Stephen F. Johnson
sfjohns67@hotmail.com

Career Profile

Procurement specialist with more than 15 years of dynamic experience managing, implementing and supporting international government-level programs, integrating client products and services with US and foreign customer requirements, developing and expanding client engagement strategies and client/product base. Proven history of performance and responsibility in rigorous technical, administrative, and interpersonal disciplines. Near-native Russian language fluency with highly effective dual-language interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.

Experience

Apr-02 to present  

Senior Subcontract Administrator
Parsons Global Services Inc, Moscow, Russia
Procure new services and equipment under multi-million dollar, joint US-Russian Chemical Weapons Destruction Complex (RCWDC) project. Conduct vendor sourcing and analyze financial status, technical capability, and quality control. Assemble comprehensive request for proposal packages for construction subcontract and interact with vendor to ensure scope of work and all terms and conditions are understood. Perform detailed price and cost analysis of proposals. Negotiate best price, delivery, tax exemptions, price escalation, and other factors impacting costs. Administer subcontracts and purchase orders; maintain comprehensive and auditable subcontract and purchase order files; evaluate supplier performance. Monitor construction progress and maintain invoiced progress tracking logs. Sustain vendor relations and post-award support.

 

Government Property Manager
Parsons Global Services Inc, Moscow, Russia
Manage US Government property procured under RCWDC project. Draft and implement project property procedures; maintain detailed records database; ensure subcontractor property control; conduct physical inventories and submit accurate yearly accounting reports (DD-1662); and manage interim US Government property disposition.

Nov-01 to Mar-02  

Research Scientist
Battelle Memorial Institute, Bel Air, Maryland
Coordinated Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrated Services Contract (CTRIC) activities as primary interface with CTRIC teaming partners and intra-company CTRIC stakeholders. Researched and identified tasking opportunities in nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons demilitarization and matched them with company capabilities and objectives. Composed preliminary scopes of work against tasking opportunities and promoted them to CTRIC teaming partners and clients. Managed information exchange among CTRIC teaming partners and company stakeholders.

Nov-95 to Oct-01  

Arms Control Inspector/Russian Interpreter
US Air Force Special Duty Assignment
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Dulles, Virginia
Conducted program management and project oversight visits to former Soviet Union countries in support of international arms control treaties. Facilitated program success between US Department of Defense (DOD), State Department, and US commercial representatives and foreign counterparts through negotiation, conflict resolution, and cooperation. Broad subject familiarity in the following areas: weapons non-proliferation (nuclear, chemical and biological); large-scale industrial facility construction, conversion, and dismantlement; environmental remediation; mining engineering.
Mission details provided separately upon request

Jan-88 to Mar-95  

Intelligence Operator, Analyst, Transcriber and Database Administrator
US Air Force, various military installations
Collected, analyzed, and collated intelligence data and published reports for both internal and external USG consumers. Administered extensive US intelligence database for tactical and strategic target operations. Developed and conducted training programs for other linguist operators and transcribers. Maintained US information security doctrine. Extensive working experience with various computer operating systems and workstations to include Windows OS, Sun Microsystems Advanced Workstation, UNIX OS, and other DOD-unique systems.

Education

Dec-02  

Certified Professional Property Administrator
National Property Management Association
Moscow, Russia

Nov-98  

Bachelor of Science in Russian Studies w/ Computer & Information Systems minor
Regents College
Albany, NY

Nov-95  

Advanced Russian Interpreter/Translator Diploma
Defense Language Institute
Monterey, CA

Aug-89  

Basic Russian Language Diploma
Defense Language Institute
Monterey, CA

Jun-88  

Associate of Arts in General Studies
Valencia Community College
Orlando, FL


Personal references provided separately upon request