denver

  English Language and Literature, General and Statistics

  1999 — 2002

• University of Central Oklahoma

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters

  2002 — 2005

• Washington University in St. Louis School of Law

  Master's degree, Legal Studies (MLS)

  2018 — 2019

• Cameron University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2017 — 2018

Skills

• Analysis
• Leadership
• Recruiting
• Project Planning
• Leadership Development
• Coaching
• Data Analysis
• Networking
• Human Resources
• Data Entry
• Program Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Editing
• Nato Certified
• Public Speaking
• Organizational Development
• Administration
• Public Relations
• Comsec Certified.
• Project Management
• Active Dod Secret Clearance
• Policy
• Team Building
• Management
• Strategic Planning
• Employee Relations
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Accounting
• Research
• Event Planning
• Marketing
• Microsoft Word
• Forecasting
• Team Leadership
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Nato
• Budget Monitoring
• Process Improvement