1. Mina N. Meawad, MSIT
Reston, Virginia
Mina@Meawad.com 571-215-0478
Highly accomplished senior technical manager with fifteen years in system test, software development, Configuration
Management, system administration, requirements, technical training, system engineering, program management, and
system integration. Adept at developing multimillion dollar project plans with clearly articulated goals, objectives, and
milestones for employees and management. Expert at de-conflictingrequirements, balancing competing priorities,working
on parallel tracks in fast-paced environments, and identifying resolutions during stalemates. Recognized for high quality
deliverables that meet or exceed timelines and budgetary targets while ensuring production quality. Strong leader with a
reputation of integrity that inspires theconfidenceand trustof subordinates, peers,managers,and clients.Skilled atbuilding
teams with appropriateexpertise. Excel at formingproductive partnerships with stakeholders,key allies and diversegroups.
KEY SKILLS
 Program Management
 Project Management
 Business Development
 Clientrelations
 Vendor/Subcontractor
Management
 Leadership/Staff
Development
 Agile Coach/Scrum
Master/Product
Owner
 Waterfall to Agile
transformation
 Software
Development Lifecycle
 Software
Development
 Scalability/Architect.
design
 Technical Deployment
 Configuration
Management
 Requirements
engineering
 Metrics Development
 System and
Performance testing
 Information
Assurance/Security
 AWS
 Cloud Migration
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical Director of Implementation Services, SAIC/Leidos Inc. - Northern Virginia September 2014 – Present
Senior manager overseeing the Requirements, System Deployment, Software Development, Documentation, Test, Training,
Multi-Media,and Configuration Management teams comprised of onsiteand remote staff,team leads,sub-contractors,
and consultants supportingmultipleapplications and multipleprograms.Ensureeach team meets program requirements
on schedule, within budget, and is responsiveto evolving customer needs. Customer liaison for implementing
requirements, resolving new developments in programdesign, and demonstrating system revisions.Member of the
Technical Review Board, System Engineering Review Board, Scrum of Scrums, and Program Management Board.
 Lead major cloud migration on the Amazon Web Services platform.
 Turned around failingprogramby implementing: collaborativeprocesses and tools,puttingquality controls in place,
augmenting staff,and mentoring existingstaff
 Brief senior management and customers on high visibility issues regarding deployments,software releases as well as
progress of updates in system design and monthly contractreview.
 Coordinateacross groups to ensure technical interfaces aredeveloped to customer specificationsand hardware
purchases arein linewith deployment needs and future architecturerequirements.
 Develop SOPs and metrics to ensure consistency, quality, and minimize costs in training, deployments, and software
development.
 Spearhead a process improvement initiative to enhance workflow and production quality, as well as reduce costs.
Identified obstacles thatlimited cross-teamcoordination and implemented changes to improve staff communication and
configuration of program tools to increase efficiency and transparency.
 Restructured Team to respond faster to mission needs by improving the quality of training through CBT development,
overhauling trainingmaterialsand processes,implementing Agilemethodologies, and augmenting staff with consultants
to meet surges.
 Designated Scrum Master/ProductOwner/Agile Coach while successfully leadingteams to self-organization,by providing
consistent mentoring and coaching, identifying and addressing backlogs.
 Instituted a highly successful collaborative process using Agile best practices for internal and external program
stakeholders, resulting in more accountability within the program and with the customer as well as fewer errors in
updated releases.

2.  Member of program management team designated to improve internal processes such as staff recruitment, instituting
cost effective measures and increasingefficiency in softwaredevelopment and deployment by enhancingcollaboration
between teams and improving procedures.
 Mentor employees to improve performance, acquire additional training and skill development, and provide career
coaching and leadership development. Prepare performance reviews for all staff and make decisions on hiring,
termination, promotions, and employee recognition.
 Responsiblefor identifyingand incubatingnewtechnologies to meet emerging cli ent’s requirements and mission needs.
Test Manager, SAIC/Leidos Inc. - Northern Virginia December 2010 – September 2014
Test Team Lead overseeing test on a system with end-to-end processes.Supervised functionality and quality assurance
testing and implemented enhancements through automation and standardized processes.Develop test plans, schedules,
deadlines,and processes in an Agileenvironment. Work across teams to streamlineand harmonize schedules,releases,and
procedures to improve daily operations and workflow.Build clientrelationship by regularly demonstratingprogramand
answeringspecific technical questions,sometimes beyond the scopeof Test Team. Recruit, interview and hire personnel to
staff critical shortages on multipleteams. Member of the Technical Review Board, System Engineering Review Board and
Scrum of Scrums.
 Identified a major deficiency in test management that prevented defects from being properly reported and test
execution from being accurately logged.Instituted formal test cycleand process,includingdefect triageand test
executions, which reduced errors and improved product quality.
 Led Waterfall to Agile transformation,allowing for timelier testing of issues and more accurateestimates. Transitioned
team to a three month release cycle, improving schedule, allowing for faster delivery of system features.
 Implemented formal test processes including:regression testing,test automation, performance/load/scalability testing,
and usability testing
 Spearheaded the development of a new program-wide releaseprocess that integrated all teams on the programinto the
scrum process, improving the quality and speed for delivery of releases.
 Lead tiger teams to revamp requirements, configuration management, documentation, and test processes, and
configured program tools accordingly.
 Supervised testers includingsettingmilestones, providingcontent on annual staff reviews, and identifying trainingand
growth opportunities for testers. Recognized by management for building team dynamics, improving morale, and
instilling confidence in subordinates.
Software Development Manager, SAIC/Leidos Inc. - Northern Virginia September 2009 – December 2010
Direct a team of six software developers. Maintained collection processes and systems for a multifaceted ETL program.
Researched new collection technologies for data and multimedia collection. Managed collection engineers to maintain
current collections and add new websites based on customer requests. Authored, negotiated, and maintained system
requirements. Developed recommendations to Project Manager and Chief Engineer on changes required in system
development that would increase program development, customer satisfaction and retention, and new cliental.
 Identified within one month on the program that existing architecture for data collection system was limited and
captured less than 50 percent of targeted material fromthe Internet. Redesigned the collection systemand implemented
a request management system and a defect reporting system. Within three months the new system began to capture
data at approximately 100 percent. System was also designed to allow for scaling and growth past current demands.
 Introduced new collection methodologies and tools allowing for a more systematic approach to a cumbersome and
ineffective system that utilized conventional Webcrawl technology. Independently designed and developed a solution
for collecting data by customizing RSS FeedReader to meet our requirements.
 Designed and implemented an organic technology usingKAPOW and Python to collectmetadata for audio and video files
from sites such as YouTube. Developed an Oracledatabaseto organizecollected data for easy recall by media analysts.
 Developed collection servicecenter costs model includingcostsof labor,hardware,software,and network as well as led
the purchasing effort of the items and hiring.
 Implemented Agile process to eliminate ad hoc software development, saving time and money for the project.
 Outsourced collection O&M, resulting in more accurate project data sets and reducing labor costs by 50 percent.
Senior Test Engineer, SAIC/Leidos Inc. - Northern Virginia June 2006 - September 2009

3. Led a four-member team of test engineers, includingdeveloping test schedule and delineatingdaily responsibilities.As Test
Team Lead, responsiblefor test reports as well as working with the Development and Integration Teams to validatesystem
requirements and functionality as well as troubleshootingissues.Supported Configurations Manager by managingsoftware
builds and releases.
 Developed automated metrics reports for ten customer sites using Crystal Reports 11 in order to monitor data
movement, synchronization, and customer system usage. The new access to regularized information allowed the
customer to better forecast for hardware scaling and staffing.
 Regression tested system components including security policies, user interface, multimedia editing capability, file
transfer capability, and scheduler on a regular basis. Designed and performed Site Acceptance Testing at international
locations and remotely for domestic customer sites.
 Developed and executed technical test cases and procedures for verifying new system requirements. Responsible for
regularly reporting and demonstrating to the customer that the requirements were satisfied with each new release.
Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman - Northern Virginia January 2001 – May 2006
Developed software that supported multipleclients.Designed and developed tools to help streamlinethe process of tracking
hardwareand software assets.Worked directly with the clientto develop standard operatingprocedures,requirements, and
other documentation for the World-WideTricareInformation Center. Led team of developers to support reportingcapability
for a large Department of Defense call center. Led a proposal effort that resulted in expansion of the call center contract.
 Led implementation of Citrix solution for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant application systemand conducted
stress tests on the NIH Citrix system and www.grants.gov website using LoadRunner.
 Developed PureEdge XForms, as well as XSLs, FO XSLs, and Schemas for www.grants.gov.
 Developed an organic bug tracking system, which included a back-end database to store data and a graphical user
interface used by the test team to input issues in support of testing for www.grants.gov.
 Designed and implemented a lab environment to reflect the integration of LANDesk, PowerQuest, Provance, HP Open-
View, and Remedy with ORACLE 8i/9i and MS SQL Server as the databases.
 Developed a portal using MS SQL/Server database and ASP for INS asset tracking and deployment.
 Developed automated reports using Crystal Reports, Oracle Discoverer, Microsoft office, utilizing SQL and Visual Basic
Programming, allowing call center managers to improve staffing patterns, training topics, and see in aggregated form
customer requests submitted to information center.
 Conducted stress and functional testing of ORACLE 8i database and 11i CRM application using LoadRunner , which
involved extensive C Language programming.
EDUCATION
Capella University, Master of Science December 2012
Information Technology Specialization in Information Assuranceand Security
George Mason University, Bachelors of Science January 2005
Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems