1. JD Taylor
JD.Taylor@USAinSpace.com • Poolesville, MD 20837 • 1-240-812-9881 • https://linkedin.com/in/jdtaylor1
Summary
Information Technology manager with extensive experience in leading edge information technology
seeking a hands-on leadership and people-oriented position that will effectively utilize existing skills to
benefit customer and business success.
Experienced and devoted leader. Committed to delivering challenging projects on time and within
budget. A motivated individual with a diverse, and well-rounded background, strong work ethnics, and
committed to delivering superior customer service and support. Demonstrates a positive, proactive
team approach to problem-solving and client interaction. Enjoys leading, training, mentoring, and
motivating a group of diverse individuals into a cohesive and successive team; thrives in highly
pressurized working environments. Key skills and abilities:
 Operations Management  Project Management
 Team Leadership  IT Workflow Optimization
 IT Best Practices  Quality Control Procedures
 Operational Planning  Staff and Management Development
Professional Experience
USA IN SPACE | POOLESVILLE, MARYLAND (2014 - PRESENT)
USA in Space is a media space interest group dedicated to reporting and furthering the United State of
America’s interest in a space presence and space exploration. Covering government, public and private
space innovation.
 Founder, Web Master, Reporter – Founder. Manages and maintains USA in Space’s web presence
including creating domain name, WordPress website, Facebook pages, and Twitter account. Attends
and reports on NASA events, such as SpaceX and Orbital ATK launches, and the International Space
Station Research and Development Conference. Met with many leading individuals, including NASA
Administrator Charlie Bolden, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, SpaceX President
Gwynne Shotwell, President of Orbital ATK’s Space Systems Group Frank Culbertson, Cosmonaut
Sergei Krikalev, along with many astronauts and other industry officials.
LOCKHEED MARTIN | ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (1996 - 2014)
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that
employs about 113,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and
services. 2013 revenues of $45.4 Billion.
 IS and GS Passport Program Lead – Lead for the IS&GS Passport project team that updated,
coordinated and maintained a SAP Netweaver based web portal used by 35,000 employees, 5
product lines and 10 business areas. Established a consistent look and feel over multiple business
areas that reduced the overall cost of development and deployment while enhancing and
standardizing the end user experience. Coordinated efforts with HR and the AD team that solved

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active directory (AD) issues, creating a batch system that automated new user access and removal of
users that no longer had access. This increased processing speed and overall security.
 Automated testing – Generated automated tests on the generation suite of applications used by
Lockheed Martin proposal teams. Using C# code in 2012 Visual Studio to create both Coded UI and
Selenium based automated tests. Through well designed tests was able to significantly decrease the
number of defects that passed through to UAT. Mentored test team members. Established
processes to track automation progress which eliminated duplication of code, created coding
standards and streamlined the process.
 Proposal work – As a subject expert, led LM and contactor team for web software and hardware
integration on an IRS proposal. Provided design solutions, RFPs, BOEs, BOM, and schedule inputs for
Green, Gold and Red teams in a very fast paced, high pressure environment. Created well written
technical proposals that passed straight through to final approvals with very minimal changes.
 IS&GS Content Management System Project Lead – Responsible for the workload scheduling and
projects that reside on the OpenText RedDot server; Ensured the site was up and accessible,
managed permissions of project and content owners, trained content owners, assisted in trouble
shooting user and developer issues and tested/implemented software upgrades. Converted many
HTML based websites to content managed based sites.
 Web Lead and Developer – Worked as a team lead and as a developer on a number of web-based
projects using a wide spectrum of tools and software applications. Utilized products such as, but not
limited to, HTML, ASP, ColdFusion, CSS, JavaScript, HTML5, C#, Office Studios and WordPress.
Involved in the developed/management of web-based applications that provided a variety of
functionality, such as portals, data search engines, information blogs, user forums and informational
gateways. Effective team building skills amongst diverse groups by creating a cohesive work groups
as demonstrated with a project between Lockheed and the US Air Force Electronic Systems Center
Command and Control and multiple subcontractors. Coordinated the program development
between Lockheed Martin and subcontract developers in the fast-paced Strategic Airport Security
Rollout (SASR) that effectively minimized overall development and code redundancy.
 C2Portal Project Administrator – Provided IIS server administration and was responsible for IIS Web
Deployment, Security and Monitoring. Created processes that ensured maximum web uptime using
backup systems, failover processes and watchdog guardian systems. Limited the need for additional
personnel through ability to build and configure both server hardware and software, including OS
and network functionality.
PRAGMATICS | WASHINGTON D.C. METRO AREA (1995 - 1996)
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Pragmatics, Inc. provides state-of-the-art IT services and solutions for
the federal government and civilian agencies. Provides software engineering and systems integration,
systems engineering, information assurance, program management support, and IT infrastructure
management. At SEI CMMI Level 5 and ISO 9001:2008 and 27001. 2013 revenues of $198.7 Million.
 Network/Windows Migration Manager – Responsible for MARAD at the Department of
Transportation; Led a team tasked with migrating Novell DOS users to a Networked Windows NT
based platform with IP addressing to the internet. Was able to utilize DHCP to remove fixed IP
addresses allowing for standard system images. This sped up the deployment of new user systems
and the reconfiguration of old systems, almost eliminating user downtime and decreasing the
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 Technical Consultant – Consultant for the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of
Treasury. Consulted on the development and implementation of a plan for WAN environment
comprised of NT servers with Windows workstations utilizing SMS, SMA (BackOffice).
 Project Lead Developer – Lead developer on a project for the Department of Energy that formulated
the IT development specifications for the ORION project. Designed a complete phased
implementation strategy for setting up a large scale Windows NT base WAN at the Oakridge, TN site.
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION | GERMANTOWN, MD (1995 - 1995)
Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is a global leader of next-
generation information technology (IT) services and solutions. CSC is a Fortune 500 Company since 1995,
ranked 185 in the 2014 rankings. 2014 revenues of $ 13.0 billion for the 12 months ended July 4, 2014.
 IT Support Lead – Led a team that provided software development for the Department of
Energy. Assisted DOE in transition to a Windows LAN environment, converting DOS systems to
Windows systems using Visual Basic Pro and third party libraries to provide professional
Windows applications.
OTHER PAST WORK | WASHINGTON D.C. METRO AREA
 Computer Data System, Inc (1988 - 1995) – Worked various IT unclassified and classified
positions for the U.S. Dept. of Energy and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
 Calculon Corporation (1986 - 1988) – Senior Systems and Program Analyst supporting the U.S.
Dept. of Energy.
 McDonald Bradley (1985 - 1986) – Program Analyst that supported the Office of Education, U.S.
Customs Service and General Services Administration.
 University of Maryland Police Department (1983 - 1984) – Police Patrol Officer, responsibilities
included traffic and crowd control, criminal and traffic investigation, booking and processing of
suspects, radio dispatching and court duty.
Specialized IT Skills
 Leadership: Program Lead, Project Lead, Team Lead, Board of Directors, Project Chair, Network
Administrator, Mentor
 Instructor: ASP, ASP Advanced, FrontPage and FrontPage Advanced
 Tools: Complete MS Office Suite, SharePoint Server, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Visual Studios,
MSDN Subscription, Multiple Database Systems including SQL and user support in a wide variety of
Windows and LAN and WAN based tools as well as a variety of content management systems.
 Technical: Intel based systems – assembling wide variety of workstations and servers, configuring
Operating Systems from DOS to Windows 8, Novell, PS2 and NT based servers and networks,
routers, firewalls, IIS, Exchange servers, DHCP, DNS, Active Directory, User Support, Programmed in
Assembler, FORTRAN, COBAL, several dBase languages, Visual Basic, ASP, C#, HTML, AJAX, XML, CSS,
FLASH, .NET, JavaScript, Project Planning, Scheduling and Management, Content Management
Systems (Open Text RedDot, Ektron) and Portal Systems (SAP, Vignette), WordPress, PHP, UI Test
and Selenium Test Automation.
 Hobbies: Home Automation, Web Design, Social Media (including Twitter, Facebook, Google+,
Instagram), photography, videography, scuba, electric vehicles, green energy, aerospace & space.

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Security Clearances
Top Secret DOD (inactive)
Q-Top Secret DOE with U.S. Department of Energy (inactive)
Education
Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering – University of Maryland
Law Enforcement – Charles County Community College
Computer Science, Criminal Justice – Montgomery College
Computer Programming – Computer Learning Center (Honor Graduate)
Professional Development
LM Qualified Technical Specialist Software Engineering
Several Windows NT and Novell LAN Introductory Course/Seminars
PM 100 Program Manager
PM 201 Sub Contracts
Awards and Certifications
LM Special Recognition Award – genCAT Team Award
LM Qualified Technical Specialist Software Engineering Certification
LM Certificate of Appreciation – Passport
LM Certified Emergency First Response Instructor
LM Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service and Support to SASR
LM Certificate of Appreciation, Class Instructor – FrontPage Introduction and Advanced
MS Certificate of Achievement, Designing WIN2K Networking Services Infrastructure
Certified as a Police Officer in the State of Maryland (University of Maryland Police Department)
Certified Captain and National Publications Officer in the Arnold Air Society
Vice President of Society of American Military Engineers (University of Maryland, Collage Park)
Military Liaison Officer for the Maryland Alliance for Space Colonization (University of Maryland)
Certified PADI Divemaster
Certified Emergency First Responder and CPR Instructor
Professional Associations & Community Involvement
Member of the Board of Directors and Program Chair for Poolesville Green
Webmaster and Facebook contributor for Poolesville Green
Creator, Publisher of “USA in Space” Media, Website, Blog, Facebook and Twitter
Contributor to “SpaceFlight Insider” Website
Contributor to “Wild Acres Farm” Website, Facebook and Twitter
NASA Social Media Participant
Member of Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)