HIGH-VELOCITY IT EXECUTIVE & TECHNICAL VISIONARY

Leader, Builder, and Entrepreneur

Results-driven IT executive with two decades of state-of-the-art technical innovation and international technology leadership in Asia, Europe, US, and the Middle East. Highly motivational people-oriented leader with reputation for intuitively grasping complex problems, establishing strategic goals, defining the way ahead, and turning antagonistic groups into cohesive change-oriented teams to make it happen. Track record of slashing operating costs by leveraging existing technologies and adopting new ones.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Strategic IT Planning	C-Level International Management	Startups & Turnarounds
Program Assessments	IT Operations & Management	IT Program & Project Management
Organizational Change	Contract Management	Information Assurance (IA)

ACROSS-THE-BOARD IT ACUMEN

Web-Based Applications	Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)	Distributed Systems / Distributed Computing
Neural Networks	Artificial Intelligence (AI)	Virtualization & Virtual Reality
IT R&D & IT Operations	Business Intelligence (BI)	Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
Modeling & Simulation	Software Engineering	System Analysis / Design / Development
Database Design	Enterprise & Network Architecture	Pearl / C++ / JAVA / AJAX

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

At ARC, increased corporate revenues more than 10X in three years by leveraging extensive contacts and technology expertise to bring in new and add-on consulting projects.
Slashed ARC's corporate overhead and increased profits to 38% of gross revenues by taking full advantage of distributed work force, web-based collaboration, and service outsourcing.
Saved confidential government client $4.8+ Million in planned expenses by identifying high risk projects for termination.
Identified $10+M in potential savings for confidential client by uncovering redundant development projects, resources, and testbed requirements.
For DISA, led turnaround of underperforming international division with high employee turnover, low-selling product and single customer, and turned it into revenue leader.
Tripled revenues in two years and grew customer base by 500+% with enthusiastic customers worldwide, including US Combatant Commands in Europe, Asia, the Mideast and S. America.
Personally negotiated sensitive inter-Service agreements resulting in $12 Million in contracts to establish Pentagon's Joint Information Management Center.
Reduced NRC's nuclear power plant inspection report timeframe 78% (from three months to three weeks) by leveraging existing IT systems and technologies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NOTE: My online portfolio can be seen at www.VisualCV.com/archerm (external link)

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ARC

Leading-edge IT R&D / consulting firm - net-centric / web-based systems, enterprise architecture, IT operations ''__President & CEO, 2005 - Present CIO & Principal Consultant, 2004 - 2005__''

Played key role in launch and development of IT consultancy providing R&D and consulting services to clients in government and industry.
Advised on Enterprise Architecture, Systems Engineering, and Strategic IT Planning.
Conducted independent assessments of more than 100 major IT programs, developing exceptional familiarity with common mistakes and how to remedy them.

SOFTCONCEPTS

Global IT systems & network development, operations, & management Vice President (VP) - Advanced Information Technology (IT), 2004

Brought in to advise on early-stage market development and expansion of market share for software company.
Served as Technical Advisor on development of Enterprise Architecture, SOA, and Net-Centric Systems for growth stage.
Left when heavily recruited by former clients for complex IT consulting projects as growth stage came to a close.

DISA

Provider of global web-based solutions - information analysis & storage services; worldwide communications system Chief, Cross-Program Engineering, 2003 - 2004

Handpicked to develop strategic plan and direct technical and systems engineering assessments, architecture and planning to ensure programs were integrated across Enterprise.
Awarded Program of the Year for Agency 500 Day Strategic Plan.

Chief, Worldwide Support Division 2000 - 2003

Promoted to lead organizational transformation of division with low-morale, high-turnover employees, poor product, and single major customer.
Designed, developed and deployed distributed global network management systems.
Tripled revenues in two years and grew customer base by over 500%.
Assembled and led major global IT crisis response teams for incidents including 9/11.
Oversaw operational, engineering, architectural, and troubleshooting support to vital military networks around globe.

Assistant Deputy Director (ADD) - Functional COO, 1999 - 2000

Promoted to function as chief operating officer / COO of most technologically sophisticated practice in world's largest IT consulting firm; oversaw IT, finance, security, administration.
Instrumental in turning backwater practice into technical center of excellence.
Established national policies and operating budgets and oversaw Global Information Assurance (IA) operations
Named as principal member of DoD's highest-level Information Assurance Control Board.

Senior Technical Advisor & Acting Chief - Integration Assessment Division, 1996 - 1999

Promoted by Deputy Director to manage advanced IT R&D projects for the Director.
Developed innovative technical approaches for major programs, leading teams of eminent R&D scientists and senior-level officials.
Negotiated delicate interagency agreements with multiple third-party services and government agencies.
Revolutionized system assessment by developing web-based survey applications that cut data collection and reporting time from 2 months to 2 hours, saving 1,000 work-hours per assessment.
Brought competing Agencies and Services together to adopt Information operations later adopted as framework for satellite-based Global Broadcast System.''

Deputy Project Officer - NCCS Support, 1993 - 1996''

2nd in charge of Command & Control Computers in Pentagon's National Military Command Center.
Drove integration of data from multiple incompatible services into single GIS for first time in Center's history.
Saved $10+M in wasted development costs by identifying and reporting design problems with Global Command and Control System in technical whitepaper "Avoiding Hidden Stovepipe."

Project Manager & COTR, 1989 - 1993

Developed major global macroeconomic forecasting modeling system.
Authored analyses used by the President, Secretary of Defense, and Joint Staff in determining US response to invasion of Kuwait.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE (SOME CONCURRENT)

NRC - Consultant; also served as nuclear power plant inspector.

Assessed Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Computer Systems and Procedures.
Slashed inspection report timeframe 78% (from three months to three weeks) by leveraging existing IT systems and technologies.

SAIC - Promoted to management-level roving "technical troubleshooter" and project manager for IT and R&D projects including AI development, knowledge engineering, and experimental design.

Authored five-year plan for ARI Command and Control Research.
Led full lifecycle assessments of nuclear power plant computer systems.
Developed strategic plan for improving EPA statistical resources.

INDEPENDENT - Developed B.R.A.I.N. neural network pattern recognition system.

EDUCATION

PhD - Psychology, Human Cognition & Neural Networks UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Research Associate - Institute for Social Research: Led field studies, database design and statistical analysis. Introduced relational databases for statistical analysis.
Teaching Assistant - Organizational Psychology.
Independent Research - Neural networks; Motivation and productivity in white-collar workers.

Honors BS - Psychology UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Summa cum Laude, High Honors

Executive Management Training Program FEDERAL EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE

Selected Publications

: Archer, M. A., Rothman D., Stevenson, D.R. (2005) GIG Enterprise Services Conceptual Framework. Defense Information Systems Agency.

: Archer, M. A. (1999) Global Network Information Enterprise (GNIE) Technical Vision. White Paper.

: Archer, M A. (1996) Bosnia Command and Control Augmentation (BCCA): Information Management Concept of Operations. White Paper.

: Archer, M. A. (1993) Avoiding Hidden Stovepipe, or: stovepipe by another name would smell like creosote. White paper for Director of C3 Systems of Joint Staff (J6).

: Archer, M. A. (1992) Assessing future with global modeling. Presented at Military Operations Research Society Annual Symposium, Monterrey, California.

: Archer, M. A. (1989) CASE for neural networks. Proceedings of CASE Studies 1989 Symposium. Fairfax, Virginia.

: Groundwater, E. H., Donnell, M. L., and Archer, M. A. (1986) Verification and validation of expert systems develop for nuclear power applications. Electronic Power Research Center, Palo Alto, California - Research Report.