Keith Kresge

About Keith Kresge

Systems Engineer and Program/Portfolio Manager with twenty (20) years of experience and considerable expertise in vehicle electronics, radio frequency (RF) technologies, predictive maintenance, cyber security, Research & Development, Project Management, business development, stakeholder management, and Systems Engineering. Manages simultaneous commercial, Department of Defense (DoD), Special Operations, and Government programs using project management institute (PMI) methodologies and processes to execute programs on-time and within allocated budgets.

Experience

1. Program Manager

   Battelle

   Jan 2017 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   Manages projects between $5M -$10M each using PMI methodologies to complete under budget, on time, and with positive client reviews and Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) scores• Proposal Manager and Business Development (BD) lead capturing $250M in opportunities over a 10 year period including multiple large proposals for DoD, Intelligence Community (IC), and Government clients• Manages multiple subcontractors and teammates on technical efforts for large contracts and purchases• Creates all required documentation to follow PMI recommended process and maintain ISO 9001 compliance• Formally releases bill of materials (BOM) and purchase requests for materials and services needed to execute non-recurring engineering (NRE) and production efforts on large contracts including blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ), and General Services Administration (GSA) schedule mechanisms.• Maintains a constant focus on stakeholder management and makes decisions to create a mutually beneficial project for all parties involved• Creates budgets, proposals, white papers, and work-breakdown structures (WBS) for new projects, proposals, and research and development efforts• Creates a spend plan based on the budgets, schedule, and WBS to use Earned Value Management (EVM) analysis to track Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI)• Generates, maintains, and updates the Risk Register to track technical, programmatic, and schedule risks until closing• Works with legal to increase the intellectual property (IP) captured and licensed within the National Security division • Using Miller-Heiman sales processes, cash flow analysis techniques, Market Backed Strategies, and Harvard Manage Mentor tools into the capture and client relationship development process

Education

• Stanford University

  Certificate, Strategic Decision Making and Risk Management

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  Bachelor, Science Electrical Engineering

  2000 — 2004

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Masters, Science Systems Engineering/Program Management

  2010 — 2013