1. CRAIG OLDAKER
Email: coldaker@msn.com Cell: 813-335-6977
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/craig-oldaker/b/9aa/385/ Residence: 813-837-8928
SUMMARY
Vice President/Director with experience in leading contract and program management teams with a proven
ability to shape the organization to handle shifts in government and commercial business. Consistently
creates policies and procedures to fit needs of FAR/DFAR/GSA and commercial contracts. Mitigates future
liabilities by ensuring rigorous compliance with contract terms and asserting, negotiating and executing
scope claims. Develops and refreshes government and commercial contracts training improving the overall
business. Clearly conveys company’s obligations under government contracts and import/export
requirements. High-energy individual with the ability to provide strong leadership and produce effective
results in:
 Problem Identification and Resolution  Contract Management
 International Contracting  Project Management
 ITAR/EAR Compliance  Proposal Pricing and Writing
 Team Player / Team Builder  CAS Compliance
 Small Businesses Administration  Government Property Administration
 Rights in Data Protection  Customer Satisfaction
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Wrote and implemented a project and risk management process and procedure, which allowed the
company to obtain AS9100 Revision C certification.
 Generated proposal and negotiated a $2M termination for convenience, which included $250K of
unabsorbed overhead.
 Implemented a direct time charging process that reduced the overhead rate by 35%.
 Managed the program management organization that achieved an average project profit of 15% or
more year over year.
 Restructured proposals to successfully pass DCAA audits and still obtain the company’s profit
objectives.
 Successfully responded to show cause letters avoiding terminations for default.
 Aggressively asserted companies rights in data protecting its intellectual property and locking in
follow-on contracts.
 Emphasized the importance of customer communication improving relationships and increasing new
business.
 Established strong business relationships with customers such as DLA, DOE, DHS, NSA, CIA, FBI,
Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA, Raytheon, Boeing, Exelis, BAE, SAIC, and numerous foreign
companies.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SYPRIS ELECTRONICS, LLC 2014 – Current
Senior Contracts Manager (Empowered Official)
Responsible for managing contract management and trade compliance team in support of all government
and commercial customer contracts.
 Advisor to all business units for contract, proposal, and export issues.
 Established new procedures to improve the contract management processes.
 Supports proposal activities to assure compliance to customer requirements, FAR, DFAR and all other
rules and regulations.

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TRAK MICROWAVE CORPORATION (a Smiths Group Company), Tampa, FL 2000 - 2014
Vice President of Contracts (Empowered Official) 2013 to 2014
Managed the contract management and trade compliance team in support of all government and
commercial customer contracts.
 Established milestone billing plans that kept the company in a cash positive position.
 Convinced customer to cancel the remaining portion of a multimillion dollar contract as opposed to
going through a termination for convenience thereby preventing the company from being in a loss
position.
 Successfully supported Government Agencies in preventing companies/people from illegally
exporting ITAR controlled products.
Vice President of Program Management/Contracts (Empowered Official) 2010 to 2013
Responsible for leading, planning and managing the company’s program, contract management and trade
compliance teams for major programs and all government and commercial customer contracts to achieve
the desired profitability and growth objectives.
 Negotiated numerous exceptions to customer terms and conditions significantly limiting the
company’s potential liabilities.
 With the integration of another companies products into the company, successfully avoided significant
liabilities associated with their non-compliant hardware in the field.
 Developed and negotiated scope claims keeping the projects in a profitable position.
 Aggressively pursued the definitization of letter contracts to avoid being in cost plus percentage of
cost situation.
Director of Program Management/Contracts (Empowered Official) 1999 to 2010
 Convinced foreign customer to provide an additional $150K in non-recurring engineering on a fixed
priced contract.
 Successfully supported a voluntary disclosure to the Government avoiding all potential penalties and
fines.
 Established import/export management procedures covering all aspects of trade compliance
preventing future violations.
 In support of foreign contracts, obtained letter of credits in order to receive sizable advanced
payments, which kept the company in cash positive positions throughout the period of performances.
 Implemented a parts obsolescence clause in contracts, which put the liability on the customer.
TECOM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED, Chatsworth, CA 1999 to 2000
Interim President
 Significantly improved company’s moral through regular all hands meetings and weekly breakfast with
the boss meetings.
 Trained sales group to take into consideration actual costs incurred on products increasing profits.
 Supported Director of Operations in changing the product line processes significantly reducing costs.
 Drove importance of communicating between design engineering, manufacturing engineering, and
quality assurance improving the transition from prototyping to production of hardware.

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METRIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Ft. Walton Beach, FL 1994 to 1999
Manager of Contracts & Marketing (Empowered Official)
Managed the contracts and marketing group responsible for establishing and maintaining contracts between
various customers, issuing requests for proposals, establishing subcontracts, and supporting sales activities
with customers.
 Terminated suppliers for default and obtained re-procurement costs.
 Established sales and pricing team that generated $100M in proposals annually.
 Coordinated the proposal process with the team increasing win ratio by 50%.
 Successfully managed and settled over 50 scope claims on a Government build-to-print project.
LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE COMPANY, INCORPORATED 1984 to 1994
Lead Termination Subcontract Administrator 1992 - 1994
 Developed and conducted training classes on contract law and the termination process and procedures,
including property disposition.
 Aggressively negotiated settlement putting company in a better profit position.
Subcontract Administrator 1990 - 1992
 Successfully managed the key cost plus award fee subcontract valued at $1.5 billion, for the design,
development, test and evaluation of the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Program.
 Developed a system to track the subcontractor’s effort that enhanced achievement of the prime contract
objectives and reduced the required subcontract administration.
Lead Subcontract Administrator 1989 - 1990
 Supervised a team of Subcontract Administrators in support of the design and construction of the various
Advanced Solid Rocket Motor facilities and process equipment purchases valued at $540 million
keeping the contract on schedule and within budget.
Subcontract Administrator 1984 - 1989
 Negotiated and administrated the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Facility architectural-engineering
subcontract valued at $40 million.
 Developed the award fee plan and procedure used on all cost plus award fee subcontracts on the
program.
 Consulted and supported the subcontractor in the design and implementation of their procurement
policies and procedures by which they obtained a Government approved procurement system.
EDUCATION
California State University, Chico, B.S. Business Administration (Finance Emphasis)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Lockheed Missiles and Space, 2 year formal program for Contract Administration, Negotiations,
Cost/Price Analysis, Cost Accounting Standards, Contract Law, Basis of Estimate Methodology, Source
Selection Process, Effective Writing, Labor Laws, Team Building/Partnering, Technical Communications,
Proposal Preparation, Terminations, Government Property, Writing Statements of Work, Contact Terms
and Conditions, Changes Clause, All PMP Courses, ITAR, EAR.
SECURITY
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