Katherine Elliott

About Katherine Elliott

30 years of experience with the U.S. Department of Defense, with 25 years’ experience in…

Experience

1. Sr Management Consultant

   Mayvin, Inc.

   Feb 2009 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Develops methods, tools, and models in support of requirement, management and financial process analysis for PM SWAR.• Lead developer of MS Dataverse/PowerApps/SharePoint based applications for PM SWAR. Includes SW design, development, integration, modification, testing and administration.• Provides PdM SMS expertise in the development of:(a) short, mid and long-range plans and objectives,(b) policy and program planning,(c) major operations and training management aspects of organizational and operational requirements throughout a system program.• Team lead for the PdM SMS Engineering Configuration Management (CM) section.• Supervises other analysts, executes tasks, and manages team tasking.• As a sitting member of the Configuration Control Board (CCB), evaluates design efforts to ensure integration of all the engineering disciplines and adequacy of the analyses performed, bringing in additional technical expertise as needed.• Provides evaluation and interpretation of studies that propose changes in concepts or shifts of emphasis in the reduction of system Size, Weight, Power, and Cost (SWAP-C).• As team lead for the PdM SMS Procurement and Requirements section (former position):• Wrote and prepared contracts, purchase requests, and solicitations to acquire needed NW components and services through the acquisition strategy process and Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).• Liaised between Contracting Offices, the CO Representatives, and the NW program office while developing NW requests for Delivery/Task Orders and facilitated responses to requests for additional information.• Responsible for oversight of milestones, resources, and cost and futures planning for technical projects derived from the System Engineering Process. • Manager of deployment equipment needs to include requirement identification, market research, vendor commitments, purchases proposals development, and purchases progress tracking.

Skills

• Systems Engineering
• Government
• Analytical Skills
• Software Documentation
• U.s. Department of Defense
• Crm
• Data Warehousing
• Business Intelligence
• Cbrn
• Management
• Team Building
• Security
• Risk Management
• Quality Assurance
• Requirements Analysis
• Budgets
• Project Planning
• Modeling
• Government Contracting
• Integration
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Project Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Dod
• Security Clearance
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Analysis
• Research
• Data Analysis
• Defense
• Military
• Program Management
• Projects
• Policy
• Leadership
• Training