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Stephen (Steve) L. Simmons is currently the Managing Director for FirstLine Risk Services. He has more than 30 years of professional experience and leadership in security/risk management, training, and organization development. Steve has over 18 years’ experience coordinating security, compliance and external relations efforts in the Nigeria business environment. Through security management systems, Steve provides management consulting services to organizations that enable them to focus on their core business, confident that people, critical assets and operations are adequately protected.

Experience Highlights

• Security Manager for ExxonMobil’s Africa operations, responsible for integrating security objectives into business strategy and building/leading teams to reduce loss, improve productivity and reduce risks to tolerable levels

• Georgia Bureau of Investigations (10 years), established national reputation for the investigation of financial crimes and emerging organized crime groups. He consulted with several companies on improving internal controls and processes to prohibit penetration by criminal groups.  Also testified as an expert witness in financial investigations in Georgia Superior Courts and US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation regarding emerging organized crime groups involved in financial crimes.

Education

B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from University of Notre Dame

Ernst & Young (EY), McLean, VA

Ms. Moore provided leadership and oversight on business development efforts for the Government Public Sector (GPS), specifically identified potential pursuits for the People Advisory Services sub-sector. She led human capital management activities for internal initiatives and various Department of Defense (DoD) clients.

Business Development
·         Oversaw market analysis and monitored competitive activity
·         Identified opportunities by reviewing GovWin IQ and FedBizOpps daily to develop a report prioritizing and confirming pursuit strategy with leadership
·         Redefined business capabilities and core workforce competencies
·         Identified/confirmed teaming partners and managed the vendor and teaming partner process
·         Lead the development of Government proposals; including writing Technical, Management, Past Performance, and Cost volumes

Human Capital Management
·         Developed a workforce model/strategy for retention, recruitment, training, coaching and knowledge management
·         Collected and analyzed organizational data to generate reports on work volume and projected staffing needs
·         Developed an operational workforce plan to propose a staffing plan and budget
·         Conducted stakeholder analysis and managed stakeholder engagement
·         Lead the development of change management, communications, and training strategies and initiatives
·         Partnered with clients and senior leaders to identity return on investment (ROI) and ensure adoption and acceptance

Certified Azure Senior Solution Architect and Technical solution CTO with 5 years in Azure technologies. Performance-driven with success in propelling global product delivery and solutions leveraging. Expertise in manipulating technology tools to meet evolving business needs. Knowledgeable in Azure Services like web-app, key vault, SQL server DB, Storage Account. Highly skilled in delivering solution plans that include product\project estimation, cost and solution design and roadmap. Worked extensively on product review to come up with cost reduction mechanism and reuse. Adept at consulting with relevant authorities to understand business needs, align priorities, and develop strategies to deliver a solutions portfolio that drives customers and business success.

Experience Highlights

• Certified Azure solution architect – AZ-303 Experience with Azure Cloud Services (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, Azure VM, Azure storage and so on)
• Delivered solution plans for various products that use hybrid solutions consisting on-prem and Cloud.
• Certified Scrum Master & SAFE
• Business Process & Productivity Improvement
• Engineering, Architecture & Design Solutions
• Delivery & Resource Planning
• Strategic Planning & Organization Leadership
• Onsite, Offshore Team & Stakeholder Management
• Agile, RUP, TDD & Waterfall
• Customer & Vendor Relations
• Product & Project Management
• Overseeing large SA initiatives
Technologies – Experience in C#, ASP.Net, WCF services, cloud design patterns, SQL Server DB, AWS, DevSecOps, CI\CD, SVN, TFS and Production Support

Education

MS Software Engineering from SPSU or now KSU | 2003
BS Computer Science from University of Pune (India)

Certification/Publications/Achievements

• Agile/Scrum Certified | 2014
• Certification in Software Engineering from SPSU or now KSU | 1999
• Yamacraw Certified Graduate from Southern Polytechnic State University.
• Multiple awards and ovation awards at EY
• Presented on Computer Viruses and Vaccines paper in BS, Computer Science