Mario A. Cervantes

About Mario A. Cervantes

An experienced Technology executive and seasoned services provider of multi-million…

Experience

1. President and Chief Executive Officer

   HCLTech

   Nov 1997 — Present

   Founder, Owner, Senior Consultant, Principal Program Manager, Proposal Manager, Proposal Manager Consultant, Lead Technical Recruiter and hiring official, Team Builder and Managing Federal Contract execution and compliance. Maintained and supervised contract management data in preparation for government audits upon any of the awarded contracts, successfully passed several Army Audit Agency audits throughout a period of 15 years. Acquired a string of city, county, federal government agencies contracts to perform and support Program Acquisition and fielding DOD tactical information technology systems. As the owner and senior official, maintained company budgets, oversaw accounting procedures and managed fiduciary duties of the company and all governments contract performance and fiduciary responsibilities. Directly managed multi-million dollar budgets and assured execution of biweekly and monthly employee salaries, taxes, insurance and medical support as well as technical equipment requirements for all employees, year round now over 15 years. As the technical lead, organized contract strategy, development strategy, team development, team objectives and team execution in support of government and commercial customers. Customers of this company throughout a 15 year include Department of Defense agencies like, Program Executive Officer Tactical Missiles, Space and Missile Defense Systems Command, Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command Control Communications Tactical, Redstone Arsenal, Al; Us. Army Louisiana National Guard, Baton Rouge, LA; County of Dona Ana, Las Cruces, NM, El Paso County, El Paso, TX, Ysleta Independent School System, El Paso, TX. My consulting firm provides for Federal Agencies program professional presentations and justifies program budgets, helps execute by utilizing the Planning Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process giving expert/executive team for shaping operations.

Education

• Florida Institute of Technology

  Master of Science, Management - Systems

  1988 — 1989

• National Defense University

  Master's degree, Military National Resource Strategy and Policy

  1994 — 1995

• Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF)

  Senior Service College Executive Program -NDU, Senior Officers Management Development Program

  1994 — 1995

• Defense Systems Management College

  Program Management Professional (PMP) Certified DAWIA Level III, Defense Acquisition - Joint Services

  1980 — 1981

• Command and General Staff College

  Command and General Staff, Technical and Professional

  1989 — 1990

• Materiel Acquisition Management College

  Materiel Acquisition Management, Program Management

  1986 — 1986

• University of Texas

  Bachelor of Science, Secondary Education- Languages

  1970 — 1974

• National Defense University

  Master of Science, National Resource Strategy - Industrial Operations (Electronics)

  1994 — 1995

Skills

• Business Development
• Human Resources
• Information Technology
• Security Clearance
• Federal Government
• Project Management
• Military Experience
• Software Development
• Operations
• Team Leadership
• Systems Analysis
• Project Planning
• Business Process Improvement
• Information Systems Development
• Networking
• Program Management
• Management Consulting
• Systems Management
• Government Contracting
• Process Improvement
• Profit & Loss Management
• Operations Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Proposal Writing
• Acquisition Integration
• Strategic Planning
• C4i
• Government
• Military
• Competitive Analysis
• Integration
• Analysis
• Dod
• Time Management
• Vendor Management
• Pmp
• Management
• Team Building
• Leadership
• Board Level