Experience Highlights:

Mr. Kmiecik has over 28 years’ experience in project management, software engineering, and information technology management. His experience spans all levels of the organization, including policy and strategic development, organizational effectiveness, system requirements development, design, and testing. Mr. Kmiecik is a retired Coast Guard Officer with over 20 years of military leadership and technical experience. His last assignment was as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the United States Coast Guard Academy, responsible for the entire information and telecommunications infrastructure. Mr. Kmiecik has augmented his leadership experience with the Coast Guard, where he held positions as Commanding and Executive Officer of Coast Guard cutters, with additional experience in program management, cost/benefit analysis, requirements/alternatives analysis, program planning, organizational doctrine development, and software engineering. He possesses a unique combination of business acumen and technical experience capable of fully understanding and translating business needs into technical requirements and implementation, as well as ensuring that technical initiatives support the achievement of business goals and objectives.

Professional Experience:

MicroSystems Integration, Inc.                                                                               2004 – Present

Mr. Kmiecik has led or been lead technical contributor in a wide variety of tasks spanning technical identification and implementation, performance prediction, acquisition processes and regulations, and business improvement.  Current and past experience includes:

• Coast Guard Evergreen IV.   Providing support to the Coast Guard's strategy development and strategic renewal to develop and describe future worlds and identify capabilities 15 to 30 years in the future. Evergreen is used to inform budget formulation planning efforts and explore specific areas of strategic interest and to signal a cause for action and to guide decision makers about future steps.
• Homeport Alternatives Analysis (AA).   Technical lead providing guidance and developing requirement documents for the Homeport Internet Portal. Established a systematic and repeatable process for gathering requirements, identifying alternatives, and conducting an assessment to support design and acquisition decisions.
• System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Subject Matter Expert.  Task Leader and Coast Guard lead subject matter expert for development, maintenance, training, and application of project management best practices through the SDLC – applicable to all information technology solutions. Developed and continues to facilitate workshops to assist technical developers in understanding and applying the project management best practices to information technology projects throughout the Coast Guard. As a recognized expert in the development of information technology systems, he continues to be a consultant to the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CG-6) at Coast Guard Headquarters on recommended updates to the SDLC policy and practice.
• Great Lakes Bridge Hour Study.  Lead analyst studying the methodology used to establish fair and reasonable rates for pilotage services on the Great Lakes. The study includes consideration for a diverse set of stakeholders with competing demands. Alternatives address the wide range of concerns expressed by stakeholders.  The rigor and presentation of the analysis address inquiries from Congress.
• Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF) Implementation Team.  Task Leader for facilitating Coast Guard subject matter experts in implementing recommendations from the DSF Stem-to-Stern Review.  This high-profile project had the attention of all Coast Guard senior leaders and was reported to DHS as the Coast Guard’s leading priority.  Managed the information and progress of the initiative to ensure all documentation was complete, fully vetted, and approved by Coast Guard leadership.
• Requirements and Capability Analysis and Management (Pub 7-0).   Lead author drafting Coast Guard Publication 7-0 - Capability Management, establishing organizational processes and doctrine to effectively analyze and manage the requirements and capability gaps and develop recommendations and alternative solutions to address those gaps. The resulting Coast Guard Doctrine outlines the roles, responsibilities, and guidance for analyzing and managing requirements within the Coast Guard and developing or sustaining capabilities to satisfy those requirements.  Pub 7-0 is a Capstone Doctrine, with several supporting process doctrines providing more detailed guidance in focused areas. The entire process is applicable to large, disperse organizations and is designed to minimize risk and cost while maximizing the probability of success in addressing capability gaps.
• Unified Performance Logic Model (UPLM).   Engineered and oversaw development and implementation of the UPLM for the Office of Performance Assessment and Decision Support for the office of the Chief of Staff for the Coast Guard (CG-095).  The UPLM is both a framework and a web-based application to serve as an alignment mechanism across all performance measurement, logic model, and knowledge management development throughout the Coast Guard. Significant market research, requirements development, and alternative analysis were conducted to develop a unique visualization interface to provide user interaction and visualization of relationships across complex analysis models.
• Coast Guard Planning Doctrine (Pub 5-0).   Principal writer and task lead on identification and development of a collection of enduring best practices to provide guidance on mission analysis, performance assessment, and planning within the Coast Guard from Strategic to Operational and Tactical implementation. A collection of doctrinal publications was developed to categorize the policy and planning doctrine and support an identified overall doctrine hierarchy for all operations and support within the Coast Guard (later validated by the Riker Doctrine Study Group).
• System Engineering Integration (SEI).  Oversaw development of integrated information architecture across a variety of decision support and analysis tools in order to share information and contribute to more effective decision making.  These analysis tools shared information across the entire Coast Guard.  Performance measurement and database information was updated and combined to identify critical relationships for performance improvement.
• Coast Guard Modernization Business Case and Design.   Identification and maintenance of several models to test and validate the proposed design of the Coast Guard modernization effort – the migration from current Headquarters/Area organization to DCO/DCMS/Area/ FORCECOM organization. This included identification and categorization of all functions of the Coast Guard, the transitional mapping from current to future organization, and the evaluation of personnel resources necessary to support the manpower requirements of each organizational element. Functional process flows were modeled to verify continued operations and delivery of service during the modernization process. A communication and outreach business case was developed, providing a consistent message of the goals, objectives, and measures of success for implementation of the Modernization.
• Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Cost Analysis.  Lead analyst for a modeling and simulation effort to compare the operational cost of the Navy-designed LCS with the Coast Guard Patrol Frigate.  Modeled scenarios were developed, and the operating costs to carry out the missions for each class of vessel were analyzed.
• Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF) Stem-to-Stern Review.   Facilitated a high-priority, comprehensive review of the effectiveness of DSF and ability to retain proficiency. The review involved hundreds of high-ranking subject matter experts throughout the Coast Guard and analyzed all areas, including resources, force management, operations, training, requirements, and organizational structure. Supported development of over 25 products in a very short time frame that completed a full analysis of the effectiveness of more than 1,300 DSF personnel in performing their mission and sustaining their proficiency. Safety was of paramount importance in the analysis, as DSF perform very high-risk operations. The analysis resulted in a collection of recommendations to improve the entire DSF program.
• Integrated Support Strategy Model.  MSI’s principal author and developer of the Systems Directorate Integrated Support Strategy Model (ISSM) outlining the processes necessary to review and develop the Coast Guard’s five-year Capital Asset Management Strategy (CAMS). Accompanying the processes for identifying and prioritizing capital improvements was a web-based analysis tool capable of identifying the optimal combination of initiatives given multi-year/multi-fund cost constraints and dozens of parameters identifying contributions to minimize capability degradation across a suite of interdependent initiatives. Full requirements analysis was completed along with alternatives analysis and proof-of-concept web-based application.
• CG-6 Policy and Practice Development.   Technical contributor in development of a family of organizational Policy and Practices to establish the roles, responsibilities, and business processes for the newly established Office of the Chief Information Officer at Coast Guard Headquarters (CG-6). Policy and Practiced covered the areas of Enterprise Architecture, Investment Management, System Development Life Cycle, Information Assurance, Requirements Management, Configuration Management, and Infrastructure Management. These policies and practices stood up the CIO’s office and defined the organization necessary for effective and efficient development and support of information technology solutions.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Telecommunications Policy Development.   Task Leader for an accelerated review and update of USDA executive-level telecommunication policies and creation of a modular framework for publishing telecommunications procedures; served as a model for USDA sub-agencies and staff offices to create their own information technology guidance in alignment with the executive-level policy.
• Telecommunication and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) Business Plan.   Task Leader for the review and update of the five-year TISCOM Business Plan. The Plan includes key strategic and supporting objectives for the unit along with unit performance measures and an explanation of the desired “end state” for the unit.
• Coast Guard Lexicon.  Developed processes for management of a Coast Guard reference lexicon providing alignment of terms and acronyms throughout the Coast Guard. The lexicon was originally populated from over 400 Coast Guard, DHS, and DoD references.  The lexicon provides both recommended definitions and supporting definitions for terms used in specific applications in the Coast Guard.
• Coast Guard Doctrine Development.  Principal author for draft Doctrine and Process Guide governing the establishment and management of a doctrinal pyramid structure for promulgated policy and doctrine within the Coast Guard. The doctrine provided clear guidance on the appropriate use and development of policy, doctrine, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) in the Coast Guard.  The Process Guide outlined development and review processes and defined templates and format for each type of promulgated guidance.
• Common Activity Library (CAL) and Business Inventory Alignment.   Analysis of all activities within the Coast Guard presented in varying levels of detail to support performance assessment. Included support for the submission of the Coast Guard’s Bottom-Up Review reports to DHS and a complete analysis of all DCMS functional statements identifying gaps, overlaps (redundancies), and candidate functions to move from Headquarters to field units. Guidance on the identification and development of performance measures to monitor the achievement of organizational goals and objectives was also authored in support of this project (leveraging previous work defining all organizational outcomes for the Coast Guard). Activity relationship models implemented in a web-based system.
• Advanced Interdiction Mission Needs Statement (MNS).   Alternatives analysis and development of a Mission Analysis Report and MNS outlining the necessary capabilities to meet the requirements and mandates for Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction operations.
• Business Justification Support for a Risk-Based Decision-Making Model (RBDM).   MSI’s principal author on development of the business justification submission (OMB 300), Cost/Benefit Analysis, and Alternatives Analysis for the RBDM. The RBDM is a Coast Guard-wide application for managing risk information and quantifying the return on investment for risk mitigation strategies.

Previous Experience:

Various assignments in the U.S. Coast Guard                                                            1984 – 2004

Chief, Information Services Division, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, April 1999 – July 2004

• Responsible for the telecommunications infrastructure at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with over 1,600 users, $2.5M budget, 25 personnel, and multiple networks.
• Lead project officer for the development and visualization of the Coast Guard Academy’s Strategic Plan.
• Implementation of Six Sigma process improvement strategies, resulting in proven performance and tripling budget.
• Supported development and implementation of several Academy software applications as well as contributing to development of Coast Guard-wide applications, including the Training Management Tool prototype and the proof-of-concept Unit Leadership Development Program.

Instructor, Electrical Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, June 1994 – May 1999

• Faculty member in charge of developing highly technical curriculum in support of a New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited Engineering program.
• Developed models using MATLAB© for simulation and capturing of real-time digital signals.
• Instructor for senior level courses in Project Management and Communication Systems.
• Served as Assistant Section Chief responsible for managing all funds and support personnel.

Other U.S. Coast Guard Duty Assignments

Commanding Officer, USCGC PENOBSCOTT BAY; Executive Officer, USCGC RED BEECH; Operations Officer, USCGC MARIPOSA

Education:

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, 1990

B.S., Electrical Engineering, United States Coast Guard Academy, 1984

Skills and Expertise:

• Mr. Kmiecik has completed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) training on developing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating drills and exercises. He has also successfully completed the Basic Incident Command System, National Response Framework, and National Incident Management System Training Courses.
• Mr. Kmiecik is proficient in the use of the full Microsoft Office suite; used extensively through various forums to communicate assessments and recommendations.
• Mr. Kmiecik holds a current SECRET security clearance.