Julie (Julienne) Sharps

Strategic Programs Lead @ SICPA

About

Information Technology Executive with progressive experience in leading engineering, software development and IT consulting services to Federal and commercial markets. Excel at developing internal and external partnerships to deliver results and drive loyalty with employees and partner and customer organizations. Develop and maintain high performing teams. - Fostered a customer-focused Technology Research and Innovation group, leading to finalist nominations for ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation and Excellence.gov awards. - Drove Agile and DevOps transformation of software development and maintenance organization resulting in Past Performance qualification and organization credentials to win $100M Agile Software Development task order. - Empowered and incentivized teams to participate in business development and growth activities, leading to new business wins of greater than $150M in 2015. - Led the turn around of 2 problem programs, leading to Customer Satisfaction score of "Very Good" and "Excellent" and continuation and growth of the programs over successive 4 years. - Established local presence including building and expanding business base and recruiting and staffing local team, domestically and internationally. - Identified and led winning capture activities in Federal and commercial markets - Managed full P&L for up to $90M annually. Strengths include: Driving Innovation Program Management High-Quality Delivery Agile Transformation Staff Management and Development Financial Management Seeking to bring value to a Washington metro are Information Technology focused firm seeking to grow their presence, support Agile Transformations and develop the corporate qualifications and credentials to position for business growth. Industries: telecommunications, software product development

Country

United States

City

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Agile Methodologies, Budgets, Cloud Computing, Vendor Management, Subcontracting, Innovation Management, Enterprise Software, Software as a Service (SaaS), Management, Process Improvement, SDLC, Government Contracting, Integration, ITIL, PMP, Program Management, CMMI, Project Management, Software Development, Requirements Analysis

Experience

Strategic Programs Lead

SICPA

2017 - Present · 9 yrs

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Lead the development and implementation of strategic programs in new market areas. Provide product analysis and direction, manage customer engagements for new initiatives, collaborate with customer to ensure program success. Responsible to drive agile adoption through the company and customer organizations and ensure successful delivery of new programs.

VP, Civilian Programs

ActioNet, Inc.

2016 - 2017 · 1 yr

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for all operations of company programs in Department of Transportation, HUD and new Civilian markets for ActioNet. Delivering revenue and profit, customer retention and satisfaction and new business growth. Currently providing service to the government in IT Service Management (ITSM), Enterprise Service Management (ESM), Agile software engineering and maintenance, Enterprise IT Support and Life Cycle Management. Developing and managing partner relationships to continuously deliver innovative solutions and service to Federal customers.

VP, Federal Civilian Operations (Formerly)

Vencore Inc.

2014 - 2016 · 2 yrs

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for all operations of company programs in Federal Civilian markets, delivering revenue and profit, new business growth, cash flow and employee and customer retention. Provided service to federal customers in Agile Software development, Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity and Unified Communications.

SVP, Federal Civilian

QinetiQ US

2009 - 2014 · 5 yrs

Washington D.C. Metro Area

VP, Operations

3H Technology a QinetiQ North America Company

2007 - 2009 · 2 yrs

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for the technical and financial performance of all program operations in the Federal Civilian markets. Supported business growth activities by driving solution architecture, leading proposal activities and ensuring stability in existing customer base, leading to more than 20% growth in revenue in the first year post-acquisition.

DIrector, Program Management Operations

3H Technology

2004 - 2007 · 3 yrs

Responsible for technical and financial performance of company programs in Federal Civilian and commercial markets. Developed PMO organization working in conjunction with technical and business functional groups to software, Enterprise IT and Systems Integration services to Federal customers.

Senior Program Manager

3HT

2002 - 2004 · 2 yrs

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for technical and financial performance of company programs at GSA. Developed program and project plans, served as single point of contact for customer and internal business functions for programs, managed and developed program staff and ensured quality delivery and compliance. Identified and won $10M in new business by leveraging core capability to adjacent components of GSA.

VP, Engineering

Apptix

2001 - 2002 · 1 yr

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led engineering and software development activities for Application Service Provider offering multi-tenant messaging and collaboration Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) capabilities to commercial customers. Developed and implemented automated monitoring and provisioning capability for the services. Transitioned Engineering organization from Florida to Washington Metro Area. Migrated data center operations to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider.

CIO

ChamberBiz

1999 - 2001 · 2 yrs

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Developed IT strategy and initial web presence for Joint Venture between VC and US Chamber of Commerce to offer on-line business exchange service for small business members and local Chambers.

Portfolio Manager

Beechwood

1998 - 1999 · 1 yr

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for establishing Washington Metro Area (WMA) office for Beechwood, growing the business and delivering customer commitments. Established initial office in DC and recruited and hired local telecommunications Subject Matter Experts to provide expert consulting services and telecommunications product integration services to emerging Telecommunications Service Providers post-deregulation.

Director of Operations

CSC

1996 - 1998 · 2 yrs

Hong Kong

Responsible for technical and financial performance of group telecommunications programs in the Asia Pacific region. Established local office in Hong Kong, staffed local teams and integrated GSM ordering and billing products to telecommunications service providers in the region.