WILLIAM A. PAULSON 4024 Montpelier Road, Rockville, MD 20853 wp135685e@westpost.net 301-603-9266 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.

com/in/WilliamPaulsonUSNA84 CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER Dynamic, versatile executive and hands-on Information Technology leader who desi gns and implements successful end-to-end IT solutions Information Technology | Strategic IT Planning | Change Management | Technology System Development Visionary IT strategist who builds strong, dedicated teams and encourages a high -performance culture companywide. Strategic hands-on leader with a strong end-to -end system development background. Record of strong initiative, results, and fo rward-thinking solutions in building usable IT solutions that enable corporate g rowth. Strong ability to engage IT team, delegate tasks, manage budgets and coor dinate timelines. Detail-oriented problem solver who utilizes smart solutions wh ile envisioning the bigger picture. Strategic Planning Systems Design Reengineering Change Management Forecast Industry TrendsResource Management Consensus Building Cost Reduction Budgeting Efficiency Improvement Quality Management Systems Development P&L Management Start-Up Ventures Estimation Executive Highlights * Captured a $5-million three year government contract and a $12-million three y ear government contract for a project that was completed on-time and under budge t. * Teamed with BAE systems on five year $18-million contract award and subcontrac ted with large companies such as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. * Spearheaded a development plan to improve system performance that resulted in special funding to develop and implement new software functionality. * Obtained a $6-million, five year government contract for expert engineering an d operational support. * Pioneered emerging technology that improved web site development and early dev elopment of social networking utilizing the web to share information including e mail, messaging and blogging. * Saved $100,000 a year in expenditures by implementing a virtual office policy that allowed employees to work at home. * Seamlessly moved in as President when company was in need of a change to turn around operations and resume profitable results. * Effectively managed a successful high-level, 3-year ETP Solutions contract $1. 3-million under budget by streamlining development efforts and reducing custom h ardware solution expenditures. Technical Skills & Recognition * SSBI Full Scope Polygraph Security Clearance * Systems expert with more than 11 years of software engineering experience work ing in the Intelligence community. * More than 8 years of extensive tuning and optimization experience in the Depar tment of Defense community. * Windows, Linux, Sun/Solaris, C/C++, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Perl, ObjectSpac e, BoundsChecker, Purify, Reverse Engineering. * Recipient of Meritorious Unit Award for pioneering the development of new tech nology: "It transitioned a developmental hardware and software prototype to a f ielded operational system in support of user requirements and installed mission critical data dissemination capabilities to a wide variety of global end-users. The Operations Team's exemplary support and selfless commitment reflect credit u pon its members..."

Executive Performance ETP Solutions, Inc. - 1999 to 2010 PRESIDENT AND CEO Operational Leadership | Proposal Development | Budget and Auditing Preparation | P&L Management Led all operations for a new start-up IT consulting firm. Spearheaded the manage ment of multiple prime and sub-contracts with two different government agencies. Collaborated on proposal teams and designed and developed proposals, as well as the initial contracts. Applied people, problem-solving, and technical skills to improve individual and organizational performance for the direction of a 25-per son team in two regional offices and managed and maintained all benefits. High-q uality management of corporate accounting championing zero defects from the DCAA audit-a demanding, thorough and time-intensive government auditing process. Eff iciently managed the corporate budget, profit and loss management, and maintaine d sound finances despite irregular payments from the government contracts and ma naged and obtained third-party operational financing. Supported and managed team that provided 24/7 multisource intelligence analysis, documentation, and reporting within Specific Emitter Identification Analysis an d Production Center. Led team operating in a secure environment applying new ana lytical, technological, and applied research to solve analytic problems. ETP Sol utions represented the Government at over 15 national level conferences and was the recognized expert in Intel Fusion operations and led initiation to visually fuse data and draft reports-which improved analysts output by 25%. DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Software Development Leadership | Team Management | System Design Championed the development of the first Specific Emitter Identification National Collection System. Managed 4 team members and acted as the software lead and E2 maintenance for the ESEI operational system-a first of its kind-PC based GUI ap plication that dramatically increased the number of generated reports. As a new source for this data, produced hundreds of reports per day which quickly became largest source of data for repository. This technology also eliminated the need for Expert Operators-saving over $100,000.00 annually in costs. Engineered signi ficant new deinterleaver technology, automatic tuning capabilities; and develope d multiple replay paths which provided improved operator training and knowledge. Managed full lifecycle support for the entire project, including the software c reation, software integration, software maintenance, and documentation developme nt. Spearheaded the design, development and the management of software programs used in Precise I, Precise II, SEI ID server and Auto-PRECISE projects. The Sunbased Precise program incorporated multi-algorithmic analysis, integration into site automatic processing, automatic database reporting, and new combining techn ology that eliminated source overlapping duplicates with time synchronized chann el based data. This next generation implementation employed new hardware (multip le Field Programmable Gate Array channels) that provided 150 X coverage and 25 X throughput gains. Two years later, deployed a new system with 240 X coverage an d 45 X throughput gains. Fannie Mae - 1990 to 1999 MANAGER/TEAM LEADER/DEVELOPER Team Leader | Pioneered Technology | Improve Processes Managed Year 2000 remediation efforts for multiple project teams. Pioneered auto mated processes to link identified Year 2000 issues to source code which streaml ined the troubleshooting and remediation process. Developed applications for Loa n Origination, Loan Servicing and Mortgage Backed Securities functional areas. Educational Development

Master of Science in Information Systems Management, University of Southern Cali fornia Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Computer Concentration, United States Na val Academy 1 | Page