Karl Gabrielsen

About Karl Gabrielsen

24 years of proven leadership experience directing operations, facility maintenance, and logistics support services on a variety of ships and base operating units. Extensive federal agency/military service expertise in coordinating multi-agency/service operations, plans and base support needs for law enforcement, search & rescue, homeland security, and environmental response operations. Fully experienced in the scope of ship maintenance and repair contracts for the federal government, including work list development, contracting officer representation on site, and operational readiness inspection. Highly adaptive leadership abilities, successfully applying key tenets of quality, teamwork, strategic planning and workforce diversity in a variety of units and departments ranging from 10 to over 170 persons. Proven ability to solve problems, meet urgent changes or demands in unit operations, and implement worthwhile change to improve team performance, all while inspiring greater unit pride and cohesion. Well experienced in coordinating the efforts of active and reserve military, federal, state local and foreign government officials, contractor personnel, volunteer organizations, and the media in a variety of highly demanding maritime operations. Succeeded in non-profit organization facility stewardship, security, and business operations, including regulatory compliance, union labor supervision, technology implementation, operating cost control, special event coordination, military-affiliated group liaison, and volunteer group coordination. Exposure to automotive commercial retail operations, including customer service, customer relationship management, product expertise, and qualifying customers for financing and leasing contracts.Specialties: •Analyses supporting early System Acquisition life-cycle stages, e.g: Mission Area, Mission Needs, Capability Gaps, Scenarios, Alternatives, Concepts of Operations.•ICS (Incident Command System) training and actual incident experience up through Level 430 (Operations Section Chief)•Advanced boating, ship handling, navigation, and seamanship skills: 10 years of service as a Coast Guard qualified Deck Watch Officer.•Intermediate Spanish language reading, writing, speaking, listening.

Experience

1. Systems Engineering Manager

   SAIC

   May 2012 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Formerly TASC, Inc. before March 2015, formerly Engility Inc. before January 2019.) Continuing systems engineering and operations analysis services for a component office of the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS). Focused on DHS and component agencies\' mission area capabilities development, acquisition program management and systems architecture. Includes direct tasking from contract sponsor representatives and extensive, frequent collaboration and liaison with a broad spectrum of government agencies, scientists and commercial vendors.

Education

• U.S. Naval War College

  M.A.

  1997 — 1998

• US Coast Guard Academy

  B.S.

  1982 — 1986

• La Salle College High School

  High School Diploma

  1978 — 1982

Skills

• Enforcement
• Proposal Writing
• Emergency Management
• Weapons
• Information Assurance
• Program Management
• Boating
• Command
• Systems Engineering
• Government
• Seamanship
• Dod
• National Security
• Homeland Security
• Training
• Logistics
• Military Operations
• Organizational Leadership
• Military Experience
• Government Contracting
• Tactics
• Law Enforcement
• Procurement
• Policy
• Navigation
• Security
• Operations Management
• Crisis Management
• Management
• Inspection
• Operational Planning
• Force Protection
• Security Clearance
• Military
• Maritime
• Leadership
• Maritime Operations
• Intelligence Analysis
• Aircraft
• Navy