CEO: Don Zacherl

 

Don Zacherl is the CEO of T3 Technologies, a management consulting and professional services firm.  He has extensive leadership and management experience in Military, Non-profit, and Corporate organizations and has advanced degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations, Strategy, and Business.  He founded T3 Technologies in March, 2004.

Accomplishments:

*     0fficer, 75th Ranger Regiment, Counter-Terrorist Joint Task Force, multiple high-level security clearances including TS/SCI, SBI, SI/TK.

*     Congratulated personally by GEN Colin Powell for successful leadership of classified National Crisis Management Exercise Program coordinating National Security Council and seven federal agencies (Department of Defense, Department of State, NSA, CIA, DIA, FBI, and FEMA).

*     Commanded US Army Battalion, won every national and regional competitive award.  

*      Led defense research, development and acquisition business process reengineering initiative, saved 100 work years and $50 million (ASA, RDA).

*     Turned around major national business technology division, radically improving responsiveness, customer service, data management and accuracy, and sharply improving staff morale and performance (NAHB).

*      Chosen by "ComputerWorld" magazine as one of the 100 Premier Technology Leaders in the United States.  

*     Drove revenue of a Federal Government management consulting company, increasing operational efficiency from 67% to 84% in six months.

*      Led off shore software development startup, delivering profits from the first quarter onward, establishing scalable processes for growth, regionally and nationally. 

*     Nominated for the GovCon “Contractor of the Year” award and the NVTC “Hot Ticket” award in 2005.  Recognized twice by Dun and Bradstreet ‘Open Ratings’ for Outstanding Customer Service, 2004 and 2007

*     Selected for Lead Virginia, 2007. 

*     Chosen as ‘Outstanding American by Choice’’ by the Department of Homeland Security, 2008

Education:

*        BS, Engineering, United States Military Academy.

*        MA, Mathematics and Computer Science, Hofstra University.

*       MMAS, Operations and Strategy, Command and General Staff College.

*       MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma, George Washington University

*       CIO Executive Program, Stanford University

*       Business Model Development Program, Aresty Institute, Wharton School of Business

*       Microsoft Certified Systems Engineering

*      PMI Certified Project Management Professional.

*      Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Villanova University

 

COO: Teodor (Ted) Ghinea

Ted Ghinea joined T3 Technologies as the COO after successfully founding a project management consulting company. Ted has over twelve years professional experience in managerial, technical, and functional positions. He has consulted to private and public organizations, including local and federal agencies. He has an MBA from Virginia Tech, and he is PMP certified.

Accomplishments:

• Coordinates planning and scheduling activities for the FMCSA IT modernization program, with a budget at $100+ million over 5 years.
• Implemented a risk identification process and associated tracking procedures, and serves as the risk manager for the FMCSA IT modernization program.
• Set up the PMO and associated processes and procedures for a software maintenance program at ATF.
• Managed the development of an add-on module to a PeopleSoft HRMS implementation in 13 weeks by implementing CMM level 3 prescribed processes.
• Completed a business process reengineering project for Arlington County, VA in the area of Records Management. Developed records retention schedules, and disaster recovery and business continuity plans for Arlington County's records management system.
• Coordinated the design and development of the Enterprise Asset Management System for United States Army Project Office Standard Army Management Information System, whose ordering module handled over $100 million in IT components per year.
• Served as the group leader for Messaging Client and Collaboration Group at the IMF, when he managed the day to day operations in a 4,000+ users environment.
• Developed a financial application and built interfaces used by the International Monetary Fund specialists for performing financial assessments of member countries, cutting the processing time by 300%.
• Serves as a member of the Virginia Tech MBA Alumni Advisory Board since 2002.

Education:

• BS, Aeronautical Engineering, The Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
• Post-Graduate degree, Public Relations, National School for Political and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania.
• MBA, R.B. Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech.
• PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
• CompTIA certified Project+ Professional.

CTO: Dilip Kumar

Dr. Dilip Kumar has over 21 years experience as Senior Manager for a major Aerospace Company. He has managed varied groups of highly technical people in the area of Modeling and Simulation of systems for commercial airplanes as well as US Army. He was a key member of the team that transformed the running of laboratories as an overhead to cost center. He led the projects for documenting the as-is processes and then coming up with strategic initiatives to find revolutionary changes (re-engineering) as well as evolutionary changes that fit the situation. He has experience in implementing Best Practices for an organization. As a senior manager, he has wide experience in managing large projects, EVMS, Risk Management, Continuous Quality improvement, etc.

Accomplishments:

• Senior Manager, Contractor to US Army � Responsible for a group of engineers spread over three cities in developing a simulation environment. Cost Account Manager and use EVMS, Risk Management and other US Army processes for managing the contract. Implement Lean+ projects to allow continuous cost reduction year over year. Conduct quarterly and yearly reviews, make changes and ensure that overall goals are being met.
• Senior Manager, Air Traffic Management. As a new division, participated in the organizational development and buildup. Led a team to obtain SEI/CMMI Level 3 and ISO 9001 certification.
• Senior Manager, Flight and Laboratory Testing. Led groups of 35 to 200 engineers, draftsmen, technicians responsible for developing software and laboratories. Trained in Quality Deployment techniques (Quality Improvement, Lean, 5S, Process Improvement, Reengineering). Developed a cost/value system used to identify true cost of operating a laboratory and allowing management to make data based decisions about capital assets.

Education:

• B. Technology, Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology.
• MS, Aeropace Engineering, Mississippi State University.
• Ph.D., Aeropace Engineering, Mississippi State University.
• EMBA, George Washington University.

Vice President, Program Management: Nancy Seeger

Nancy Seeger is the Vice President for Program Management of T3 Technologies, a business process and custom software development firms She brings extensive administrative and program management background. She joined T3 Technologies in August of 2008. She has advanced degrees in Management and Business and holds a TS clearance.

Accomplishments:

• VP for Administration, The Cohen Group. Provided leadership, planning and coordination to all administrative operations in support of the firm's mission and goals.
• Director for Support, MPRI, Afghanistan. Managed operational support for 7 safe houses in support of 310 personnel; a fleet of 310 vehicles and drivers; a cadre of 100 local national interpreters; and was responsible for an $11M annual budget.
• Director, CFC-A Support Contract. Responsible for a 14 person team providing strategic, operational and logistic support to the Headquarters, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A).
• Executive Assistant, SDS International. Supervised all headquarters' administrative functions. Provided policy guidance to headquarters personnel and 10 subordinate company staffs. Coordinated, drafted, and edited publications. Oversaw administrative support to publish proposals, reports, letters, and marketing materials.
• Executive Officer, Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. Managed the Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff. Served as his personal advisor and confidant, and maintained close liaison with the Air Staff, Air Force Secretariat, and Air Force field commands in support of the Assistant Vice Chief. Coordinated daily with senior officials of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Reviewed, edited, and prepared correspondence for the Assistant Vice Chief's signature, prioritized matters requiring his attention, and personally handled highly classified correspondence.
• Associate Director, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. Planned, coordinated, and executed support for the Air Force Chief of Staff's (CSAF) Worldwide Commanders' Conferences and other major CSAF-hosted conferences. Planned and organized the activities of the Air Force Council on issues critical to the Air Force's future.
• Secretary for the Joint Staff, US European Command. Provided administrative support to the U.S. European Command Commander-in-Chief, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and Chief of Staff. Directed the efforts of 385 officers, 156 enlisted, and 151 civilians. Responsible for correctly interpreting CINC and DCINC guidance, writing taskers and issuing taskings to the appropriate directorates. Oversaw the preparation and tracking of over 3000 staff packages annually; provided guidance and developed policies regarding administrative protocols.
• Chief of Protocol, Air University, United States Air Force. Oversaw all aspects of protocol support for over 1700 annual flag officer visits.

Education:

• BS, Education, Louisiana State University, United States Military Academy.
• MA, Management, Webster University.
• MBA, Northcentral University.
• Air Command and Staff College.

VP - Research and Development: Yair Eitan

Yair Eitan joined T3 Technologies as the Vice President for Research and Development after twenty-two years of consulting in the areas of project and program management, risk management, acquisition, logistics, and quantitative analysis. Clients include the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and major commercial entities.

Accomplishments:

• Produced project and program management plans, obtained buy-in and approvals for them, and assisted in their implementation; developed internal and external governance structures and coordinated their implementation; provided sound project/program management processes and facilitated sound decision-making; identified, analyzed, and resolved concerns/issues/problems; and, evaluated programs and proposed improvements/enhancements.
• Planned and implemented risk management programs, including the integration of risk management within the overall program/project management, developed and conducted risk management training, and produced business contingency and process continuity plans.
• Prepared all necessary acquisition plans and documents for program approval and funding, and consulted on and assisted in requirements determination, product/vendor selection, contract-negotiations, procurement, implementation, and integration.
• Designed and analyzed stand-alone and integrated logistic systems for existing and future weapon systems and campaigns.
• Applied modeling and optimization, systems analysis, and probabilistic and statistical analysis to performed quantitative analysis to real-life situations.
• Performed research and published in the area of generalized hierarchical location-allocation problems.

Education:

• BA, Economics and BA, Statistics, University of Haifa.
• MS, Operations Research, Stanford University.
• ABD, Engineering Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Senior Project Manager: Ila Dave

Dr. Ila Dave is the Senior PM of T3 Technologies, a business process and custom software development firm. She spent majority of her career as project manager at leading financial services companies developing application software systems, managing all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Business Process Improvements, Business Requirements Analysis, etc. She joined T3 Technologies in 2006 and has advanced degrees in Computer Systems Management and Nutritional Biochemistry.

Accomplishments:

• Senior Project Manager, Developed Functional Requirements Definition and provided recommendations to enable a health services agency to understand current business needs and make strategic, cost effective decisions to upgrade current systems or implement brand new systems.
• Senior Project Manager, Provided management support for the Re-audit and Earnings Restatement working with managers of technical, business, and support groups to develop, track and report on project schedules for multiple business lines, including management of risks, issues, change control, quality and resource.Senior Project Manager, Provided management support for the Re-audit and Earnings Restatement working with managers of technical, business, and support groups to develop, track and report on project schedules for multiple business lines, including management of risks, issues, change control, quality and resource.
• Senior Project Manager, representing the business area, managed and implemented a complex, industrial strength and robust system application, replacing an existing system with significant process improvements. A quality product was delivered on time and on budget. Provided leadership and direction in managing complexities stemming from multiple interfaces, analyzing legacy systems for data mapping from the new enterprise system and embracing new technologies, which had become corporate standards.
• Project Manager, Managed Engineering/Infrastructure projects for the Interactive Technical Group (ITG). Implemented management practices and procedures for project/task requests, streamlining process flow and tracking; developed and implemented a process-flow for work request and defined a methodology and deliverables with standard documentation templates for managing projects. Supported multiple verticals (functional areas) as liaison between the business units and ITG to meet their technical needs.
• Senior Project Manager, Responsible for the management and implementation of a customized software solutions product for State, Local and National Regulatory Agencies. Managed contract specifications and customer expectations as well as software development, testing, training and on-site support. Streamlined procedures and developed a standardized set of documentation templates for the various phases of software development. Managed and implemented a Document Management System (Imaging) using Eastman's Imaging Software for Windows.
• Led a team of process and systems analysts in a complex 18-month project to integrate five regional standalone applications into a centralized database. Managed all aspects of the project starting with needs and data analysis through conversion, testing, training and implementation. New system provided a re-engineered, client-server solution that was robust, easy to maintain, met the client's needs, and improved user productivity by at least 15%.

Education:

• MS, Computer Systems Management, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
• Ph.D., Nutritional Biochemistry, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India.