Daniel Canales

SUMMARY: I seek to transition from the Army to a career in Systems Engineering in a high technology company. In addition to over 60 months of project management experience, I have prepared by completing a Penn State Master of Systems Engineering degree (August 2015) to add to an MBA from the University of Miami. I am an Agile Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and continuously develop my systems engineering skill sets through additional training. Availability Date: May 2, 2016

Security Clearance (Active): Top Secret/SCI – (PPR investigation completed, Dec 2015, valid through Dec 2020)

Contact Information: Email: dnycanales@hotmail.com; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielcanales1 Phone: 603-380-2879 (mobile);

CORE COMPETENCIES: Systems Engineering Project Management Organizational Planning

Risk Management Mathematical Modeling MATLAB/Simulink

Systems Life Cycle Agile Scrum (Certified Scrum

Master- C.S.M.)

Project Management: From 2005 to 2014 I had 60 months of project management experience including creating, developing, and managing project organizations through the entire project development life cycle.

WORK EXPERIENCE: U.S. Army Officer since 1988

Staff Officer, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Jul 2014 to Current. Army Watch Officer (Jul 2015 – Current) at the Army Operations Center, National Military

Command Center, Pentagon. Prepare reporting for Senior Leaders on Army worldwide operations. Chief, Current Operations Branch, G34 Domestic Missions Section (Oct 2014 to Jun 2015)

Deputy Chief (Sep 2013-Jul 2014) NATO ISAF Stability Operations Directorate in Kabul, Afghanistan Project Manager (Oct 13 – Jul 14): Initiated and led a project to deliver to the Afghan Army a

"Doctrinal" Solution Package for a new Civil Military Operations branch. Successfully delivered two manuals and three training courses on a tight schedule of only 8 months. Managed the full project management life cycle. Developed the concept and design; identification,

selection, and validation of requirements; research and product development (the two (2) manuals and three (3) training courses); and validation and approval of the final product with the end-user.

Successfully coordinated among numerous and geographically dispersed international stakeholders. Coordinated successful completion of closure activities for 11 NATO-led Provincial Reconstruction Team

(PRT) locations with the Afghan Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG).

Staff Action Officer (Jun 2012 – Sep 2013), J5 Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell, Joint Staff Pentagon: Coordinated over 25 weekly engagements of the J5 PACC with various branches of government to include Congress, State Department, other departments of the federal government, deploying brigade-level units, outside agencies, and members of the academic community.

Civil Affairs Primary Staff Officer (Mar 2011 – Mar 2012) – as G9 (Nonlethal Operations Section) for a Division Tactical Command Post (TAC): mentored the Afghan Army and led and coordinated Civil Military Operations (CMO), Information Operations (IO), Military Information Support Operations (MISO).

Created a program that doubled the efficiency of the monthly operations cycle of the Afghan Army. Project Manager: Developed a joint project with an international team (US, French, Afghan) resulting in

developing an Afghan tactical operations guide for nonlethal operations.

Civil Affairs Branch Doctrine Chief (Oct 2008 – Sep 2010): Led a team of five subject matter experts to develop doctrinal concepts, and write manuals covering the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP).

Developed two new manuals and supervised the revision of nine other manuals.

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Integrated new advanced risk management techniques into civil affairs staff procedures.

Project Manager / Civil Affairs Primary Staff Officer , Division (G-9) and Brigade (S-9), Dec 2004–Oct 2008: led Civil-Military Operations at Division and Brigade level during two Iraq war deployments and pre-deployment periods, with significant accomplishments as a Project Manager and Organizational Planner.

Project Manager (Jan 05 – Sep 05 and Mar 07 – Jul 08) for over $100M of reconstruction, infrastructure, and emergency relief projects in Baghdad, Iraq. Implemented and managed the unit level process of - 1) Project Identification, 2) Project Approval, 3)

Project Funding, 4) Project Execution, 5) Project Validation, and 6) Project Closure Created the project organization and personnel for two units and eight subordinate organizations. Trained project personnel through a program designed to maximize their ability to gain certification,

assure quality control, and initiate projects to standard at the very start of operations. Projects ranged from $5Kto $10M dollars, and were coordinated with international end-users. Managed the project approval process leading to the success of over 100 projects.

Successful supervision of financial accountability leading to a 100% project closure rate. Assured quality control of the process through inspection and mentorship of personnel. Managed Distributive reporting that successfully maintained stakeholder situational awareness. Developed the audit process in compliance with the Army Management Control Program (MCP)

and Defense Finance Acquisition Regulations (D-FARS). Risk Management : Developed and implemented a new risk management procedure leading to savings

of over $350K in project costs, and avoiding schedule, human interaction, and material failure points.Organizational Planner (Mar 06 – Mar 07) as Division Civil Affairs Officer. In a new outreach, prepared three subordinate organizations for integration into division operations,

through a designed and managed nine-step program of training and synchronization requirements. Trained personnel for initial project operations, leading to successful operations that avoided the

pitfall of wasting 2-3 months and several million dollars of slow starts and costly errors.

Other achievements included conducting full-spectrum Civil-Military Operations support to a Division HQ (Mar 06 – Feb 07), and to two separate brigades (Dec 04 – Mar 06; Mar 07 – Jul 08) Delivered the model Civil Common Operating Picture (C-COP) for a unit through Civil

Reconnaissance and Distributive Reporting covering approximately one-third of Baghdad, Iraq. Supported senior leader decision-making with systematic CMO estimate development. Managed the Governance and Economic Lines of Operations for the deployed Brigade.

EDUCATION: Masters of Systems Engineering (M.S.E.), Penn State University, - August 2015 (GPA 3.81): a 2-year

interdisciplinary study including the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC); Requirements Engineering; Systems Architecture; Model-Based Systems Engineering; Integration, Verification, Validation and Testing (VVT); Systems/Optimization Programming; Modeling; MATLAB and Simulink. Capstone Project: completed a Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), a Systems

Requirements Specifications (SRS), an Architectural Design Document (ADD), and the Preliminary Design Report (PDR) for a Deep Ice Coring Life Support Facility for the US Antarctica Program.

MBA and MS Int’l Business, University of Miami, FL, 1994: Operations and Production Management, Business Logistics, International Business, Finance, Marketing, and Intercultural Relations.

Bachelor of Science in Foreign Area Studies, US Military Academy, West Point, NY – leadership, management, and engineering courses round out the USMA’s curriculum.

Additional Education: Villanova University Certificates for Project Management & Advanced Project Management DOD Acquisitions Management coursework (3) with American Military University

Certifications:

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C.S.M. – Certified Scrum Master (Agile): Scrum Alliance, Jan 2016 (Certificant ID: 000492183)

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