Paul Patelunas

Paul Patelunas

I have over three decades experience in IT.  I have had a wide breadth of exposure to IT architecture, design, development, implementation, and operations as an analyst, SME, team lead, project manager, scrum master, product owner and management coach. I have extensive background in Federal IT project management, product development, business process analysis, requirements management, technology implementations, budget, finance, systems administration and interfacing. I have a history of improving operations, facilitating business success, and delivering process enhancements. I have extensive experience in public-facing interactive internet tools development, enterprise content management, data security risk assessment, privacy data access security controls, process improvement standardization, strategic analysis, business process assessment, business intelligence, data integrity improvement and enterprise implementations.

I spent the first decade of my career as working as a financial aid administrator administering systems and leading software projects at three separate universities. The next two decades have been spent as a business analyst, project manager, scrum master and business architect for projects supporting higher education, US Education Department - Federal Student Aid, DHS-Immigration and Customs Enforcement, GSA- Public Building Service, EPA and USDA- Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services.  I have experience with full SDLC cycles, a variety of scrum methods across different agencies and have been integral to small, medium and large projects.

Some of my previous positions have included Project Manager, Director of Financial Aid, Business Analyst, Technology Consultant, and Senior Business Intelligence Analyst. My experience spans university IT and enrollment management, development of a student admin system at Oracle and extensive federal contracting experience. I have:

* Managed portfolio of Public-facing desktop, tablet and mobile applications supporting USDA-Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

* Managed business architecture design for integrated, content management enterprise implementation   for USDA-Food Nutrition Service

* Managed project upgrade and BI implementation for EPA Superfund program

* Managed requirements collection and definition several DHS-ICE projects

* Managed technical projects at the Education Dept. and facilitated financial compliance.

* Managed PMO compliance procedures, including CCMI3, NIST and FISMA.

* Developed workflows, defined processes, and created process flows to enhance efficiency for the Oracle Student System

* Created business flows, design proposals, and documentation standards for a key federal business intelligence project GSA - Public Building Service.

* Introduced new technologies automating federal student aid delivery and compliance.

* Developed budget modelling to improve admission yields and tuition goals.

I have the wide exposure to various approaches to both application development but they dynamic restructuring of business processes with application implementation.  In addition to having worked at many government agencies, I have worked on teams within government OIT organizations, on small business teams and large Fortune 500 operations, including Hewlett Packard, CSC, Oracle, Raytheon and others.  I have a proven record of adaptability and flexibility meeting team and organizational needs.